EASTERN SPRING TEST NATIONALS - SAME DAY COVERAGE
MONDAY TESTING - QUICKEST RUN IN PRO MODIFIED HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS EXTENDED TESTING
TOP FUEL
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Fuel at the
9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 345 Bruce Litton, Indianapolis IN, Hadman-TFX 4.977 213.03 213.03
2 3 Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forest CA, McKinney-TFX 4.987 207.98 207.98
3 141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, Hadman-BAE 5.980 151.02 151.02
4 255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE NT
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Fuel at the 9th
annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE 4.585 323.50 326.40
2 345 Bruce Litton, Indianapolis IN, Hadman-TFX 4.977 213.03 213.03
3 3 Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forest CA, McKinney-TFX 4.987 207.98 207.98
4 141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, Hadman-BAE 5.184 217.88 217.88
5 373 Kevin Jones, Berea KY, Agan-BAE 12.595 71.93 71.93
6 0 Bye, , NT
FUEL FUNNY CAR
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Funny Car at
the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 33 Tommy Johnson Jr., Avon IN, '08 Charger 5.184 208.46 208.46
2 2814 Matt Hagan, Christiansburg VA, '06 Monte Carlo 5.198 235.23 243.68
3 507 Melanie Troxel, Avon IN, '08 Dodge RT 5.485 188.02 188.02
4 222 Frank Hawley, Gainesville GA, '08 Charger R/T 5.508 176.84 176.84
5 729 Jerry Toliver, Temecula CA, '08 Charger 6.854 122.99 122.99
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Funny Car at the 9th
annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 750 Del Worsham, Chino Hills CA, '08 Impala 4.868 294.56 294.56
2 33 Tommy Johnson Jr., Avon IN, '08 Charger 5.184 208.46 208.46
3 2814 Matt Hagan, Christiansburg VA, '06 Monte Carlo 5.198 235.23 243.68
4 3 Gary Scelzi, Fresno CA, '08 Charger 5.216 215.07 215.07
5 729 Jerry Toliver, Temecula CA, '08 Charger 5.275 204.26 204.26
6 507 Melanie Troxel, Avon IN, '08 Dodge RT 5.485 188.02 188.02
7 222 Frank Hawley, Gainesville GA, '08 Charger R/T 5.508 176.84 176.84
8 206 Bob Gilbertson, Charolette NC, '05 Monte Carlo 9.792 105.94 105.94
9 0 Bye, , NT
NHRA PRO STOCK
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock at
the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 381 Jerry Haas, Fenton MO, '07 Mustang 6.650 208.81 208.81
2 326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '01 Grand Am 6.677 207.75 207.75
3 7 Larry Morgan, Newark OH, '08 Stratus 6.693 207.69 207.69
4 872 Adam Flamholc, Malmoe SW, '06 GTO 6.699 205.35 205.35
5 317 Rickie Jones, Galesburg IL, '08 Stratus 6.703 206.89 206.89
6 1E Jimmy Alend, Norrkoping SW, '06 GTO 6.745 205.19 205.88
7 801 Richard Sundbloom, Pargos FI, '06 Cobalt NT
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock at the 9th
annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 381 Jerry Haas, Fenton MO, '07 Mustang 6.650 208.81 208.81
2 1214 Matt Hartford, Phoenix AZ, '05 Stratus 6.664 207.98 207.98
3 326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '01 Grand Am 6.677 207.75 207.75
4 7 Larry Morgan, Newark OH, '08 Stratus 6.693 207.69 207.69
5 317 Rickie Jones, Galesburg IL, '08 Stratus 6.696 206.89 206.89
6 872 Adam Flamholc, Malmoe SW, '06 GTO 6.699 205.35 206.89
7 1E Jimmy Alend, Norrkoping SW, '06 GTO 6.745 205.19 205.88
8 324 Bill Glidden, Whiteland IN, '06 GTO 6.763 204.88 204.91
9 801 Richard Sundbloom, Pargos FI, '06 Cobalt 6.777 201.67 201.67
10 128A John Gaydash, Baltimore MD, '07 GTO 7.218 192.82 192.82
11 0 Bye, , NT
NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock
Motorcycle at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals
presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-------------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.904 192.38 192.38
2 1 Matt Smith, King NC, Buell 6.949 187.42 189.50
3 4 Chip Ellis, Plains GA, Buell 6.953 190.19 191.73
4 235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell 6.968 189.39 189.39
