Mo Hall’s nitrous Outlaw 10.5 machine was here on Wednesday testing; he clicked off a 4.22 in the nasty heat yesterday from the Fulton-squeezed 833-inch monster. They have good data for the heat, which will be advantageous in today’s first qualifying session. It may be another story tomorrow–the weather is supposed to cool off substantially.

March 1st, DeWayne Mills’ Pro Drag Radial machine looked like this after his horrific wreck at Donald Long’s spring event.

oday, it looks like this–you’d never know it was in an accident. And Mills has it right back on the pace; he clicked off an insane 4.03 at 200.44 mph this morning in the PDR test session. He tells us that was with a ‘lazy’ 1.129 short time–in 3,000 feet of air. Tomorrow night, it’s supposed to be in the low 60’s. Will he skip right through the 3.90’s and run into the 80s? Only time will tell. Thanks to DeWayne for providing the photo of the car in the shop.

Three weeks ago, Rob Goss’ X275 Challenger had a broken engine block after an event with Jeff Kinsler driving at MDIR. He’s got the car all back together thanks to Bruce Maichle, HHP Performance,and the rest of the guys on his crew. This time around, he’s got an iron block on board, which he says puts him a bit overweight but will hopefully provide a bit more durability. As Goss is the trendsetter with GenIII Hemi drag racing, it’s only natural that he finds all of the weak links in the engine components. He turned in a 4.62 at 157 mph in this morning’s open session.

Paul Major’s crew was hard at work changing the plugs in his Pro Drag Radial Corvette this morning. Major’s made a change to a twin 550 lb./hr. fuel injector setup, which has him rebuilding the tuneup from scratch. He clicked off a 4.35 at 188 mph on his test hit this morning, but the DMC Racing-backed bullet has been 200mph in the past. We expect to see him back on that pace in no time.

Jamie Stanton has been battling with Ron Rhodes in X275 all summer long–he’s lost three times on the holeshot and has five runner-ups in all despite being right on Rhodes’ fender in all of those races. Stanton recently upgraded his old, tired NMCA Xtreme Street combination with a new set of cylinder heads and a fresh bullet from BES. He says the new engine has been flawless to date, and he’s looking to get that edge back on the tree to finally put Rhodes on the trailer.

Alan Von Ahnen went 5-flat in yesterday’s heat; the Ultra Street machine has been 4.90s this year, in several finals, and taken home a few winner’s trophies. He’ll have his hands full with guys like Ronnie Rhodes and the rest of the stout Ultra field. 40-plus cars are expected to be here.

Another player in Ultra is Charlie Booze, Jr. Chuck’s running what is probably the most antiquated combination in the class–his old NMRA Hot Street 420 cubic inch engine that was purchased used from Mike DeMayo years ago. The inline-Windsor-headed bullet has still been 5.000 in the heat of the summer in August and is looking to get on the 4.90 pace this weekend.

Frank Soldridge recently installed a new set of spread-port billet big-block heads and billet manifold from David Visner at Visner Engine Development. He cracked off a 4.19 pedaling it this morning; with the new combo, he didn’t have a chance to tune the engine in on the dyno before leaving for the event.

This is what 48 pounds of boost will do to an intake manifold from Ray Johnson’s Outlaw 10.5 big-block Ford.

Here’s the Johnson team putting the car back together with an older intake manifold Johnson received when he originally purchased the car from Conrad Scarry.

Just moments after this photo was taken, Alex Hays (left) took the set of Slick Rick Racing Heads on his big-block Chevy-powered Mustang to an awesome 4.98 in Ultra Street. Wheels up through three gears to the 330-foot mark. Awesome job for the kid who’s making inroads into Ultra this weekend.

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