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“We changed both cars from roots-blown to a
ProCharger over the winter,” Hard says. “Kevin’s
run roots-blown cars for a long, long time. When
we look at the performance we’ve gotten out of
this combination, it’s been spectacular. It was just
a great race for us.”
Longtime Outlaw 10.5 class standout Mo Hall
is no stranger to success at Cecil County, and
this year’s event was no different. Hall piloted a
consistently quick car all weekend, scoring his
second career Yellowbullet.com victory, adding
to his two runner-up finishes.
“In Wednesday testing, we found the answers,
and we thought we had a pretty dominant car,”
Hall says. “Friday night during qualifying, we
proved we had a very dominant car, and had an
outstanding car to run all weekend long.”
Hall qualified No. 1 with a 3.82 at 195 mph, then
ran consistent mid-3.80’s for most of eliminations.
He saved his best pass for the final, running a 3.80
to defeat Steve Woolley, who struggled to a 5.20.
Hall credited his tuner for the commanding
performance over the weekend.
“I gotta thank Brandon Switzer and the MoTeC
M150 – we’re one of the first to ever run that in a
nitrous car,” Hall says. “One of the best feelings
you can have is to go somewhere where you know
you can’t screw up. Brandon just had that car di-
aled in all weekend, couldn’t do anything wrong.”
Charles Hull ran the table in X275, going from
the No. 1 qualifying spot all the way to the win-
ner’s circle. In what should have been an epic
battle of top contenders in the final, Hull received
a competition bye when Rich Bruder broke and
couldn’t make the call.
Other event winners included Jim Salber (Pro
Street), John Albrecht Jr. (Ultra 275), Mike New-
man (Top Sportsman), James Smith (Warriors),
Dan Purdy (8.50 Index), Chris Yeznach (10.0
Index), and Steven McMillan (Pro Dial).
With a decade of experience now behind them,
it appears Mikho and Halsey have come close
to what can be considered a near-perfect race.
“The stars aligned, we had good weather, and I
would say that it was our best event ever,” Mikho
says. “This is a constant learning curve for us, and
we’ll continue to make small changes. But I think
we’re finally, after 10 years, at a spot we’re happy
at. I’m pretty excited to say that.”
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