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THE COMPLETION IN RADFORD
Shortly after fireworks lit
up the south-Virginia sky, Joshua Hernandez lit up the crowd at Motor Mile
Dragway this July 4th by winning an unprecedented third consecutive
American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Pro Extreme event, in the
rain-postponed “arm-drop drags” final from the series’ previous race in
Martin, Michigan.
Joining Hernandez in victory lane at Motor Mile
Dragway in Radford, Virginia were Billy Harper in Pro Nitrous and Extreme
10.5 winner Gary White. The postponed Pro Extreme Motorcycle final was held
over again to the ADRL’s next event, July 25-26, at Budd’s Creek, Maryland
because finalist Scott Gray asked for the delay to accommodate his opponent,
T.T. Jones, who couldn’t make the race due to illness.
Harper defeated teammate Dennis Radford to pick up his second-straight ADRL Pro Nitrous win, but it was an anticlimactic affair as both drivers lost traction early and coasted to the finish line.
“It shook hard going into second gear and I had to get off it,” Harper explained after posting a 5.98-seconds win at just 83 mph with his 2000 Viper. Radford said the transmission broke in his ’70 Cuda after it also lost traction early.
In Extreme 10.5, which refers to the cars’ relatively narrow 10.5-inch-wide rear slicks, Gary White made a solo pass in his 2006 Scion after fellow Martin finalist Brent Rau didn’t make the long tow down from Minnesota. White’s car also lost grip shortly after launching and smoked it’s rear tires to half-track on a 5.12 at 152.65-mph pass.
“Basically the track was just too good tonight and we just read it wrong,” White admitted. “That’s okay, though, because we learned something and hopefully we can use that to do better tomorrow.
The ADRL returns to action tomorrow with two more scheduled qualifying sessions before eliminations rounds begin at 4 p.m. for the 2nd annual Shelor Motor Mile Independence Drags.
EVENT POSTPONED
The racing for the weekend has officially been postponed. As you can tell from the pictures below, heavy storms have moved in for the afternoon. The final rounds in all classes will be completed at the next event at Tulsa Raceway Park.
COMPETITION STOPPED AGAIN
The ADRL has had a rough go of things this weekend. Sunday, which was intended to be a finish up kind of day has proven to
be anything but a quick and easy completion.
Saturday's lightning storm knocked out the Christmas tree forcing the ADRL to adopt an old version of flag-starting. The money and points were equally split since competition had been eliminated down to the quarter-finals.
In the midst of starting the makeshift eliminations, a freak starting line incident sent Mitchell Scruggs, father of Pro Extreme racer Jason Scruggs to the hospital. Scruggs was standing in the area behind the burnout box, when debris was pitched from an Extreme 10.5 competitor's burnout and impacted Mitchell in the chest. He was listed in stable condition.
Eliminations were put on hold until the ambulance returned from transport to the local hospital.
The final rounds had been established and teams were called to the lanes when another whopper of a thunderstorm rolled through Martin, Michigan delivering a nasty combination of rain and lightning.
Currently the event is on hold.
Update: Mitchell Scruggs returned to the track in fine condition just in time to see the storm hit. The primary concern for Scruggs was difficutly in breathing but once he recovered from having the wind knocked out of him, he was ready to return to the track.
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ELIMINATIONS ROUND #3
Pro Extreme Eliminations
(2:48 pm)
Pro Nitrous Eliminations
(2:39 pm)
(L) Billy Harper – 4.228 et – 175.78 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Thomas Myers – 3.984 et – 186.08 mph
Harper was off the pace again, but got away with it as Thomas was dead late at the hit, giving away another killer run…
(L) Dennis Radford – 4.070 et – 180.62 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Stan Allen – N/T
Allen broke after the burnout & had to be shutoff… Radford was all over the centerline but held it off to make it an all Harper/Radford final round…
Pro Extreme Motorcycle Eliminations
(2:25 pm)
(L) Charlie Prophit – 4.423 et – 158.43 mph
(R) Scott Gray – 4.389 et – 167.81 mph (**WINNER**)
These guys leave the line together & Gray makes a nice pass with big MPH.
(L) Monte Campbell – 4.611 et – 157.29 mph
(R) TT Jones – 4.494 et – 162.38 mph (**WINNER**)
The bike guys have this deal figured out!! They leave nearly dead even & Jones goes to the final…
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ELIMINATIONS - ROUND TWO
Pro Extreme Eliminations
(1:36 pm)
(L) Bubba Stanton – N/T
(R) Bob Mandell – 4.312 et – 162.53 mph (**WINNER**)
Stanton was a no-show… Mandell was laboring on the big end…
(L) Frankie Taylor – N/T (**WINNER**)
(R) Bil Clanton – N/T
Clanton decide to head home… Frankie just does the burnout & takes the tree for the round win…
(L) Travis Swearingen – 5.563 et – 87.33 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Jason Scruggs – N/T
Obviously Jason is not racing today after the incident with Mitchell. Swearingen shook the tires & clicked it off..
(L) Josh Hernandez – 6.920 et – 193.21 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Alex Hossler – 4.178 et – 180.61 mph
Hossler was dead late at the hit… Hernandez et was screwy as he was rolled in too deep on this deal…
Pro Nitrous Eliminations
(1:16 pm)
(L) Billy Harper – 4.008 et – 185.22 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Randy Weatherford – 4.822 et – 109.24 mph
Harper was a little down on the 60’, his only pass out of the 3’s this weekend…
(L) Thomas Myers – 4.054 et – 185.25 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Greg Godwin – 4.065 et – 182.91 mph
Great side by side shot as they left dead even & were welded together all the way to the stripe!!.
