ADRL GEORGIA DRAGS - VALDOSTA RESULTS


		EVENT RESULTS EVENT NOTEBOOK ROUND-BY-ROUND RESULTS			FRIDAY GALLERY SATURDAY GALLERY SUNDAY GALLERY

EVENT CANCELLED - RAIN INVADES SOUTH GEORGIA MOTORSPORTS PARK

rain 02

The Hardees Georgia Drags were cancelled on Sunday morning when persistent rain showers fell for much of the morning at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Ga.

ADRL management confirmed all qualifying and bonus money will be paid and the event is declared complete. The fields were set on Saturday evening.

SATURDAY - ALL AL-ANABI IN PREMIERE CLASSES

Al Anabi Racing dominated the top two divisions during Saturday's qualifying day at the Hardees ADRL Georgia Drags in Valdosta, Ga. Alex Hossler, in the Pro Extreme division, and Pro Nitrous Steve Jackson head into Sunday's eliminations as No. 1 seeds.

Other No. 1 qualifiers included Ashley Owens [PXM], Trevor Eman [XPS], Jimmy Keen [Pro Modified], Ronnie Davis [TS] and Melissa Hutson [TD]

Hossler's qualifying effort was a record-setting affair for the Pro Extreme division. He made his mark right out of the trailer with a 3.567-second elapsed time at 212.29 mph in his Frank Manzo-tuned '69 Camaro. He returned in the final session with a 3.586 at 211.06 to secure both ends of the official PX records--briefly. Three pairs later two-time series champion Jason Scruggs snagged the speed record with a 213.54 mph blast. The records headed into the weekend where 3.581 and 212.19 mph respectively by Frankie Taylor.

"Well, I'm glad to have the record, glad to be number one, but now I need some points. We need to go some rounds tomorrow," Hossler said, referring back to the ADRL season opener a month ago at Rockingham, NC, where he qualified second, but lost in the opening round of eliminations. "We kind of regrouped and we've got some different stuff on the car here and it seems to be responding pretty well," he added. "We've gone down the track every pass this weekend except for one and that's counting testing and qualifying, so we have a lot more confidence now than when we left Rockingham, that's for sure."

In Pro Nitrous, Jackson continued the domination he established last month in Rockingham, NC, when he qualified No. 1 and dominated eliminations. This time he improved in each session from the No. 1 spot, ending the day with a 3.841 at 196.39 mph best.

"Not a bad day at all; we've got a good, consistent hot rod, it ran a hundredth better with each run," Jackson said. "Like I told my guys, a consistent horse wins the race, so we're gonna' bank on that and see if we can squeeze on it a bit more."

A performance in Georgia caused a significant celebration on the island of Aruba. The Extreme Pro Stock racer, and native Aruban, Eman scored his first No. 1 qualifying effort with a straight off the trailer 4.063 at 177.44 performance.

"It felt really good; I hadn't felt being pushed back in the seat like that in quite awhile," Eman said later. "The (incremental) numbers on the time slip were decent, but it was the numbers on the scoreboard that were really awesome. And those are the ones that count."

Final eliminations are scheduled for today.