The action in the pits almost trumped the action on the track as the “Madman” broke a rocker arm in his 3.641 semi-final and needed a new set of lifters as well. The Lethal Threat team of Pesz and Martin along with his opponent in the final Terry Leggett came to his aid and helped him get the famed Corvette back on the track producing another close match.

“Legbone” ran 3.693 in the heat at 207.11 mph but it wasn’t enough as Taylor ran a blistering 3.613 at 207.59 mph. Frankie said he always wanted to win a close one and he certainly got his wish. He also got his first X-DRL trophy to go with his new X-DRL record of 3.604.

PRO X-TREME ROUND ONE: Todd Martin, Ford Mustang, 3.695, 204.51 def. Quain Stott, Chevy Corvette, 3.717, 204.01; Terry Leggett, Mustang, 3.693, 206.26 def. Todd Tutterow, Mustang, 3.863, 164.11; Tim Tindle, Mustang, 3.747, 195.56 def. Brandon Pesz, Corvette, foul; Frankie Taylor, Corvette, 4.317, 144.58 def. Danny Lowry, Mustang, 8.221, 65.41

SEMIFINALS: Taylor, 3.641, 205.57 def. Martin, 3.629, 208.01; Leggett, 3.671, 206.73 def. Tindle, 3.712, 198.73

FINAL: Taylor, 3.613, 207.59 def. Leggett, 3.693, 207.11.

PRO NITROUS

Pro X-Treme wasn’t the only close racing. Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous low qualifier Danny Perry ran great all week-end long, qualifying with a 3.847 but losing to the X-Treme Gateway Showdown winner Bob Rahaim in the final round with a 3.838. Bob qualified number three and kept working on the car making it faster as the event progressed.

“We tried some new things to make the car run the 60 foot better and they worked out. We’ve been good on the back half, so we knew if we could improve our performance early we were going to be tough to deal with,” said Rahaim.

PRO NITROUS ROUND ONE: Tommy Franklin, Chevy Camaro, 3.897, 190.75 def. Randy Weatherford, Camaro, 3.867, 192.33; Jim Laurita, Camaro, 3.830, 194.88 def. Jim Sackuvich, Camaro, 5.173, 104.31; Bob Rahaim, Camaro, 4.908, 103.88 def. Chuck Mohn, Camaro, broke; Danny Perry, Camaro, 3.832, 197.83 def. Ed Burnley, Camaro, 3.937, 188.75

SEMIFINALS: Perry, 3.848, 197.25 def. Franklin, 7.201, 87.15; Rahaim, 3.798, 198.06 def. Laurita, 3.814, 196.07

FINAL: Rahaim, 3.824, 196.39 def. Perry, 3.838, 197.05.

X-TREME PRO STOCK

No one was more surprised with the outcome in the X-Treme Pro Stock class than the winner. “I thought we would win this year, but after last night I was ready to go fishing,” said Cary. “It’s like a hundred pound weight has been lifted from my shoulders.”

The Holdenville, OK, resident had his work cut out for him, defeating his dad in the semis and then low qualifier John DeFlorian in the final. It was rewarding for Cary to win one for the team. They had their patience tried this season and he was happy to bring the win home to Brian Self, Chuck Samuel, Chris Goforth, Jason Roberts, Keith Harr, Matt McKee and team owner, Dean Goforth (points leader) who has been supportive all season long as the team has worked to get things right. Cary’s winning time was 4.134 at 174.28 mph.

X-TREME PRO STOCK ROUND ONE: Cary Goforth, Pontiac GXP, 4.119, 176.47 def. Matt Bertsch, Ford Mustang, 4.102, 176.21; Dean Goforth, Chevy Camaro, 4.066, 177.95 def. Kevin Bealko, GXP, 4.106, 174.80; John DeFlorian Jr., Camaro, 4.075, 177.65 def. Lester Cooper, Mustang, broke

SEMIFINALS: DeFlorian Jr., 4.175, 155.72 bye run; C. Goforth, 4.094, 175.46 def. D. Goforth, 4.434, 167.28

FINAL: C. Goforth, 4.134, 174.28 def. DeFlorian Jr., 7.592, 61.68.