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- Bubba Stanton’s gorgeous orange Garret Race Cars Camaro shined in the Baytown pits this afternoon. This is one ride that just looks fast sitting still
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- Thomas “Slick” Meyers unveiled his new 70 Duster Pro Nitrous entry today. The Andy McCoy Race Cars built piece has yet to turn a tire on the track. Meyers is anxious to get it fired up and light them up. It’s different seeing a silver car in this pit instead of red but it is one looker.
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- Motivation for the Meyers Duster will come from last years Reher & Morrison 800 cubic inch power plant. The rear quarter panel has 854 painted on it hinting at things to possibly come.
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- Magnolia Texas regular, Don Wootton, is more than ready for the full on 2010 campaign. Wootton drives the only injected nitro burning Pro Extreme entry to date in the series and made significant gains last season. Joe Monden is still onboard tuning the fire breather and is expecting to be competitive this year. The car is now sporting a new look with a dark green carbon fiber wrap that reminds us of the old Lotus formula one green.
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- Joshua Hernandez is on the grounds with the Lipar Racing Rig. Noticabley absent is the familiar National Guard livery. The same 57 Chevy from last is loaded sporting no colors but just the base gel-coate according to the crew. A late arrival precluded the car from being unloaded and prepped. Regardless this event would not be the same without the Conroe Texas based team.
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- Hugh Scott towed in from Redbay, Alabama with new pipe in the form of this wild Pro Extreme machine. The Perry Herring built car sports a 526 cubic inch blown power plant and is another machine that has yet to turn a wheel on the track.
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- Legendary door car racer Pat Musi made the haul to Texas from Carteret, NJ and will compete in the pro Nitrous category. Popeye’s Dodge Stratus is sporting a new Pat Musi/ Frank Brandao Curacao paint scheme. WIth a perfect weather forecast for Friday it will be exciting to see what this veteran will do.
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- Friday morning is here and it is a chamber of commerce day at Houston Raceway Park for the ADRL UTI Dragpalooza VI Event. The pits are packed and action is ready to start.
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- Jason Hamstra’s new Garret Race Cars Pro Extreme entry sporting new paint. The car tested with strong 3.7 ET’s and will be a major contender for the season long Speed Tech Battle for the belts.
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- Billy Glidden’s new Mustang Extreme 10.5 entry is sporting new Mickey Thompson colors and is stuffed full of Ford Horsepower.
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- The prepped concrete and asphalt of Houston Raceway Park is ready to be assaulted.
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- Spiro Pappas fired the first real shot of the day in the 10.5 class. He came off the trailer with a pace setting 3.92 @195.22mph.
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- In Pro Nitrous Burton Auxier came out in round one and set the front end of national speed mark with a fine 3.83 @197.91mph.
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- Alex Hossler continued the torrid pace he has been setting as of late in Qatar and the U.S.. His first shot at the Baytown track he laid down a 3.79 second unearthly 212.19mph shot. The track is heating up as the sun beats down. Round 2 is about to get going.
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- Josh Hernandez is slotted number 1 on qualifying sheet with a stout 3.682 @ 208.17mph.
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- Jason Scruggs sits number 4 after 2 sessions and lit it up good on run number 2. The burst panel blew out and the ensuing fire was the result of the blower belt taking out a fuel and oil line.
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- Pro Nitrous has the potential to also have a new national speed record set. Both Burton Axier and Jim Halsey can accomplish the feet with backup runs. Axier is in with a 3.830 @ 197.91mph and Halsey can claim the fastest speed ever for the class with a 3.883 @ 198.99. Tricky Rickie Smith, Pictured, is in at number 6 with a 3.952 @191.65.
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- John MonteCalvo and his Cevy Cobalt are at number 3 with a 4.085 @178.78mph. Number one at the end of the day went to Cary Golforth with a 4.048 with a new national record speed of 179.04mph. Last years event winner Brian Gahm is in second with a smooth 4.077 @177.72.
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- In Pro Extreme Motorcycle Derrick Holloway, above is slotted in at number 10. The class is lead by Ashley Owens with a new national record ET of 4.145. Defending Belt Champion Scott Gray is close behind in second with a 4.173 @172.61mph.
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- In the Flowmaster Extreme 10.5 catagory the big stiry of the day was Turbo Todd Moyer of Pasadena, Texas. Moyer became the third member of the Mickey Thompson Tires 3 second club running a 3.968 @ 195.22. Spiro Pappas is still on point from his first run of the day. Pappas couldn’t get hooked up in the 2 succeeding attempts. There are only 14 entries in the event and number 14 is held by local racer Wayne Long at 7.261 @ 121.20mph.
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- The run of the day in Pro Extreme has to belong to Houston, Texas racer Chris Smith in his 63 split window Vette. The only run he made all day was the in third and final session and was the first utilizing a screw blower. Smith layed down a nice and smooth 4.036 @ 168.47mph. Josh Hernandez is still atop the class and Alex Hossler still needs a back up run to establish a new national speed record. Hossler currenty has a 212.19mph run.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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 with 3/4 of the Pro Extreme field yet to make their last qualifying run the decision was made to reschedule the event and finish it July 23 and 24 in Baytown. 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 final qualifying session long enough for the rain cut it short.
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- Jim Halsey currently holds a new world record for speed in the Pro Nitrous when his 197.45mph was close enough to back up his 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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 wi;; 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 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.
