PM RACER TODD MOYER BLASTS OUT 3.58, 229 BLAST TO QUALIFY NO. 1 AT SNOWBIRDS

 

 

If Pro Modified racer Todd Moyer has proven one thing, you can go home. 

Since returning to the turbocharged combination in October, Moyer has qualified No. 1 at all four races he’s attended. 

Moyer and tuner Carl Stevens’ latest conquest came on Saturday at the 52nd Snowbird Outlaw Nationals with a 3.581-second, 229.43 MPH pass in the fifth and final qualifying session on the eighth-mile strip at Bradenton Motorsports Park.

Joining Moyer atop their respective divisions included Marcus Birt (Pro 275) and Eric LaFerriere (X275). 

In recent weeks, Moyer and Stevens have adjusted their combination in response to rule changes. Even with those changes, Moyer continued to run at the front of the pack.
  
 “I’m 62 years old and never done it in a lifetime,” Moyer said. “I don’t know what to compare it to. We’ve been here since Tuesday working on it, and to really just get everything working today, to figure out what it wanted and what it didn’t want, it’s phenomenal. We smoked the tires the one run. I cannot actually believe we got it. We were a little frustrated the last day or two, yes, but we didn’t give up. Everybody kept working and throwing out ideas. It’s incredible.”
  
 Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod champion Spencer Hyde was second with a 3.600 at 206.83 in his screw-blown “Jack & The Green Stock” ’69 Camaro, followed by Mark Micke recording a 3.608 at 216.06 in his twin-turbocharged M&M Transmission ’69 Camaro to end up third based on speed. Scott Wildgust drove the screw-blown Smokies Garage ’20 Camaro to a 3.608 at 207.94 for the fourth spot. Friday’s provisional No. 1 qualifier, Jay Santos, slipped to No. 5 with a 3.616 at 205.57 in his screw-blown Santos Motorsports ’69 Camaro. 

Andrew Handras, in his nitrous-fed ’69 Camaro, ended up on the 32-car bump spot with a 3.686 at 201.70. 

 

 

The most impressive part of the Pro Modified division is that only a tenth of a second separates Moyer from Handras. 
  
 “The driver has to do his job and just go rounds. That’s all it’s going to be,” Moyer said. “Not worry about everybody else mad at me because we’re dominating. I feel like I’m on the bullseye right now. You get up there on the tree and everybody wants to play the little games, but they’ve been winning them. I’ll be honest; yes, they’ve been getting me. I feel like now I’m at the understanding that I need to just drive. That’s all I need to do. Just do my tree, and I’ll be fine.”
  
 Moyer shared his appreciation for Stevens Jr., Carl Stevens Sr., and the rest of the Xtreme Racing Engines team. 
  
 “The group is phenomenal,” Moyer said. “They just don’t give up. This has been over a year and a half in the making of doing this. I just had to gather the money to go back to the turbo, redo the car, and redo everything they wanted. They told me this is how it’s going to run. It’s incredible that it’s doing it.”

When the shuffling of final day qualifying in Pro 275, two of the top contenders in the division established themselves as the leaders. Marcus Birt jumped to the top of the order when he recorded a 3.744 at 200.53 in the Tommy Youmans-owned, ProCharger-boosted “Salvage Title” Mustang. Jason Collins, the newly crowned FuelTech Radial Outlaws Series Pro 275 champion, drove the screw-blown Scott Tidwell Racing ’69 Camaro to a 3.746 at 200.35 to end up No. 2. Friday’s provisional No. 1 qualifier, Mark Woodruff, slid to third with his 3.765 at 198.26 in his screw-blown ’10 Corvette recorded on Friday. 
  
 Friday’s provisional No. 1 qualifier LaFerriere improved in Saturday’s qualifying, and while he faced numerous challenges to his top spot, the driver of Duy Bui’s turbocharged “White Rice” ’97 Nissan 240SX laid down a 4.139 at 178.92 to solidify his position on the top of the qualifying sheet. Ryan Milliken also dipped into the 4.10s with his 4.182 at 177.72 in his one-of-a-kind Cummins diesel-powered ’69 Nova to qualify second. Charlie Johnson moved up to the No. 3 spot in his Mariana, Florida-based Mustang with a 4.216 at 172.01. 

Other top qualifiers include Paul Gargus (Limited Drag Radial), Daryl Stewart (Outlaw 632), and Shawn Pevlor (Ultra Street).
  
 The 52nd Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, will conclude Sunday, with eliminations beginning at 9 AM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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