U. S. Street Nationals
SCHLOSS, BLEVINS, PEARCY, COULTER, RAMIREZ, AND FIORELLI NOTCH U. S. STREET NATIONALS VICTORIES
BY NATE VAN WAGNEN • PHOTOGRAPHS BY DARREL JACKSON JR.
> GRANTLEY SCHLOSS
Mitchell in the opening round of eliminations. Mitchell’ s new“ Eagle”’ 69 Camaro struck the tires early, while Schloss charged to a 3.739 at 201.73 to Mitchell’ s 4.025. A wild round win over Chad Opaleski and his Ocala-based’ 66 Chevelle followed in round two, with Schloss crossing the finish line first with a 5.47 at 155.17 over Opaleski’ s 6.372. In the semis, Schloss left on drag radial veteran Brad Edwards and followed through with a 3.718 at 203.34 to Edwards’ offpace 4.173. Schloss and Dutton left together in the final round, but Schloss quickly pulled ahead to a 3.672 at 203.31 win. Dutton, who made his Drag Illustrated Winter Series Pro Mod debut, coasted to a 6.07 at 96.32.
GREG BLEVINS JR. LIMITED DRAG RADIAL > Less than two months after winning in Limited Drag Radial( LDR) at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals at Bradenton, Greg Blevins Jr. rolled to another win in his Jamie Miller-tuned, ProCharged’ 69 Camaro. After qualifying sixth, Blevins kicked off eliminations with a 3.916 at 186.77 on a bye run. The reigning FuelTech Radial Outlaws Series LDR champion followed that with a holeshot win over Tommy Youmans, running a 3.952 at 186.69 to Youmans’ 3.931. He improved to a 3.947 at 186.95 in the third round
HE SECOND of three races in the inaugural Drag Illustrated Winter Series, the U. S. Street Nationals presented by M & M Transmission, was also a points race for the FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series featuring Pro 275, Limited Drag Radial, X275, Ultra Street, and Limited 235. Plus, Florida-favorite class Outlaw 632 joined the mix, along with No-Time, No- Time Trucks, and index classes.
GRANTLEY SCHLOSS PRO 275 > Grantley Schloss was one of three Australians competing in final rounds across several classes at the U. S. Street Nationals, and he represented his country well in the Pro 275 final round when he defeated New Hampshire’ s Tim Dutton. Schloss qualified fourth in his ProCharged’ 67 Nova, pairing him up with YouTube superstar and track co-owner Garrett“ Cleetus McFarland”
> MARTY PEARCY
> GREG BLEVINS JR. to move past Josh Nierman, then threw down a 3.888 at 193.63 in the semifinals to defeat Rob Goss, who lost traction early and coasted to a 9.194. The Michigan-based driver stepped up again in the final round, charging to a 3.878 at 187.83 for a decisive win over Alabama’ s Jamie Hancock, who slowed to a 6.793 at 90.75.
MARTY PEARCY X275 > Texan Marty Pearcy proved that anyone who qualifies in X275 has a shot at victory, as the No. 13 qualifier took down quicker qualified cars in all four rounds to take the $ 10,000 win. In an all-Mopar first-round match, Pearcy posted a 5.725 at 168.70 in his turbocharged’ 10 Chal-
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