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In the BFGoodrich Tire Drag Radial class, it
was “Big Daddy” on top of the qualifying
sheet with an 8.209 at 175.91. John Hewlett
was next with an 8.794 at 169.91. Dennis Lugo
was in third place with a 9.211 at 169.01, followed
by the lovely Christine (she’s taken) Eldert
with a 9.316 at 154.77. Shane Hill was in fifth
spot, ready for the fight, but had his problems.
In the finals on Sunday, Dwayne Gutridge was
the winner over Hewlett with an 8.309 against
the losing 8.696.
Darrell Peterson has owned the Probe Industries
Street Warrior class all season long and Gainesville
was no exception. Peterson qualified first with
a 10.202 at 123.10. In second position was Rob
Mollet with a 10.737 at 123.64. The field of
five cars was set for Sunday eliminations, and
in the finals it was the Floridians, Peterson
over Mollet with a 10.426 vs. the losing 10.641.
In the Superchips Street Stang class, there
were some tears shed by Tony Whetstone, the
Gainesville winner and also the winner of many
of the other events in the S/S class. Whetstone
won the final event (over Larry Felts) under
the “old” S/S rules, which are being
laid to rest. As of the next event in Richmond,
Va., the S/S class will revert to a 12.50 index
class. Whetstone ran 12.8’s all weekend
long so he might be the favorite to take home
the gold in Richmond, too. Time will tell.
In the Vortech Engineering Focus Frenzy class,
we had a switch. Brandy Burd was not in the
finals. The eventual winner was Paul Gamino
over Brandon Hedges in an all-male clash.
The JDM Tough Truck class had the usual number
of pick-ups in competition. In the finals it
was an all-Lightning eliminations with Don Justus
taking the win over James Keyes, who red lit.
And that brings us to the Steeda/Hyland Mod
Motor Madness class. And wonder of wonders,
Gary (don’t blame me, I’m from Alabama)
Youngblood took home the big check with a well
deserved (and about time) victory over a previous
M/M winner, Gentleman Jim Gilbert. It was no
easy victory for Gary, who had to drive home
after qualifications to deal with a busted trans,
and then drive all the way back for the Sunday
eliminations.
In the Roush Performance bracket classes on
Saturday, it was Robert Perdue over Ron Reid
in Fast Ford, Danny Toupe over Jim Lewis in
Quick Ford and Paul Gamino over Ray Williams
in Street Ford.
On Sunday, it was back to the lanes for the
Sunday Roush Performance bracket event. In Fast
Ford it was R.L. Smith over Jimmy Harrell Jr.,
Roy Williams over Mike Lee in Quick Ford and
Danny Towe over Paul Gamino in Street Ford.
In the True Street bracket race on Sunday it
was Owen Spry over John Harrell for the win.
The next FFW event is in Richmond, Va., June
25, 26 and 27. There are gonna be some big goings-on
in Richmond, with the special Drag Radial “Race
Within The Race” shootout brought to us
by Innovative Turbo Systems and AirWerks and
also the Tough Truck Takedown for the bracket
racers, brought to us by the Ford Motor Company,
F-Series Brand Team.
See you in Virginia. 
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