Drag Illustrated Issue 129, January / February 2018

Dirt New Year Brings Championship Hopes to Ultra Street Racers By Tyler Crossnoe in 2018, but limited to a jet restric- tion. With the limitations on power adders, naturally aspirated cars can still have a place to race and run up front, as Alex Hays is the current Ul- tra Street elapsed-time world record holder with a 4.69 in his all-motor Ford Mustang. At the end of 2017, Sears and the Ultra Street crew had all power adder combinations withi n a half- tenth of a second, creating some of the best side-by-side racing in the drag radial world. Moving into the new year, plenty of the class’s biggest and toughest competitors have their sights set on the inaugural champi- onship series and their first chance at winning a title. There are nine select events across the country that have been highlighted to gain points for the class, but each contestant can only claim five events towards their year-end total. Several racers are not able to travel due to this being a working man’s radial class, and the decision was made to take the top five events where more racers will have a chance at year-end su- premacy. DI DI DI 2018 Ultra Street Shootout Series Season Schedule US Street Nationals: Bradenton Motorsports Park, January 26-28 Lights Out 9: South Georgia Motorsports Park, February 15-18 Takedown: Darlington Dragway, March 8-10 Outlaw Street Car Reunion: Beech Bend Raceway Park, April 18-22 Prize Fight: Ohio Valley Dragway, June 14-16 YellowBullet Nationals: Cecil County Dragway, August 31-September 2 Shakedown at the Summit: Summit Motorsports Park, September 14-16 No Mercy 9: South Georgia Motorsports Park, September 26-30 World Street Nationals: Orlando Speed World Dragway: November 9-11 E very racer has long- time goals that revolve around bringing home a coveted championship at the end of a hard-fought season. In the past, many classes would not have that opportunity due to not being run in a formed series or orga- nization. In 2017, John Sears opened a new door in outlaw drag racing, offering a championship series for his X275 category, which spread like wildfire over the entire class, even in different parts of the country due to event zoning. In 2018, Sears has stretched his championship series into his other creation, Ultra Street. Ultra Street is another one of the popular 275 drag radial categories, but the class is limited to a step be- low the world-renowned Pro 275 tire from Mickey Thompson Per- formance. Most racers are running the ET Street R tire from M/T or the equivalent from Hoosier Rac- ing Tires. The power adder combi- nations are very limited with tur- bocharger and supercharger sizes. Nitrous oxide is limited on a small block to one kit, while big blocks are being added to the nitrous oxide fold DI DI DI DI DI DI DI 34 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com Issue 129

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