In Nitro Harley, North Carolina native Jay Turner continued his undefeated streak to move to 6-0 in rounds won with a victory over Canadian Mike Scott. Turner defeated Louisiana’s own Randal Andras in the opening tilt before matching up with Scott in the final. Turner ran a 6.852, 156.16 in the final to pick up his third Ironman trophy of the year.

Defending champion Steve Dorn defeated Andras in the consolation pairing.

Evans wrapped up Friday’s professional categories with two strong runs beginning with an opening round win over Robin Samsel. Evans was scheduled to lock horns with Cherissa Smallwood in the final, but Smallwood failed to fire and Evans was able to power down the track in an easy win to pick up his 10th career Nitro Jam victory.

Nitro Jam’s most recent race winner, Kristen Dennis, recorded the consolation round win over Samsel.

Brad Thompson and James Day, driving Louisiana’s famous Candies & Hughes machine, were scheduled to meet in the AMSOIL Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car final, but moisture on the track prevented the pair from competing their final runs.

Friday’s Mardi Gras Nitro Jam opener also featured a round of Outlaw Pro Modified racing as Denham Springs, La. native Al Suggs rocketed to the top of the qualifying charts with a blistering 3.981, 181.48 run in the 1/8 mile, light-years ahead of the rest of the competition.

Last year’s winner, Joe Palmisano, was second on the charts with a 4.239, 173.14 followed by Joseph Mohana, Bill Doucet and Delaney Weaver.

In the final pass of the evening the world famous “Grave Digger” piloted by Randy Brown took two round wins over Joey Parnell in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.”

SPORTSMAN FINALS

Sportsman winners from day one of the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour presented by AMSOIL and Tournament of Champions qualifier were Russell Marr (Forney, Texas) in Top Sportsman; Chase Murray (Orange, Texas) in Top Dragster; David Latino (Donaldsonville, La.) in Super Stock; Jimmy Hidalgo (Donaldsonville, La.) in Stock; Vernon Rowland (Blanchard, Okla.) in Quick Rod; Floyd Russo (Gonzales, La.) in Super Rod; and Bart Nelson (Laporte, Texas) in Hot Rod.

All seven drivers earned automatic bids into the year-end Summit Racing Equipment Tournament of Champions presented by AMSOIL.