Two weeks before the NHRA Gatornationals and several before the IHRA Texas Nationals, the staff of Torco's CompetitionPlus.com brings together professional racers of both major sanctions for the largest test session on the east coast. Stay tuned as we bring you all the happenings from this exciting event.

 

 

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MONDAY TESTING - QUICKEST RUN IN PRO MODIFIED HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS EXTENDED TESTING

TOP FUEL

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Fuel at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  345 Bruce Litton, Indianapolis IN, Hadman-TFX       4.977  213.03  213.03
  2    3 Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forest CA, McKinney-TFX 4.987  207.98  207.98
  3  141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, Hadman-BAE      5.980  151.02  151.02
  4  255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE          NT  



Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Fuel at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE         4.585  323.50  326.40
  2  345 Bruce Litton, Indianapolis IN, Hadman-TFX       4.977  213.03  213.03
  3    3 Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forest CA, McKinney-TFX 4.987  207.98  207.98
  4  141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, Hadman-BAE      5.184  217.88  217.88
  5  373 Kevin Jones, Berea KY, Agan-BAE                12.595   71.93   71.93
  6    0  Bye,   ,                                        NT  


FUEL FUNNY CAR

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1   33 Tommy Johnson Jr., Avon IN, '08 Charger         5.184  208.46  208.46
  2 2814 Matt Hagan, Christiansburg VA, '06 Monte Carlo  5.198  235.23  243.68
  3  507 Melanie Troxel, Avon IN, '08 Dodge RT           5.485  188.02  188.02
  4  222 Frank Hawley, Gainesville GA, '08 Charger R/T   5.508  176.84  176.84
  5  729 Jerry Toliver, Temecula CA, '08 Charger         6.854  122.99  122.99



Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  750 Del Worsham, Chino Hills CA, '08 Impala         4.868  294.56  294.56
  2   33 Tommy Johnson Jr., Avon IN, '08 Charger         5.184  208.46  208.46
  3 2814 Matt Hagan, Christiansburg VA, '06 Monte Carlo  5.198  235.23  243.68
  4    3 Gary Scelzi, Fresno CA, '08 Charger             5.216  215.07  215.07
  5  729 Jerry Toliver, Temecula CA, '08 Charger         5.275  204.26  204.26
  6  507 Melanie Troxel, Avon IN, '08 Dodge RT           5.485  188.02  188.02
  7  222 Frank Hawley, Gainesville GA, '08 Charger R/T   5.508  176.84  176.84
  8  206 Bob Gilbertson, Charolette NC, '05 Monte Carlo  9.792  105.94  105.94
  9    0  Bye,   ,                                        NT  


NHRA PRO STOCK

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  381 Jerry Haas, Fenton MO, '07 Mustang              6.650  208.81  208.81
  2  326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '01 Grand Am        6.677  207.75  207.75
  3    7 Larry Morgan, Newark OH, '08 Stratus            6.693  207.69  207.69
  4  872 Adam Flamholc, Malmoe SW, '06 GTO               6.699  205.35  205.35
  5  317 Rickie Jones, Galesburg IL, '08 Stratus         6.703  206.89  206.89
  6   1E Jimmy Alend, Norrkoping SW, '06 GTO             6.745  205.19  205.88
  7  801 Richard Sundbloom, Pargos FI, '06 Cobalt         NT  


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  381 Jerry Haas, Fenton MO, '07 Mustang              6.650  208.81  208.81
  2 1214 Matt Hartford, Phoenix AZ, '05 Stratus          6.664  207.98  207.98
  3  326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '01 Grand Am        6.677  207.75  207.75
  4    7 Larry Morgan, Newark OH, '08 Stratus            6.693  207.69  207.69
  5  317 Rickie Jones, Galesburg IL, '08 Stratus         6.696  206.89  206.89
  6  872 Adam Flamholc, Malmoe SW, '06 GTO               6.699  205.35  206.89
  7   1E Jimmy Alend, Norrkoping SW, '06 GTO             6.745  205.19  205.88
  8  324 Bill Glidden, Whiteland IN, '06 GTO             6.763  204.88  204.91
  9  801 Richard Sundbloom, Pargos FI, '06 Cobalt        6.777  201.67  201.67
10 128A John Gaydash, Baltimore MD, '07 GTO             7.218  192.82  192.82
11    0  Bye,   ,                                        NT  


NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-------------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1    7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod      6.904  192.38  192.38
  2    1 Matt Smith, King NC, Buell                      6.949  187.42  189.50
  3    4 Chip Ellis, Plains GA, Buell                    6.953  190.19  191.73
  4  235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell                6.968  189.39  189.39
  5    6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR           6.975  191.87  191.87
  6    2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod       6.975  190.30  190.30
  7  413 Michael Ray, New Braunfels TX, Buell            7.074  188.44  188.75
  8  573 Mike Berry, Littleton CO, Suzuki                7.474  183.79  183.79



Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-------------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1    2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod       6.845  194.41  194.41
  2    7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod      6.883  192.71  192.71
  3    5 Angelle Sampey, Mathews LA, Buell               6.905  192.63  192.63
  4   77 Angie McBride, King NC, Buell                   6.916  186.02  186.02
  5    6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR           6.933  193.77  193.77
  6  866 Karen Stoffer, Smith NV, Suzuki                 6.940  193.54  193.54
  7    1 Matt Smith, King NC, Buell                      6.949  187.42  191.48
  8    4 Chip Ellis, Plains GA, Buell                    6.953  190.19  191.73
  9   44 Chris Rivas, Fresno CA, Buell                   6.955  192.66  192.66
10  235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell                6.968  189.39  189.68
11    9 Steve Johnson, Irondale AL, Suzuki              7.009  191.21  191.21
12  413 Michael Ray, New Braunfels TX, Buell            7.074  188.44  188.75
13  205 Shawn Gann, Stoneville NC, Suzuki               7.117  175.57  175.57
14  573 Mike Berry, Littleton CO, Suzuki                7.134  186.54  186.54
15   2B Bud Yoder, Flint MI, Suzuki                      NT  
16  999 Jason Dunigan, Jackson MI, Suzuki                NT  


PRO MODIFIED

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Modified at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1 1986 John Russo, Middleton MA, *'68 Firebird         5.895  246.21  246.21
  2  272 Roger Burgess, Duluth GA, '67 Camaro            5.994  236.46  236.46
  3 1090 Raymond Commisso, Toronto ON, *'67 Camaro       6.086  193.82  193.82
  4   1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird        6.107  239.27  239.27
  5    9 Jason Hamstra, DeMotte IN, '68 Camaro           6.130  230.57  230.57
  6 2813 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro            6.131  236.84  236.84
  7 1211 Mike Ashley, Melville NY, *'67 Camaro           6.158  236.34  236.34
  8 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette     6.160  230.65  236.22
  9    7 Rick Stivers, Lexington KY, *'68 Camaro         6.225  229.63  229.63
10  800 Roger Johansson, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang      6.256  225.22  225.30
11    4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette            6.514  167.49  167.49
12   51 Tommy Gray, Baltimore MD, *'06 GTO              6.581  144.50  144.50
13  501 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, '63 Corvette          7.249  143.29  143.29
14  999 Steve Engel, Shandon OH, *'63 Corvette         13.117   61.30   61.30
15 1722 Tim O'Hare, Ocean View DE, *'68 Camaro           NT  

* = Supercharged Engine


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Modified at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by
Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1 1986 John Russo, Middleton MA, *'68 Firebird         5.895  246.21  246.21
  2  272 Roger Burgess, Duluth GA, '67 Camaro            5.994  236.46  236.46
  3   38 Danny Rowe, Laguna Hills CA, '68 Camaro         6.023  238.05  238.05
  4 1471 Chris Russo, Cedar Grove NJ, '63 Corvette       6.063  238.34  238.34
  5  763 Kirk Kuhns, Yorba Linda CA, *'41 Willys         6.079  235.97  235.97
  6 1090 Raymond Commisso, Toronto ON, *'67 Camaro       6.086  193.82  193.82
  7   1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird        6.107  239.27  239.27
  8    9 Jason Hamstra, DeMotte IN, '68 Camaro           6.130  230.57  230.57
  9 2813 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro            6.131  236.84  236.84
10 1211 Mike Ashley, Melville NY, *'67 Camaro           6.158  236.34  236.34
11 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette     6.160  230.65  236.22
12    7 Rick Stivers, Lexington KY, *'68 Camaro         6.225  229.63  229.63
13  800 Roger Johansson, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang      6.256  225.22  225.30
14 1722 Tim O'Hare, Ocean View DE, *'68 Camaro          6.427  177.51  177.51
15    4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette            6.514  167.49  167.49
16 1031 Steve Miller, Buffalo MN, *'99 S-10             6.527  220.04  220.04
17 1152 Tony Pontieri, Toronto ON, *'57 Bel Air         6.560  162.84  162.84
18   51 Tommy Gray, Baltimore MD, *'06 GTO              6.581  144.50  144.50
19 1391 John Diemer, Brewster MA, '37 Chevy             6.828  168.11  168.11
20  501 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, '63 Corvette          7.249  143.29  143.29
21 1021 Larry Sinke, Welland ON, '67 Camaro             7.438  126.21  126.21
22  216 Dan Parker, Phenix City AL, *'63 Corvette       7.681  130.19  130.19
23    1 Vincent Budano, Hicksville NY, '68 Camaro       8.435  126.79  126.79
24  320 Brandon Pesz, Shandon OH, '63 Corvette          8.483   93.84   93.84
25 1572 Steve Carrier, Avon CT, *'63 Corvette           8.705   88.06   88.06
26 3710 Jason Stock, Anoka MN, '63 Corvette             9.259   91.62   91.62
27 1212 Scott Ray, Greenville OH, *'53 Corvette         9.740   82.35   82.35
28 1063 Johnny Pilcher, Chancellor AL, '63 Corvette    10.107   97.48   97.48
29 BLUE Steve KIng, Strasburg VA, '68 Camaro           10.712   95.91   95.91
30 2010 Tony Baudier, Jefferson LA, '10 Camaro         10.854   81.18   81.18
31  105 Gary Walker, Mt Airy MD, '67 Camaro            11.775  103.59  103.59
32  999 Steve Engel, Shandon OH, *'63 Corvette         13.117   61.30   61.30
33 3397 Chuck Miner, Powell TN, '70 Mustang            18.878   49.42   49.42


