Drag Illustrated Issue 115, November 2016 | Page 137

Modeste Destroys the Outlaw 275 Record by a Quarter-Second!

Although he is still being mourned by the drag racing community, small-tire superstar Mike Modeste smashed one final mark prior to his untimely passing at the Haltech World Cup Finals at Budds Creek( MD).

In his infamous 1991 Mustang, complete with revolutionary twin ProCharger centrifugal superchargers atop a 670 cubic-inch Ford powerplant,“ Mustang Mike” positively wrecked his own two year-old 6.68-second Outlaw 275 World Record with a phenomenal 6.437 at a mere 197.05 mph while winning the $ 10,000 pot posted in the ATI Performance Products Radial Versus Modified Import category.

A six-time NSCA World Champion who was a leader of the 275mm tire revolution at the start of the century, the Brooklyn legend will forever be remembered as the first 275 racer to run under six and a half seconds in a quarter-mile.

Franklin Drops a Bomb on Pro Nitrous Racers!

Sitting atop the Drag Illustrated Pro Nitrous Top 8 since March, 2016,( when he posted the first 3.68-second unblown doorslammer

eighth-mile), Virginian Tommy Franklin closed his PDRA championship-winning season at the association’ s Brian Olson Memorial World Finals at Dinwiddie( VA) with a 3.677 at the second fastest Pro Nitrous clip ever, 204.70 mph, in the final round against rival and fellow PN“ 3.60 Club” member Stevie“ Fast” Jackson. New Yorker Chris Rini led qualifying with his 942-inch Charlie Buck-powered ATI-backed’ 69 Camaro at an amazing 3.694 at only 199.26 mph. Franklin’ s familiar green-on-black’ 69 Camaro used 903 cubic inches of Pat Musi Chevrolet to also hit a 3.69 / 204.29 in the semi-finals against Jay Cox, who, three weeks later during an open competition event at GALOT Motorsports Park in Dunn( NC), would become the fifth PN driver dip under 3.7 seconds with his own Buck-powered Camaro.

Leggett’ s Mach I Rockets to a 3.49!

At the same Mad Mule Pro Mod Shootout at the GALOT track in Dunn, Terry Leggett, who has made a valiant return to Pro Extreme competition after recent health issues, stunned onlookers with an amazing 3.496 at 218.76 from his unique Terry Coyle-tuned 1971 Mustang Mach I. The run made the thirty-year Ford racing veteran only the fourth driver to run below 3.4 seconds in a supercharged passenger car. While the effort was only eleven thousandths of a second slower than the quickest of all time, the terminal velocity earned the North Carolinian the“ bump spot” in the DI PX Top 8 Speed listing, as well. Rumors abounded Leggett and Coyle were testing in 2017 PDRA trim the rules of which will permit a second“ power adder” on PX entries.

- BRET KEPNER

OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

X275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

X275 ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

PRO EXTREME ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

EXTREME TURBO ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR QUICKEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

EXTREME PRO STOCK ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

OUTLAW 275 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

PRO EXTREME ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

EXTREME TURBO ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

PRO NITROUS ELIMINATOR FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)

OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS( quarter-mile)

OUTLAW 10.5 ELIMINATOR QUICKEST & FASTEST DRIVERS( eighth-mile)