5 6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR 6.975 191.87 191.87
6 2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.975 190.30 190.30
7 413 Michael Ray, New Braunfels TX, Buell 7.074 188.44 188.75
8 573 Mike Berry, Littleton CO, Suzuki 7.474 183.79 183.79
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock Motorcycle at
the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-------------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.845 194.41 194.41
2 7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.883 192.71 192.71
3 5 Angelle Sampey, Mathews LA, Buell 6.905 192.63 192.63
4 77 Angie McBride, King NC, Buell 6.916 186.02 186.02
5 6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR 6.933 193.77 193.77
6 866 Karen Stoffer, Smith NV, Suzuki 6.940 193.54 193.54
7 1 Matt Smith, King NC, Buell 6.949 187.42 191.48
8 4 Chip Ellis, Plains GA, Buell 6.953 190.19 191.73
9 44 Chris Rivas, Fresno CA, Buell 6.955 192.66 192.66
10 235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell 6.968 189.39 189.68
11 9 Steve Johnson, Irondale AL, Suzuki 7.009 191.21 191.21
12 413 Michael Ray, New Braunfels TX, Buell 7.074 188.44 188.75
13 205 Shawn Gann, Stoneville NC, Suzuki 7.117 175.57 175.57
14 573 Mike Berry, Littleton CO, Suzuki 7.134 186.54 186.54
15 2B Bud Yoder, Flint MI, Suzuki NT
16 999 Jason Dunigan, Jackson MI, Suzuki NT
PRO MODIFIED
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Modified at
the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 1986 John Russo, Middleton MA, *'68 Firebird 5.895 246.21 246.21
2 272 Roger Burgess, Duluth GA, '67 Camaro 5.994 236.46 236.46
3 1090 Raymond Commisso, Toronto ON, *'67 Camaro 6.086 193.82 193.82
4 1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird 6.107 239.27 239.27
5 9 Jason Hamstra, DeMotte IN, '68 Camaro 6.130 230.57 230.57
6 2813 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro 6.131 236.84 236.84
7 1211 Mike Ashley, Melville NY, *'67 Camaro 6.158 236.34 236.34
8 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette 6.160 230.65 236.22
9 7 Rick Stivers, Lexington KY, *'68 Camaro 6.225 229.63 229.63
10 800 Roger Johansson, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang 6.256 225.22 225.30
11 4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette 6.514 167.49 167.49
12 51 Tommy Gray, Baltimore MD, *'06 GTO 6.581 144.50 144.50
13 501 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, '63 Corvette 7.249 143.29 143.29
14 999 Steve Engel, Shandon OH, *'63 Corvette 13.117 61.30 61.30
15 1722 Tim O'Hare, Ocean View DE, *'68 Camaro NT
* = Supercharged Engine
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Modified at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by
Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 1986 John Russo, Middleton MA, *'68 Firebird 5.895 246.21 246.21
2 272 Roger Burgess, Duluth GA, '67 Camaro 5.994 236.46 236.46
3 38 Danny Rowe, Laguna Hills CA, '68 Camaro 6.023 238.05 238.05
4 1471 Chris Russo, Cedar Grove NJ, '63 Corvette 6.063 238.34 238.34
5 763 Kirk Kuhns, Yorba Linda CA, *'41 Willys 6.079 235.97 235.97
6 1090 Raymond Commisso, Toronto ON, *'67 Camaro 6.086 193.82 193.82
7 1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird 6.107 239.27 239.27
8 9 Jason Hamstra, DeMotte IN, '68 Camaro 6.130 230.57 230.57
9 2813 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro 6.131 236.84 236.84
10 1211 Mike Ashley, Melville NY, *'67 Camaro 6.158 236.34 236.34
11 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette 6.160 230.65 236.22
12 7 Rick Stivers, Lexington KY, *'68 Camaro 6.225 229.63 229.63
13 800 Roger Johansson, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang 6.256 225.22 225.30
14 1722 Tim O'Hare, Ocean View DE, *'68 Camaro 6.427 177.51 177.51
15 4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette 6.514 167.49 167.49
16 1031 Steve Miller, Buffalo MN, *'99 S-10 6.527 220.04 220.04
17 1152 Tony Pontieri, Toronto ON, *'57 Bel Air 6.560 162.84 162.84
18 51 Tommy Gray, Baltimore MD, *'06 GTO 6.581 144.50 144.50
