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Drag radial racing’s elite return to the South Georgia Motorsports Park this week for a 2017 encore performance with the eighth running of Duck X Productions’ No Mercy.
The action is underway here at No Mercy with a change in the schedule. Due to the pending weather the choice was made to try and run a full round of qualifying tonight.
Tim Slavens had a rough start to his weekend here at No Mercy in his Radial vs The World Camaro. "We tried to lean it a bit more out on the top end and it pushed a head gasket out so that burnt the head a bit. The motor could be run with just a gasket change, but we have the spare here so we changed it out. "
Tony Alm blew a head gasket during testing on his new 351 cubic-inch Ford engine. The fresh turbo mill has only been to the track one time prior and Alm is still trying to work on getting the engine sorted out.
Andrew Alepa has his C7 Corvette back at the track with Daniel Pharis behind the wheel after it took flight at Tulsa earlier this year. "We had the front half of the car removed and redone after the crash. From the firewall back the car was actually fine and nothing got damaged so that was a big plus so we didn't have to dig into the back half of car. I had to get another one-off front clip made and since the car was down we added a carbon fiber roof and some other parts. Larry did a great job with the car and we tested with it in South Carolina and it did well."
Nate Miskulin is in full thrash mode on his LDR Camaro after an engine problem turned into a fire during testing. "The number four cylinder lost fire and it forced some of the extra boost out the back of the head and caused a fire. The head and gasket were damaged so we're trying to get it fixed here. The car has been faster than a 4.32 and with all the changes we've made it should run in the low four -second range if we get it fixed."
Terry Barkley is here to run Radial vs The World and is trying to make some progress this weekend. The team is doing some maintennce before for the first round of qualifying to make sure the car is ready to go. During testing the car went a best of 3.92 with a light tuneup so there is even more on the table for the team.
Vinny LaRosa had a piston add its own ventilation hole during his second test run today. "The tune-up on the car was spot on so we think the piston might have had a fracture in it already and just let go. We have some fresh pistons on the way and plan on making the first qualifier on Thursday."
Dean Marinis picked up where he left off from Lights Out going number one in X275 with an impressive 4.40 pass.
Limited Drag Radial points leader Shane Stack landed in the second spot during Q1 with a 4.264 pass, right behind number one Jason Rucckert who went a 4.263
Round one of Radial vs The World looked a lot like a game of home run derby as the session unfolded. Each pair seemed to get quicker with Jeff Siton ending up number one with a 3.77 followed closely by teammate Steve Jackson and DeWayne Mills.
One thing is for sure, the surface at South Georgia Motorsports Park was on point tonight!
