If Pro Nitrous racer Mike Castellana had been racing in another sanction, his Friday evening qualifying attempt at ADRL Dragstock would have been disqualified. Under the ADRL’s liberal rule system, not only was Castellana’s run legal, it was also a provisional ADRL world record.

Castellana rode the left lane outer boundary marker all the way to the finish line for a 3.861 elapsed time at 185.21 miles per hour. His run will go into Saturday as the provisional ADRL Pro Nitrous world record.

“It was a good run but the car kept drifting to the left,” said Castellana of the record run. “It got close to the wall and I stayed with it as long as I could. It got loose, but I knew I had to stay with it in order to make a good run in the late session.”

If Pro Nitrous racer Mike Castellana had been racing in another sanction, his Friday evening qualifying attempt at ADRL Dragstock would have been disqualified. Under the ADRL’s liberal rule system, not only was Castellana’s run legal, it was also a provisional ADRL world record.

Castellana rode the left lane outer boundary marker all the way to the finish line for a 3.861 elapsed time at 185.21 miles per hour. His run will go into Saturday as the provisional ADRL Pro Nitrous world record.

“It was a good run but the car kept drifting to the left,” said Castellana of the record run. “It got close to the wall and I stayed with it as long as I could. It got loose, but I knew I had to stay with it in order to make a good run in the late session.”

Castellana said his Camaro got loose just shy of the 660-foot mark, and the track felt slippery.

“I don’t know that I would have aborted the run had we have been racing quarter-mile,” added Castellana. “I just had to stay with it. I think the run aborted me before I had a chance.”

Castellana believes the run might have taken a turn for the worst had he not have stayed with it and finessed the car back into the groove.

“I knew I was close to the wall and figured it might get loose over there and it did,” Castellana said. “I saw the wall. It was close.” 

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