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We had a brief rain this morning, the track crew is drying and preping the track for Q3 starting with Xtreme Pro Stock. The forecast looks great for the rest of the day.
Saturday Morning Update
John Vergotz had a nasty nitrous explosion around the 330 yesterday due to pedeling the car and trying to get back in it. The team got a new hood scoop and are hoping their 860 ci buck and APD engine will do the trick to qualify in this 3rd session coming up.
Ohio man Brian Gahm seemed to be making some changes in the center section of his pro stock beast. Gahm is running a Jerry Haas Mustang with a massive 820 ci engine and is currently number 2 in XPS.
Jason Scruggs team is waiting to see what the weather has to offer before they make any changes to the car but only plan to make simple changes to the 526 ci BAE engine and the Garret 1968 Camaro. Scruggs team was doing some morning check ups when I passed by as well.
Currently sitting 9th in XPS Doug Kirk is looking to make some adjusments to the gear box, the team is waiting to see what the weather does but is going to make some ratio adjustments and try to make it into the top half of the field.
ROUND 1 of Eliminations
Extreme Pro Stock
Obrien 4.42 over Miller 4.20(RED)
Dobbins 4.17 over Boone 4.16(.005 red)
Berner 4.13 over Goforth 4.16
Kirk 4.20 over Aaronson 4.58
Birch 4.15 over Morton 4.15
Eman 4.15 over Martino 4.16
Gahm 4.14 (.000) rt over Plucchino 4.19
Montecalvo 4.11 over Hintz 4.20
EXTREME 10.5 Round 1
In eXtreme 10.5 Dam Millen went lowof the round with a 4.05in his brand new Bickel built and Tutterow tuned Mustang.
Gary White 5.05 (BYE)
L.J Wood 4.33 over Keith Jackson 4.31
Dan Millen 4.05 192.57 (BYE)
Spiro Pappas 4.07 over David Hance 4.47
Todd Moyer 4.11 over Jeff Naiser 4.28
Billy Glidden 4.07 over Chuck Ulsch 7.18
Kenny Doak 4.12 over Eric STubbs 4.62
Pro Nitrous Round 1
In Pro Nitrous Khalid Balooshi went low for the round with a 3.91 win over Terry Murphy. Other notables were John Decerbo's 3.95 career best and mutliple low 4.00 second passes.
Greg Godwin 4.01 over Dan Stevenson
Khalid Balooshi 3.91 over Terry Murphy
Jim Laurita 4.25 over Burton Auxier
Randy Weatherford 4.00 over Jim Halsey
Pat Stoken 4.28 over Dan Klooster
John Decerbo 3.95 over Stan Allen Thomas Myers 4.27 over Charles Carpenter
Lee Adkins 4.00 over Steve Vick
Pro Extreme Round 1
Jason Hamstra went 3.73 which was more than enough to move on over a tire shaking Bubba Stanton. The average for all 1st round winners was 3.72!!!!
Gaylen Smith 3.69 over Todd Robertson
Joshua Hernandez 3.69 over Mike Stawicki
John Stanley 3.84 over Wes Johnson
Frankie Taylor 3.702 over Mick Snyder
KH Al-Thani 3.716 over Kirk Wilmes
Jason Hamstra 3.73 over Bubba Stanton
Alex Hossler 3.72 over Duane Rister
Jason Scruggs 3.70 over Todd Tutterow
SECOND ROUND OF ELIMINATIONS
EXTREME PRO STOCK
Brian Gahm has been running consistant times all weekend. Second round was no different when Gahm ran 4.14 to take out Larry O'brien.
Extreme Pro Stock Round 2
John Montecalvo 4.11 over Doug Kirk
Pete Berner 4.15 over Bob Bertsch
Brian Gahm 4.14 over Larry O’brien
Steve Boone 4.17 over Trevor Eman
Extreme 10.5
In Round 2 Todd Moyer had a competition bye but that did not stop him from going for lane choice with a 4.05 at over 190 mph. Gary White set low e.t. of the round with a 3.98.
Extreme 10.5 Round 2
Gary White 3.98 over L.J. Wood
Spiro Pappas 4.35 over Dan Millen
Todd Moyer(BYE) 4..05
Billy Glidden 6.25 over Kenny Doak
Pro Nitrous Round 2 Eliminations
Lee Adkins seems to be running very consist today and progessively getting though rounds. With his 4.01 round win over Thomas Myers he will be paired up with Khalid Balooshi in the semi finals.
