Gladstone in Real Street competition

Gladstone wasn’t done winning. After qualifying number one in DME Real Street on his all-motor ‘Busa, Joey raced to meet champion Anibal “Cannibal” Merced and his nitrous-huffing Kawasaki ZX14 in the semis. Clicking off his second straight 7.74, Gladstone was able to overcome Merced’s wicked .001 reaction time and advance to the final.

And there he met Jay Krawiec, the “Quiet Terror” of Englishtown’s Old Bridge Township Raceway Park and brother of three-time NHRA champ Eddie Krawiec. Jay was having a great day, but it takes more than a great day to erase the kind of performance advantage Gladstone was straddling, even with the gracious .088 that Joey spotted Jay at the tree. The result was Gladstone’s first-ever Pro Street/Real Street double win.

“I’ve had a lot of opportunities to double up but never did it,” said Gladstone, elated to finish the job. “We progressively got better and worked really well as a team.”

Dustin “Biscuits” Lee

Also doubling up over the weekend was sportsman racer Dustin “Biscuits” Lee, who took home trophies in both Top Sportsman and Brock’s Performance Street ET.

Tennessee racer Lee started off the Top Sportsman final with an .033 to .064 advantage over fellow finalist Troy Hausmann, pushing Hausmann to break out.

“The Top Sportsman win was a great win for me,” said Lee. “I won it back in the MIRock days one time, but it always seemed I would be .00 red at the IDBL events and lose. I finally sealed the deal against some heavy hitters and some tough racing!”

Lee took the tree by an even wider .024 to .119 margin against Ben Helland in Saturday’s Street ET final and held it for the win.