Race Coverage - Outlaw 10.5s at Atlanta

Although not the fastest in Pro Mod, Joey Martin from Milton, FL, was first to the finish line each time it counted. Martin's 1941 blown Willys carded a 4.99/102.97 mph victory against Rex Kelley's '63 split-window Corvette in the final after Kelley got just a bit too anxious, and left before the tree was activated, resulting in a foul start.

Sandro Sementilli had his 1963 Corvette with him all the way from Richmond Hill, ON, and definitely felt the traction at "Georgia's House of Speed." Sementilli's car was built by Bobby Johnson and carries a homebuilt 632 with two-stage nitrous. Pat Musi and John Stefko provide trackside tuning tips, along with Dan Parker.

Sementilli may have traveled far, but he was practically a local compared to Tom Ranes (center) and his Anchorage, AK-based team. That's right, his father Jim (behind Ranes) and Doug the Dog made the more than 4,800-mile one-way trip from Alaska to race in the Deep South! They were joined later by brother Jimbo (left) and mother Anna at the track. The team had planned on attending the Orlando race a week earlier, but Jim said a snowstorm that lasted for several hundred miles in northern Canada impeded his progress. Ranes' brand-new Skinny Kid-built 2003 Cobra made a best pass of 4.750 seconds in qualifying at Atlanta, and he said they planned to hit the upcoming Rockingham and Huntsville races before heading home and packing up the car for a trip in February to race in Hawaii.