Friday starts qualifying here at the Lights Out III – Radial Rumble with Outlaw 10.5 up first and in the water. Stay tuned all weekend for updates through the day.

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Morning Notes

With already well over two hundred cars in the pits some racers were still coming in Friday morning along with a mass of spectators.

Robert Coady lost the bottom end in his 377 ci. small block Ford at Bradenton’s X-275 race last weekend and had a mad rush to get things back together. The block was taken to Nelson Competition for machining and sleeves and the rotating assembly from his 430 ci. nitrous engine was put to work. Van at V&M Cylinder Heads did his part to repair the heads and Rob Wells from Ford Speed Racing working late into the night wrapping up the assembly.

Jason Michalak normaly runs his 1970 Chevelle in the TT5 class in Texas and made the trip to Georgia along with fellow Texas racer Kyle Hutell. Previously running in the 4.90 range on slicks this is his first time on radials. With a new engine from Taylor Laster and a new transmission it’s back to square one to get things tuned in.

Baja Cleaners/Midnight Towing Outlaw 10.5

Jimmy Marino took the top spot in OL10.5 with a nice 4.28 @ 165. He hails from Palm Beach Gardens and uses a Nelson Competition 738 on Nitrous.

Monte Smith/NOS/ Holley Outlaw Drag Radial

Pelion, South Carolina racer Brian Mcgee set low ET and high MPH in the first session of Outlaw Radial.

Proformance/Steele Fabrication/Avery Enterprises Leaf Spring Shootout

Tommy Kirk put his 72 Camaro on top of the leaf spring class with a record performance 5.02 @ 145.

TCI/TRZ X-275

Dean Marinis laid down a very nice 4.73 @ 151 to earn top qualifier this afternoon.

Precision Turbo/Mac Fab Beadlock Conversions Outlaw 275

Terry Elam set the pace in Mac Fab Outlaw 275 vs 28’s with a 4.63 @ 159 MPH.

Billet Atomizer/Media1 Ultimate Street

Number one in Billet Atomizer Ultimate Street so far goes to Chris Tino with a 5.24 @ 135.99 MPH. Chris drives for car owner Tim Oakes, with “Cheeseburger” on board to handle the tuning.

PTC Radial vs. the World

John Kolivas is driving for Jere Etheridge this weekend and took top spot in PTC Radial vs the World running a 4.46 @ 174.

Round Two Results

The Bruder Brother and Mustang Mike Modeste took the record in X275 with the new F1-X Procharger with a 4.65 @ 151 MPH in the final session grabbing the top spot for Friday’s session of qualifying.

Matt Mungall grabbed the small block nitrous record and is sitting in the number two spot with a big shoutout to Induction Solutions nitrous.

The leaf spring record was set, then reset twice more in the second qualifying session with Ken Marrow Jr. ripping off a 4.93 @ 149.93 with his supercharged 79 Camaro based out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

There was no shortage of action in the second session as demonstrated here by Ronnie “Danger” Wilson. Multiple cars were hanging the hoops high and far with only a few incidents with the walls and timing cones.

This shot is a testament to not being able to be two places at once. The crowd reaction is from Kevin Neal’s insane wheelstand which had him completely off the ground at one point, then sliding on the drivers side tojjust past the 1/8 mile. Thankfully he is uninjured, thanks to The Racing Vids for getting it on film.