(L) Shannon Jenkins – 5.098 et – 102.98 mph
(R) Dennis Radford – 4.139 et – 180.73 mph (**WINNER**)
Nice side by side leave here but Jenkins shakes the tires & clicks it off..
(L) Stan Allen – 4.146 et – 175.63 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Jim Halsey – N/T
Halsey is a no show, deciding to head home... Allen has the front end hiked up a long way & makes a good run.
Pro Extreme Motorcycle Eliminations
(12:55pm)
(L) Billy Vose – no time
(R) Monte Campbell – no time (**WINNER**)
This is an experiment… We got no times, but video shows Campbell taking the stripe .
(L) Mimmo Marciano – 4.507 et – 159.15 mph
(R) Scott Gray – 4.536 et – 166.11 mph (**WINNER**)
A great side by side race here…
(L) Jack Young – N/T
(R) Charlie Prophit – N/T (**WINNER**)
Young was a no show for this race... Again this is an experimental deal, we got no timing info, but Prophit takes the win…
(L) Matt Prophit – 4.409 et – 165.33 mph
(R) TT Jones – 4.469 et – 162.53 mph (**WINNER**)
TT Jones takes the win light in a good side by side pair…
ADRL GOES OLD SCHOOL FOR SUNDAY'S COMPLETION
In an unprecedented move for major-league drag racing, the Flowmaster
American Drag Racing League presented by the National Guard is
returning to the sport's roots with hand-signal starts at its 4th
annual Pizza Hut Summer Drags at Knoll Gas Motorsports Park in Martin,
Michigan.
A severe electrical storm blew through western Michigan last night,
forcing tens of thousands of fans home early and elimination rounds for
the ADRL's all-pro show to be postponed to today. However, lightning
apparently damaged the track's starting tree, though its timing system
over the eighth-mile course remained intact, so ADRL President Kenny
Nowling made the bold decision to hand start the remaining pairings.
They're racing for bragging rights only, though, as the race purse and
points will be split equally among those remaining in each class.
"It's old school, baby!" Nowling declared after delivering the news,
which was fairly well-received by racers who didn't relish the thought
of making long treks home without determining winners. "This is
certainly not the best situation, but it's the best solution. We have
fans who have returned today to watch a race and that's exactly what
we're going to give them. I truly appreciate the cooperation of our
race teams in making this happen and I'm looking forward to finally
crowning champions at the Pizza Hut Summer Drags."
The ADRL is next in action June 20-21, at Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
ELIMINATIONS - ROUND ONE
Pro Extreme Eliminations
(7:35 pm)
(L) Brandon Snider – 5.847 et – 81.67 mph
(R) Travis Swearingen – 4.204 et – 166.10 mph (**WINNER**)
Travis was dead late, Snider got crossed up first, then Travis got loose himself & did a whale of a driving job to hang on to it…
(L) Hugh Scott – 4.975 et – 105.67 mph
(R) Bubba Stanton – 4.088 et – 186.82 mph (**WINNER**)
Hugh shook right off the line… Stanton was all over his lane but gets the win… Word is that Stanton put some oil down, so we will be down a few minutes…
(L) Ray Commisso – broke
(R) Alex Hossler – 4.026 et – 182.79 mph (**WINNER**)
Of course Commisso could not make the call due to the incident early today… Hossler gets the single & is making some killer passes with the automatic!!
(L) Jason Scruggs – 3.838 et – 200.89 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Brian Daniels – broke
Daniels broke something on the burnout & oiled the right lane… HE was shut off & Scruggs got the single, this time right down the center of the lane to HUGE mph!!!
(L) Brian Robbins – 4.148 et – 173.85 mph
(R) Bil Clanton – 4.073 et – 186.82 mph (**WINNER**)
It looked like Clanton may have peddled it one, but pulls away to take the win…
(L) Frankie Taylor – 3.967 et – 172.34 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Dwayne Watkins – 4.098 et – 181.37 mph
Frankie put a pretty good bulb on Watkins & stayed in it even though he was near the wall…
(L) Noel Felton – 4.419 et – 141.08 mph
(R) Josh Hernandez – 3.891 et – 192.37 mph (**WINNER**)
Josh lead this one from wire to wire to move on to round #2…
(L) Wes Johnston – broke
(R) Bob Mandell – 4.143 et – 172.38 mph (**WINNER**)
Johnston kicked the rods out last night and could not make the call… Mandell has the competition bye & takes an easy ride to the stripe…
Pro Nitrous
(6:30 pm)
(L) Randy Weatherford – 6.020 et – 40.87 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Brad Personett – 7.494 et – 61.90 mph
HUGE shake for both guys & Personett may have broke something as Weatherford slapped the throttle to get the win…
(L) Harold Martin – 4.110 et – 179.43 mph
(R) Dennis Radford – 4.063 et – 182.21 mph (**WINNER**)
Martin improves, but not enough to handle the Cuda…
(L) Jim Halsey – 4.041 et – 182.93 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Keith Baker – 4.097 et – 180.53 mph
Baker was out on Halsey nearly the entire way, but it looks like he ate some pistons right in the lights & Halsey goes around him…
(L) Greg Godwin – 4.016 et – 183.68 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Pat Moore – 4.084 et – 178.64 mph
Awesome side by side race here, Godwin squeezing out the victory...
(L) Thomas Myers – 3.983 et – 186,54 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Jamie Hancock – 4.124 et – 181.48 mph
The kid leaves first, but Slick drives around him to make a killer run!!!