IHRA MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1    1 Robert Patrick, Fredericksburg VA, '00 Mustang  6.265  223.28  223.28
  2  177 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, '07 ZX2         6.296  224.17  224.28
  3  326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '07 Cobalt          6.324  218.80  218.80
  4 MONTY John Montecalvo,  , '08 Cobalt                 6.342  221.52  221.52
  5  251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt        6.345  222.47  222.47
  6  151 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, '06 GTO           6.353  220.26  220.26
  7    7 Rob Mansfield, Margate FL, '06 GTO              6.357  221.96  221.96
  8    3 Frank Gugliotta, Mt. Airy MD, '08 Mustang       6.414  220.94  220.94
  9 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt    6.590  215.65  215.65
10    2 Pete Berner,  ,                                 7.521  130.24  130.24



Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals
presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1    1 Robert Patrick, Fredericksburg VA, '00 Mustang  6.265  223.28  223.84
  2  177 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, '07 ZX2         6.296  224.17  224.40
  3  326 Steve Spiess, Manhattan IL, '07 Cobalt          6.324  218.80  218.80
  4 MONTY John Montecalvo,  , '08 Cobalt                 6.342  221.52  221.52
  5  251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt        6.345  222.47  222.47
  6  151 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, '06 GTO           6.353  220.26  220.26
  7    7 Rob Mansfield, Margate FL, '06 GTO              6.357  221.96  221.96
  8  143 Ron Miller, Lebanon OH, '07 Cobalt              6.379  218.37  218.37
  9   11 Jason Collins, Rainbow City AL, '06 Cobalt      6.389  220.01  220.01
10  171 Larry O'Brien, Lakeshore ON, '04 Stratus        6.395  220.19  220.19
11    3 Frank Gugliotta, Mt. Airy MD, '08 Mustang       6.414  220.94  220.94
12  335 Bob Bertsch, Willis MI, '07 Mustang             6.430  222.47  222.47
13  876 Trevor Eman, Pos Ehiquito AW, '06 Escort        6.484  217.46  217.46
14 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt    6.590  215.65  215.65
15 1320 Bert Jackson, Glen Allen VA, '03 Cavalier       7.017  154.72  154.72
16    2 Pete Berner,  ,                                 7.521  130.24  130.24


TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Dragster at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1 1212  TA/D Jackie Fricke, Flemington NJ, ProStart-B  5.497  243.41  243.41
  2  466  A/FD Diana Harker, Gainesville GA, Meyer-BAE   5.565  234.41  234.41


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Dragster at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  466  A/FD Diana Harker, Gainesville GA, Meyer-BAE   5.411  248.98  248.98
  2 1212  TA/D Jackie Fricke, Flemington NJ, ProStart-B  5.497  243.41  243.41
  3    0  TA/D  Bye,  , Hadman-TFX                        NT  



TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR

Monday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1    2 Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo        7.236  136.36  136.36



Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  308 Marc White, Glendale Hts. IL, '08 Mustang       5.690  258.91  258.91
  2  100 Barney Squiers, Locust Grove VA, '05 Firebird   5.904  201.19  201.19
  3  657 Tom Carter, Cuevo TX, '00 Trans Am              6.362  164.31  164.31
  4  331 Tony Bogolo, Hamilton OH, '99 Mustang           6.409  170.39  170.39
  5    2 Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo        7.236  136.36  136.36
  6    9 Roger Bateman, Calgary AB, '02 Camaro            NT  

 

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MONDAY PREVIEW - ACTION RESUMES WITH BRIGHTER FORECAST

Unlike Sunday's scheduled qualifying sessions, Monday brings a return to a more typical testing environment,
where the teams bring their cars to the lanes whenever they are ready to make a run and runs will be singles unless the teams choose to run side-by-side. The track just went "hot" and will be open until it starts to cool off this evening.

