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PRO NITROUS
TOMMY FRANKLIN TIM MOLNAR MARCUS BUTNER
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PRO BOOST
TY TUTTEROW JASON HARRIS MELANIE SALEMI
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PRO STREET
ETHAN STEDING FLETCHER COX RICHARD REAGAN
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EXTREME PRO STOCK
ALAN DRINKWATER JORDAN ENSSLIN ELIJAH MORTON
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PRO OUTLAW 632
JEFF MELNICK CARSON HOYLE JEFF PITTMAN
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Qualifying was a struggle for Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous at Bristol, but Tommy Franklin navigated the surface well enough to put his Musi-powered“ Jungle Rat 3.0”’ 69 Camaro in the No. 1 spot. His edge continued when the race picked back up at GALOT, using a pair of 3.62s to beat Marcus Butner and Tim Molnar in the semis and finals, respectively. Molnar posted a 3.681 in his first career final in his Rickie Smith-tuned, Albert-powered’ 23 Camaro. Butner’ s Musi-powered“ Heartbreaker”’ 69 Camaro qualified No. 10, but it came alive at GALOT, as he also ran a pair of 3.62s in eliminations. He lost by thousandths to Franklin in the semis. |
WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive got a glimpse of what Ty Tutterow and his father and tuner, Todd Tutterow, had coming down the line. Driving Justin Smith’ s screw-blown Quik Fuel’ 69 Camaro, Ty made it out of the first round then went on a tear at GALOT, running a trio of high 3.50s. He ran a 3.580 to beat Melanie Salemi’ s 3.588 in a side-by-side final. He dodged a bullet in the semis, though, as Jason Harris went. 004 red on a 3.562 pass in his ProCharged“ Party Time”’ 69 Camaro. Salemi cut killer lights in Eddie Whelan’ s screwblown“ Purple Reign”’ 68 Firebird, winning her semifinal match on a holeshot. |
Defending Liberty’ s Gears Pro Street presented by Menscer Motorsports world champ Ethan Steding went into Bristol in a serious points deficit behind Blake Denton, but when Denton couldn’ t fire up for their E1 match, Steding capitalized. He went on to reach the final round in his rootsblown P2 Contracting’ 24 Camaro. He lost to Super Bowl champion Fletcher Cox, who uncorked a 3.898 in his nitrous-fed“ Training Day”’ 69 Camaro to hoist his first PDRA 660 Man. Tennessee’ s own Richard Reagan flexed some serious muscle in his screw-blown’ 91 Mustang, running in the low 3.90s on his way to a semifinal exit to Cox, with his 3.937 losing to Cox’ s 3.908. |
Bristol won’ t go down as the best race of the season for 2023 AED Competition Extreme Pro Stock world champion Alan Drinkwater, but his consistent performance keeps him at the top of the list. He qualified No. 2 and reached the semis in his Kaase-powered Flatout Gaskets’ 08 Mustang. Bristol will be a memorable event for Jordan Ensslin, who defeated Drinkwater before getting the final-round win over a red-lighting Elijah Morton to get his first win in the class. His 4.060 in his Allen-powered“ Seabiscuit”’ 09 Mustang set low E. T. of the event. Morton qualified No. 1 in his Allen-powered Morton Brothers Motorsports’ 19 Mustang before racing to the final. |
Jeff Melnick continued to prove why he and Alan O’ Brien’ s Barry Allen-powered Greenbrier Excavating & Paving’ 20 Camaro won the 2023 world championship in PDRA Pro 632 presented by PTC Torque Converters. Melnick qualified second and used a combo of horsepower and reaction times to get the win, posting a 4.205 to defeat teammate Jeff Pittman’ s quicker 4.163 in the final. Carson Hoyle showed promise in his Musi-powered ATI Performance’ 69 Camaro, running low E. T. of the event in the semis, a 4.133, though Pittman took him out on a holeshot with a 4.175. It was the best event of Pittman’ s rookie season in his No. 3-qualified Hickory Enclosed Trailers’ 68 Chevelle. |