FINAL RESULTS – QUARTUCCIO WINS LIGHTS OUT 16; EDWARDS GETS THE TOPHY IN PRO 275
Ken Quartuccio keeps winning with wide or narrow tires and finds success whenever he hits the track. This time, Quartucci won on Drag Radial tires, capturing the Radial vs. The World title at the Lights Out 16 title.
Quartuccio, who won the DI Winter Series last month, was joined on the South Georgia Motorsports Park podium by Brad Edwards, who won Pro 275.
Quartucci stopped Aussie drag racer John Ricca in the final round.
Quartuccio made a clean sweep of the event, qualifying No. 1, earning a first round bye run and then stopping a line-up of Stevie “Fast” Jackson, Ned Dunphy.
Edwards, who fell to the No. 2 qualifying spot on Friday, was the top runner on race day by stopping Mo Hall, Bill Lutz, and Brian McGee.
He stopped Aussie Grantley Schloss in the final with a 3.684, 216.51.
Schloss, who started at No. 4, beat Roger Holder, Brylon Holder, and Paul Major to reach the final round.
The top two divisions finished on Saturday, while the balance raced to completion on Sunday.
Rob Globo used a slight holeshot and a 3.910, 191.51 to win the Limited Drag Radial title in an all-Michigan final, stopping Greg Blevins’ 3.902, 191.40.
In X275, Eric Laferriere ran a 4.084, 185.15 in his “White Rice” Toyota, which got the best of Chris Taylor’s small block Ford Mustang, and a 4.332, 168.45.
Davey Hull won the Ultra Street division before it began, as Ray Cox left before the tree was activated.
Dean Fluhart drove around Jimmy Dale’s .001 reaction time in his late-model Mustang to win Limited 235 by a 4.918, 141.64 to 5.018, 141.22 margin.
SATURDAY RESULTS
FRIDAY RESULTS – KEN QUARTUCCIO ESTABLISHES RADIAL OUTLAW RECORD AT LIGHTS OUT 6
Whether it’s the big tires of Pro Modified or the small tires of Radial Outlaws competition, Ken Quartuccio can do it and do it quickly.
Quartuccio ran 3.473 seconds in the second session of the Radial vs The World at the Lights Out 16 event to take the take top spot and record away from Paulo Guist, who was second with Thursday’s pace-setting 3.479. Aussie John Ricca was third with a 3.494.
Lyle Barnett, also took home the top spot, after the abbreviated qualifying schedule. He passed Thursday’s leader Brad Edwards, turning in a 3.612, to eclipse Thursday’s 3.634 best run.
Other qualifying leaders headed into Saturday’s final eliminations include Alan Feltz (X275), Jessie Coulter (Ultra Street), Kenny Hubbard (Limited Drag Radial), and Charkie Johnson (Limited Street).
A Thursday morning of rain and cool temperatures played havoc with the Duck X Productions Lights Out 16 event schedule. Still, eventually, a few sun rays emerged, and the South Georgia Motorsports Park team got in one session of qualifying.
Paulo Guist (Radial vs The World) and Brad Edwards (PRO 275) established the best provisional runs on a challenging Thursday.
Guist recorded a 3.479 elapsed time at 214.42 miles per hour to drive to the top of the field. He and recent U.S. Street Nationals champion Ken Quartuccio accounted for the quickest-side-by-side small tire run, as Quartuccio ended up second with a 3.497, 211.33.
Aussie John Ricca was third-quickest with a 3.518, with an untouchable top speed of 217.46 miles per hour.
In his North Carolina-based Mustang, Edwards was the leader of the PRO 275 pack with a 3.669, finishing ahead of Lyle Barnett, who was the only other 3.6-second car in the class with a 3.675. Just like Radial Vs. The World, an Aussie, was third with Grantly Schloss, running a 3.726.
Other first-day leaders, including Alan Feltz (X275), Keith Siborwski (Ultra Street), Chad Henderson (Limited Drag Radial), and Chris Tino (Limited Street), are provisional leaders for their respective divisions.
THURSDAY QUALIFYING