The weather should not be a factor today - sunny and seventy degrees is the forecast.

Sunday was a bit of an enigma - the weather was fine and so was the track, with eye-popping runs in almost all the categories, with one huge exception. For some reason, most of the Pro Modified teams were unable to get a handle on the early part of the race track and tire shake was King.

Some of the Pro Modified teams were testing for eighth-mile competition (as were some of the mountain-motor Pro Stock teams), making the problem appear even worse, but it was still surprising to see so many good Pro Modified teams unable to get past the Christmas tree without severe tire shake ending their run. Too much traction was the usual diagnosis.

Hopefully it was just early-season blues. Many of the teams were making their first runs of the 2008 season yesterday after the Friday and Saturday test sessions were weathered out. Today should be better.

The FastNews Network will be here through tomorrow to keep you up with the pre-Gatornationals testing for the NHRA teams and the pre-San Antonio testing for the IHRA teams. Come back later today for the details from today's action - since there are no "sessions," we will arbitrarily break the reports for today and Tuesday into two or three segments as each day progresses. Today's first segment will be the seventh of this year's CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com. - Larry Sullivan

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SUNDAY WRAP-UP - RECORD TIMES HIGHLIGHT ESTN TESTING

 

A quick glance at dictionary.com reveals the definition of mineshaft conditions – ESTN – Day 4. At least two professional classes produced unofficial record times and as for the track records, they took a beating as well during the 9th annual CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com in Valdosta, Georgia’s South Georgia Motorsports Park.

Andrew Hines left several thousand race fans stunned when he reeled off an incredible 6.845 elapsed time with a speed of 194.41 miles per hour. This run came after an impressive 6.888 elapsed time an hour earlier.

“It's the first and only major test for us this season,” Hines said. “We just wanted to see where we stacked up with some of the other times. Last year we were out here for five days trying to get [teammate] Eddie [Krawiec] a bunch of laps and this year it's just going to be about trying to perfect everything for us. We're not going to try to beat on everything. We just want to see how consistent we can get down the track.”

IHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock world champion Robert Patrick astonished the spectator contingent by reeling off the quickest naturally-aspirated pass in doorslammer history. The Fredericksburg, Va-based driver pushed his Purvis Ford-sponsored Cobra Mustang to a 6.266 elapsed time at over 223 miles per hour.

“We have had an engine on the dyno that shows it can actually run .02 quicker,” Patrick said. “The conditions that we ran this run in showed there was more in there. If the top teams were here, you would have seen more runs like this today. Running the quickest time ever means a lot to us. What means even more to me are the gains that we made over the off-season.

“We tried some things earlier in the day and they didn’t work and we ran a 6.34. But, we tried some other stuff and the car responded in the second session with a 6.27. This was an incredible way to end a day.”

Top Fuel driver Clay Millican may not race in competition this year; but he’s certainly gained the inside track for a testing world championship. The six-time IHRA world champion obliterated the SGMP track record with the first full nitro pass of the day with a 4.585 elapsed time at 323.50 miles per hour.

“I love this place,” Millican said. “I had never been here before this weekend but I’m so glad we came in this weekend. These guys [SGMP staff] have busted their humps to give us a quality race track. We greatly appreciate it.”

Other Top Fuel teams in attendance include Brandon Bernstein, IHRA Top Fuel champion Bruce Litton, Bobby Lagana and Kevin Jones.

Funny Car driver Del Worsham paced the Funny Car contingent with a 4.868 elapsed time with a slowing 294 miles per hour. Other nitro Funny Car testing include Gary Scelzi, Jerry Toliver, Frank Hawley, Melanie Troxel, Bob Gilbertson and Matt Hagan. Bob Tasca III and Tommy Johnson, Jr. were late arrivals on Sunday.

The NHRA 500-inch Pro Stock fraternity was paced by Matt Hartford as he drove the brand-new David Nickens Dodge Stratus to a 6.664 elapsed time at 207.98 miles per hour.

