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BENSON, N.C. - The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) was in the middle of professional class eliminations at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech when a lengthy oildown and popup rain shower halted the action Saturday night. The race is slated to continue Sunday at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, N.C. "We've been fighting the weather all week, and it bit us again tonight," said Tyler Crossnoe, race director, PDRA. "We really appreciate our racers sticking it out and working with us to make this race happen. Sunday's forecast looks like it will make for a smooth, fast day of racing." Before the rain came, the series completed the first round of eliminations in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous, Penske Racing Shocks/Precision Racing Suspension Pro Boost presented by WS Construction, Liberty's Gears Extreme Pro Stock and Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle. An oildown in the first pair of $hameless Racing Pro Outlaw 632 put racing on pause before the rain started. Jim Halsey (Pro Nitrous), Randy Weatherford (Pro Boost), JR Carr (Extreme Pro Stock) and Travis Davis (Pro Nitrous Motorcycle) recorded low elapsed time of the round to move on to Sunday's continuation of eliminations. When racing resumes at 10 a.m. Sunday, PDRA will continue first round with Pro Outlaw 632, Drag 965 Pro Street, MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by Tejas Borja and Lucas Oil Elite Top Dragster. The run order will resume with second round of pro eliminations. Top Sportsman 48, Top Dragster 48, Coolshirt Pro Jr. Dragster, Gilbert Motorsports Top Jr. Dragster and Edelbrock Bracket Bash still have to start eliminations.
"We did a lot of work to the car over the winter," Halsey said. "There were a lot of unknowns that we had coming at us. We tested some over the winter and things looked good. This is kind of what we expected." First-round results: Chris Rini 3.737 def. Brian Shrader 3.817, Rob Hunnicutt 3.793 def. Billy Albert 9.452, Tony Wilson 3.859 def. John Vergotz 3.818, Fredy Scriba 3.801 def. Lizzy Musi 4.522, Jim Widener 3.738 def. Jackie Slone Jr. (broke), Jay Cox 3.681 def. Tommy Mauney 3.765, Tommy Franklin 3.691 def. Ed Burnley (no show), Jim Halsey 3.68 (single)
"Let's see if we can move forward and build on the momentum we had last year," Weatherford said. "Going forward into 2020, it feels great. The car's working good. We're picking up where we left off last year. We ran pretty good [last year], had some issues, but it looks like we're back at it." First-round results: Kurt Steding 3.733 def. James Beadling 3.829, Marc Caruso 3.714 def. Mike DiDomenico 3.737, Melanie Salemi 3.741 def. Kevin Rivenbark 3.731, John Camp 3.712 def. Clint Satterfield 3.827, John Strickland 3.70 def. Chuck Ulsch 3.919, Jeff Rudolf 3.774 def. Eric Gustafson 4.194, Jason Harris 3.726 def. Stan Shelton 3.852, Randy Weatherford 3.691 def. Eric Donovan (broke)
"I feel today was positive," Carr said. "Low for the round is huge because it wasn't the prettiest run - it was a good run - but we've made nicer runs. The track's a little different than it was when we tested, and I believe it puts us in a great position. We feel really good." First-round results: Johnny Pluchino 4.118 def. Todd Hoerner 4.125, Elijah Morton 4.137 def. Dwayne Rice 4.163, JR Carr 4.095 def. Dave Hughes 4.129, Steven Boone 4.129 def. Chris Powers 4.102
"We started out the day struggling some with this air," Davis said. "We hadn't been out since October last year and hadn't changed anything on the bike since then. Just adjusted for the air and it went .05, and looks like there's more left in it. Maybe we can pick it back up and get it back in the 3.90s - I hope." First-round results: Travis Davis 4.053 def. Chris Garner-Jones 4.08, Paul Gast 4.098 def. Brunson Grothus 4.492 The East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech will continue Sunday at 10 a.m. Visit www.PDRA660.com and www.Facebook.com/PDRARacing for schedule updates and results.
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