19 1391 John Diemer, Brewster MA, '37 Chevy 6.828 168.11 168.11
20 501 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, '63 Corvette 7.249 143.29 143.29
21 1021 Larry Sinke, Welland ON, '67 Camaro 7.438 126.21 126.21
22 216 Dan Parker, Phenix City AL, *'63 Corvette 7.681 130.19 130.19
23 1 Vincent Budano, Hicksville NY, '68 Camaro 8.435 126.79 126.79
24 320 Brandon Pesz, Shandon OH, '63 Corvette 8.483 93.84 93.84
25 1572 Steve Carrier, Avon CT, *'63 Corvette 8.705 88.06 88.06
26 3710 Jason Stock, Anoka MN, '63 Corvette 9.259 91.62 91.62
27 1212 Scott Ray, Greenville OH, *'53 Corvette 9.740 82.35 82.35
28 1063 Johnny Pilcher, Chancellor AL, '63 Corvette 10.107 97.48 97.48
29 BLUE Steve KIng, Strasburg VA, '68 Camaro 10.712 95.91 95.91
30 2010 Tony Baudier, Jefferson LA, '10 Camaro 10.854 81.18 81.18
31 105 Gary Walker, Mt Airy MD, '67 Camaro 11.775 103.59 103.59
32 999 Steve Engel, Shandon OH, *'63 Corvette 13.117 61.30 61.30
33 3397 Chuck Miner, Powell TN, '70 Mustang 18.878 49.42 49.42
IHRA MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 1 Robert Patrick, Fredericksburg VA, '00 Mustang 6.265 223.28 223.28
2 177 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, '07 ZX2 6.296 224.17 224.28
3 326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '07 Cobalt 6.324 218.80 218.80
4 MONTY John Montecalvo, , '08 Cobalt 6.342 221.52 221.52
5 251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt 6.345 222.47 222.47
6 151 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, '06 GTO 6.353 220.26 220.26
7 7 Rob Mansfield, Margate FL, '06 GTO 6.357 221.96 221.96
8 3 Frank Gugliotta, Mt. Airy MD, '08 Mustang 6.414 220.94 220.94
9 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt 6.590 215.65 215.65
10 2 Pete Berner, , 7.521 130.24 130.24
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals
presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 1 Robert Patrick, Fredericksburg VA, '00 Mustang 6.265 223.28 223.84
2 177 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, '07 ZX2 6.296 224.17 224.40
3 326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '07 Cobalt 6.324 218.80 218.80
4 MONTY John Montecalvo, , '08 Cobalt 6.342 221.52 221.52
5 251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt 6.345 222.47 222.47
6 151 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, '06 GTO 6.353 220.26 220.26
7 7 Rob Mansfield, Margate FL, '06 GTO 6.357 221.96 221.96
8 143 Ron Miller, Lebanon OH, '07 Cobalt 6.379 218.37 218.37
9 11 Jason Collins, Rainbow City AL, '06 Cobalt 6.389 220.01 220.01
10 171 Larry O'Brien, Lakeshore ON, '04 Stratus 6.395 220.19 220.19
11 3 Frank Gugliotta, Mt. Airy MD, '08 Mustang 6.414 220.94 220.94
12 335 Bob Bertsch, Willis MI, '07 Mustang 6.430 222.47 222.47
13 876 Trevor Eman, Pos Ehiquito AW, '06 Escort 6.484 217.46 217.46
14 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt 6.590 215.65 215.65
15 1320 Bert Jackson, Glen Allen VA, '03 Cavalier 7.017 154.72 154.72
16 2 Pete Berner, , 7.521 130.24 130.24
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol
Dragster at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 1212 TA/D Jackie Fricke, Flemington NJ, ProStart-B 5.497 243.41 243.41
2 466 A/FD Diana Harker, Gainesville GA, Meyer-BAE 5.565 234.41 234.41
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Dragster at
the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 466 A/FD Diana Harker, Gainesville GA, Meyer-BAE 5.411 248.98 248.98
2 1212 TA/D Jackie Fricke, Flemington NJ, ProStart-B 5.497 243.41 243.41
3 0 TA/D Bye, , Hadman-TFX NT
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol
Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals
presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 2 Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo 7.236 136.36 136.36
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Funny Car at
the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 308 Marc White, Glendale Hts. IL, '08 Mustang 5.690 258.91 258.91
2 100 Barney Squiers, Locust Grove VA, '05 Firebird 5.904 201.19 201.19
3 657 Tom Carter, Cuevo TX, '00 Trans Am 6.362 164.31 164.31