(L) Stan Allen – 4.113 et – 181.44 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Doug Reisterer – 4.064 et – 177.17 mph
Reisterer flickered the stage bulb & it cost him as he was dead late with a .210 light & Allen steals the holeshot win!!
(L) Shannon Jenkins – 4.136 et – 148.94 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Johnny Pilcher – 4.031 et – 184.51 mph
Unreal, Pilcher went -.014 red & gave away the round win…
(L) Edmund Hall – 4.594 et – 125.71 mph
(R) Billy Harper – 3.961 et – 185.85 mph (**WINNER**)
Harper & the Viper are just in their own timezone this weekend…
Extreme 10.5 Eliminations
SUNDAY (1:02 pm)
(L) Michelle Wilson – 4.380 et – 169.26 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Todd Moyer – 4.981 et – 123.25 mph
Wilson makes a great run in the left lane to take the easy win…
(L) Bob Mandell III – N/T
(R) Gary White – 5.295 et – 97.84 mph (**WINNER**)
Mandell broke on the burnout… White had problems at halftrack & had to lift…
(L) Billy Glidden – 4.326 et – 165.96 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) HT Wilson – 13.394 et – 34.67 mph
Glidden makes another killer run with the smallblock ride, with a 1.04 60’!!
(L) Steve Gorman – 8.394 et – 163.52 mph
(R) Brent Rau – 4.615 et – 153.03 mph (**WINNER**)
Gorman rolled the lights & Rau made a great run in the little turbo ride…
Pro Extreme Motorcycle
(6:10 pm)
(L) Charlie Prophit – 4.406 et – 160.73 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Tom Acres – 4.554 et – 154.43 mph
These guys leave dead even & Prophit pulls away to take the win…
(L) Scott Gray – 4.397 et – 168.45 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Ron Clark – 4.417 et – 160.17 mph
Gray left first & pulled away at every increment…
(L) Jeff Lindeman – 4.671 et – 150.51 mph
(R) Billy Vose – 4.448 et – 160.11 mph mph (**WINNER**)
Vose leaves the line first & runs away with this one…
(L) Darian Guillory – 4.389 et – 164.29 mph
(R) Monte Campbell – 4.393 et – 161.20 mph (**WINNER**)
Campbell with an .066 light and the holeshot win!!
(L) Matt Prophit – 4.318 et – 166.11 mph (**WINNER**)
(R) Artavious McArthur – N/T
Wow, McArthur gets totally crossed up crossing the centerline… I don’t know how he didn’t lay it down!!!
(L) Les Stimac - broke
(R) TT Jones – 4.519 et – 135.15 mph (**WINNER**)
Stimac was a no show for this round giving Jones the single & he clicked it early…
(L) Coodee Thomas – broke
(R) Mimmo Marciano – 4.330 et – 166.59 mph (**WINNER**)
Lots of carnage in the bike class… Thomas could not make the call…
(L) Tommy Campbell – broke
(R) Jack Young – 5.878 et – 124.32 mph (**WINNER**)
Again, Young gets a single into the second round…
COMMISSO UNINJURED
Pro Mod racer Ray Commisso emerged uninjured from an accident during
the second Pro Extreme qualifying session at the ADRL Summer Drags at
Knoll Gas Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan.
Commisso shook the tires early in the run and the force of the shake
turned him towards the retaining wall. The car made a complete turn and
he backed into the wall. His car came to a stop at the quarter-mile
mark.
He walked away from the crash and his vitals are good. Commisso only had a sore elbow.
CompetitionPlus.com’s longtime Director of Photography Roger Richards shot this sequence.
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FINAL SESSION
Pro Extreme
(4:52 pm)
(L) Jason Scruggs – 7.955 et – 55.69 mph
(R) Travis Swearingen – 3.885 et – 188.30 mph
Scruggs rattles the tires again right off the starting line… Travis makes a killer run to jump up to the #2 spot!!
(L) Brian Robbins – 6.347 et – 87.71 mph
(R) Brandon Snider – 4.508 et – 120.69 mph
Robbins rattles at the hit… Snider was on a good hit, but went to the centerline & had to lift again…
(L) Bubba Stanton – 3.890 et – 194.03 mph
(R) Alex Hossler – 4.100 et – 171.84 mph
Bubba is making huge power, he had ONLY a 1 flat 60’, but ran another huge speed…
(L) Hugh Scott – 6.396 et – 71.29 mph
(R) Josh Hernandez – 8.271 et – 71.29 mph
Both drivers immediately overpowered the racetrack…
(L) Frankie Taylor – 4.210 et – 181.44 mph
(R) Dwayne Watkins – 3.928 et – 189.01 mph
HUGE run for Watkins, jumping all the way to the #4 spot!! Awesome pass…
(L) Bob Mandell – 7.497 et – 71.53 mph
(R) Brian Daniels – 4.013 et – 188.27 mph
Mandell with big shake in the Lowmad to close out qualifying…
Pro Nitrous
(4:36 pm)
(L) Blake Housley – 5.018 et – 149.62 mph
(R) Dave Roemer – 4.310 et – 155.72 mph
Housley with big time shake off the line… Roemer got loose on the top end…
(L) Thomas Myers – 4.028 et – 182.92 mph
(R) Burton Auxier – 4.695 et – ??? mph
Burton shakes again & will not make the field… Myers makes a great run to jump up the #4 spot…
(L) Steve Vick – 4.548 et – 169.03 mph
(R) Pat Moore – 4.124 et – 178.50 mph
Vick shakes & will not make the field… Moore makes a great pass in the heat & gets off the bump, up to the #11 spot for now…
(L) Randy Weatherford – 4.738 et – 112.44 mph
(R) Jarod Wenrick – 4.579 et – 118.06 mph
Both guys shake & head to the centerline…
(L) John Deflorian – 4.172 et – 175.90 mph
(R) Ryan Hargett – 4.176 et – 173.02 mph
Wow, great side by side pass… Both guys were outside the field & both bumped their way into the #15 & #16 spot for now.
