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crowds, record-setting performances and the debut of a new professional
category into National Guard ADRL competition were the highlights of
the National Guard ADRL Safety-Kleen Drapalooza V at Houston Raceway
Park.

Todd Tutterow (Pro Extreme), Stan Allen (Pro Nitrous), Billy Glidden
(Extreme 10.5), Charlie Prophit (Pro Extreme Motorcycle) and Doug Kirk
(Extreme Pro Stock) took home the Minuteman in their respective
categories.

Tutterow mowed down a tough Pro Extreme field, using seven 200+ mile
per hour runs throughout the weekend to score his first career Pro
Extreme national event win. The North Carolina-born Tutterow defeated
reigning two-time Pro Extreme champion Jason Scruggs in the final round
with a 3.925 seconds - 201.46 mph to Scruggs' 4.241 - 136.41.

Veteran Pro Modified racer Charles Carpenter was involved in a
high-speed accident Saturday afternoon during the first round of Pro
Nitrous eliminations of the ADRL Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V when he
lost control of his 1955 Chevy and made contact with the retaining wall
in the Houston Raceway Park shutdown area.

BIONDO, SILVEUS LEAD QUALIFIERS AT ORLANDO SPEED WORLD LUCAS OIL EVENT

Qualifying fields are set at Orlando Speed World Dragway’s NHRA Lucas
Oil Drag Racing Series.  Sal Biondo, Maspeth, N.Y., is the No. 1
qualifier in Comp Eliminator and Jerry Silveus, Van Buren, Ohio, is the
best qualifier in Super Stock.  Biondo and Silveus are among the more
than 400 driver on hand vying for points leading to divisional and
national championships.  

Biondo, behind the wheel of a ’93 Beretta, made an 8.125-second pass,
running .665 seconds under his index to put in the top spot.  Friday’s
No. 1 qualifier in Comp Eliminator, Grant Lewis of Jessup, Ga., will
start eliminations from the No. 2 spot.

Silveus was the best qualifier on Friday and remained in the spot to
the end.  He did not improve on his initial run but it was enough to
keep him atop the field.  Deland resident Terry Earwood is qualified in
the seventh spot in Super Stock.

Final round results for the ADRL Safety Kleen Dragpalooza V at Houston Raceway Park, round one of the ten race National Guard ADRL tour.

PRO EXTREME

PRO NITROUS

XTREME 10.5

Ray Commisso made his run really count during the third round of qualifying Saturday with a new IHRA Pro Modified World Speed Record of 246.08 mph to take the provisional pole after three rounds at the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Mardi Gras Nationals at State Capitol Raceway in Baton Rouge.

Commisso's speed accompanied a 5.970 second time to claim the pole after three Rounds of IHRA Pro Modified qualifying. His record-setting run came following a 245.09 mph run Friday night during Round 2 of qualifying.

Mike De Palma and Tibor Kadar both carried their No. 1 qualifying
efforts into the winner’s circle at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event presented by Budweiser at Southwestern Int’l Raceway. 
Glendale, Ariz., resident De Palma took home the hardware in Comp
Eliminator, wheeling his ’98 Firebird to the win over Dean Carter,
another Gledale racer.  Kadar, a resident of Peoria, Ariz., scored the
win in Super Stock over Ryan Mc Clanahan of Upland, Calif.

Steve Wann, Modesto, Calif., earned the win in Stock Eliminator as he
knocked out the category’s best qualifier, Scott Burton, Golden, Colo. 
Andrew Madrid, Chatsworth, Calif., ousted Gabriel Torres, La Puente,
Calif., in the Super Comp final and, in Super Gas, Mike Ferderer,
Buckley, Wash., got the win over Michael Miller of Santa Fe.  The Super
Street win went to Patrick Mc Henery of Mesa, Ariz., when he beat Joe
Kidd of Marana, Ariz.  Top Sportsman racer Brad Wagner, Henderson,
Nev., beat Gary Forkner, Temecula, Calif., in the final while Mera
Silvia, Upland, Calif., scored the win in Top Dragster over Mike Mac
Brair, Napa, Calif.  La Verne, Calif., racer Gary Moreno rode his ’06
Harley Davidson to the Sportsman Motorcycle win, beating out Tracy
Bailey of Coos Bay, Ore.

Qualifies No. 1 at IHRA Event Then Drives Overnight to ADRL Race …
 
Jason Collins didn’t get much sleep Friday night.
 
The Rainbow City, Ala.-based driver was the only racer who accepted the challenge of racing two national events this weekend.
 
Collins laid down the quickest Pro Stock lap in Friday Pro Stock
qualifying at the IHRA Mardi Gras Nationals in Baton Rouge, La., with a
6.294 elapsed time at 222.03 miles per hour and loaded the car into the
team’s hauler and towed four hours to Houston Raceway Park in Baytown,
Tex., to race Saturday at the ADRL Safety-Kleen Nationals.
 
“This is the first time I’ve ever attempted something like this,” Collins admitted. “Tonight will tell the story.”
 
Rumors circulated throughout the HRP pits suggesting the IHRA had
parked the Pro Stock cars in such a manner that they couldn’t attend
both events. Collins quickly discounted that banter as completely
false.

When it comes to the world of NHRA Pro Stock racing, team owner Victor
Cagnazzi is a man of mixed emotions.  On one hand, his Jeg’s.com team,
driven by Jeg Coughlin, is the two-time defending Pro Stock champion
and winner of the most recent race in Phoenix, AZ. 
 
However, for the second year in a row, his other entry, normally driven
by phenom David Connolly, remains parked at the Cagnazzi Racing shop in
Mooresville, NC while the team searches for sponsorship.  As the Full
Throttle Drag Racing Series prepares to head to Gainesville, FL for
next weekend’s ACDelco Gatornationals, the quiet-spoken New York native
took time to address his unique situation, offer his outlook for the
future as well as his thoughts on the upcoming East Coast drag racing
season-opener:

Moyer Nails Mickey Thompson Tires Reward for 187-MPH Blast …

Todd Moyer didn’t need to win the ADRL Dragpalooza V event to leave
with a big payday. The veteran Extreme 10.5 racer from Seabrook, Texas,
was the beneficiary of a $5000 bounty paid by Flowmaster and
awarded to the Extreme 10.5 racer who could first exceed 185 miles per
hour in the eighth-mile.