HALSEY HEADLINES WINNERS LIST AT U.S. STREET NATIONALS

Despite racing with heavy hearts after track worker Daniel "Chaps" Stone was killed in an on-track accident Friday night, management, staff and competitors at south Florida's historic Bradenton Motorsports Park pressed on Jan. 29-31, to complete the annual U.S. Street Nationals presented by Diamond Pistons.

Beyond the obviously tragic accident that also involved Pro 275 racer Paul Major, it was a remarkably clean race with no other accidents, on-track incidents, or even major cleanups throughout the rest of the weekend. 

Wrapping up about 8:30 Sunday night, reigning PDRA Pro Nitrous champ Jim Halsey emerged as 2021 U.S. Street Nats Outlaw Pro Mod champion in his '68 Camaro, barely edging out number-one qualifier Todd Tutterow in the final round.

"I could see him the whole time; it was really close," Halsey said. "Got him by three thou at the top end. So yeah, it was pretty close. Like a bracket race."

Radials vs. the World honors went to second-place starter Bryan Markiewicz and his Procharger-equipped '69 Camaro, while Mark Micke drove Jason Carter's twin-turboed '78 Malibu to the Pro 275 title, and Rob Goss won X275 from the number-one position in his Procharger-boosted '09 Challenger. 

Justin Cyrnek also followed up his first-place qualifying run with a win in Limited Drag Radial, as did Chris Holdorf, who ran the Outlaw 632 table with his supercharged '53 Corvette. 

In Ultra Street, Dave Fiscus from Batavia, OH, came from farthest down the qualifying sheets among race winners, rising from a 13th-place start to beat sixth-place starter Scott Parson in the final. Heavy Street saw the unique '90 Mazda RX7 of Florida's own Rick Prospero make a solo pass in the final after Jim Stanley's '02 Camaro broke on the starting line.

 

 

 

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