4 331 Tony Bogolo, Hamilton OH, '99 Mustang 6.409 170.39 170.39
5 2 Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo 7.236 136.36 136.36
6 9 Roger Bateman, Calgary AB, '02 Camaro NT
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MONDAY PREVIEW - ACTION RESUMES WITH BRIGHTER FORECAST
Unlike Sunday's scheduled qualifying sessions, Monday brings a return to a more typical testing environment,
where the teams bring their cars to the lanes whenever they are ready to make a run and runs will be singles unless the teams choose to run side-by-side. The track just went "hot" and will be open until it starts to cool off this evening.
The weather should not be a factor today - sunny and seventy degrees is the forecast.
Sunday was a bit of an enigma - the weather was fine and so was the track, with eye-popping runs in almost all the categories, with one huge exception. For some reason, most of the Pro Modified teams were unable to get a handle on the early part of the race track and tire shake was King.
Some of the Pro Modified teams were testing for eighth-mile competition (as were some of the mountain-motor Pro Stock teams), making the problem appear even worse, but it was still surprising to see so many good Pro Modified teams unable to get past the Christmas tree without severe tire shake ending their run. Too much traction was the usual diagnosis.
Hopefully it was just early-season blues. Many of the teams were making their first runs of the 2008 season yesterday after the Friday and Saturday test sessions were weathered out. Today should be better.
The FastNews Network will be here through tomorrow to keep you up with the pre-Gatornationals testing for the NHRA teams and the pre-San Antonio testing for the IHRA teams. Come back later today for the details from today's action - since there are no "sessions," we will arbitrarily break the reports for today and Tuesday into two or three segments as each day progresses. Today's first segment will be the seventh of this year's CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com. - Larry Sullivan
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SUNDAY WRAP-UP - RECORD TIMES HIGHLIGHT ESTN TESTING
Andrew Hines left several thousand race fans stunned when he reeled off an incredible 6.845 elapsed time with a speed of 194.41 miles per hour. This run came after an impressive 6.888 elapsed time an hour earlier.
“It's the first and only major test for us this season,” Hines said. “We just wanted to see where we stacked up with some of the other times. Last year we were out here for five days trying to get [teammate] Eddie [Krawiec] a bunch of laps and this year it's just going to be about trying to perfect everything for us. We're not going to try to beat on everything. We just want to see how consistent we can get down the track.”
“We have had an engine on the dyno that shows it can actually run .02 quicker,” Patrick said. “The conditions that we ran this run in showed there was more in there. If the top teams were here, you would have seen more runs like this today. Running the quickest time ever means a lot to us. What means even more to me are the gains that we made over the off-season.
“We tried some things earlier in the day and they didn’t work and we ran a 6.34. But, we tried some other stuff and the car responded in the second session with a 6.27. This was an incredible way to end a day.”
Top Fuel driver Clay Millican may not race in competition this year; but he’s certainly gained the inside track for a testing world championship. The six-time IHRA world champion obliterated the SGMP track record with the first full nitro pass of the day with a 4.585 elapsed time at 323.50 miles per hour.
“I love this place,” Millican said. “I had never been here before this weekend but I’m so glad we came in this weekend. These guys [SGMP staff] have busted their humps to give us a quality race track. We greatly appreciate it.”
Other Top Fuel teams in attendance include Brandon Bernstein, IHRA Top Fuel champion Bruce Litton, Bobby Lagana and Kevin Jones.
