The twin-turboed '02 Mustang of Bridgewater, MA's Manny Buginga rocketed to the top of X275 qualifying with a 4.238-seconds pass at 170.04 mph in the sixth of seven rounds during Duck X Productions' Sweet 16 Ver. 3.0 at South Georgia Motorsports Park..

Charles Hull of Brunswick, GA, also stepped up in the final session with a 4.251 at 168.14 that boosted his turbocharged '92 Mustang from eighth to second place. With a 4.257 at 166.70-mph pass, Delaware's Ron Rhodes rounded out the top three over the quickest field in class history, anchored at 16th by a 4.335-seconds effort at 165.94 mph by New Jersey racer Robert Williams.

"We have smart people on board like Jamie Miller, Tim Davis, Marty Chance, who help us solve all the issues," Buginga said. He also acknowledged being happy with the number one start for eliminations, but added nothing can be taken for granted.  

"All these guys out here put their heart into it. This is the biggest race of the year, so they're all trying to be the guy at the end of the day on the podium. We need to take everybody seriously and just go one round at a time."

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