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FRIDAY QUALIFYING - STOKEN MAKES EIGHTH-MILE HISTORY IN PRO NITROUS TO HIGHLIGHT QUALIFYING

Friday was a record-setting affair at the PDRA Summer Drags.

With a 3.69-seconds pass at 201.07 miles per hour, Pat Stoken not only secured the provisional top spot in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous qualifying for the 2nd annual Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Summer Drags at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park; he wrote his name into the record books as the first nitrous-boosted doorslammer driver ever to cover an eighth mile in less than 3.70 seconds.

"When I saw that .69 come up on the scoreboard I couldn't believe it," said Stoken, who immediately thanked sons Corey and Casey, engine builder Reher-Morrison, crew chief Brandon Switzer and car builder Rick Jones for their help in achieving the milestone. "This is a big deal. It'll be a long time before anyone goes into the 3.50s, so this is going to last. It's really something for us to have accomplished."

Also qualified number one in the PDRA pro classes with one more session to go on Saturday were Randell Reid in NAS Racing Pro Extreme, Todd Moyer in Precision Turbo Pro Boost, Chris Garner-Jones in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Jody Stroud in Toefco Pro Open Outlaw.

In the PDRA sportsman classes, Tricia Musi placed first in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman with a new official record 3.94-seconds pass at 191.16 mph in the Bankston Boyz '09 Stratus. Meanwhile, Craig Sullivan paced the Dart Top Dragster field with a 3.90 at 181.74 mph, and after two rounds of qualifying, Andrew Green led the way in Huddleston Performance Pro Jr. Dragster and C. Russell held the tentative top spot in Huddleston Top Jr. Dragster.

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