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PRO NITROUS
FREDY SCRIBA BUDDY PERKINSON DANE WOOD
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PRO BOOST
JASON HARRIS TRAVIS HARVEY DEREK WARD
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PRO STREET
BLAKE DENTON JOEL WENSLEY JR. SCOTT KINCAID
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PRO 632
JEFF PITTMAN CARSON HOYLE J. C. BEATTIE JR.
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SUPER STREET
CONNOR MCGEE AUSTIN VINCENT MATT SCHALOW
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Maryland is almost always a race that shakes things up, especially in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by Jerry Bickel Race Cars. Fredy Scriba, the 2024 world champ and defending event winner, won at home again when he wheeled his brandnew Musi-powered“ Sorcerer”’ 69 Camaro to round wins over 2015 world champ Rickie Smith and No. 1 qualifier Tim Paap before getting a bye to the final to meet Buddy Perkinson. When Perkinson went red by. 011 on a 3.656 pass, Scriba automatically won but charged to a 3.653. Perkinson in his Musi-powered LAT Oils’ 69 Camaro ran 3.65 in all but one round. Dane Wood had a turnaround weekend as well, beating No. 2 qualifier Amber Denton on a holeshot en route to a semifinal finish. |
WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive saw its share of upsets as well. No one was surprised when Travis“ The Carolina Kid” Harvey put on a clinic, though, as he left first in all four rounds and ran a string of 3.61s in his screw-blown Redd Topp Trucking / Holland Enterprise’ 19 Camaro before running a 3.595 in the final. He defeated the returning Derek Ward, who was similarly consistent in his screwblown’ 68 Firebird and took out No. 1 qualifier and defending event champ and world champ Ty Tutterow on a holeshot in round two. Two-time world champ Jason Harris maintains his spot on the list thanks to a No. 2 qualifying effort and semifinal finish in his Harts Charger-boosted“ Party Time”’ 69 Camaro. |
Points leader Blake Denton holds on to the top spot in Liberty’ s Gears Pro Street presented by KTR Drag Racing through another semifinal finish in the nitrous-fed“ Bonnie” Lizzy Musi tribute’ 69 Camaro, but fellow young gun Joel Wensley Jr. is chasing him down. Wensley scored his long-awaited first career win in his ProCharger-boosted’ 14 Camaro with round wins over two-time world champ Tim Essick, a holeshot win over future father-in-law Jerry Morgano, and Denton to meet Scott Kincaid in the final. Wensley led wire to wire, winning with a 3.944 to Kincaid’ s 3.996. Kincaid’ s path to the final in his screwblown’ 69 Camaro also included a holeshot win, with his coming over teammate and E. T. record holder Richard Reagan. |
Jeff Pittman has officially arrived in PDRA Pro 632 presented by Mark Williams Enterprises. Pittman earned his second straight No. 1 qualifier award in his Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales’ 68 Chevelle powered by a Barry Allen engine from Alan O’ Brien’ s Greenbrier Excavating & Paving team. He stayed in the mid-4.10s on race day, winning with a 4.147 over Carson Hoyle in the final. Hoyle, also in his second year in the class, was just a couple numbers behind Pittman all weekend – he qualified No. 2 in his Musi-powered ATI Performance’ 69 Camaro. Maryland’ s own J. C. Beattie Jr., who won the first two races of the season in his Reher-Morrison-powered ATI Performance’ 18 Camaro, lost on a holeshot by just. 001 in the opening round to Jason Ventura. |
While top performers in other classes went out early, defending 1320 Fabrication Super Street presented by Brian’ s Heating & Cooling world champion Connor McGee kept his points lead rolling with a dominant performance in his Fulton-powered Brian’ s Heating & Cooling’ 90 Mustang. He was consistently quicker than the field, qualifying No. 1 and unleashing a 4.525 to beat Austin Vincent in the final. Vincent, who qualified No. 2 in his Vincent Performance’ 88 Mustang, was the only driver who even came close to McGee’ s performance, but his 4.655 in the final wasn’ t enough to get the win. Matt Schalow, last year’ s event runner-up, wasn’ t far behind Vincent and was actually second-quickest of round two in his Knieriem-powered’ 69 Camaro with a 4.634, but it was against McGee’ s 4.567. |
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