ADRL PX World Champ Bubba Stanton took the 18-71 Roots-blown Henson Motorsports Widow Maker ’63 Stingray to a 3.95/183.14 blast on this pass against Rickie Smith’s nitrous-aided 4.11/177.40 but still struggled with his own refrigerator-white N2O ‘Vette which managed only a 4.88/109.
The ADRL’s first, (and only), Xtreme 10.5 winner so far made more headlines at MMP; Rod Rosensteil’s insane blown ‘70 Opel GT clocked a 4.46 at an ungodly 175.47 mph to come within two miles per hour of Tim Lynch’s all-time speed record. Could this car become the sport’s first 180 mph eighth-mile 10.5 ‘slammer?
The father-and-son White family returned to outlaw doorcar racing with second-generation driver Dwayne debuting the South Carolina team‘s gorgeous new GTO. While fuel delivery problems kept the car to shutoff runs, bear in mind the Whites were members of the original Top Sportsman/Pro Modified evolution twenty years ago.
Michael Neal earned ‘Bama Burnout King honors after strapping into Tom Ashley’s revamped ‘67 Nova now trimmed for X10.5 action. Considering the car started life as a Pro Street rig, it’s 4.42/167 Low ET pace wasn’t entirely unexpected.