Frankie The Mad Man Taylor is running a Lenco tranny this weekend and crew chief Paul Taylor has a handle on it. They were only on 7 cylinders last night as The Mad Man logged a 3.85 @198.41

Erci Stubbs team found the gremilin that had been making them scratch heads as to why the new turbo charged entry has been struggling. Before the final run last night they had only been running on 1 bank of injectors. Now that they found the power that has been missing a top end charge is not far off.

Dan Stevenson's 70 Camaro blew the tranny in the last run last evening. They have anew installed and ready to hit it again and see if he can improved on his 14th spot at 4.24 @149.98mph.

Ashley Owens held on to the top spot in Pro Extreme Motorcycle. His 4.145 @ 172.12 held on as Scott Gray tried to challenge and stayed in number 2. The field is anchored by Casey Stemper at 4.337 @ 166.25.

Extreme Pro Stock racer Dean Gororth made the field on his last attempt with a 4.356 @ 172.45. is son Carey is at the other end of the spectrum with his world record qualifying effort that rest both ET and speed with a 4.048 @ 179.04. Cary was more concerned this morning about his dad getting in than running the required back up for the ET mark and he got both wishes fulfilled.

The class of the Flowmaster Extreme 10.5 class all weekend had been Spiro Pappas. He all but broke he backs of the other competitors with his 4 th qualifying run with an unearthly 3.883 @196.39. Todd Moyer ran a career number and became the 3rd member of the Mickey Thompson 3 Second club and is still behind Pappas by .085 seconds. Pappas only comment on the world record run was that it was a good one

Jim Halsey currently holds a new world record for speed in Pro Nitrous when his 197.45mph in round 4 of qualifying was close enough to back up his earlier 198.99. The car had the front wheels up almost the whole length of the 1/8 mile. Pat Stoken made a statement with a fine 3.873 @ 198.82.

Well, the rains arrived and has resulted in the postponement of the ADRL Dragpalooza VI event at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas. A cold front has come thru and based on the forecast for the day and that only one pair of Pro Extreme cars were able to run in their final session, the decision was made to reschedule the event and return to Baytown to finish it July 23 and 24. There will also be a second complete points and pay event conducted, on Saturday, in conjunction with the completion of the original Dragpalooza VI Friday. Power issues earlier in the day delayed the final Pro Extreme qualifying session after that first pair long enough for the rain cut it short.

A special drivers meeting was called under the tower at Houston Raceway Park after the rain kept falling with a dim forecast for the rest of the weekend. ADRL President and CEO, Kenny Nowling, announced that he had worked out an agreement shortly before with Houston Raceway Park General manager Seth Angel to reschedule and finish the UTI Dragpalooza event and include another full paid points event to fill the 10th event void left with the departure of the Memphis race. The rescheduled date is July 23 & 24 and will be set up just as the Speedtech Battle for the Belts is run. The eliminations from the UTI Dragpalooza event will count as qualifying runs for the new points paying event that will conclude on Saturday. Kenny stated "It just made the most sense and gives our racers the incentive to want to come back and compete". Only one pair of Pro Extreme cars ran in their final qualifying session so that session will be completed first on the 23rd. Then the eliminations will begin. Credit to Kenny Nowling and Seth Angel for coming up with an innovative solution to satisfy not only the racers but sponsors and fans. Tickets from this weekends event will be honored at the July event and those that paid for parking this Saturday can use their parking pass for either Friday or Saturday of the July event. Additional tickets will be available for the new date and they will as usual, in ADRL style, be free. Until July 23 & 24, 2010 here is how we stand.