Funny Car driver Del Worsham paced the Funny Car contingent with a 4.868 elapsed time with a slowing 294 miles per hour. Other nitro Funny Car testing include Gary Scelzi, Jerry Toliver, Frank Hawley, Melanie Troxel, Bob Gilbertson and Matt Hagan. Bob Tasca III and Tommy Johnson, Jr. were late arrivals on Sunday.
The NHRA 500-inch Pro Stock fraternity was paced by Matt Hartford as he drove the brand-new David Nickens Dodge Stratus to a 6.664 elapsed time at 207.98 miles per hour.
“We knew we needed to get some laps on the car and this really helped us out,” Hartford said. “We learned a lot that will help us next weekend.”
Hartford’s impressive “break-in” lap was followed by an impressive final licensing run by rookie Rickie Jones, son of veteran chassis builder Rick Jones. The second-generation driver was picture perfect as he drove to a straight-as-an-arrow 6.696 elapsed time at 206.89 miles per hour. This marked the first run to the quarter-mile for Jones.
Chris Russo was the quickest of the 30 Pro Modified cars in attendance. His 6.063 elapsed time was the quickest of the fast doorslammers and edged out the 6.079 elapsed time of Kirk Kuhns.
Testing resumes on Monday at SGMP with testing planned for 10 AM until sundown.
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SUNDAY - THE RUNDOWN OF RUNS
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Top Fuel at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE 4.585 323.50 326.40
2 141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, Hadman-BAE 5.184 217.88 217.88
3 345 Bruce Litton, Indianapolis IN, Hadman-TFX 6.765 121.28 121.28
4 373 Kevin Jones, Berea KY, Agan-BAE 12.616 67.23 67.23
5 3 Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forest CA, McKinney-TFX13.177 70.70 70.70
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 750 Del Worsham, Chino Hills CA, '08 Impala 4.868 294.56 294.56
2 3 Gary Scelzi, Fresno CA, '08 Charger 5.216 215.07 215.07
3 729 Jerry Toliver, Temecula CA, '08 Charger 5.275 204.26 204.26
4 2814 Matt Hagan, Christiansburg VA, '06 Monte Carlo 5.734 182.08 182.08
5 507 Melanie Troxel, Avon IN, '08 Dodge RT 5.787 161.52 161.52
6 222 Frank Hawley, Gainesville GA, '08 Charger R/T 9.613 82.27 82.27
7 206 Bob Gilbertson, Charolette NC, '05 Monte Carlo 9.792 105.94 105.94
Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order
following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.786/205.22, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.821/205.66, Was #2
Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.664/207.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 8.541/112.07, Was #6
7:46 p.m. This will be the last session of the day - the lights are on and the track is cooling off.
Hartford sets a new low ET
and top speed for the 500-inch Pro Stock cars and Spiess got his first full pass with the new combination.
Steve Spiess'
incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.839, 660ft-4.372/161.19mph, 1,000ft-5.685
Matt Hartford's incremental times:
60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.291/164.65mph, 1,000ft-5.579
Left Lane: Adam Flamholc Runs 6.740/203.09, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.705/206.89, Was #2
Right Lane: Jimmy Alend Runs 17.082/48.01, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.857/201.34, Was #4
Alend's car got the front wheels way up and turned right, forcing him to lift. Flamholc made a good pass, the chutes were late, and
he barely avoided going into the sand, the carbon-fibre brakes glowing orange.
Adam Flamholc's incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec.,
330ft-2.820, 660ft-4.338/162.20mph, 1,000ft-5.642
Jimmy Alend's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-4.145,
660ft-8.198/054.17mph, 1,000ft-12.640
Right Lane: Rickie Jones Runs 6.696/206.89, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.696/206.89, Was #2
Newly-licensed, Jones made a very nice run to move into the second spot for the NHRA Pro Stockers.
Rickie Jones' incremental
times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.809, 660ft-4.312/163.85mph, 1,000ft-5.606.
Right Lane: Richard Sundbloom Runs 6.777/201.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.018/181.98, Was #6
Sundbloom finally got a full pass, a bit left of the groove for much of the run.