(L) Johnny Pilcher – 4.179 et – 179.24 mph
(R) Shannon Jenkins – 5.120 et – 98.19 mph
The track is a little greasy right now, lots of tire spin off the line… Jenkins clicked early, couldn’t see nay problems from here…
(L) Ray Shuler – 4.190 et – 173.68 mph
(R) Jamie Hancock – 4.130 et – 178.39 mph
Clutch run by the kid Hancock who was outside the field, jumping up to the #12 spot… Shuler will not make the field…
(L) Keith Baker – 7.278 et – 64.91 mph
(R) Doug Reisterer – 4.074 et – 179.76 mph
Baker shakes & gets very crossed up… Reisterer makes another nice pass..
(L) Edmund Hall – 4.144 et - 175.73 mph
(R) Brad Personett – 7.456 et – 63.30 mph
Just like Valdosta, Edmund has a bracket car this weekend… Personett shook the tires big time…
(L) Jim Halsey – 4.073 et – 182.92 mph
(R) Billy Harper – 3.993 et – 185.21 mph
Harper is breaking their backs again this weekend… Every pass in the 3 second zone…
(L) Greg Godwin – 4.034 et – 181.43 mph
(R) Dennis Radford – 4.066 et – 181.33 mph
Godwin finds his way into the field on his last shot with a fine pass in the heat of the day… Radford was no slouch himself…
(L) Stan Allen – 4.134 et – 172.34 mph
(R) Tim Savell – 6.860 et – 55.62 mph
Savell had the tires hiked up & then something breaks… Word is the rearend broke… Meanwhile Allen fights his way into the field at the #14 spot, bumping out Dave Roemer…
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(R) Harold Martin – 4.148 et – 173.65 mph
Martin drifts to the wall, stays in it, but that may have been just enough to keep him out of the field, missing by 4 thousands…
Extreme 10.5
(3:45 pm)
(L) Brent Rau – 7.699 et – 60.95 mph
(R) Steve Gorman – 11.114 et – 44.95 mph
Troubles for both guys, no improvement…
(L) Todd Moyer – 5.207 et – 133.14 mph
(R) Billy Glidden – 4.645 et – 122.94 mph
Moyer blows the tires off… Glidden was on another good pass, a 1.02 60’, but drifted to the wall & had to lift…
(L) Jerry Bird – 4.751 et – 133.88 mph
(R) Alex Viscardi – 4.492 et – 144.85 mph
Boom Boom carried the wheels to about 400ft, eventually taking out the top end cones, so both these runs will be tossed….
(L)
(R) Gary White – 4.690 et – 167.28 mph
The Titan team switched Toyotas for this round… He smoked the tires at the hit, peddled & rocketed at the backdoor!! Look at the mph!!
(L)
(R) Bob Mandell III – 7.483 et – 94.06 mph
Mandell blows the tires off at the hit & coasts to the stripe…
Pro Extreme Motorcycle
(3:29 pm)
(L) Scott Gray – 4.439 et – 166.06 mph
(R) Dan McCarten – 5.217 et – 137.18 mph
Gray rides the centerline all the way to the stripe… McCarten cannot improve & will not make the show…
(L) TT Jones – 4.416 et – 163.67 mph
(R) Matt Prophit – 4.323 et – 172.25 mph
Nice side by side pass here & Prophit takes top speed away again!!!
(L) Artavious McArthur – 7.258 et – 57.90 mph
(R) Les Stimac – 4.637 et – 147.09 mph
Both guys have problems, Stimac with a ton of death smoke at the top end….
(L) Tommy Campbell – 4.852 et – 154.68 mph
(R) Charlie Prophit – 4.677 et – 122.56 mph
Prophit was on a very nice pass but had problems on the big end…
(L) Billy Vose – 4.387 et – 164.72 mph
(R) Ron Acres – 4.562 et – 154.17 mph
Vose was looking to back up a new speed record, but gets loose & had to muscle the bike back in the groove…
(L) Jeff Lindeman – 4.675 et – 148.96 mph
(R) Ron Clark – 4.466 et – 158.95 mph
With the heat, everyone is a little off the pace, no improvement for either driver here…
(L) Darian Guillory – 4.377 et – 164.12 mph
(R) Monte Campbell – 4.501 et – 158.87 mph
Some improvement for Cambell, no help for Guillory…
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QUALIFYING SESSION #2
Pro Extreme Qualifying
(3:08 pm)
(L) Travis Swearingen – N/T
(R) Jason Scruggs – 5.462 et – 86.92 mph
Travis leaves before the tree comes down & does not get a time… Scruggs goes out with a .990 60’ but gets real loose about 100ft out & has to lift…
(L) Brandon Snider – 4.757 et – 111.13 mph
(R) Bubba Stanton – 6.929 et – 67.55 mph
Stanton jumped right up on the tires & lifted… Snider got a little further out & got WAY crossed up himself…
(L) Dwayne Watkins – 4.013 et – 186.74 mph
(R) Brian Robbins – 4.089 et – 177.97 mph
Robbins is here in the awesome Olds… And he makes a very impressive run to get in the show!! COOL car….
