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John MacDonald comes into the third points race of the NMRA year as the leader in Super Street Outlaw while Conrad Scarry continues to lead Pro Outlaw 10.5. The race in Milan will prove to be a good one as the Detroit area track is known for its good prepping and fast times. Keep it tuned to StangTV Friday and Saturday for this two day race!

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Good morning and welcome to Milan dragway. We are here on the 4th stop of the NMRA race roster. We are currently looking at cloudy skies with a chance of rain throughout the day. Fingers crossed Mother Nature will be good to us and we will be looking at a full day of racing action! The men of Milan are out there prepping the track and making sure things are all set for our racers.

Robbie Blankenship of Hot Street is sporting a new virgin motor and looking forward to sending it down the track. He said, “We went from a 400 to a 420 and are excited to see what it does.” He spent last night switching it out for its premiere.

John Leslie Jr. has been real busy working out his kinks and comes to Milan Dragway with something to be excited about. Along with reworking the exhaust, installing a new 02 sensor, adjusting the clutch and pinion angle They recently switched engine builders to Roush Competition Engines. John says, “We are looking for a win this weekend and to run in the 11.0 area.”

We have Dave Ginter of Real Street bleeding his brakes down – after having some issues with his line lock and line lock relay he replaced both.

Mike Murillo is ready to go. Waiting out the weather he says -“We’re all set!”

“Hey! Can you hang out with the baby I have stuff to do”

Jim Monson is switching out his tires to get ready for qualifying, and expects to put his Supernatural Turbo-equipped Pro Outlaw ride into the winner’s circle this weekend.

We had a brief shower and they are hard at work prepping the track

Test and Tune

Is in the bag were starting Q-1 now I will return with update on T-n-T and Q-1 stay tuned

Qualifying Round 1

The weather stuck it out to give us half way decent racing, the track was hooking and the Milan staff really does a great job of prepping the track to give us great conditions.
Here are the results after Q1

Drew Lyons is hanging the wheels in his Pure Street machine like always and is qualified 8th in his class. This is his first race out this season and he is looking to improve on that first round qualifier and make it through eliminations.

Mike Murillo ran into some bad luck when he kissed the wall on the big end,he tapped the left-side quarter panel, but he came back to run a 6.78 in the second qualifying session, moving right to the top of the qualifying ladder entering Saturday’s final session.

Brandon Alsept is currently qualified #3 with a 10.33 in Pure Street. He skipped the Atco race, but is expecting his Modular-powered machine to run well during eliminations.

Ryan Hecox is qualified # 5 with a 10.43 in Eibach Springs Pure Street in his brand-new car, purchased originally for another purpose. Currently the car has the drivetrain from his silver championship-winning machine in it, and he is working with a backup engine, as he broke a rod in his first-line engine in Atco.

Bruce Hemminger landed on top of the Steeda Real Street class with a 9.56 in the first round of qualifying. Hemminger hasn’t been out yet this year, but he’s picking up where he left off last season.

Diablosport EFI Renegade champion Alton Clements is struggling a little bit with his car so far this weekend, as he’s off-pace from his normal 8.3x ET’s. Clements is currently qualified fourth with a 9.02.

Friday News from the Pits

John Leslie is trying to work out a no-start/fuel issue. He and his crew are out there burning the midnight oil. John says, “I’m not worried – we’ll be ready for tomorrow.”

Dan Baumann had a bit of trouble keeping his Steeda Real Street machine straight on his 2nd qualifier. He is adjusting the anti roll bar.

Drew Lyons is working with a fresh combo and is trying to work out the timing. He was just working on some minor engine changes since the car keeps wanting to wheelstand.

Clair Stewart is out for his first race in 5 years. He said, “It feels good to be back. I’m trying to get the car to quit bogging on the line so we can get down the track cleanly.”

Dyno Joe has his hands full out there with some chewed up brake caliper retaining bolts. He told us, “Thank god it happened before I was going down the track. I got a lot of help from Roush, Conrad Scarry, and the Booze Brothers, which is much appreciated.”