Pro Nitrous Round 2
Pat Stoken 3.95 over John Decerbo
Greg Godwin 6.38 over Randy Weatherford
Khalid Balooshi 3.9x over Burton Auxier
Lee Adkins 4.01 over Thomas Myers
Pro Extreme Round 2 of Eliminations
Alex Hossler is here with some new lightweight body components and they seem to be working as he goes through the traps with a 3.70 at nearly 210! to beat Jason Scruggs who shook the tires.
Pro Extreme Round 2
John Stanley 3.83 over Frankie Taylor
Josh Hernandez 3.65 over Gaylen Smith
Jason Hamstra 3.70 over KH Al-Thani
Alex Hossler 3.70 over Jason Scruggs
SEMI FINALS
EXTREME PRO STOCK
In the Semi Finals of Exteme Pro Stock it was the ever so consistant John Montecalvo that took out Pete Berner with another low e.t. of the round with a 4.12. In the next pair it would be Brian Gahm to take out Steven Boone with a 4.153 giving Montecalvo lane choice in the finals.
EXTREME 10.5 SEMI Finals
Gary White is making sure people know he is in the Mickey Thompson 3 second club. With low e.t. nearly every round White continues to the final over Spiro Pappas with a 3.98. Billy Glidden worked his way around Texas Todd Moyer with a 4.05 as well. White has lane choice over Glidden in the final.
PRO NITROUS SEMI FINALS
For the first time in his ADRL career Lee Adkins will be going to the finals with a clean 3.99 pass over Balooshi, who shook the tires hard in the right lane. Pat Stoken who has yet to win an adrl race as well took the win over Greg Godwin with a 3.94 in and out of the groove all the way down. Pat Stoken will have lane choice over Lee Adkins in the final.
PRO EXTREME SEMI FINALS
In our first pair of Pro Extreme Semi Finals Jason Hamstra had a massive explosion right past the stripe, the explosion tore up the front end and caused a massive oil down. In the next pair John Stanley red ligth giving the win to Josh Hernandez, Alex Hossler who took out Hamstras 3.72 with a 3.73 will have lane choice over Josh hernandez.
FINALS
In Extreme Pro Stock it was John Montecalvo all weekend long! With a 4.09 in the final to Brian Gahms 4.11 it was a great drag race. Montecalvo also went 178.87 to set the record but could not back it up in the same event so it will not count in the books.
Gary White and TITAN Motorsports run yet another 3 second pass to take the win but the team comes closer to making it into the 3.8x second range with a 3.93 at 190 to take out Billy Glidden who ran a clean 4.04 in the small block ford mustang.Pro Nitrous consisted of two drivers who have yet to win an ADRL race, but it was Lee Adkins with the converter driven 1968 Camaro who would run a 3.96 over Pat Stoken who shook hard off the line.In Pro Extreme two of the most consistent cars of the weekend would meet, Joahua Hernandez and Alex Hossler. Hernandez goes low for the weekend with a 3.66 to take the win against Hossler who went for the ride of his life.( Pictures below)
The ADRL moves into the Martin Michigan as it nears the half way point of the season. Even four races into the year new cars and fresh rebuilds continue to pop up throughout the classes. Keep it tuned to Dragzine all day Friday and Saturday for coverage from Martin.
Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson Tires for allowing us to bring you latest race updates on site from around the country.
We are here at Martin, the pits are packed and the rain has stopped for a moment. With a slight drizzle just coming through the track will be preped and qualifying is to be started at 11:00 am.
Friday Morning In the Pits
After missing last race Spiro Pappas is back and ready to show the rest of XTF he is still going for the championship.
Chicago racer Mike Recchia is here at ADRL for his second time ever and is looking to improve from his last years DNQ. The team has been testing and has been a best of 3.95 at 183mph. The 1968 camaro was built by Jerry Bickel racecars and uses a AJ 481x built by Fowler racing engines to supply the power.
Canfield, Ohio based John Decerbo is here today for his secound outing with the new Tim Mcamis built 1968 Camaro. In only his second pass John managed a 3.99, the team has done no recent testing and is looking to put the car in the low 3.9x second range.
Cathy Belcher, the ADRL's fastest female is on the grounds today looking to break into the 3 second range. With a best of 4.03 at 187 Belcher's 526 ci 1990 Camaro should have no problem getting the job done. The car was built by G force race cars with updates done by Chris Duncan, the 526 AJ was build and assembeld at A Team speed shop.
Track officals are starting to dry the track after some very heavy rain. The drivers meeting has been delayed as well as qualifying.
