A Pro Modified field that includes former EOPM Series champion Randy Weatherford of Danville, Va., 2014 PDRA Pro Nitrous Champion Jason Harris of Pittsboro and 1995 IHRA Pro Mod Champion Tommy Mauney of Shelby shares center stage with Danny O’Day’s record-shattering ’34 Ford wheelstander and a pair of jet cars Saturday (May 12) when Rockingham Dragway presents its inaugural Spring Extreme Drags.
 
Qualifying at 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. will set the field for first round Pro Mod racing and exhibition runs at 7 p.m. Pro Mod semifinals are tentatively scheduled for 8 p.m. with the final round at 9.
 
“It’s been awhile since we’ve had Pro Mods of this caliber at The Rock,” said track owner Steve Earwood, “(and) anybody that’s ever seen them knows that they are the most challenging vehicles to get down a racetrack.  You never know what to expect.”
 
Weatherford was the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod winner the last time the series was contested at The Rock and his nitrous-injected 1969 Camaro will be among the favorites this time, too.  Harris will drive the “Party Time” 1969 Camaro and Mauney, a noted chassis builder, North Carolina Motorsports Hall of Fame Member and No. 8 Pro Mod driver on CompetitionPlus.com’s list of the greatest ever, will be behind the wheel of his own ’69 Camaro.
 

Among the others vying for starting spots will be David Campbell of Oxford and his “Thunderwolf” Camaro, female driver Carol Long of Moncks Corner and her supercharged 1963 Corvette, Mooresville’s Chris Cline in the “Christine” 1957 Plymouth Fury, Tony Wilson of Kannapolis in the “Midnight Special” Camaro, Brian Shrader of Mooresville in the Lethal X Corvette, Edward Wilson of Benson in his fan favorite 1941 turbo Willys, Charles Terrell of Kernersville in his supercharged Ford Mustang, James Litton of Goose Creek, S.C., in his supercharged 1972 Plymouth Duster and Chris Patrick of Stockbridge, Ga., in his nitrous Camaro.
 
Between pro rounds, drivers in Top Eliminator, Footbrake and Jr. Dragster will battle for NHRA Summit Series and Rockingham Dragway track points and the MXA Motorsports Street Car Shootout will be contested for a $100 top prize and trophies to the winner and runner-up.
 
Adult admission is $20 at the gate or $18 for tickets purchased in advance at www.rockinghamdragway.com.  Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by a ticketed adult and parking is free in Rockingham’s main lot.
 
Terry Rosburg’s “American Thunder” jet dragster and the “Danger Zone” jet-powered Ford Mustang Funny Car are part of an exhibition program that will feature O’Day’s 8.40 second, 158 mile per hour wheelstander, BangShift.com’s No. 5 wheelstander of all time, which will be making its final Rockingham appearance as part of O’Day’s farewell tour.