Richard Sundbloom's incremental times: 60ft-0.998
sec., 330ft-2.825, 660ft-4.350/160.65mph, 1,000ft-5.667
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern
Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-----------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.845 194.41 194.41
2 7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.883 192.71 192.71
3 5 Angelle Sampey, Mathews LA, Buell 6.905 192.63 192.63
4 77 Angie McBride, King NC, Buell 6.916 186.02 186.02
5 6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR 6.933 193.77 193.77
6 866 Karen Stoffer, Smith NV, Suzuki 6.940 193.54 193.54
7 44 Chris Rivas, Fresno CA, Buell 6.955 192.66 192.66
8 1 Matt Smith, King NC, Buell 6.956 190.89 191.48
9 235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell 7.013 188.57 189.36
10 205 Shawn Gann, Stoneville NC, Suzuki 7.117 175.57 175.57
11 573 Mike Berry, Littleton CO, Suzuki 7.134 186.54 186.54
12 413 Michael Ray, New Braunfels TX, Buell 7.145 183.87 184.57
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR
Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 1 Robert Patrick, Fredericksburg VA, '00 Mustang 6.266 223.54 223.84
2 143 Ron Miller, Lebanon OH, '07 Cobalt 6.379 218.37 218.37
3 11 Jason Collins, Rainbow City AL, '06 Cobalt 6.389 220.01 220.01
4 171 Larry O'Brien, Lakeshore ON, '04 Stratus 6.395 220.19 220.19
5 177 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, '07 ZX2 6.406 224.40 224.40
6 7 Rob Mansfield, Margate FL, '06 GTO 6.627 166.46 166.46
7 876 Trevor Eman, Pos Ehiquito AW, '06 Escort 6.754 168.22 168.22
8 1320 Bert Jackson, Glen Allen VA, '03 Cavalier 7.017 154.72 154.72
9 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt 7.193 152.68 152.68
10 251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt 9.164 100.95 102.69
11 151 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, '06 GTO 13.086 63.75 66.90
Order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring
Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 308 Marc White, Glendale Hts. IL, '08 Mustang 5.690 258.91 258.91
2 100 Barney Squiers, Locust Grove VA, '05 Firebird 5.904 201.19 201.19
3 657 Tom Carter, Cuevo TX, '00 Trans Am 6.362 164.31 164.31
4 2 Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo 9.546 90.21 90.21
5 331 Tony Bogolo, Hamilton OH, '99 Mustang 13.969 68.56 68.56
6 9 Roger Bateman, Calgary AB, '02 Camaro NT
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Pro Modified at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring
Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 1471 Chris Russo, Cedar Grove NJ, '63 Corvette 6.063 238.34 238.34
2 763 Kirk Kuhns, Yorba Linda CA, *'41 Willys 6.079 235.97 235.97
3 1031 Steve Miller, Buffalo MN, *'99 S-10 6.527 220.04 220.04
4 1986 John Russo, Middleton MA, *'68 Firebird 6.711 130.20 130.20
5 38 Danny Rowe, Laguna Hills CA, '68 Camaro 6.914 143.73 143.73
6 1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird 6.999 149.00 149.00
7 51 Tommy Gray, Baltimore MD, *'06 GTO 7.146 123.09 123.09
8 272 Roger Burgess, Duluth GA, '67 Camaro 7.373 190.51 190.51
9 1021 Larry Sinke, Welland ON, '67 Camaro 7.438 126.21 126.21
10 9 Jason Hamstra, DeMotte IN, '68 Camaro 7.478 132.19 132.19
11 800 Roger Johansson, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang 7.492 128.85 128.85
12 216 Dan Parker, Phenix City AL, *'63 Corvette 7.681 130.19 130.19
13 1391 John Diemer, Brewster MA, '37 Chevy 7.745 126.79 126.79
14 1152 Tony Pontieri, Toronto ON, *'57 Bel Air 8.290 110.07 110.07
15 1 Vincent Budano, Hicksville NY, '68 Camaro 8.435 126.79 126.79
16 320 Brandon Pesz, Shandon OH, '63 Corvette 8.483 93.84 93.84
------------ Not Qualified ------------
17 3710 Jason Stock, Anoka MN, '63 Corvette 9.259 91.62 91.62
18 1211 Mike Ashley, Melville NY, *'67 Camaro 9.396 89.15 89.15
19 1212 Scott Ray, Greenville OH, *'53 Corvette 9.740 82.35 82.35
20 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette 9.855 89.33 89.33
21 1063 Johnny Pilcher, Chancellor AL, '63 Corvette 10.107 97.48 97.48
22 501 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, '63 Corvette 10.224 85.47 85.47
23 1090 Raymond Commisso, Toronto ON, *'67 Camaro 10.362 84.63 84.63
24 2813 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro 10.379 117.80 117.80
25 4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette 10.649 92.24 92.24
26 BLUE Steve KIng, Strasburg VA, '68 Camaro 10.712 95.91 95.91
27 2010 Tony Baudier, Jefferson LA, '10 Camaro 10.854 81.18 81.18
28 105 Gary Walker, Mt Airy MD, '67 Camaro 11.775 103.59 103.59
29 1722 Tim O'Hare, Ocean View DE, *'68 Camaro 12.262 61.12 61.12
30 3397 Chuck Miner, Powell TN, '70 Mustang 18.878 49.42 49.42
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SATURDAY - COLD CANCELS SATURDAY PROGRAM
The third day at the 9th annual Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com brings another good news -bad news situation.