“We knew we needed to get some laps on the car and this really helped us out,” Hartford said. “We learned a lot that will help us next weekend.”

Hartford’s impressive “break-in” lap was followed by an impressive final licensing run by rookie Rickie Jones, son of veteran chassis builder Rick Jones. The second-generation driver was picture perfect as he drove to a straight-as-an-arrow 6.696 elapsed time at 206.89 miles per hour. This marked the first run to the quarter-mile for Jones.

Chris Russo was the quickest of the 30 Pro Modified cars in attendance. His 6.063 elapsed time was the quickest of the fast doorslammers and edged out the 6.079 elapsed time of Kirk Kuhns.

Testing resumes on Monday at SGMP with testing planned for 10 AM until sundown.

 

 

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SUNDAY - THE RUNDOWN OF RUNS

Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Top Fuel at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd

  1  255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE         4.585  323.50  326.40
  2  141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, Hadman-BAE      5.184  217.88  217.88
  3  345 Bruce Litton, Indianapolis IN, Hadman-TFX       6.765  121.28  121.28
  4  373 Kevin Jones, Berea KY, Agan-BAE                12.616   67.23   67.23
  5    3 Brandon Bernstein, Lake Forest CA, McKinney-TFX13.177   70.70   70.70


Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd

  1  750 Del Worsham, Chino Hills CA, '08 Impala         4.868  294.56  294.56
  2    3 Gary Scelzi, Fresno CA, '08 Charger             5.216  215.07  215.07
  3  729 Jerry Toliver, Temecula CA, '08 Charger         5.275  204.26  204.26
  4 2814 Matt Hagan, Christiansburg VA, '06 Monte Carlo  5.734  182.08  182.08
  5  507 Melanie Troxel, Avon IN, '08 Dodge RT           5.787  161.52  161.52
  6  222 Frank Hawley, Gainesville GA, '08 Charger R/T   9.613   82.27   82.27
  7  206 Bob Gilbertson, Charolette NC, '05 Monte Carlo  9.792  105.94  105.94


Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test
Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order
following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

  Left Lane: Steve Spiess Runs 6.786/205.22, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.821/205.66, Was #2
Right Lane: Matt Hartford Runs 6.664/207.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 8.541/112.07, Was #6
7:46 p.m. This will be the last session of the day - the lights are on and the track is cooling off.
Hartford sets a new low ET
and top speed for the 500-inch Pro Stock cars and Spiess got his first full pass with the new combination.

Steve Spiess'
incremental times: 60ft-0.987 sec., 330ft-2.839, 660ft-4.372/161.19mph, 1,000ft-5.685
Matt Hartford's incremental times:
60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.291/164.65mph, 1,000ft-5.579
  Left Lane: Adam Flamholc Runs 6.740/203.09, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.705/206.89, Was #2
Right Lane: Jimmy Alend Runs 17.082/48.01, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.857/201.34, Was #4
Alend's car got the front wheels way up and turned right, forcing him to lift. Flamholc made a good pass, the chutes were late, and
he barely avoided going into the sand, the carbon-fibre brakes glowing orange.

Adam Flamholc's incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec.,
330ft-2.820, 660ft-4.338/162.20mph, 1,000ft-5.642
Jimmy Alend's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-4.145,
660ft-8.198/054.17mph, 1,000ft-12.640
Right Lane: Rickie Jones Runs 6.696/206.89, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.696/206.89, Was #2
Newly-licensed, Jones made a very nice run to move into the second spot for the NHRA Pro Stockers.

Rickie Jones' incremental
times: 60ft-0.997 sec., 330ft-2.809, 660ft-4.312/163.85mph, 1,000ft-5.606.
Right Lane: Richard Sundbloom Runs 6.777/201.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.018/181.98, Was #6
Sundbloom finally got a full pass, a bit left of the groove for much of the run.

Richard Sundbloom's incremental times: 60ft-0.998
sec., 330ft-2.825, 660ft-4.350/160.65mph, 1,000ft-5.667




Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern
Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-----------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd

  1    2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod       6.845  194.41  194.41
  2    7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod      6.883  192.71  192.71
  3    5 Angelle Sampey, Mathews LA, Buell               6.905  192.63  192.63
  4   77 Angie McBride, King NC, Buell                   6.916  186.02  186.02
  5    6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR           6.933  193.77  193.77
  6  866 Karen Stoffer, Smith NV, Suzuki                 6.940  193.54  193.54
  7   44 Chris Rivas, Fresno CA, Buell                   6.955  192.66  192.66
  8    1 Matt Smith, King NC, Buell                      6.956  190.89  191.48
  9  235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell                7.013  188.57  189.36
10  205 Shawn Gann, Stoneville NC, Suzuki               7.117  175.57  175.57
11  573 Mike Berry, Littleton CO, Suzuki                7.134  186.54  186.54
12  413 Michael Ray, New Braunfels TX, Buell            7.145  183.87  184.57


Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR
Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd

  1    1 Robert Patrick, Fredericksburg VA, '00 Mustang  6.266  223.54  223.84
  2  143 Ron Miller, Lebanon OH, '07 Cobalt              6.379  218.37  218.37
  3   11 Jason Collins, Rainbow City AL, '06 Cobalt      6.389  220.01  220.01
  4  171 Larry O'Brien, Lakeshore ON, '04 Stratus        6.395  220.19  220.19
  5  177 Elijah Morton, Jacksonville NC, '07 ZX2         6.406  224.40  224.40
  6    7 Rob Mansfield, Margate FL, '06 GTO              6.627  166.46  166.46
  7  876 Trevor Eman, Pos Ehiquito AW, '06 Escort        6.754  168.22  168.22
  8 1320 Bert Jackson, Glen Allen VA, '03 Cavalier       7.017  154.72  154.72
  9 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt    7.193  152.68  152.68
10  251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt        9.164  100.95  102.69
11  151 Dean Goforth, Holdenville OK, '06 GTO          13.086   63.75   66.90


Order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring
Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd

  1  308 Marc White, Glendale Hts. IL, '08 Mustang       5.690  258.91  258.91
  2  100 Barney Squiers, Locust Grove VA, '05 Firebird   5.904  201.19  201.19
  3  657 Tom Carter, Cuevo TX, '00 Trans Am              6.362  164.31  164.31
  4    2 Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo        9.546   90.21   90.21
  5  331 Tony Bogolo, Hamilton OH, '99 Mustang          13.969   68.56   68.56
  6    9 Roger Bateman, Calgary AB, '02 Camaro            NT  





Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Pro Modified at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring
Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type---------------Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd

  1 1471 Chris Russo, Cedar Grove NJ, '63 Corvette       6.063  238.34  238.34
  2  763 Kirk Kuhns, Yorba Linda CA, *'41 Willys         6.079  235.97  235.97
  3 1031 Steve Miller, Buffalo MN, *'99 S-10             6.527  220.04  220.04
  4 1986 John Russo, Middleton MA, *'68 Firebird         6.711  130.20  130.20
  5   38 Danny Rowe, Laguna Hills CA, '68 Camaro         6.914  143.73  143.73
  6   1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird        6.999  149.00  149.00
  7   51 Tommy Gray, Baltimore MD, *'06 GTO              7.146  123.09  123.09
  8  272 Roger Burgess, Duluth GA, '67 Camaro            7.373  190.51  190.51
  9 1021 Larry Sinke, Welland ON, '67 Camaro             7.438  126.21  126.21
10    9 Jason Hamstra, DeMotte IN, '68 Camaro           7.478  132.19  132.19
11  800 Roger Johansson, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang      7.492  128.85  128.85
12  216 Dan Parker, Phenix City AL, *'63 Corvette       7.681  130.19  130.19
13 1391 John Diemer, Brewster MA, '37 Chevy             7.745  126.79  126.79
14 1152 Tony Pontieri, Toronto ON, *'57 Bel Air         8.290  110.07  110.07
15    1 Vincent Budano, Hicksville NY, '68 Camaro       8.435  126.79  126.79
16  320 Brandon Pesz, Shandon OH, '63 Corvette          8.483   93.84   93.84

       ------------ Not Qualified ------------

17 3710 Jason Stock, Anoka MN, '63 Corvette             9.259   91.62   91.62
18 1211 Mike Ashley, Melville NY, *'67 Camaro           9.396   89.15   89.15
19 1212 Scott Ray, Greenville OH, *'53 Corvette         9.740   82.35   82.35
20 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette     9.855   89.33   89.33
21 1063 Johnny Pilcher, Chancellor AL, '63 Corvette    10.107   97.48   97.48
22  501 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, '63 Corvette         10.224   85.47   85.47
23 1090 Raymond Commisso, Toronto ON, *'67 Camaro      10.362   84.63   84.63
24 2813 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro           10.379  117.80  117.80
25    4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette           10.649   92.24   92.24
26 BLUE Steve KIng, Strasburg VA, '68 Camaro           10.712   95.91   95.91
27 2010 Tony Baudier, Jefferson LA, '10 Camaro         10.854   81.18   81.18
28  105 Gary Walker, Mt Airy MD, '67 Camaro            11.775  103.59  103.59
29 1722 Tim O'Hare, Ocean View DE, *'68 Camaro         12.262   61.12   61.12
30 3397 Chuck Miner, Powell TN, '70 Mustang            18.878   49.42   49.42

 

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SATURDAY - COLD CANCELS SATURDAY PROGRAM

 

The third day at the 9th annual Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com brings another good news -bad news situation.

