Dirt
‘The Bandit’ Strikes
Doug Winters claims Carolina Xtreme
Pro Mod victory at series’ return
By Josh Hachat
ter, Jeremy Ray, Jay Cox, Chris Rini and Tommy
Mauney at the first of five races during the 2019
Carolina Xtreme Pro Mod season.
With 22 total entries for the one-day Pee Dee
Fleet Winter Nationals, it went down as a massive
success for the series, which returned with no-
ticeable energy and interest after taking 2018 off.
The series provided free testing on Friday
and jumped into two rounds of qualifying on
Saturday before moving into eliminations. The
entire event was finished by 10 p.m. and with
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spectators, and just the race in general. We had
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tastic, and it was really good to kick it back off
with a race like that. I think we’re really going
to feed off this.”
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Issue 144
W
ith a full NHRA Pro Mod
schedule, Doug Winters doesn’t
get to do much racing outside of
those 12 races. But when the op-
portunity came to race at Darlington Dragway
with a host of big names at the season-opening
race for the Carolina Xtreme Pro Mod series,
Winters couldn’t pass it up.
What started as a test session turned into a ma-
jor moment for Winters, as he powered his Bandit
Big Rig Series ‘69 Chevelle past Rickie Smith in
the final round with a 3.760 at 197.28 mph.
“It was very exciting to get a win with that level
of competition,” Winters said. “There were some
legends, some PDRA racers, some NHRA racers,
so it was pretty special. The series is doing a lot
of stuff to get good fields and Darlington is just a
great venue. It was a really good weekend.”
It was the final highlight in a satisfying week-
end for Winters, who thoroughly enjoyed compet-
ing alongside the likes of Smith, Charles Carpen-