The legendary 55 chevy of Charles Carpenter is looking great with its new paint. The team has been traveling around all over the place to get the paint and body work done in the past few weeks. With a disappointing first round loss at the Virginia race due to an electrical error, Carpenter looks to better his performance. Currently #2 in points the North Carolina team is looking to run the number with their 843 ci Fulton powered engine.
The father and son team of Cary and Dean Goforth traveled here with their Extreme Pro Stock cars from Oklahoma. The team has not been out testing since the last race but have been doing well all year, currently #1 and 4 in points the team is feeling strong going into qualifying. While Dean is the current record holder with a 4.05, son Cary went a 4.04 at the last race but did not have the chance to back it up. Both cars are running Sonny's 824 ci engines and Jerry Haas race cars.
More in the Pits
The officals are drying the track and we are about to be underway with lots of racing, the drivers meeting is about over and the cars should be lining up soon.
Chuck Ulsch number 4 in points in XTF has been doing a little testing after last race and manged to find a 3.91 at 200mph! The BAE 526 and PSI Screw Blower have proven to be a winning combination for this team and they are going for the win this weekend.
Young driver Jason Hamstra is piloting the Garret built 1968 Camaro powered by a BAE 526 with a screw. The car went 3.70 at the last race and they plan to improve this weekend.
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Qualifying Round 1
Brian Gahm currently leads the XPS field with a 4.169 at 172.85. Followed closely behing him is John Montecalvo with a 4.1701 and Trevor Eman with 4.1703.
Round 1 XPS order
In XTF Gary White leads with a 4.01 at 187.77 followed by Billy Glidden with a 4.209.
Round 1 XTF Qualifying
Burton Auxier leads Pro Nitrous with a 3.96 at 190.66, following Auxier is Jim Halsey with a 4.001 and Greg Godwin with a 4.012
Pro Nitrous Round 1 QualifyingIn Pro Extreme KH Al-Thani leads with a 3.717 at 200.51 followed by Frankie Taylor, who ran 3.747 and Alex Hossler who managed a 3.76.Pro Extreme Round 1 order
Round 2 Qualifying
With the heavy rains today, we are going to cut it short and only do 2 rounds tonight and begin with another in the morning.
Round 2 orders to come shortly
EXTREME PRO STOCK ROUND 2
After the tree had a malfunction John Montecalvo and Brian Gahm were called back to the lanes. Montecalvo came back with his A game in hand running a 4.11 right next to Brian Gahm's 4.14, making these teams number 1 and 2.
Other Notables for XPS were Trevor Eman with a 4.1163 to take the number 3 spot, Elijah Morton improved slighty into the numer 4 spot with a 4.176 and to top of the top 5 Pete Berner ran a nice 4.177.
Round 2 XTF qualifying
Gary White and Team Titan continue to lead with a 3.958 blast! The team is nearly a full tenth fast than Todd Moyer who currently sits in the number 2 position with a 4.048. Billy Glidden will remain 3 with his 4.20.
Dan Millen was here with his Al-Anabi owned Tutterow tuned screw blown Mustang! Dan managed a mild 4.23 to take the number 4 spot behind Billy Glidden. Look for this car to lay down a number in eliminations
Pro Nitrous Round 2 Qualifying
Pat Stoken was the first Pro Nitrous car down the track 2nd round and made his mark with a very clean 3.918 at 196.33. Pat is from Eureka, MT and uses a 864 ci Fulton to supply the power.
Khalid Balooshi BLASTED to a 3.92 to take over the second place qualifying spot. Balooshi had a massive nitrous explosion right after the finishline. Right begind Balooshi is Charles Carpenter with his Terry Murphy build 55 chevy running a 3.956 in and out of the groove
Pro Extreme Qualifying Round 2
While Gaylen Smith from Mansfield,TX went straight to the number 1 spot with a 3.684 at 206.66 mph, KH Al-Thani was not far behind him with a 3.71 blast. KH is running a 526 ci BAE. Also Alex Hossler from Canton,Il Improved with a 3.73 at a large 205.7 mph!
Saltillo, MS based Jason Scruggs got out of shape on his second attempt but still remains number 6 with a 3.77 at 203. Scruggs hopes to better on his final qualifying attempt even though he is well seated in the qualifying order as of now.
That’s all for tonight, well be back in the morning with notes from racers and more qualifying and eliminations!
Gary White and Team Titan continue to lead with a 3.958 blast! The team is nearly a full tenth fast than Todd Moyer who currently sits in the number 2 position with a 4.048. Billy Glidden will remain 3 with his 4.20.
