Special Section
THIS EIGHTH AND FINAL 2023 EDITION OF THE PDRA TOP 3 LIST REPRESENTS PERFORMANCES FROM THE PRO LINE RACING BRIAN OLSON MEMORIAL WORLD FINALS PRESENTED BY PROCHARGER , OCT . 19-22 , AT VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK . FOR COMPLETE RESULTS AND THE
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PRO NITROUS |
PRO BOOST |
EXTREME PRO STOCK |
PRO OUTLAW 632 |
PRO NITROUS MOTORCYCLE |
JAY COX TOMMY FRANKLIN BILLY ALBERT |
JASON HARRIS RANDY WEATHERFORD JOE ALBRECHT |
JOHN MONTECALVO JOHNNY PLUCHINO STEVEN BOONE |
DARYL STEWART CHRIS HOLDORF DOUG NICHOLL |
PAUL GAST MESHAL AL-SABER CHRIS GARNER-JONES |
For the third time in as many races , Tommy Franklin and Jay Cox met up in the Pro Nitrous final round . This time , though , Cox turned on the win light , laying down a 3.643 to claim his 11th and last – for a while anyways – PDRA 660 Man trophy as a driver . Franklin slowed to a 3.785 after getting out of the groove . Earlier in the day , he claimed his third world championship when he advanced through the first round and rival Jim Halsey did not . Engine builder Billy Albert had one of his best showings , taking down “ Tricky ” Rickie Smith and Scott Blake before losing to Cox with a weekend-best 3.677 .
In his sixth final round of the eight-race season , Jason Harris collected his third win of his Pro Boost world championship season by running a 3.581 to Randy Weatherford ’ s 3.600 . In prior rounds , Harris ran a 3.603 , 3.600 , and 3.580 , setting low E . T . of three of the four rounds . Weatherford was similarly quick in his ProCharged WS Construction ’ 21 Camaro , but it was his reaction times that really impressed : . 025 , . 009 , . 014 , and . 010 in the final . “ Nova Joe ” Albrecht was also cutting quick lights and making strong passes in Fletcher Cox ’ s ProCharged ’ 69 Camaro , including a . 001 bulb in the semis against Harris .
PRO STREET
Though rookie Alan Drinkwater secured the Extreme Pro Stock world championship , veteran names like Montecalvo , Pluchino , and Boone appeared in their fair share of headlines . Montecalvo raced through a murderer ’ s row of competitors – Tony Gillig , Elijah Morton , and John DeFlorian – to meet Johnny Pluchino and his Kaase-powered Feather- Lite Batteries ’ 13 Mustang in the final . Pluchino left first in his first three rounds , then left . 006 too soon in the final , while “ Machine Gun Monte ” posted a 4.055 in his Kaase-powered Roy Hill ’ s Drag Racing School ’ 21 Mustang for the win . Steven Boone , the 2018 world champ , earned his first-ever PDRA low qualifier award with a 4.029 in his Allen-powered ’ 07 Cobalt .
After qualifying No . 1 at the last two races , things finally went Daryl Stewart ’ s way in Pro 632 eliminations . He was . 005 away from the class E . T . record with his 4.108 in the second round , and he was going for the record in the final , but cool conditions sent him into tire shake . In the other lane , Chris Holdorf went way red and coasted to a stop on the starting line after making solid runs in his Nelson-powered Dewitt Custom Concrete ’ 06 GTO . Title contender Doug Nicholl in his Musi-powered ’ 68 Camaro ran in the teens in the first two rounds , then slowed to a 4.200 in the semis against Stewart .
SCOTT KINCAID | CHRIS CADOTTO | JERRY MORGANO
Paul Gast made his second Pro Nitrous Motorcycle appearance of the season on his Fast By Gast Suzuki , and he made the most of it by qualifying No . 2 and winning the race . He ran a 4.004 in E1 and a 3.989 in the semis before meeting up with Meshal Al-Saber in the final . There , both drivers had . 034 lights and ran 4.00s . Gast ’ s was . 005 quicker for the win . Chris Garner-Jones qualified No . 1 , clinched his second world championship , and set low E . T . of the first round before fouling out on the starting line against Al-Saber in the semis . Al-Saber was second-quickest of E1 , then caught a break when Garner-Jones timed out .
The Pro Street final round came down to two drivers who were undefeated this season – 16-0 Scott Kincaid and Chris Cadotto , who ’ s now 7-1 on the season . Kincaid ran in the 3.90s every pass , including his 3.915 against a red-lighting Cadotto in the final round . Cadotto in his screw-blown ’ 97 Dodge Ram known as “ The Brick ” stopped newly crowned world champion Bill Riddle in the semis with a 3.889 , the quickest pass for a full-sized truck on 33x10.5s . Outlaw 10.5 veteran Jerry Morgano picked up his first No . 1 qualifier award in his twin-turbo ’ 02 Mustang before losing on a holeshot to Joel Wensley Jr . in the second round .
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