There were plenty of upsets here in Round 2 of eliminations, which we just finished up with.
Drag Radial
Drag Radial continued to be more of the same, with Kevin Fiscus and John Kolivas both running in the 8.0's, with Kolivas running a Round 2 best of 8.053 at 178.67 mph. Other winners include Bob Kurgan who ran 8.10, Chris Tuten, and Phil Clemmons.
Pro Outlaw 10.5W
Conrad Scary went another 6-second pass, a 6.91 at 208.28 mph, defeating Mike Brown, but the best race in the round was a pedal fest between Dan Millen and Tim Essick, the 2007 NMRA Pro Outlaw champion. Millen went a .134 / 7.32 / 184.88 to take out Essick after pedaling the vehicle off the starting line where it went a dead left. Murillo made a single but lifted at half track, and Brian Carpenter made a single when Morgano was a no show.
Millen won a pedal fest to fast forward to the semi's.
Super Street Outlaw
Best races of the event in Rd 2 of SSO. Upset time in Super Street Outlaw, #2 in points Don Burton goes down in the second round, with a problematic 7.97 not being enough against Richard Leslz from Texas. Major drama in Round 2 as Manny Buginga took on rival turbo racer Jarret Halfacre, and ended up on the losing end of the stick, as Jarrett unleashed a 7.51 at 196 to Buginga's 7.63. Urist, the 2007 Champion, took on Phil Hines, the #1 qualifier, what a great showdown. Urist made a clean 7.78 pass but Hines lost traction and went a 2.11 60-foot. It seems Hines is making huge power but he can't always lay it down. The round finished up with AJ Powell making a single.
Renegade
A red light for George Seeger did the deal against Chris Van Gilden, letting him advance to Round 2. David Guy advanced when Alton Clements broke, and Randy King advanced against Gerovlo. Brian Mitchell
Pure Street
Bad Brad Meadows was hoping for a better finish than #2 in 2008. He's on the trailer courtesy of Teddy Weaver who ran a 10.37 at 129.64. Both drivers ran identical .073 reaction times. Alsept defeated Hecox with a 10.25 at 132.74, but Hecox went smoking 134.91 mph! Victor Downs took a single.
Brad Bad Meadows does awesome wheelie stands, but he got taken out by Teddy Weaver. Paul H. did get a super cool shot of him losing though.
Factory Stock
John Leslie keeps going rounds in Factory Stock, with a 11.53 at 117 win over Rick Walsh. Godfrey and Gifford look to be heading toward yet another final round meeting with a 11.24 win for Godfrey and an 11.36 at 123.32 mph run for Gifford.