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Friday here in Cecil, Georgia we are starting out wet. There was some heavy rain and wind this morning so I am working out of the hotel until the poor weather passes. We’ll get caught up some some news from the pits that didn’t get posted on Thursday along with some more things from qualifying. We expect the rain to clear out and leave us with nice weather the remainder of the weekend. Check back for the latest news from Lights Out V.
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I met the number one qualifier Shawn Pevlor and his crew chief “Cheeseburger” having breakfast at the hotel this morning and spoke with them about the car. It’s a got a BES 438 small block with Kevin Neal setting up the nitrous system. The power is transferred through a Bradco converter to a Extreme Automatics transmission with the chassis from Rogue Race Cars out of Williamsburg, Ohio. Pevlor is yet another racer that fought through snowy weather up north to get here. Shawn normally runs Outlaw 8.5 races at Kilkare. Photo courtesy: Cheeseburger.
Speaking of Kevin Neal he is back at it after some repairs and updates from TRZ Motorsports. He is currently qualified ninth in Outlaw Drag Radial which is sponsored by Steve Schmidt Racing Engines, Monte Smith Performance NOS and Holley.
Marty Pearcy owns this stunning 2010 Dodge Challenger based out of San Angelo, Texas built by B&B Race Cars. He runs an unusual combination of a 430 cubic inch Australian Pro Stock Hemi. Mary has the only two aluminum blocks Chrysler made for these heads. Since Mopars are different anyway he swapped from his W8 combo as he didn’t feel it would have enough to compete with cars running 4.60’s. Originally designed around an F1X Procharger then converted to a turbo after the F1X was disallowed for his combo. He currently runs a Precision large frame 88 but is considering the F1X again for later this year depending on how competitive the car is like this. The car has been a 4.78 so far with more left and he has swapped to a three speed from Dave Klayput at Proformance, PTC converter and changed the rear gear accordingly.
There are some unique cars coming out for PTC Radial vs. the World as it’s popularity grows. This 1963 Impala is owned by David Adkins and powered by a twin turbo LSX 438 cubic inch monster from Baker Engineering backed by a Pro Mod Revolution Gen II converter from Pro Torque featuring their modular drive system and all steel billet construction. He spun early in qualifying running a 6.378 at 159 MPH and sits on the bump.
Barry Lutz took some time off after a wheel stand in 2010 that caused some real damage including tweaking the frame on his 1971 Chevelle. This is his first time back out with the car which has been updated to a 25.3 chassis by Tim Webb from Webb Racecraft in Topeka, Kansas. TRZ Motorsports supplied their entire A Body catalog for the rebuild. The engine is the same conventional head 540 big Chevy from Driskell Enterprises in Wellsville, Kansas and tuned by Cal Hartline. It’s backed by a two speed 400 and converter from M&M Transmissions. Other sponsors include Mac Fab, Menscer Motorsports, TRZ Motorsports, Accufab Inc., 187 Graphics, Jakes Performance and Fabrication, CFM Performance, Component Drive Services, Mickey Thompson and a special thanks to Jason Ruekert at VP Race Fuels. He sits nineteenth in Mac Fab Outlaw 275 with a 4.85 at 147 MPH, a personal best ET.
Bart Tobener switched his car to the Holley Dominator fuel injection for 2014 and will be running the full season of NMRA Renegade. The combo is a 5.4 Mod Motor with a Vortech YSI supercharger with an ATF Glide and converter transferring the power. The wing and door panels are from Hyperformance Motorsports with the rest of the car and engine built in house at MV Performance.
Teem Deez in the house from Texas with Todd Moyer and Chase Driscoll. The crew was going over Driscoll’s car earlier and found a broken rocker. He is running X275 this weekend with a 582 from NRC with Holley Dominator fuel injection and Induction Solutions nitrous backed by a trans from M&M and NCRC converter.
Jordan Mellette from Full Moon Race Cars in Tampa, Florida is another business here displaying for the first time in the growing manufacturer midway. They off a full service shop for race and street performance builds.
Atillio DeRosa from AAPerformance is one of the many vendors here. A new product from the shop is a quick release fuel cell. Perfect for racers who run methanol and service and drain their fuel systems on a regular basis. He also offers K members and various suspension parts.
Long time Radial Revolution support Team Z Motorsports is set up behind the tower. They offer an arrar of suspension components and K members. Their Outlaw K member allows oil pan removal and a forward placement for the rack and pinion. They also offer body components in fiberglass and carbon fiber of their own design from Motor City Solutions.
Round Two Qualifying Notes
Sean Ashe managed a 5.19 at 123 in the second session of Mac Fab Outlaw 275.
David Boger is running two classes this weekend and put down a new personal best in OL 275 running a 4.76 at 149 MPH. Scotty G got him fixed up after cracking a crankshaft at the US Street Nationals with a new crank.
Lil Country hurt his engine in testing and they were sitting out in Ultra Street. Yesterday afternoon he put in a call to Chris Nelson to see if he could get one of the other fat Boy racing engines together to make the race. Justin left here at 1 AM to pick it up for an all night thrash session and he sits in fifteenth with a 5.23 at 135.
Dewayne Mills was the first one out again in round two of Radial vs the World and has been improving every run this weekend. This round was no different as he went down straight with a 4.17 at 190.92 earning second in class.
Mark Micke pulled one out just a few minutes later breaking into the teens with a 4.18 at 188. The engine is a billet 5.4 bore space 548 from Nelson Competition with twin 88 Garrett’s. Team M&M has been a consistent 4.20 car and they are more than happy and looking for more this weekend.
The man of the hour is “The” Kevin Mullins who already proved his record setting performance with his 4.16 on Thursday. Everyone here was anticipating him to back it up and he did that and more with a 4.117 at 193.90. Though his 4.165 isn’t enough to back up the 4.11 everyone knows it’s coming soon with the track and weather conditions this weekend.
David Measel recently purchased one of Ricky Fox’s Mustangs and is running Outlaw Drag Radial here this weekend. He was on a run and climbed the ring gear hard when the power came on towards 100 feet out making him another racer to “fly” here at SGMP riding the wing before coming down hard past the 330 and keeping it off the wall. Thanks again to Hans from Free Life Films for letting us use the video in our coverage. We will have more coming of Dwayne Mills, Kevin Mullins and Mark Micke.
Round Two Qualifying Results
Zane and George Owens are running Nitrous X and Ultra Street out of Tifton, Georgia. Owen is not here but his 434 small block is providing the power this weekend topped with AFR 245 23 degree heads and a Wilson plate system. The team was here last year in Outlaw 8.5 with a Ford combo. They are qualified thirteenth with a 5.70 at 122. Headers were done in house at Fast Flow Headers in Tifton. They get help from local business including Rainey's Alignment.
Mark Carlye broke the studs in the center section and the crew was working hard at getting the repairs done. They are fine otherwise and will be ready Saturday.
Martin Conelley was undergoing repairs away from prying eyes, roped off Summit Racing style in the pits. He currently sits eleventh with a 4,62 at 153 in OL 275.
Kelly Willis made the trip from Richardson, Texas to race Induction Solutions Ultimate Street with his 2003 GMC Sonoma. He had to pedal after this long wheelstand and will stay eleventh on his previous 5.25.
