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March 9, 2009

Pro Extreme - Eliminations

March 9, 2009

Pro Nitrous - Eliminations

March 9, 2009

Extreme 10.5 - Eliminations

March 9, 2009

Pro Extreme Motorcycle - Eliminations

March 9, 2009

Extreme Pro Stock - Eliminations

March 9, 2009

Pro Jr. Dragster - Eliminations

March 7, 2009

Carpenter wrecks during eliminations

BAYTOWN, Texas—Veteran Pro Modified racer Charles Carpenter of Harrisburg, NC was involved in a high-speed accident Saturday afternoon during the first round of Pro Nitrous eliminations at the Safety-Kleen Dragpaloza when he lost control of his 1955 Chevy just past the finish line and made contact with the right-side retaining wall.

Carpenter had already pulled his parachute - which helped keep his car upright as it slammed into the wall. After the car rolled to a stop in the shutdown area, Carpenter exited the car just as National Guard ADRL safety crews were arriving on the scene.

Carpenter got loose after defeating Ed Burnsley.

Carpenter appeared shaken but uninjured. He was evaluated by medical personnel at the track and then transported to a local hospital for further tests.

March 7, 2009

Pro Extreme Qualifying - Final Order

March 7, 2009

Pro Nitrous Qualifying - Final Order

March 7, 2009

Extreme 10.5 Qualifying - Final Order

March 7, 2009

Pro Extreme Motorcycle Qualifying - Final Order

March 7, 2009

Extreme Pro Stock Qualifying - Final Order

March 7, 2009

Pro Jr. Dragster Qualifying - Final Order

March 7, 2009

Moyer takes home the Flowmaster cash

BAYTOWN, Texas—Local racer Todd Moyer made it look easy.

The veteran Extreme 10.5 campaigner from nearby Pasadena, Texas lit up the Houston Raceway Park scoreboard with a 187.05 mph run that was two miles-per-hour quicker than he needed to take home the $5000 Flowmaster Extreme 10.5 bounty posted for the first driver to exceed 185 mph.

His 4.122 elapsed time was also good enough to put him in the No. 1 qualifying position for the Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V.

“The off-season was all work and no play,” said Moyer.

March 7, 2009

Purvis Ford Lincoln-Mercury Posts Extreme Pro Stock Qualifying Bonus

BAYTOWN, Texas – Purvis Ford Lincoln-Mercury of Fredricksburg, Virginia, the automotive dealership “where they speak cars” announced today that they will pay a $1000 bonus to the No. 1 qualifier in Extreme Pro Stock at all ten national events on the 2009 National Guard ADRL tour.

Extreme Pro Stock racer Robert Patrick Jr., whose family owns Purvis Ford Lincoln Mercury, made the announcement during day two of the Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V at Houston Raceway Park.

“The ADRL’s Extreme Pro Stock class is absolutely the future,” said Patrick. “We want to support it in any way that we can.”

And he added, “I plan to earn my fair share of No. 1 qualifiers.”

If Patrick does qualify No. 1, it might give fans and fellow competitors reason to believe he was just taking the money out of one pocket and putting it in the other.

To that, Patrick answered, “Make no doubt about it, every time I win the No. 1 qualifying spot, I will give the money to whomever is No. 2.”

March 7, 2009

Hernandez, Jenkins, Moyer, Guillory and Gahm leaders after second round of qualifying in Houston

BAYTOWN, Texas—Results  after the second of three rounds of qualifying for the National Guard ADRL Safety Kleen Dragpalooza V at Houston Raceway Park, round one of the ten race National Guard ADRL tour.

Pro Extreme – 1. Joshual Hernandez, 3.831 seconds, 199.02; 2. Quain Stott, 3.893, 198.09; Jason Hamstra, 3.893, 194.77; 4. Jason Scruggs, 3.990, 197.13, 5. Todd Tutterow, 3.916, 201.34; 6. Frankie Taylor, 3.933, 195.05; 7. Travis Swearingen, 3.937, 191.13, 8. Bennie McDonald, Jr., 3.972, 189.58

Pro Nitrous – 1. Shannon Jenkins, 3.977, 192.93; 2. Tim Savell, 3.994, 185.89; 3. Rickie Smith, 4.008, 189.47; 4. Mike Castellana, 4.025, 189.02, 5. Steve Vick, 4.052, 183.84; 6. Burton Auxier, 4.063, 187.44; 7. Keith Baker, 4.077, 181.79, 8. Josh Chester, 4.114, 178. 78

Extreme 10.5 – 1. Todd Moyer, 4.122, 187.05; 2. Gary White, 4.139, 175.84; 3. Billy Glidden, 4.165, 174.87; 4. Jake Carlton, 4.187, 174.80; 5. Jeff Naiser, 4.211, 168.22; 6. Chuck Ulsch, 4.213, 182.35; 7. Mike Hill, 4.319, 174.73; 8. Mike Neal, 4.322, 175.75