Good news, the rain stopped and the track is dry. Several more rigs rolled in yesterday and the Schumacher and Gotham City Racing trailers are among the recent arrivals.
The bad news - it is chilly and there are strong, gusty winds blowing across the track today. Just driving up I-75 was sporty and there's no way to safely race at 200 mph-plus with these crosswinds and a cold race track.
All Saturday activities have been cancelled. However, the weather forecast for Sunday is great - sunny and mid-sixties.
Sunday's schedule:
8 a.m. Racer Gates Open
8:30 a.m. Chapel Service
10 a.m. Spectator Gates Open
12 p.m. Track Open For Testing
Run Order:
Sportsman
NHRA Pro Stock
MM Pro Stock
Pro Stock Motorcycle
Pro Stock Snowmobiles
Nitro Cars
Pro Modified
Top Alcohol
Repeat
9:30 p.m. Secure
The Chicago-style competition has been cancelled - the trophies will go to the low qualifiers in each Professional category.
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FRIDAY - 2 p.m. - This time it's official - the plug has been pulled and
there won't be any racing today at South Georgia
Motorsports Park.
Though it quit raining, the track was cold and the heavy cloud cover
meant that there wasn't enough heat in the track to finish the
drying
process.
The band of rain that was staying south of the track finally started
moving north and it's raining again.
Friday's open testing will now be run on Saturday and Saturday's
Chicago-style competition will now be run on Sunday.
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WEATHER HITS SOUTH GEORGIA
About the only thing hitting the racing surface at South Georgia Motorsports Park today will be
wind-driven raindrops.
Hey, at least it's not snow!
Hopes for salvaging at least part of Friday's schedule were raised when the first of two weather systems veered to the East and went across the middle of Florida instead of continuing into Georgia last night, but the second (and stronger) weather system completed its march across Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida panhandle to arrive at Valdosta at 6 a.m.
Before this second system moves on, it is expected to drop two or three inches of rain on an already-saturated southern Georgia
region, probably washing out Friday's test activities at the CSR Eastern Spring Test nationals.
Race officials hope to make up the missed testing Saturday afternoon and evening and have postponed the Chicago-style head-to-head
racing action from Saturday to Sunday.
That's apparently it for today, racing action should resume at mid-day Saturday.
Don't forget to set your clocks ahead an hour Saturday night - Daylight Savings Time will arrive at 2 a.m. Sunday, rain or shine.
THURSDAY - ANDREW HINES TOPS ESTN PRO
STOCK MOTORCYCLE TESTING WITH 6.889 ELAPSED TIME
Thursday testing extended in
anticipation of poor Friday forecast
Hines blasted out a
“We didn’t change a thing
from our earlier run,” said Hines, who previously belted out a 6.94. “I knew it
was a great run going down the track because when you don’t have to correct it,
you get the big numbers. I saw our earlier runs and figured I’d run a 6.90. I
was just hoping to run quicker than Angelle.”