(L) Ray Commisso – 4.544 et – 114.82 mph
(R) Hugh Scott – 5.948 et – 69.63 mph
Hugh went to the centerline & has to lift… Commisso got out about 100ft & shook the tires & drifted towards the wall, then he made a hard move to the right, up on two wheels then that shot him hard into the left wall. The car then spun around and backed into the wall again, finally coming to a stop at the ¼ mile mark. Commisso is out of the car & ok…
(L) Brian Daniels – 4.075 et – 185.39 mph
(R) Frankie Taylor – 4.567 et – 144.72 mph
Frankie was on a good pass with a .982 60’ had had problems down track & had to click it early… Daniels made a clean run to go to the #10 spot…
(L) Bil Clanton – 3.957 et – 190.91 mph
(R) Josh Hernandez – 4.108 et – 150.47 mph
Clanton makes another great pass to stay in the #4 spot… Josh had a .967 60’, but had to click it just a touch early…
(L) Noel Felton – 4.255 et – 173.00 mph
(R) Bob Mandell – 3.990 et – 184.57 mph
Felton is in a NOS late model camaro, jumping over to Pro Extreme to fill out the field… Mandell takes the Lowmad in the 3’s & up to the #7 spot!!
(L) Alex Hossler – 8.830 et – 64.30 mph
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Hossler with big time shake right at the hit of the throttle…
Pro Nitrous Qualifying
(2:11 pm)
(L) Pat Moore – 4.258 et – 173.68 mph
(R) Thomas Myers – 4.180 et – 178.05 mph
Both guys drove through just a bit of shake…
(L) Billy Harper – 3.967 et – 185.19 mph
(R) Burton Auxier – 7.350 et – 68.73 mph
Burton with big time shake… Meanwhile Harper with a .997 60’ & straight down the groove to another 3 second pass…
(L) Ryan Hargett – 5.551 et – 96.54 mph
(R) Terry Housley – 9.631 et – 44.42 mph
Side by side tire shake again…
(L) Dave Roemer – 4.281 et – 150.58 mph
(R) Dennis Radford – 4.101 et – 179.78 mph
Roemer spun the tires hard off the line… Radford makes a very nice run…
(L) Jamie Hancock – N/T
(R) Randy Weatherford – 4.087 et – 179.31 mph
Hancock had to be shutoff after the burnout due to leakage… Weatherford made a clean run to jump into the #5 spot… Jamie is down to his last shot to get in this field…
(L) Brad Personett – 4.921 et – 106.68 mph
(R) Johnny Pilcher – 4.139 et – 178.68 mph
Pilcher makes a clean run to jump into the show… Meanwhile Personett had the front end hiked up, drifted toward the wall, started shaking & made a hard move to the centerline… Brad did an awesome job, fighting it back & forth & getting the chutes out !!! He took out the finishline cones so we will be down just a minute…. Wow!!
(L) Shannon Jenkins – 3.953 et – ??? mph
(R) John Deflorian – 4.384 et – 164.06 mph
Jenkins with a .969 60’ & a booming et!! No mph on that pass as the cones must have still been out in that lane…
(L) Jared Wenrick – 4.136 et – 178.01 mph
(R) Greg Godwin – 4.359 et – 170.98 mph
Wenrick has the the Procharger ride working very well this weekend…
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(R) Keith Baker – 4.110 et – 180-.86 mph
A smooth run by Baker, dancing the front end to halftrack… Apparently Baker hurt some parts as he layed oil down & we have a pretty lengthy delay…
(L) Doug Resisterer – 4.249 et – 134.71 mph
(R) Ray Shuler – 4.662 et – 146.19 mph
Doug was on a lap with a .991 60’, but ran into trouble on the top end & had to click it early…
(L) Tim Savell – 4.189 et – 172.51 mph
(R) Steve Vick – 4.393 et – 166.86 mph
Vick just missed getting in the show, he will have one more shot…
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(R) Edmund Hall – 4.166 et – 175.82 mph
Mr. 5 Speed made the tow to Michigan & he goes right in to the #12 spot!!!
(L) Harold Martin – 6.858 et – 80.64 mph
(R) Jim Halsey – 4.112 et – 182.84 mph
Martin shakes & will have to wait for the final session… Halsey makes another clean pass…
(L)
(R) Stan Allen – 4.230 et – 160.10 mph
Allen used up a lot of the lane to get in the show for now…
Extreme 10.5
(12:45 pm)
(L) Billy Glidden – 4.329 et – 164.25 mph
(R) Todd Moyer – 4.961 et – 146.63 mph
Glidden is just amazing!! You show hear him rowing thru the gears on the Liberty transmission, just amazing!!!
(L) Bob Mandell – 4.575 et – 155.09 mph
(R) HT Wilson – 4.731 et – 153.14 mph
Young Bob is in the ride today, for the first time on 10.5’s & makes a pretty clean run…
(L) Brent Rau – 4.726 et – 152.06 mph
(R) Jerry Bird – 5.031 et – 154.08 mph
Rau with an amazing run with the little 122 ci single turbo!!! The block & cylinder head is a factory casting…
(L) Alex Viscadi – 5.150 et – 158.84 mph
(R)
Boom Boom carried the front end way up in the air to about 100ft & had to peddle as he was headed towards the wall…
(L) Steve Gorman – 4.443 et – 163.07 mph
(R)
Great pass by Gorman here to slide into the #2 spot…
(L) Michelle Wilson – 4.329 et – 169.91 mph
(R)
Pro Extreme Motorcycle
(12:32 pm)
(L) Charlie Prophit – 4.368 et – 164.29 mph
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Prophit opens the show with a straight as a string pass…
(L) Jack Young – 4.328 et – 164.12 mph
(R) Tommy Campbell – 4.680 et – 154.72 mph
Young makes a nice pass in the left lane, then crosses the centerline right in front of Campbell in the shutdown, taking out a cone… Looked scary from here…
(L) Monte Campbell – 5.182 et – 148.48 mph
(R) Jeff Lindeman – 4.711 et – 149.91 mph
Both guys have problems getting down the racetrack…
(L) Matt Prophit – 4.302 et – 167.18 mph
(R) Scott Gray – 4.646 et – 163.46 mph
Gray was dancing the front wheel all the way down the lane, meanwhile Prophit went straight to the #1 spot!!.
