After three rounds of Pro Modified qualifying for the World Series of Pro Mod at Bradenton Motorsports Park (BMP), Canada’s Spencer Hyde with his screw-blown ’69 Camaro was solidly in the 32-car field at 22nd of 61 entries. 

However, once the fourth-and-final session got going, Hyde’s 3.68 gradually got pushed out of contention.

With a last-chance effort, Hyde knocked 5-thousandths off his qualifying time to post a 3.682 that bumped Brandon Snider’s 3.683 from the field and gave Hyde the 32nd-and-final position for eliminations and a shot at the $100,000 winner’s purse.

Once racing began in earnest, Hyde and his Mark Savage-led crew were first out of the gate against Tommy Gray, who fouled away a 3.72 while Hyde advanced with an off-the-pace 3.81 at 198.26-mph effort .

Regardless, it advanced him to round two, where he faced off against fellow Canuck Eric Latino in a similarly powered ‘69 Camaro. Again, 

Latino posted a quicker 3.69 to Hyde’s 3.71 at 205.10 combination, but Latino waited an excessive .120 on the tree to Hyde’s .035 reaction time that was more than enough to secure the round win.

Yet another holeshot came in the quarterfinals as Hyde left with a solid .026 light leading to a 3.67 pass, while Marcus Birt had an uncharacteristic .068 leave to precede his slightly quicker 3.66 losing effort.

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Remarkably, the trend continued in the semis, with Hyde having a stellar .011 light that led to a 3.65 at 205.57 to beat Jason Harris with a slightly quicker 3.64 ET, but a much slower .070 reaction time. 

Only in the $100,000-to-win final against Kurt Steding and his blown 2020 Camaro did Hyde leave second with a .037 light to a .033, but his 3.64 at 205.51 combination was just enough to beat a 3.65 at 207.15 for Steding by just 5-thousandths at the eighth-mile finish line. 

In Mountain Motor Pro Stock, John Montecalvo came from the number-nine starting position to beat Tommy Lee, Richard Cowger, Johnny Pluchino and Elijah Morton for the $25K event win.  

Also picking up the Factory Stock Classic win at BMP was Lenny Lottig of Meyersdale, PA, with his 2020 Camaro over the ’23 Camaro of Jesse Alexandra out of West Bend, WI.

The WSOPM Top Dragster final went to McKenna Kitterman of Holmes Beach, FL, while the Super Pro title belonged to Chesapeake, VA’s Brooks McMath, and Pennsylvania’s David Ngo won the XFWD title.

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