EVENT RESULTS EVENT NOTEBOOK

FRI. GALLERY SAT. GALLERY

SATURDAY RESULTS - MUSI, LEGGETT AND RAY CASH IN WITH BIG WINS

Records were broken and championships were decided as the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) crowned the Drag Wars event champions at GALOT Motorsports Park Saturday night. Lizzy Musi set the elapsed-time and speed national records on her way to the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by MoTeC win, while Cary Goforth secured the Extreme Pro Stock world championship along with his victory. 

Also victorious in the professional classes were North Carolinians Terry Leggett in Pro Extreme and Brad McCoy in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle. Dillon Voss earned his second consecutive event win in East Coast Auto Transport Extreme Outlaw 632. 

In the PDRA’s sportsman categories, Aaron Glaser drove his ’68 Camaro to the win in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman Elite, while Kris Gilbert won in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman Quick 32. Dennis Rinehardt claimed the Lucas Oil Top Dragster victory. In Campers Inn RV Pro Junior Dragster, Zach Pennington ran 7.92 on a 7.90 dial-in to defeat Amber Franklin, who secured the Pro Junior Dragster world championship earlier in the day. Arellyn Garner-Jones used a .003-second reaction time and perfect 7.92 to earn the MegaCorp Top Junior Dragster win over Wallace Wilson. 

The 2017 PDRA Tour will conclude at the 3rd annual Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals, Oct. 19-21, at Virginia Motorsports Park in Petersburg, Virginia.  

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FRIDAY RESULTS - WULCAN, FRANKLIN AND GONZALES PACE FIRST DAY QUALIFYING AT GALOT

Defending Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin ran the first leg of a new national record during Friday qualifying at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Drag Wars at GALOT Motorsports Park, the seventh of eight stops on the all-eighth-mile series’ 2017 tour. 

Also leading the PDRA’s professional categories after Friday’s three qualifying sessions are Mattias Wulcan in Pro Extreme, Jose Gonzales in Andy McCoy Race Cars Pro Boost, John Montecalvo in Extreme Pro Stock, and Ronnie Procopio in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle. 

East Side Auto Transport Extreme Outlaw 632, a class joining the PDRA for the third time this season, is led by Johnny Pluchino with a 4.374 at 160.94 in his ’06 Ford Escort. 

The PDRA’s sportsman classes are led by Billy Albert in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman and Jeremy Creasman in Lucas Oil Top Dragster. Marissa Bickford tops the Campers Inn RV Pro Junior Dragster field with a 7.903 pass. MegaCorp Top Junior Dragster rookie Ashley Franklin is the provisional low qualifier with her perfect .000 reaction time. 

FRIDAY RESULTS - SESSION TWO 

FRIDAY RESULTS - SESSION ONE