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UDRA PRO MODIFIED
The World Series is the biggest race on the UDRA circuit. This year's
race again featured UDRA's unforgiving "suicide qualifying." The UDRA
Alky Funny cars and dragsters and the Pro Mods get one chance to qualify.
Now that is real pressure and is unique to UDRA.
The UDRA also may be the only sanctioning body in history where the
president actually competes in a professional class at a very competitive
level. UDRA pres "Animal" Jim Feurer not only qualified his Super Coupe
into the number three spot, but made it to the final round on the break
rule. Yes Virginia, UDRA still uses the "break" rule.
The Pro Mod field was led in qualifying by Todd Shepherd's blown, hemi-powered
'63 Plymouth wagon, but the winner was Bill Graziano driving his '66
Nova nitrous injected car. Graziano ran the best elapsed time of Pro
eliminations for the win with a 6.759/202.48.
SUPERCHARGED UDRA ACTION
There were plenty of UDRA supercharged cars trying to make the six
car UDRA programs through one shot "suicide" qualifying. Six alcohol
funny cars and five supercharged dragsters made up the field. The winner
of the Alky dragster program was veteran Iowa racer Dennis Rotter. Rotter
dominated the flopper field, recording the top speed and low E.T. of
each round, including the final when he defeated Lance Van Hauen with
a 6.185/229.12 pass.
UDRA's Supercharged dragster class was won by Marty Thacker from Robinson,
Ill using a hole-shot to defeat Bryan Weber. Thacker ran a 5.855//240.68
in the final with a .452 reaction time to get the win over Weber's quicker
but losing 5.841/233.96 due to Weber's .523 reaction time.
AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORIES
There is a little something for everyone at the World Series. Veteran
wheelstanders Danny O'Day and Richard Hutchins waited around all weekend
to make one pass which delighted the crowd. There was also a contingent
of jet cars, the quickest of which was Billy Bartkus at 5.825/284.27.
Then there were the bracket race winners including Rantoul, Ill. racer
Sue Campbell driving her '41 Willys, who won the eighth-mile race on
Friday night over Scott Weets.
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