Special Section
THE PDRA TOP 3 LIST IS AN EVER-CHANGING LIST OF THE BIGGEST NEWSMAKERS AND POWER PLAYERS IN THE PDRA ’ S PROFES- SIONAL CLASSES . THIS MONTH ’ S EDITION , REPRESENTING PERFORMANCES FROM THE DECERBO CONSTRUCTION AMERICAN DOORSLAMMER CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY CALLIES PERFORMANCE , MAY 27-30 AT SUMMIT MOTORSPORTS PARK , DOES NOT REFLECT THE CURRENT POINTS STANDINGS , THOUGH MOST OF THE DRIVERS WHO APPEAR ON THIS LIST CAN ALSO BE FOUND NEAR THE TOP OF THE POINTS STANDINGS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSES .
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TARA BOWKER
PRO NITROUS |
PRO BOOST |
EXTREME PRO STOCK |
PRO OUTLAW 632 |
PRO NITROUS MOTORCYCLE |
JIM HALSEY TONY WILSON JAY COX |
RANDY WEATHERFORD KEVIN RIVENBARK JASON LEE |
ELIJAH MORTON CHRIS POWERS JR CARR |
WES DISTEFANO DARYL STEWART JIMMY PELCARSKY |
ERIC MCKINNEY CHRIS GARNER-JONES ASHLEY OWENS |
It was all Jim Halsey , all the time in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous at Norwalk , where the nitrous Pro Mod veteran qualified No . 1 , ran low E . T . of every round – including a flawless 3.633 first-round single – and won the race in his Fulton-powered ’ 68 Camaro . Tony Wilson was there to give him a race , though , running a 3.704 in his Musi-powered “ Midnight Special ” ’ 69 Camaro to Halsey ’ s 3.685 . Jay Cox , fresh off a win at the Doorslammer Derby , hangs on to his spot in the Top 3 after qualifying No . 3 and laying down one of the best passes of a difficult Saturday night first round .
For the second race in a row , former Pro Nitrous driver Randy Weatherford reached the final round in Penske / PRS Pro Boost presented by WS Construction . Driving his ProCharger-boosted WS Construction ’ 17 Camaro , Weatherford raced through eliminations with a 3.63 , 3.653 , 3.667 and 3.672 . Jason Lee ’ s 3.659 in the Eric Gustafson-owned Coast Packing ’ 69 Camaro beat Weatherford in the final . It was Lee ’ s first PDRA victory after winning elsewhere on big tires and radials . If Weatherford has the most consistently quick car in Pro Boost , Kevin Rivenbark has the second most consistent . He notched his second consecutive semifinal appearance in the GALOT ’ 69 Camaro .
Norwalk was a driver ’ s race in Liberty ’ s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition , and Elijah Morton was the driver who came out on top . After qualifying No . 7 in his Allen-powered Morton Brothers Motorsports ’ 19 Mustang , Morton used holeshot advantages to win two out of four rounds , including the final , where his 4.167 beat Chris Powers ’ 4.075 . Powers was solid off the line in the first two rounds , but just slipped up in the final , his second of the year . JR Carr qualified No . 1 for the third time in three races , but he missed the tree in the first round and didn ’ t have enough to drive around Bill Neri ’ s 4.218 .
After a dominant performance in Kentucky , all eyes were on $ hameless Racing Pro Outlaw 632 star Wes Distefano to see what his Musipowered $ hameless Racing ’ 68 Camaro would do next . He busted off a 4.161 to qualify No . 1 , then continued to run well in eliminations . Daryl Stewart , who qualified No . 2 and ran quicker than Distefano in the second and third rounds , posted a stout 4.205 to beat Distefano ’ s 4.224 in the final . It was Stewart ’ s first PDRA win in his Chassis Engineering ’ 12 Camaro . Jimmy Pelcarsky and his Hutter small-blockpowered ’ 15 Camaro were poised for another solid outing after qualifying No . 3 , but he hurt an engine and couldn ’ t return for race day .
Though he only made it to one PDRA race in 2020 and missed the first 2021 race due to truck problems , Eric McKinney returned to Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle in winning form at Norwalk . The Ohio native qualified No . 1 aboard his Ashley Owenstuned McKinney Motorsports Hayabusa , then ran a 4.011 to win the final round on a single . He was set to face Owens , but the Alabama rider had to leave to catch a flight before the Sunday afternoon final . Owens qualified No . 2 and used a holeshot to beat Chris Garner-Jones in the first round . Garner-Jones ran a weekend-best 4.06 after qualifying No . 3 .
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