I caught up with Mike Freeman to get the scoop on his new combination. He has a 430 cubic inch engine from HED topped with Edelbrock SC-1 Glidden heads set up by BES. Jason Gatlin from AFT is doing the engine tuning, trans and converter. The boost is provided by an F1-R Procharger.

Cherrissa Smallwood burnt a cylinder last night and the team was changing the cylinder heads this morning. The Nitro and Lace.com team is here for some exhibition runs, one of which will be paired with Melissa Hutson. The Car was built by her father Ron Griffis at his shop ICW Race Cars out of Gainsville, Florida

ODRC runner up Jimmy Keen leads the Outlaw Pro Mod field with a 3.936 at 192 MPH with his 1963 Corvette based out of Parish, Florida.

Pittsboro, North Carolina racer Jason Harris sits just behind Keen with a 3.941 at 189 in the Robert Hays built War Bird.

Troy Pirez jumped into Outlaw 632 this weekend as the X275 class will not be contested this year. He earned top qualifier after one round with a 4.62 at 157. He said he was bringing the pain to OL 632, so far so good.

Multi time event winner Robert Briscoe currently sits in fourth with a 4.67 at 153 in his 1971 Nova based out of Stuart, Florida.

The track is sticky today as evidenced by Sherri French losing the sole of her show backing up her husband Dave in their Outlaw 632 Camaro. He sits in fifth with a 4.68 at 153 MPH.

Open Outlaw had eight cars show for the first qualifying session with Melissa Hutson leading the pack with a killer 3.767 at 188. She lost the blower belt towards the end of her pass.

Mark McElwee sits second with a 3.784 at 196.76 MPH, good for high MPH so far today. Here the crew watches some of the other competitors in class.

We have eight cars in Pro Drag Radial this weekend with Frank Meshaw leading after one session with a 4.41 at 176 MPH.

Mel Nelson is doing well so far with the suspension upgrades and sits third with high MPH, a 4.537 at 176.78.

Scotty G. blew the hood scoop off last night after breaking two rocker arms in testing. He is fourth with a 4.80 at 153 after a soft launch. Scott Husted (far lane) had to shut off early and coasted to a 5.71 for sixth spot.

Ultra Street has a nice count with fifteen cars in the class. Gary Price (far lane) leads with a 5.07 at 141 with his 1982 Capri based out of Defuniak Springs, Florida. His 141 MPH pass was good for top speed. Brian Keep sits fifth with a 5.23 at 124 in his flamed out S-10 clicking it early.

Repeat winner Walt Drakeford put the Real Speed Racing Mustang in second with a nice 5.11 at 138.

Billy Glidden has struggled today with his first run getting sideways at the hit. He has yet to make a clean run today.

Travis Harvey moved up to second in Outlaw Pro Mod running a 3.94 at 189 in a nice side by side match with Ricky Smith who ran a 3.958, an improvement in ET though he fell one spot to fourth.

Scott Braskett made a clean run and moved up to the bump spot with a 4.088 at 179.64

Eddie Lykins didn’t make a run in the first session today in Open Outlaw. He moved right into second spot with a 3.783 at 194.80.

Jason Harris turned it for the final round of qualifying landing the top qualifier with a 3.84 at 193.59. Looks like the new carbon fiber wheelie bars from MVM are doing their job.

Harris was paired with Doug Horween who got loose early and nosed it into the wall, bursting the fuel cell and causing a small fire. He was out quickly and is ok, however the car will need significant work to repair the front end.

George Williams is the last car in the fours with a 3.992 at 187.

Rob Wells made it in with a 4.03 at 198.76 earning top mile per hour in Outlaw Pro Mod. he just recently switched to alcohol and the big tires and is making some real progress with the changes.

It was not a good day for Billy Glidden, he turned left immediately at the hit on his first pass, didn’t get a good run in the second session and this was the result in the final session. It’s rare Glidden goes home this early but it happens to the best of them every now and then.

Troy Blake bumped Pirez to third in the final session of Outlaw 632 with a 4.595 at 155.

J.R. Atkins is based out of Lakeland, Florida with this stick shifted Mustang in OL 632. He made it to the finals here recently and is qualified sixth with a 4.686 at 149.

One car I haven’t seen in a while is this Mustang driven by Tony Lobaldo, he is on the bump with a 4.89.

Ryan Thorpe got his car straightened out thanks to Hooked up and Gone Race Cars and the performance of the Fast Forward Race Engines big Chevy is showing with a 4.68 at 152.