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The weather is beautiful here in Bradenton for the last event of 2014 and there is a slew of Pro Mods here to do battle including several which have not run here recently. The Outlaw 632 class also has several new cars and some out of town racers here this weekend. Stay tuned to Dragzine for the latest news in our same day event coverage.
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Tony Johnson has switched from OL 10.5 to Pro Modified purchasing this Mustang formerly campaigned by Terry Leggett. Johnson made it to the final at Mike Hill’s race a few weeks ago and has recorded about 12 laps on the car this year. They made some adjustments since then including a updated converter from Coan and are looking to step up the performance into the three second zone this weekend.
Mike Stawicki has not been to Bradenton for several years now. He runs a 2005 C5 Corvette from G-Force with an MSR ( Mike Stawicki Racing) blown hemi topped with a 14/71 blower with Jim and John Salemi on the crew handling the chassis and fuel system and electronics respectively. The car is owned by Tommy Zarella’s TT Motorsports with additional sponsorship from NGK.
Andrew Handras is here sporting a new Camaro out of Tommy Mauney’s shop with his Nelson Competition 867 backed by an ATI powerglide. This is the first weekend running this car for Handras. Here the team is swapping on a new set of rear tires.
Adam Flomholc recently purchased Brandon Snyder’s screw blown Corvette and will be making his first runs in it this weekend.
There are a lot of Pro Mods here this weekend including several new cars and racers not seen down this way in some time. It's sure to be an exciting weekend for the Pro Modified class.
Ultra Street racer Bill Gregan was here testing a new 26×8.5 radial tire just introduced at the SEMA Trade Show. He scored a personal best 5.16 on it but will be running the allowed MT 275 radial in competition this weekend.
Kevin Rivenbark (shown) and Todd Tutterow are part of a two car team from Galot Motorsports this weekend. Rivenbark’s first run today resulted in a 4.16 at just 146 clicking it early in the run.
Troy Pirez Jr. has been working hard on his set up in The General Lee Ultimate Street Mustang running in the top of the class. On this run the front came up quite a bit and he was able to pedal to a 5.11.
In this pairing during today’s testing Chris Rini lined up with Wirth Racing’s Altered Open Outlaw car. Rini lapped a 3.91 at 192 while Wirth a 3.90 at 171 MPH.
Andrew Handras put up a 4.47 at 128 on his first pass in the new car. I’ll chat with Andrew later to see how the rest of his day went.
Rob Briscoe has some new tricks out of Nelson Competition and a new exhaust featuring the infamous “bullhorns”. His first hit was a 4.51 at 155 MPH, a nice clean pass for him. Word on facebook is the team is looking for .30’s this weekend. There is a class meeting for Outlaw 632 tonight at 8 PM to discuss the 2015 rules package. Some of the topic will be non stock bodies, rear wings and allowable chassis.
Chuck Mohn ran it out the back passing the stripe with a 6.15 at 192 MPH and promptly blowing the scoop off the car.
Adam Flomholc made his maiden voyage in his new car in fine fashion running a 3.852 at 199.95 MPH making the crew very happy.
Dean Vallese put the Zombi Wagon nearly on the bumper and doing some fine driving to set it down easy. He went through the traps with a 5.25 at 139 and is running OL 632 this weekend.
We mentioned Bill Gregan’s testing results earlier on the new MT 26×8.5 radial tire. This run resulted in a 5.20 at 133 MPH using the 275 MT ET Street Radial.
Walter Drakeford is a multi time Ultra Street winner running the Real Speed Racing Mustang. He carried the wheels out quite a ways turning a 5.06 at 139 MPH lap. I’d say he is ready for qualifying as it sits.
Josh Peel has his twin turbo Willy’s out for some Outlaw Pro Mod action this weekend. He carded a 4.07 at 184 on this run.
Local Racer Ken Cruz looked like he got up on the wheelie bars to hard unloading the tires and going into near immediate wheel-spin, he was paired with Peel on this run.
Todd Tutterow made a move to the right at the hit in the Galot Motorsports 68 Camaro.
Stephen Adams made the haul from Tennessee for some OL 632 action. His first run of the day netted a 4.97 at 141 for the pro 275 radial equipped Camaro. He uses Induction Solutions nitrous system and has been 4.50’s with the car previously.
Randy Weatherford has clocked several runs in the 3.80 zone this afternoon showing the WS Construction team is ready for competition.
Robert Abbott lost a motor here at the ODRC breaking a crankshaft ending his weekend before eliminations. It’s good to see him back this weekend runnign right where he left off with a 3.93 at 199 MPH this afternoon.
Kevin Fiscus is here with the Fiscus/Klugger Racing Pro Modified Mustang. The NHRA legal car is powered by a Pro Line Racing engine. He went left on this run from the start, aborting the run well before the 330.
att Gilmore is another racer that made repairs since the last event here. He got into the wall past the finish line damaging the front section of the car. He clicked it early on this run scoring a 4.16 at 146.
Ken Quartuccio is back here for OL 632. He got into some hard tire shake just after this photo and aborted the run.
Chris Rini laid down a 3.85 at 194 on this pass later in the session, a clean run with just a little movement to the left early in the pass.
