SATURDAY MATCH RACING - RADFORD, VA.
The largest car count in the history of three-year-old Motor Mile Dragway in Radford, VA, made for some great racing in the track's Mean 16 event. The new format that splits the 16 qualifiers into a top and a bottom half was a great hit among the competitors.
Because of the number of cars attempting to qualify for the 16 spots, track officials also added a third 8-car bracket as a consolation race. In addition to the Mean 16 and consolation races, Matt Hagan and Mike Janis provided a best 2 out of 3 match race for the Saturday crowd.
The largest car count in the history of three-year-old Motor Mile Dragway in Radford, VA, made for some great racing in the track's Mean 16 event. The new format that splits the 16 qualifiers into a top and a bottom half was a great hit among the competitors.
Because of the number of cars attempting to qualify for the 16 spots, track officials also added a third 8-car bracket as a consolation race. In addition to the Mean 16 and consolation races, Matt Hagan and Mike Janis provided a best 2 out of 3 match race for the Saturday crowd.
Janis took the opening round by besting Hagan with a pass of 4.092 at 178.15 mph. Hagan shut off early when tire shake set in. Hagan won the two remaining rounds handily when Janis experienced tire shake. Hagan posted 4.046 at 184.20 in the 2nd pass and 4.073 at 171.36 for the final pass.
In the Top 8 of the News Channel 10 Mean 16 race, Ronnie Gardner’s 4.365 won over Todd Tutterow’s 4.204. Tutterow was .003 too quick off the line and red-lighted away the best time of the weekend. The Bottom 8 of the News Channel 10 Mean 16 saw the IHRA’s regional tech director, Howie Dalton, defeat Mike Westmoreland, 4.540 at 165.99 to 4.557 at 159.24.
Dean Baker won over Greg Rudisill in the consolation bracket, 4.690 at 151.06 to 5.867 at 83.57
