4000 BUMP IN PRO EXTREME!!!!!

Just one measly thousandths of a second was all that kept the Pro Extreme field at Drag Stock II from being and all three-second affair. Rodney Rosenstiel and his Opel GT sit on the bump with a time of 4.000.

Going into the final round of qualifying we had four cars in the three-second zone in short order John Lynam went from being the 14th qualifier with a 4.035 to setting Low ET of the meet so far with a stunning 3.936/185.46 lap. Tommy Mauney and Herman Sheppard both turned in three-second performances to put seven of the eight qualifiers into the threes.

Among those who are on the outside looking in include Eddie Ware who improved to a 4.001 and Michael Neal who couldn’t improve on his previous 4.001. Todd Blaunecht’s 4.004, Chip King’s 4.009 and Thomas Patterson’s 4.010 just weren’t good enough to make what is easily the quickest eighth-mile, doorslammer field in drag racing history.

The bump were the field to be 16 cars was an unbelievable 4.046 which was turned in by Joey Martin. A couple of other notable non-qualifiers include Toney Russell’s hemified Nomad wagon that ran a career best 4,047 as did Doug Palmer’s AMS ‘Vette.

QUALIFYING

1) J. Lynam   3.936/185.46
2) B.Clanton 3.958/181.74
3) Q. Stott     3.971/184.55
4) Mike Neal 3.978/176.47
5) T. Mauney 3.998/182.06
6) J. Hernandez 3.996/183.29
7) H. Sheppard 3.997/179.30
8) R. Rosenstiel 4.000/182.45
ALT Eddie Ware 4.001/182.82  

“SHE’S REAL FINE MY 409” PRO NITROUS FIELD SET AT DRAGSTOCK.

They’ll just have to start calling him Randy “four-systems” Weatherford after tonight. Weatherford put his Jerry Hass built. Gene Fulton powered on the pole for the eight-car shootout tonight with a last chance 4.045 to just edge Tommy Mauney off of the pole by one-thousandth of the second. Rod Hauck stepped up his efforts with a 4.055 blast that dropped Shannon Jenkins to the fourth spot. Dan Parker bullied his way into the field with a 4.094. That time combined with a speed of 178.99 placed him in the sixth slot over Johnny Pilcher who also ran a 4.094/178.17. And Finally Sonny Tindal went from dead last to the eighth spot with a 4.095/177.00 that bumped out Greg Godwin’s 4.104 and made Godwin the first alternate and set the field.

1) Weatherford - 4.045/178.92
2) T Mauney - 4.046/178.76
3) R. Houck - 4.056/177.58
4) S. Jenkins - 4.057/182.97
5) C. Carpenter - 4.093/179.66
6) D. Parker - 4.094/178.99
7) J. Pilcher - 4.094/178.17
8) S. Tindal - 4.095/177.00
Alt  Greg Godwin - 4.104/177.66

CRITCHLY CRASHES DURING QUALIFYING! NOT INJURED

AMS driver Troy Critchley wheeling the AMS Staff Leasing ’41 Willys crashed hard into the water barrels and retaining wall just past the finish line on his last qualifying attempt. He ran 4.096/174.21 with a .989 sixty-foot time. According to and EMT that DRO talked with, the water barrels that line the walls at the Top End of the track did their job and Critchley didn’t even have a bruise from his harnesses. The same unfortunately can’t be said for the AMS Willys, which according to reports was fairly seriously damaged. The team is supposed to race next weekend at Dallas which is the next stop for the AMS /TLR Pro Mods. (Roger Richards phto)

SWEDES GET IT TOGETHER ON LAST LAP

With a little help from Quain Stott the Swedish team that has been struggling all weekend finally made a reasonable lap. They went a 4.100/174.80 with Michael Lindahl at the wheel. The team is headed to Rockingham next weekend.