Tutterow, Recchia, Cox, Goforth and
Davis Earn PDRA Indy Victories
By Nate Van Wagnen to Skyler Bee when Brayden Davis turned on
the red light. The Edelbrock Bracket Bash prize
money was split amongst the four semifinalists,
Ryan Pickens, Nathan Smith, Mickey White and
Chase Clymer.
S PRO BOOST
Pro Boost rookie Ty Tutterow appeared in his
second consecutive final round after red-lighting
in the Maryland final round last month. This time,
the 22-year-old wheelman left the starting line on
econd - generation Pro Mod
driver Ty Tutterow earned the first Andy
McCoy Race Cars Pro Boost win of his
young career at the inaugural Profes-
sional Drag Racers Association (PDRA)
Mid-America Indy Showdown at Lucas Oil Race-
way in Indianapolis. Class standouts Mike Rec-
chia (Pro Extreme), Jay Cox (Switzer Dynamics
Pro Nitrous presented by MoTeC), Cary Goforth
(Extreme Pro Stock) and Travis Davis (Drag 965
Pro Extreme Motorcycle) also won in the profes-
sional classes.
Dewayne Silance earned the MagnaFuel Top
Sportsman victory, while the Lucas Oil Top Drag-
ster win went to Kathy Fisher. Amber Franklin,
daughter of defending Pro Nitrous world cham-
pion Tommy Franklin, earned the Campers Inn
RV Pro Junior Dragster win, running 7.902 to
Hailey Hawkins’ 7.894, both on a 7.90 dial-in.
The MegaCorp Top Junior Dragster win went
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time and reaching the finish line first. He drove
the GALOT Motorsports “Tomcat” ’69 Camaro
to a 3.729-second elapsed time at 199.49 mph
over Jeremy Ray in the “Carolina Kingpin” ’63
Corvette, who posted a 3.751 at 198.32 in the
runner-up effort.
“I’m racing against the tier-one cars of Pro
Boost,” Tutterow said. “Everyone knows our GA-
LOT Motorsports cars are really good cars. This
is my job; my jo b is to drive a race car and I have
to perform. After giving away the last race, I beat
myself up every day since then. I gave that one
away; you can’t race red, so I really focused on
going green tonight.”
Tutterow qualified sixth and defeated James
Beadling, points leader José Gonzales and GA-
LOT teammate John Strickland before reaching
the third final round of his career. Ray qualified
fourth and took down Larry Higginbotham, 2016
Pro Extreme world champion Brandon Snider
and No. 1 qualifier Todd Moyer to meet up with
Tutterow in the final.
PRO EXTREME
Chicago-area driver Mike Recchia became the
first Pro Extreme repeat winner of 2017 as he
won on a holeshot over Sweden’s Mattias Wulcan.
Recchia and his family-based team faced several
challenges over the course of the weekend, but
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