The pits are full on both sides of the track and rigs are still rolling in.

The Street Outlaws boys are on the property. When we walked by their put earlier, it was filled with fans trying to catch a glimpse of the boys. Shawn Ellington made his way through the tech line this morning and is ready to go.

Fresh off a 4.11 in testing a few weekends ago at Mooresville, David “Little Evil” Pearson is looking to improve on that time this weekend in Outlaw 275. With the help of his wife, Tracey, and Mustang Mike Modeste, the gang feels ready to go once racing action gets underway.

Steve Petty and Josh “Squatch” Ledford looking over the logs on Chris Daniel’s RvW machine.

Ron and Ronny Rhodes made the long trek from Delaware to compete this weekend. Their pit was full of action this morning as the guys get ready to hit the track once the weather breaks.

Jason “Pooch” Rueckert has his bad-to-the-bone Olds ready to go in its first outing of the weekend. A pair of new 98mm turbos are onboard along with a fresh Berry billet intake manifold. He’s also sporting a fresh engine that’s been beefed up with a new Wiseco piston design. He’s looking to break into the 4-teens this weekend.

Thanks to an offseason weight reduction program at the hands of TRZ Motorsports, Outlaw 275 racer Barry Lutz was able to remove over 100 pounds form his car. The carbon-fiber doors have been modified to appear stock, and they also did a bunch of work in the trunk area to help him get down to weight and help the car work better.

Al Tucci and Hans Pierre, Jr. had a rap battle going on this morning in the tower during the rain-induced downtime. We won’t speculate as to the winner, but we saw some money slipped into Hans’ paws before we walked out.

…And this is where we stand right now. Mother Nature has not been kind to us this weekend. The sun is starting to peek out, and the track staff recently rolled the tractor in an attempt to start drying the track up. Stay tuned…

Well, we finally got underway with a single round of testing prior to entering qualifying. Unfortunately, Ohio’s Mike Brown got out of shape and absolutely demolished his car – and the right-side wall. Mike is OK, but he has to be cut out of the car, and the wall needs to be repaired, so the plug has been pulled for the evening in the interest of preserving safety for everyone. We’ll have more updates and a complete photo gallery from today’s testing up in the next few hours.

Is Johnny K coming back? Nope..he’s just setting up Jared Johnston’s X275 machine. Johnston told us that he’s here this weekend competing in X275, but the car has also been outfitted for quarter-mile duty, as the team plans to hit the rest of this season’s NMRA races to run in their Street Outlaw class.

Butch Kemp made the trip down from Michigan to compete in Ultra Street with his naturally aspirated SBF Mustang. Kemp’s machine is bad-to-the-bone…we wouldn’t be surprised one bit if he takes down the Ultra record this weekend. He was in Holly Springs testing earlier this week and the rumor is he’s got it covered.

The one, the only, John Fore III has graced us with his photographic excellence this weekend. He dipped out early to head to White Castle, but we hear he managed to snap a few good photos before getting into his Bentley.

Ultra Street racer Terry Holler reaching for the sky.

Once the weather finally broke, this is what the staging lanes looked like all day long. Memphis International Raceway was absolutely mobbed today.

Brian Edwards heating the tires in MX235.

For some racers, getting down the track was a challenge, despite the stickiness.

And for others, keeping the body parts firmly installed didn’t seem to be a priority.

One of our favorite cars. Ron Rhodes didn’t set the world on fire in testing, but that’s why they call it testing, right? We have no doubt he’ll be on his usual 4.50s pace by elimination day.

Blake Catalanotto’s X275 Camaro is possibly the cleanest car on the grounds. Catalanotto has racing in his bloodline – his uncle is longtime former NMRA Street Outlaw racer Carlo Catalanotto.

The crowd clustered around Big Chief’s machine as he rolled into the waterbox was monstrous. Travis Quillen is still working to sort it out.

Murder Nova cranked out a killer pass last night, with a 4.42 at 177.98 mph in Outlaw 275 trim. These boys are gonna be players on the radial tire.