Good news, the rain stopped and the track is dry. Several more rigs rolled in yesterday and the Schumacher and Gotham City Racing trailers are among the recent arrivals. 

The bad news - it is chilly and there are strong, gusty winds blowing across the track today. Just driving up I-75 was sporty and there's no way to safely race at 200 mph-plus with these crosswinds and a cold race track.

All Saturday activities have been cancelled. However, the weather forecast for Sunday is great - sunny and mid-sixties.

 

Sunday's schedule:                                                                   

8 a.m. Racer Gates Open                                                                    

8:30 a.m. Chapel Service                                                                   

10 a.m. Spectator Gates Open                                                                   

12 p.m. Track Open For Testing       

Run Order:       

Sportsman       

NHRA Pro Stock       

MM Pro Stock       

Pro Stock Motorcycle       

Pro Stock Snowmobiles       

Nitro Cars       

Pro Modified       

Top Alcohol       

Repeat                                                                   

 

9:30 p.m. Secure

 

The Chicago-style competition has been cancelled - the trophies will go to the low qualifiers in each Professional category.

 

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FRIDAY -  2 p.m. - This time it's official - the plug has been pulled and there won't be any racing today at South Georgia
Motorsports Park.

Though it quit raining, the track was cold and the heavy cloud cover meant that there wasn't enough heat in the track to finish the
drying process.

The band of rain that was staying south of the track finally started moving north and it's raining again.

Friday's open testing will now be run on Saturday and Saturday's Chicago-style competition will now be run on Sunday.

 

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WEATHER HITS SOUTH GEORGIA

About the only thing hitting the racing surface at South Georgia Motorsports Park today will be
wind-driven raindrops.

Hey, at least it's not snow!

Hopes for salvaging at least part of Friday's schedule were raised when the first of two weather systems veered to the East and went across the middle of Florida instead of continuing into Georgia last night, but the second (and stronger) weather system completed its march across Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida panhandle to arrive at Valdosta at 6 a.m.

Before this second system moves on, it is expected to drop two or three inches of rain on an already-saturated southern Georgia
region, probably washing out Friday's test activities at the CSR Eastern Spring Test nationals.

Race officials hope to make up the missed testing Saturday afternoon and evening and have postponed the Chicago-style head-to-head
racing action from Saturday to Sunday.

That's apparently it for today, racing action should resume at mid-day Saturday.

Don't forget to set your clocks ahead an hour Saturday night - Daylight Savings Time will arrive at 2 a.m. Sunday, rain or shine.

 

 

THURSDAY - ANDREW HINES TOPS ESTN PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE TESTING WITH 6.889 ELAPSED TIME
 

Thursday testing extended in anticipation of poor Friday forecast

Race officials for the 9^th annual CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com decided Friday’s poor weather forecast warranted extending the first day testing by three hours. Several racers were pleased but none more than two-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Andrew Hines.

Hines blasted out a South Georgia Motorsports Park [SGMP] track record 6.889 elapsed time at 193.13 miles per hour. This run marked the first time Hines had been into the 6.80s with his Screamin’ Eagle-sponsored Harley-Davidson. 

“We didn’t change a thing from our earlier run,” said Hines, who previously belted out a 6.94. “I knew it was a great run going down the track because when you don’t have to correct it, you get the big numbers. I saw our earlier runs and figured I’d run a 6.90. I was just hoping to run quicker than Angelle.”

Hines final pass of the evening surpassed Angelle Sampey’s 6.916 elapsed time at 192.08 miles per hour who was in just her second test outing since converting from Suzuki to a Buell. 

Clay Millican also posted the quickest run in the history of SGMP when he lifted just past the eighth-mile and coasted to a 4.721 elapsed time.

“A lot of those racers were having trouble finding the right combination early on,” Millican said. “When we pulled [teammate] Bobby Lagana’s car up there we were just hoping it would go down. He went out there and went right down the track. The funny thing is – everyone else did too. There’s no question this is a good race track and has a lot of teeth.” 

Millican estimated the car would have been a mid-4.50 had it run to the finish line.

“I had instructions to lift early,” Millican said. “Next time I’m guessing the instructions won’t be the same.” 