Hines final pass of the
evening surpassed Angelle Sampey’s 6.916 elapsed time at 192.08 miles per hour
who was in just her second test outing since converting from Suzuki to a Buell.
“A lot of those racers
were having trouble finding the right combination early on,” Millican said.
“When we pulled [teammate] Bobby Lagana’s car up there we were just hoping it
would go down. He went out there and went right down the track. The funny thing
is – everyone else did too. There’s no question this is a good race track and
has a lot of teeth.”
Millican estimated the car
would have been a mid-4.50 had it run to the finish line.
“I had instructions to
lift early,” Millican said. “Next time I’m guessing the instructions won’t be
the same.”
Danny Rowe (6.023) was the
quickest of the Pro Modifieds while Robert Patrick (6.319) paced the IHRA
Mountain Motor Pro Stocks. Billy Glidden’s 6.763, 208.88 topped the NHRA Pro
Stocks.
Thursday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Fuel at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE 4.721 252.57 252.57
2 141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, McKinney-BAE 5.813 147.05 147.05
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 2814 Matt Hagan, , '06 Monte Carlo 5.612 185.66 185.66
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 324 Bill Glidden, Whiteland IN, '06 GTO 6.763 204.88 204.91
2 872 Adam Flamholc, Malmoe SW, '06 GTO 6.774 204.91 204.91
3 1E Jimmy Alend, Norrkoping SW, '06 GTO 6.863 202.48 202.48
4 128A John Gaydash, Baltimore MD, '07 GTO 7.218 192.82 192.82
5 199 Rickie Jones, , 49.359 75.02 75.02
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-------------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.889 193.13 193.13
2 5 Angelle Sampey, Brownsburg IN, Suzuki GSXR 6.916 192.08 192.08
3 7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod 6.953 191.92 191.92
4 866 Karen Stoffer, Smith NV, Suzuki 6.958 191.65 192.11
5 6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR 6.982 192.69 192.69
6 748 Chris Rivas, Fresno CA, Buell 6.992 191.02 191.57
7 235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell 6.996 189.68 189.68
8 9 Steve Johnson, Irondale AL, Suzuki 7.009 191.21 191.21
9 205 Shawn Gann, Stoneville NC, Suzuki 7.129 175.16 175.16
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Modified at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by
Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 38 Danny Rowe, Laguna Hills CA, '68 Camaro 6.023 238.05 238.05
2 763 Kirk Kuhns, Yorba Linda CA, *'41 Willys 6.223 233.52 233.52
3 1471 Chris Russo, , '63 Corvette 6.259 183.64 183.64
4 800 Roger Johansen, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang 6.283 223.06 223.06
5 1722 Tim O'Hare, , '68 Camaro 6.427 177.51 177.51
6 1152 Tony Pontieri, Toronto ON, *'57 Bel Air 6.560 162.84 162.84
7 1391 John Diemer, Brewster MA, '37 Chevy 6.828 168.11 168.11
8 1572 Steve Carrier, Avon CT, *'63 Corvette 8.705 88.06 88.06
9 1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird 9.074 109.56 109.56
10 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette 12.626 76.18 76.18
11 4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette 12.785 72.73 72.73
12 13 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro NT
13 0 Bye, , NT
* = Supercharged Engine
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals
presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 1 Robert Patrick, , '07 Mustang 6.319 222.33 222.33
2 151 Dean Goforth, , 6.383 219.44 219.44
3 177 Elijah Morton, , 6.392 221.16 221.16
4 335 Bob Bertsch, Willis MI, '07 Mustang 6.430 222.47 222.47
5 876 Trevor Eman, Pos Ehiquito AW, '06 Escort 6.484 217.46 217.46
6 143 Ron Miller, , 6.573 183.87 183.87
7 171 Larry O'Brien, Lakeshore ON, '04 Stratus 6.647 167.57 167.57
8 251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt 6.668 172.70 172.70
9 11 Jason Collins, , 6.962 148.15 148.15
10 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt 7.062 156.48 156.48
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 331 Tony Bogolo, , 6.409 170.39 170.39
2 2IHRA Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo 12.863 63.82 63.82
Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Dragster at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd
1 466 A/FD Diana Harker, Gainesville GA, Meyer-BAE 6.519 162.51 162.51