NORTH-SOUTH SHOOTOUT
Flamholc, Weatherford, D’Aprile, Boone, McKinney
and Voss Take Home PDRA Maryland Trophies
A
mix of first-time winners and
past world champions collected victo-
ries Saturday night at the Professional
Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North-
South Shootout at Maryland Interna-
tional Raceway, May 3-5. The all-eighth-mile
series crowned winners in six professional cate-
gories and seven sportsman classes at the second
stop on their eight-race 2018 tour.
Moroso Pro Boost low qualifier Tommy
D’Aprile swept the weekend when he scored the
victory, while Adam Flamholc (Bryant Industrial
Pro Extreme presented by Pro Line Racing), Ran-
dy Weatherford (Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous
presented by MoTeC), Steven Boone (Liberty’s
Gears Extreme Pro Stock), Eric McKinney (Drag
965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle) and Dillon Voss
(East Side Auto Transport Pro Outlaw 632) also
earned professional class wins.
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The sportsman class victories went to Billy
Albert in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman, Von-
nie Mills in Top Sportsman 32, Nick Hamilton
in Lucas Oil Elite Top Dragster and Kevin Roof
in Top Dragster 32. In the PDRA’s Jr. Dragster
classes, Nicole Zuccarelli ran 7.903 on a 7.90
dial-in to defeat Jarrod Kissinger’s 7.969 on a
7.90 dial-in to win Coolshirt Pro Jr. Dragster.
Local racer Kaiden Groves used an 8.985 on a
8.98 dial-in to claim the Gilbert Motorsports
Top Jr. Dragster victory over Brooke Miller, who
broke out with a 7.957 on a 7.97 dial-in. Dennis
James defeated Mike Reavis in an all-dragster
Edelbrock Bracket Bash final round.
PRO NITROUS
Randy Weatherford and his WS Construction
team have been consistently dialing in their
clutch-equipped ’69 Camaro over the last few
seasons in Pro Nitrous competition. He’s qualified
No. 1 and raced deep into eliminations, but he had
yet to reach the winner’s circle before he piloted
his Musi-powered entry to a 3.882 at 163.57 over
John Hall’s 3.899 at 155.17 in the North-South
Shootout final round.
“This is my first PDRA win, and it’s been a long
struggle to get to this point,” said Weatherford,
a past champion in various regional series. “The
car was always real good. All the parts and pieces
worked right. I had a good program last year, I
just couldn’t put it together right. This year I’ve
By Nate Van Wagnen