The tech line has been packed all day here at South Georgia Motorsports Park as racers get ready for testing for Lights Out 9.

Paul Major is ready to make a comeback in Radial vs The World racing after making some wholesale changes in 2017. “Last year we made the change to a Hemi from a big block Chevy and didn’t race much. We’re still trying to learn about the car and made some great progress last year when we did get out. The nice thing about this event is the killer prep and it allows us to get good data.”

Joe Newsham is a standout Outlaw 10.5 racer from the Mid-Atlantic but he decided to bolt on some radials and try his luck at Lights Out 9. “I’ve always wanted to run the car on radials and this is a great event to try them on. I’m using this as a test session to see what I need to do before we come back in March to run the Sweet 16 event.”

Bryan Markiewicz is debuting a brand new car and is ready to take on the Radial vs The World class. “We haven’t made any nits on this car yet so it’s going to be interesting. We just want to go A to B and get data so we can figure the car out more. This event is just for us to learn and get ready for the March race, then we are coming back in October to really open the car up.”

Mark Dykeman plans on running X275 and LDR with his Blue Goose Camaro. The team is going to make some baby passes before they turn the wick way up. “We switched from ProCharger to Vortech for this season and this is the first event with the new blower. The car also has a carbon fiber front end now to remove weight. We also made a lot of chassis changes to the front of the car to make it perform better and shave weight off.”