(L) Ron Clark – 4.499 et – 154.61 mph
(R) Darian Guillory – 4.372 et – 162.46 mph
Good side by side pass here as Clark jumps into the show…
(L) Les Stimac – 4.492 et – 161.29 mph
(R) TT Jones – 4.441 et – 161.17 mph
Another set of clean passes, however Jones may have hirt some parts on the top end…
(L) Coodee Thomas – 4.869 et – 117.16 mph
(R) Artavious McArthur – N/T
McArthur broke on the burnout… Thomas sounded like he went from 1st to 3rd, the motor laying over at the gear change…
(L) Dan McCarten – 6.754 et – 66.93 mph
(R) Billy Vose – 4.364 et – 169.92 mph
Vose goes BIG mph, bettering the current national record… We’ll see if he can back it up!!
(L) Tom Acres – 4.699 et – 151.00 mph
(R) Mimmo Marciano – 4.298 et – 171.73 mph
And Marciano goes one better on the MPH!!! Wow, huge speed in the heat!!!
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FRIDAY QUALIFYING - STANTON, HARPER, WILSON AND PROPHIT LEAD ADRL QUALIFYING
Bil Clanton and Canadian Ray Commisso in his first ADRL appearance, while defending series champion and current record holder Jason Scruggs is sixth in the race debut of his new 2006 Dodge Stratus.
Stanton's class-leading, eighth-mile effort came after his team executed an engine change in his '63 Corvette during a lengthy rain delay that cut short Friday's scheduled test session. He is cautiously optimistic the time will hold up through two more qualifying sessions on Saturday before eliminations begin mid-afternoon.
In Pro Nitrous, Paducah, Kentucky's Billy Harper continued where he left off at the previous ADRL national event a month earlier in Georgia, where he established a new class E.T. record of 3.91 seconds. Harper seized the provisional pole in Michigan with a 3.94-seconds pass at 186.71 mph in his 2001 Dodge Viper. Texan Doug Riesterer is second at four-seconds-flat, followed by Jim Halsey, Brad Personett in a turbocharged entry, and Ohio's David Roemer.
In just his second ADRL Pro Extreme Motorcycle event Matt Prophit leads qualifying after one round with a 4.31-seconds pass at 165.86 mph aboard his '07 Suzuki. Defending class champ Billy Vose is second after going just six-ten thousandths slower, followed by Prophit's brother and team owner, Charlie Prophit, Darian Guillory and Mimmo Marciano. Like Wilson, Prophit was unimpressed with his number-one status and expects several bikes to improve their times on Saturday.
"It all depends on the weather, though," he said. "But no matter what, we're going to put more in it. We've got two more passes to work with."
Qualifying for the 4th annual ADRL Pizza Hut Summer Drags resumes at noon on Saturday, with a second qualifying session set for 2 p.m. and elimination rounds scheduled to begin at 4 p.m
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QUALIFYING SESSION #1
Pro Extreme Qualifying
(11:30 pm)
(L) Hugh Scott – 4.534 et – 118.44 mph
(R) Alex Hossler – 4.059 et – 177.17 mph
Hossler in the converter car makes a very nice pass, straight & smooth!! Hugh looked like he was on a good run, but lifted… Not sure what happened.
(L) Wes Johnston – 4.003 et – 191.54 mph
(R) Dwayne Watkins – 4.673 et – 116.84 mph
Watkins used up all the lane & had to lift… Johnston had a lazy 1.067 60’, but man did he take it out the backdoor with 190+ speed!!
(L) Josh Hernandez – 3.899 et – 192.36 mph
(R) Brandon Snider – 5.828 et – 82.26 mph
Snider shook the tires & got crossed up… Meanwhile Josh was long gone for low et of the meet!!
(L) Bubba Stanton – 3.805 et – 196.59 mph
(R) Travis Swearingen – 3.917 et – 189.93 mph
KILLER side by side run here!!!! Bubba had a .967 60’ & huge MPH!!! Travis made a fine run himself…
(L) Jason Scruggs – 3.988 et – 190.83 mph
(R) Ray Commisso – 3.969 et – 188.10 mph
Commisso with a very nice run in legal trim... Jason was all over the lane on the big end but stayed with it to make a nice lap in the Stratus…
(L) Bob Mandell – 5.520 et – 80.46 mph
(R) Brian Daniels – N/T
Huge shake for Daniels & he coasts to a stop about 100ft out. Mandell was on a good hit but ran into shake of his own…
(L) Frankie Taylor – 5.308 et – 93.71 mph
(R) Bil Clanton – 3.955 et – 189.81 mph
Frankie shook the tires… Clanton is just amazing… Afgter crashing at Orangeburg just a few weeks ago, he & Ralph patched the car back up & on its first pass goes right down the lane & into the 3’s!!!
Pro Nitrous Qualifying
(11:06 pm)
(L) Dennis Radford – 7.089 et – 75.00 mph
(R) Shannon Jenkins – 5.877 et – 82.09 mph
Side by side shake from drivers… The track is giving everyone troubles right now…
(L) Blake Housley – 11.150 et – 37.41 mph
(R) Brad Personett – 4.081 et – 186.01 mph
Personett decided to compete in Pro Nitrous this weekend... And he unloads an awesome pass for a turbo ride!!!
