BY NATE VAN WAGNEN • PHOTOGRAPHS BY LUKE NIEUWHOF

LYLE BARNETT – PRO 275 > With entries in Pro Mod , Pro 275 , and Limited Drag Radial , Lyle Barnett had more chances than anyone else at walking away from the Snowbirds with a win . He pulled it off in Precision Shaft Technologies Pro 275 presented by Mickey Thompson Tires , driving Tommy Youmans ’ ProCharged “ Salvage Title ” Mustang to a final-round victory over Mark Woodruff . Barnett , who qualified No . 1 , posted a 3.742 at 203.03 , while Woodruff encountered traction issues and coasted to an 8.17 at 62.26 .

“ If you want a better chance at winning a race , bring three cars in three different classes . It drastically improves your chances ,” said Barnett , who thanked car owners Tommy and Cheryl Youmans . “ There ’ s no denying we did not have a great weekend in the Pro Mod , but that can be fixed . We ’ ll be better come U . S . Street Nationals . The Pro 275 car ran stellar all weekend long , qualified No . 1 with a 3.67 , tuned it in on race day , and the thing just printed tickets .”

Barnett was surrounded by family and friends in the winner ’ s circle , which he reached after running a 3.756 at 201.73 on a first-round bye , a 3.754 at 201.49 to beat Jennifer Brooke ’ s 4.169 in the second round , and a 3.668 at 203.98 over a red-lighting Nick Lacerenza in the semifinals .

“ This is the first weekend that my little boy ’ s been at the racetrack with me ,” Barnett said . “ My wife is here and my dad and my stepmom . It ’ s the first time I ’ ve won with everybody here and

> GREG BLEVINS JR .

> LYLE BARNETT

it ’ s special . I ’ ve raced with my dad my entire life , and for my son to be here for the first time when I ’ ve won a race , and for him to be here with his grandpa , it ’ s just this is what it ’ s about .”

GREG BLEVINS JR . – LIMITED DRAG RADIAL > Callies Performance Products Limited Drag Radial presented by Energy Manufacturing No . 1 qualifier Greg Blevins Jr . kept his class-leading performance level going through Sunday ’ s four rounds of eliminations , as he threw down low E . T . of race day in the final round to claim the event win . He recorded a 3.88 at 186.61 in his ProCharged ’ 69 Camaro to get the win over No . 3 qualifier Wally Farbaky , who slowed to an 8.398 at 86.37 in his turbocharged ’ 20 GT350R .

“ We just had a really long year , a lot of ups and a lot of downs ,” said Blevins , the 2024 FuelTech Radial Outlaws Series LDR season champion . “ We just put our head down , honestly , and we just literally never gave up . We had a never-quit attitude , we put some long hours into test sessions , and it just all paid off . Jamie Miller and the Red Hat Mafia – Jamie ’ s a bad dude . He ’ s just a bad dude , and Jimbo and Johnny , they worked their asses off on this car . We ’ re a big team here . There ’ s no hero in our camp . Everybody has to pull their weight . Everybody has to do their job . All that hard work pays off , and here we are . We get the moments like this .”

Blevins started race day with a 3.974 at 187.96 to beat Jimmy Nicolette , a 3.952 at 185.97 to beat Tommy Youmans ’ 3.963 , and a 3.919 at 186.56 over Jamie Stanton ’ s 3.93 in the semifinals .

CHRIS HOLDORF – OUTLAW 632 > Clermont , Florida ’ s Chris Holdorf enjoyed a dominant performance in TBM Brakes Outlaw 632 presented by Rife Sensors , where he qualified No . 1 , set low E . T . of the weekend , and won

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