There's no such thing as a sure bet in drag racing. However, based on Pro 275 racer Mo Hall's track record at South Georgia Motorsports Park, he's pretty darn close to this status. 

Hall, who entered this weekend's event undefeated at South Georgia Motorsports Park, continued his dominance by blasting out a 3.753 elapsed time at 197.88 miles per hour. Hall has two wins at SGMP with Lights Out 12 and Sweet 16 titles under his belt. Hall was second in Wednesday's provisional qualifying with a 3.810, 195.65.

His secret? Give the Gene Fulton-powered engine in his Corvette as much nitrous as it can take. 

"It just likes nitrous," Hall admitted. "It likes a lot of air, a lot of nasty water. Brandon's [Switzer] just doing a better job than everybody else. That's all."

While the 3.753 was impressive, Hall believes it could have been better. 

"We were probably hoping for a little bit better net," Hall said. "I think it's just what it gave us. I mean, you've got to be happy it went A to B. So tickled pink that it went down the track."

Even though the conditions are much different than Hall and his fellow Pro 275 racers will see tomorrow, Hall believes Thursday's stout performance has its benefits. 

"It gives us a lot of information," Hall explained. "It's like this [testing] run this morning. The run that we made this morning was better than that run. So both of them, they weren't good. It gives Brandon a lot of information to work from, lets us know where our weight control is, and it gives us a lot of data."

Wednesday's leader Manny Buginga failed to improve and dropped to second in the field with his 3.782, 195.65.  Ken Quartuccio jumped up to third with a 3.785, 196.87. Jeff Miller (3.810, 203.43) and David Reese (3.810, 193.24) rounded out the top five. 

Rob Goss jumped to the front of X275 qualifying as his late-model Dodge Challenger blasted out a 4.226, 170.84. Wednesday's leader Ron Rhodes improved but dropped to second with a 4.234. DJ McCain, who led qualifying during the Q-2 session, ended the session third with a 4.263. 

Radial vs. The World qualifying remained unchanged at the top as Bryan Markiewicz remained as the top runner with his Thursday 3.601, 204.14. He came close in the second session with a 3.604. Taylor Lastor did step up with a 3.671, 198.76 but remained second. Ken Quartuccio was third with a 3.682. 

DJ McCain (Limited Drag Radial 3.962, 180.770) rounded out the top qualifiers in a day plagued with delays from attrition. 

Competitors get one more qualifying position before the fields are set for the PRI Magic Eight, a race-within-a-race for Radial vs. The World, Pro 275, and X275 divisions during Friday's qualifying.