(L) Randy Weatherford – 5.764 et – 83.05 mph
(R) Jarod Wenrick – N/T
Weatherford gets near the wall & had to lift… Wenrick’s incrementals & et were not consistent, so he will get no time…
(L) Ray Shuler – 4.954 et – 101.79 mph
(R) Dave Roemer – 4.158 et – 175.17 mph
Roemer was a little soft at the hit, but makes a pretty nice pass...
(L) Burton Auxier – 4.753 et – 162.43 mph
(R) Jamie Hancock – N/T
Burton shakes the tires… Hancock slapped the peddle & rides it out, but his incrementals & et were also obviously in error… There is an issue with the right lane timing system.
(L) Thomas Myers – 5.801 et – 84.43 mph
(R) Ryan Hargett – 5.523 et – 98.92 mph
Shake in both lanes…
(L) Steve Vick – 6.024 et – 95.78 mph
(R) Billy Harper – 3.940 et – 186.71 mph
Harper shows the way after lots of other guys had problems, drifting a bit towards the centerline, flames shooting out the pipes!!! He had a .985 short time!!
(L) John Deflorian – 4.472 et – 129.35 mph
(R) Pat Moore – 6.988 et – 65.23 mph
Deflorian was on a nice lap, but got loose on the big end & had to lift early…
(L) Keith Baker – 5.855 et – 81.79 mph
(R) Doug Reisterer – 4.000 et – 179.96 mph
Reisterer is really smoking now, he knows he has a hurt ring & will be working tonight I suspect… And again a .991 60’ & a great pass!!
(L) Stan Allen – 3.998 et – 176.25 mph
(R) Harold Martin – 4.774 et – 111.39 mph
Allen appeared to make a great pass, but he had a .619 r/t & .914 60’… So I’m sure that run will be under review…
(L) Johnny Pilcher – 6.258 et – 94.71 mph
(R) Tim Savell – 4.284 et – 141.06 mph
Both drivers head to the centerline, Savell a little further downtrack & stays with it…
(L) Greg Godwin – 5.636 et – 86.40 mph
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Godwin went out & shook at the gear change, causing him to click it early…
(L) Jim Halsey – 4.045 et – 183.73 mph
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Halsey with a 1 flat 60’ & a nice pass to close out the session…
Extreme 10.5 (10:08 pm)
(L) Jerry Bird – 6.296 et – 98.21 mph
(R) Michelle Wilson – 4.852 et – 112.01 mph
Bird gets VERY crossed up & has to lift… Didn’t see any problems with Wilson, maybe some shake…
(L) Todd Moyer – 5.047 et – 118.49 mph
(R) Alex Viscardi – 9.416 et – 77.06 mph
Viscardi got crossed up right at the hit & had to lift… Moyer rode the left hand wall, but did not lift...
(L) HT Wilson – 4.875 et – 150.99 mph
(R) Brent Rau – 4.968 et – 151.38 mph
Rau is in a Eclipse with a 122 cubic inch factory casting motor with a single turbo!!
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(R) Billy Glidden – 5.135 et – 100.87 mph
Glidden is rowing the gears on the Liberty, but gets close to the wall & has to lift...
(L) Gary White – N/T
(R) Steve Gorman – 8.595 et – 54.47 mph
Gorman with huge tireshake right at the hit… White barely moved & lost fire…
Pro Extreme Motorcycle Qualifying
(8:45 pm)
(L) Scott Gray – 4.581 et – 161.28 mph
(R) Charlie Prophit – 4.332 et – 168.41 mph
Prophit opens the show with an awesome pass…
(L) Artavious McArthur – 4.717 et – 135.51 mph
(R) Monte Campbell – 4.844 et – 146.17 mph
McArthur was all over the wall in the left lane, I don’t know how he kept it off…
(L) Tommy Campbell – 4.621 et – 148.16 mph
(R) Matt Prophit – 4.314 et – 165.86 mph
Prophit with a killer run to go the #1 spot!!! Prophits are 1 & 2!!
(L) Billy Vose – 4.314 et – 168.13 mph
(R) Les Stimac – 5.697 et – 124.60 mph
Vose barely misses the #1 , jumping to #2 in between the family members…
(L) TT Jones – 4.435 et – 162.89 mph
(R) Coodee Thomas – 6.613 et – 96.70 mph
Thomas has problems & has to lift. Jones with a clean pass, but a little off the pace.
(L) Jeff Lindeman – 4.717 et – 147.99 mph
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A clean pass, no apparent problems…
(L) Darian Guillory – 4.340 et – 163.08 mph
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Guillory makes a nice pass, jumping into the #4 spot…
(L) Mimmo Marciano – 4.350 et – 163.68 mph
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Marciano makes a good pass, then crosses the centerline, bowling over some cones at 1000ft… No problems though as it was past the finishline..
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GLIDDEN RACING XTREME 10.5 IN MARTIN
Veteran Pro Stock/Outlaw 10.5 racer to compete in Xtreme 10.5 competition ...
Billy Glidden will officially make his ADRL debut this weekend during the ADRL Summer Drags at the Knoll Gas Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan.
Glidden will be competing with the familiar silver Pontiac GTO sponsored by Mickey Thompson Tires and used primarily as a test car for the tire manufacturer. Glidden has run the car in NHRA Pro Stock as well.
He tested the Pontiac earlier this weekend and scored a series of 4.3-second laps with a 4.32 best.