Danny Rowe (6.023) was the quickest of the Pro Modifieds while Robert Patrick (6.319) paced the IHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stocks. Billy Glidden’s 6.763, 208.88 topped the NHRA Pro Stocks.

Testing resumes in the morning with unlimited test runs beginning at 9:30 AM, EST.

 

 

Thursday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Fuel at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  255 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE         4.721  252.57  252.57
  2  141 Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale NY, McKinney-BAE    5.813  147.05  147.05


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1 2814 Matt Hagan,  , '06 Monte Carlo                  5.612  185.66  185.66


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's
CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  324 Bill Glidden, Whiteland IN, '06 GTO             6.763  204.88  204.91
  2  872 Adam Flamholc, Malmoe SW, '06 GTO               6.774  204.91  204.91
  3   1E Jimmy Alend, Norrkoping SW, '06 GTO             6.863  202.48  202.48
  4 128A John Gaydash, Baltimore MD, '07 GTO             7.218  192.82  192.82
  5  199 Rickie Jones,  ,                               49.359   75.02   75.02


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Rider, Home Town, Machine-------------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1    2 Andrew Hines, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod       6.889  193.13  193.13
  2    5 Angelle Sampey, Brownsburg IN, Suzuki GSXR      6.916  192.08  192.08
  3    7 Eddie Krawiec, Brownsburg IN, Harley V-Rod      6.953  191.92  191.92
  4  866 Karen Stoffer, Smith NV, Suzuki                 6.958  191.65  192.11
  5    6 Craig Treble, Hensley AR, Suzuki GSXR           6.982  192.69  192.69
  6  748 Chris Rivas, Fresno CA, Buell                   6.992  191.02  191.57
  7  235 Hector Arana, Milltown IN, Buell                6.996  189.68  189.68
  8    9 Steve Johnson, Irondale AL, Suzuki              7.009  191.21  191.21
  9  205 Shawn Gann, Stoneville NC, Suzuki               7.129  175.16  175.16


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Pro Modified at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by
Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1   38 Danny Rowe, Laguna Hills CA, '68 Camaro         6.023  238.05  238.05
  2  763 Kirk Kuhns, Yorba Linda CA, *'41 Willys         6.223  233.52  233.52
  3 1471 Chris Russo,  , '63 Corvette                    6.259  183.64  183.64
  4  800 Roger Johansen, Molnetor SW, *'99 Mustang       6.283  223.06  223.06
  5 1722 Tim O'Hare,  , '68 Camaro                       6.427  177.51  177.51
  6 1152 Tony Pontieri, Toronto ON, *'57 Bel Air         6.560  162.84  162.84
  7 1391 John Diemer, Brewster MA, '37 Chevy             6.828  168.11  168.11
  8 1572 Steve Carrier, Avon CT, *'63 Corvette           8.705   88.06   88.06
  9   1I Scott Cannon Jr, Lyman SC, *'68 Firebird        9.074  109.56  109.56
10 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Stn ON, *'63 Corvette    12.626   76.18   76.18
11    4 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette           12.785   72.73   72.73
12   13 Scotty Cannon, Lyman SC, *'68 Camaro             NT  
13    0  Bye,   ,                                        NT  

* = Supercharged Engine


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Mountain Motor Pro Stock at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals
presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1    1 Robert Patrick,  , '07 Mustang                  6.319  222.33  222.33
  2  151 Dean Goforth,  ,                                6.383  219.44  219.44
  3  177 Elijah Morton,  ,                               6.392  221.16  221.16
  4  335 Bob Bertsch, Willis MI, '07 Mustang             6.430  222.47  222.47
  5  876 Trevor Eman, Pos Ehiquito AW, '06 Escort        6.484  217.46  217.46
  6  143 Ron Miller,  ,                                  6.573  183.87  183.87
  7  171 Larry O'Brien, Lakeshore ON, '04 Stratus        6.647  167.57  167.57
  8  251 Cary Goforth, Holdenville OK, '08 Cobalt        6.668  172.70  172.70
  9   11 Jason Collins,  ,                               6.962  148.15  148.15
10 5037 Richard Freeman, Pauls Valley OK, '08 Cobalt    7.062  156.48  156.48


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  331 Tony Bogolo,  ,                                 6.409  170.39  170.39
  2 2IHRA Rob Atchison, London ON, '06 Monte Carlo      12.863   63.82   63.82


Best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Alcohol Dragster at the 9th annual, CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented
by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com:

Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type-----------------TT-ET----TT-Spd-Top Spd

  1  466  A/FD Diana Harker, Gainesville GA, Meyer-BAE   6.519  162.51  162.51