'Sugar' Shane Carr Wins JEGS Performance Thursday 25K at Spring Fling GALOT|

The action continued into JEGS Operation Th where the stakes grew college at a $25,000 purse. Racers were greeted with a persistent headwind that grew stronger into the afternoon at the RAD Torque Spring Fling presented by Optima Batteries.

The previous dark saw the all-Texan final of Chris Gulitti and Donny Burleson, two RAD Torque sponsored American dragsters. Burleson's .012 parcel planted him in the FST Carburetors winner's circumvolve for the $15,000 check.

The ripple of the American flag atop the grandstands persisted as the sun began to dip beneath the mass of trees framing the dragstrip. Jerry Brewer, Scotty Gibson Jr., Mike Bloomfield Jr., Jeff Verdi, Jason Lynch, Shane Maddox, Scott Albrecht, Caraline McCarty, Gary Eitel, Wesley Roberts, Bryan Balducci, Austin Dark-brown, Shane Carr, Nick Womack, Jeff Serra, and Republic of chad Duke were the xvi drivers that fabricated upwards the ladder in round half-dozen.

Verdi came out on the better side of a double breakout against Bloomfield, while Albrecht advanced by McCarty's redlight. Gibson'southward .010 package locked Brewer out, and Maddox tightened it upwards .005 at the stripe against Lynch to move on. Balducci put down .010 full against Brownish for the win, while Serra moved into the quarterfinals later on Duke's .002 redlight. Carr's .014 package knocked out Womack, and the concluding match-up for circular six was decided past Eitel's redlight to accelerate Roberts.

Verdi and Serra led the quarterfinal pairings and were separated by just ane thousandth on the tree; though Verdi took .003 at the stripe, Serra was the bottom of the two breakouts being .002 under the 4.52. Maddox's .001 move over Balducci put him in the semifinals contrary Serra. Scott Albrecht put upward .010 total confronting Gibson, taking .009 at the stripe. Shane Carr managed to drive around the .000 low-cal of Roberts with a .007 stripe and broke out by just ii thousandths versus the .009 breakout of Roberts. On the other side of the ladder, it would exist Carr and Albrecht in the semis.

The wind began to calm as the number of competitors dwindled downwards to four. Carr used a .022 packaged to earn himself a place in the concluding, while Albrecht was a few thousandths behind on the tree and broke out by .005 in his '85 South-10. Serra's .013 and .015 above the 4.56 dial was enough to advance past the .018 light and .025 above the iv.47 of Maddox.

Carr and Serra's dragsters came to life to pull into the h2o box for their monster match-upwards of a final round. Both drivers flickered into the bottom pre-stage, Carr leaving with a .020 and Serra with a .014. Serra'due south .024 stripe proved to be only three thousandths also much, and Carr ran .015 above the 4.51 dial for the $25,000 JEGS Performance Th win.

Fri brings our main event — the Argent State Refrigeration $100,000. The Bound Fling Reaction Time Claiming will precede the beginning of eliminations, with 25 randomly selected drivers staging up to striking the tree. Any commuter with a double "O" reaction volition receive $100 and for every perfect light there is a $1,000 reward. If a racer is perfect they can come dorsum for another expect at the tree, and if they post a .000 a 2d time they will be paid $x,000 on the spot.

Yous can follow all the action from the RAD Torque Leap Fling presented past Optima Batteries live at world wide web.MotorManiaTV.com thanks to JEGS Performance and Hoosier Racing Tire.

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