PRO MOD MADNESS AT SGMP
South Georgia Motorsports Park will be the epicenter of
the Pro Mod world this weekend, where two days of racing
at the inaugural ADRL racensur.com Sunshine Drags presented
by hotrodsbyburke will determine winners of three events:
First, there's the Sunshine Drags itself, the fourth of
the six ADRL events scheduled for 2005. Both qualifying
and eliminations in the Pro Extreme and Pro Nitrous categories
will be contested on Saturday.
Second, the incomplete rounds from last month's rain-delayed
Torco Gear Summer Drags in Belle Rose, La. - originally
scheduled as the third event of 2005 - will be run in Valdosta.
A total of 10 drivers are still in contention for the two
Belle Rose titles, including the four Pro Nitrous semifinalists
and six Pro Extreme entrants competing in either their first
or second rounds.
Finally, the Sunshine Drags will also double as an event
on the AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge presented by
TLR tour, the 11th of the 14 on the 2005 calendar. More
than 25 drivers are pre-entered in the AMS/TLR competition,
which gets under way with two qualifying sessions Friday
evening (5 p.m. and 7 p.m.).
The Sunshine Drags concludes
Saturday with the Pro Mod Challenge cars getting a final
qualifying shot in the afternoon, while the ADRL's Pro Extreme
and Pro Nitrous entries have qualifying attempts scheduled
for noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. Eliminations in all classes
are scheduled for 6 p.m.
This weekend's event is the ADRL's second stop in Valdosta
in 2005. In late May, the ADRL DRAGPALOOZA event ended with
Bil Clanton (Pro Extreme) (photo above) and Shannon Jenkins
(Pro Nitrous) winning the individual titles, and a team
of Outlaw Pro Mod drivers (the FLOWMASTER All- Stars) pounding
a team of AMS/TLR All-Stars, 31-8, in Sunday's three-round,
33-pass team competition. (Ian Tocher
photo) [8-18-2005]
ANOTHER 'HOT TAMALE'
Remember Steve and Patty Damon's "One Hot Tamale"
'65 Impala? The Damons were another supercharged doorslammer
team from the Buffalo, NY area and ran the Tamale as a both
a alky burning Pro Mod and a nitro burning Nitro Coupe on
the Super Chevy Show circuit. The Agent got a note from
them saying they are going to debut another all-steel '65
Impala for some Pro Street action early in 2006. Muy caliente!
[8-18-2005]