Pro Extreme Motorcycle – 1. Darian Guillory, 4.248, 169.23; Ronald Procopio, 4.277, 175.14; 3. Scott Gray, 4.312, 167.28; 4. Matt Prophit, 4.328, 167.05; 5. Casey Stemper, 4.329, 169.34; 6. Mantez Thompson, 4.371, 158.33; 7. T T Jones, 4.380, 166.97; 8. Derrick Holloway, 4.384, 157.58

Extreme Pro Stock – 1. Brian Gahm, 4.105, 176.51; 2. Matt Hartford, 4.114, 177.60; 3. Doug Kirk, 4.119, 176.42; 4. Robert Patrick, Jr., 4.120, 176.81; Elijah Morton, 4.151, 175.21

March 7, 2009

Follow the action throughout the day from the Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V

We’re up and running at Houston Raceway We’ve moved our live audio for this weekend’s season-opener at Houston Raceway Park.

Click here:

 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/outlaw-racing-live

A huge National Guard ADRL thank you goes out to “Big Don” Ellison from Race Talk 93X.com for lending his invaluable help in solving our temporary live audio issues.

Live timing and scoring is here and we’re blogging here

You can follow all the action - live timing and scoring, live audio and live blogging - throughout the day.

March 7, 2009

Pro Extreme Qualifying - Round 1

March 7, 2009

Pro Nitrous Qualifying - Round 1

March 7, 2009

Extreme 10.5 Qualifying - Round 1

March 7, 2009

Pro Extreme Motorcycle Qualifying - Round 1

March 7, 2009

Extreme Pro Stock Qualifying - Round 1

March 7, 2009

Pro Jr. Dragster Qualifying - Round 1

March 6, 2009

Glidden Goes 4.18 to Take Early XTF Pole

Satring up right where he left off last October, reigning Flowmaster Extreme 10.5 World Champion Billy Glidden set low E.T. in the opening round of qualifying at the Safety’Kleen Dragpalooza V.

Glidden’s nitrous-fed, small-block Ford-powered ‘06 GTO edged ADRL newcomer Jake Carlton and his Procharger-equipped ‘02 Grand Am by just two-thousandths of a second for the provisional top spot.

Top contenders for a $5,000 bonus from Flowmaster for exceeding 185 mph, Todd Moyer and Chuck Ulsch, paired up for their opening qualifying shot, but Moyer left before the tree was activated and received no time, while Ulsch slowed at the top end.

They’ll all try again tomorrow, with round two of qualifying beginning at 10 a.m. 

March 6, 2009

Provisional MPH Record for Procopio

In qualifying number one in Pro Extreme Motorcycle with a 4.277-seconds pass at 175.14 mph, Ron Procopio also set a provisional class speed record.

The Wake Forest, NC-based rider needs to back up the mark within one percent over the course of this weekend’s event to put it officially in the ADRL record book.

March 6, 2009

Pappas Awaits New Pontiac

Chicago racer Spiro Pappas is making his Extreme 10.5 debut in the Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V at Houston Raceway Park, driving his Skinny Kid-built ‘69 Camaro with a 548 c.i. Hemi boosted by a pair of 88 mm turbos.

Pappas said he plans on running the full 10-race schedule with the ADRL in 2009 and will introduce a brand-new 2009 Pontiac GXP (above) to the series in April at the ADRL Georgia Drags at South Georgia Motorsports Park. 

The new car, built by Jerry Bickel, will carry the same single-114 mm turbocharged 520 cubic incher that powered him to the NMCA Super Street championship last year.

“We’re here to beat Glidden,” Pappas stated, referring to defending class champ and provisional number-one qualifier at Houston, Billy Glidden. “This new car is going to be fast.” 

March 6, 2009

Run by run coverage on ADRL blog

Follow all the action by clicking on the ADRL Blog link. National Guard ADRL VP of Communications Bob Margolis is making run by run Twitter entries.

It’s easy to keep up with the action if you click on live timing and scoring, open up a second browser window and follow along on Bob’s Twitter.

March 6, 2009

New site for live audio from the Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V

Technical difficulties have forced us to move our live audio coverage to a new site for this weekend.

Click here:

 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/outlaw-racing-live

Thanks goes out to big Don Ellison from Race Talk 93X for lending his invaluable help in solving our temporary live audio issues.

March 6, 2009

Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V underway at Houston Raceway Park

We’ve been underway since noon local time with practice and testing runs at Houston Raceway Park.

Stay tuned as we update this page throughout the day with news and notes from the track. 

After 90 minutes of Extreme Pro Stock, Pro Extreme Motorcycle, Pro Nitrous and Extreme 10.5, we’ve got our first pair of Pro Extreme cars set to head down the eighth-mile.

 (Photo: Ian Tocher/ADRL)