"We went to the ADRL event in Montgomery last year with the new Mustang and made a time run, but it started raining and that was all we got in," Glidden said. "I think if I can go into the 4.30s we can give them a run for the money."
Glidden's next tire test with Mickey Thompson Tires will be in two weeks in Indianapolis.
ADRL BRINGS UNIQUE EVENT TO WESTERN MICHIGAN
Drag racing fans in Western Michigan are in for a rare treat
June 6-7, as the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL)
presented by the National Guard visits Knoll Gas Motorsports Park at
U.S. 131 in Martin, Michigan for the first time with its 4th annual
ADRL Pizza Hut Summer Drags. The ADRL features racers from across the
country in four professional classes—Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Extreme
10.5 and Pro Extreme Motorcycle—competing in thrilling eighth-mile,
head-to-head action. With most ADRL racers never having competed before in Michigan, this will be the introduction of a new kind of drag racing to the region. ADRL competition is an all-pro-show with no filler classes, which translates to a quick-paced and entertaining day of drag racing. The stars of the ADRL are friendly, approachable and eager to visit with fans and pit access is included with all event tickets, which incidentally, are provided to the Western Michigan community almost entirely free of charge thanks to ADRL sponsors Pizza Hut, Flowmaster and the National Guard.
On the track, Texas driver Joshua Hernandez will be looking to extend
his points lead in the supercharged Pro Extreme class after winning
both ADRL races contested so far this year. Also certain to be vying
for the Martin win will be defending ADRL world champion Jason Scruggs,
who at Rockingham, NC, last year became the first doorslammer driver
ever to exceed 200 miles per hour over an eighth mile. Scruggs also
holds the Pro Extreme elapsed time record of an incredible 3.70 seconds
and increased his speed record to an unreal 205.47 mph at the 2008
season opener in Houston. Other top challengers include 2006 Pro Extreme champ Bubba Stanton, young gun Travis Swearingen, Texas veteran Frankie “Madman” Taylor and Michigan native Bob Mandell, who is featured in the current issue of Adrenaline, official magazine of the ADRL, and available at the Martin event.
Fresh off his career-first ADRL win and lowering the elapsed time record to a brilliant 3.91 seconds last month at Valdosta, Georgia, former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Billy Harper leads the Pro Nitrous contingent into Michigan. Points leader and Harper teammate Dennis Radford also will pose a threat to win, as will Maryland’s Jim Halsey, who tasted victory at two of the last four ADRL national events.
They will be fending off the likes of 2006 class champ Keith Baker,
Shannon “The Iceman” Jenkins and 18-year-old reigning champion Jamie
Hancock, who became the youngest driver ever to win a major drag racing
world championship last year. Additionally, New Hudson, Michigan’s
Harold Martin will pilot the second National Guard entry in Pro Nitrous
trim. ADRL created and debuted its Extreme 10.5 class last season, featuring cars with no powerplant or weight limitations, but running on relatively narrow 10.5-inch-wide rear slicks. After successfully defending his event title in his native Georgia, points leader Mike Hill will be hoping to continue the momentum up north. However, current class champion Steve Gorman, who won at Houston in March, will provide stiff competition alongside new elapsed-time record holder Steve Kirk Jr., Texan Todd Moyer and Michelle Wilson, the only woman competing full-time with the ADRL.
Pro Extreme Motorcycle also was added to the ADRL mix last year, but so far has not seen any repeat winners. Top contenders like inaugural class champion Billy Vose, Georgia winner Coodee Thomas and Houston winner Ron Procopio certainly hope to change that stat in Michigan. Regardless of the race outcome, these fearless riders on their nitrous-assisted bikes promise to thrill the Martin crowd with wild, side-by-side, wheels-up action.
With ideal-for-racing weather forecast for Western Michigan this weekend, the 4th annual Pizza Hut Summer Drags at Knoll Gas Motorsports Park at U.S. 131 is shaping up to be another record-setting ADRL national event.
American Drag Racing League
4th annual Pizza Hut Summer Drags Fact Sheet
WHAT: The 4th annual Pizza Hut Summer Drags, the third of nine national events this year for the Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL) presented by the National Guard. Includes four eighth-mile drag racing classes: Pro Extreme Motorcycle, Extreme 10.5, Pro Nitrous and Pro Extreme, the quickest and fastest full-bodied, doorslammer class in the world.
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, June 6-7, 2008
WHERE: Knoll Gas Motorsports Park at U.S. 131, 1249 12th Street, Martin, MI 49070
SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
THURSDAY, JUNE 5: Pit gates open 2 p.m.; event parking for all Pro categories and vendors from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6: Pit gates open 8 a.m.; event parking, tech inspection and registration for all Pro categories from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Spectator gates open 9 a.m. Pro practice from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Pre-Qualifying Ceremonies at 7:45 p.m. Pro Qualifying Round 1 at 8 p.m. Jet Car one run at 10:15 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7: Pit gates open 8 a.m.; event parking, final tech inspection and registration for all Pro categories from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Spectator gates open 9 a.m. Pro Qualifying Round 2 at noon. Pro Qualifying Round 3 at 2 p.m. Pro Eliminations Round 1 at 4 p.m. Pre-Race Ceremonies at 6:45 p.m. Pro Eliminations continue at 7 p.m. Jet Car runs at 8:15 p.m. Pro Eliminations continue at 9 p.m. Jet Car runs at 10:15 p.m. Winner's Circle Party from 10:25 p.m. to 11 p.m. Secure Event at 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE at more than 50 Western Michigan Pizza Hut locations or track box office. FREE general admission both days at track. General parking $10/car. All tickets include pit access and FREE copy of Adrenaline magazine, official publication of the ADRL (while supplies last).
