PDRA ROCKS
FIRST-TIME WINNERS, FAMILIAR FAVORITES HIGHLIGHT PDRA DARLINGTON
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Professional Drag Racers Association
(PDRA) Spring Nationals at Darlington
Dragway paid off for pro class winners
Mattias Wulcan (Pro Extreme), Tommy
Franklin (Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous present-
ed by MoTeC), Melanie Salemi (Andy McCoy
Race Cars Pro Boost), Trevor Eman (Extreme Pro
Stock), and Travis Davis (Drag 965 Pro Extreme
Motorcycle). Dillon Voss picked up the win in
East Coast Auto Transport Extreme Outlaw 632
at the class’ second of four races with the PDRA.
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In the PDRA’s sportsman classes, Dwayne Si-
lance won Magnafuel Top Sportsman and Matt
Cooke won Lucas Oil Top Dragster. The Campers
Inn RV Pro Junior Dragster win went to Jarrod
Kissinger on a holeshot over Nicole Zuccarelli.
MegaCorp Top Junior Dragster driver Kaylee
Love earned a runner-up finish in the completion
of the East Coast Nationals and won the Spring
Nationals race over Brooke Miller in the final
round. Tim West earned the Edelbrock Bracket
Bash win with his 4.529 run in the final round.
PRO EXTREME
Past European Pro Mod champion Mattias Wul-
can earned the Pro Extreme win in just his third
race in the United States. The Swedish driver
made strides at the Valdosta and Benson races,
then managed to string together three quick pass-
es during Saturday’s eliminations at Darlington.
“It’s amazing – a dream come true,” Wulcan
said. “We’ve been thinking about this for a couple
years, and we decided in December to come here
to run Pro Extreme. I was able to get my whole
crew to come with me. We’re regular workers and
we do this in our spare time. It’s a huge sacrifice
Wulcan, Franklin, Salemi, Eman and
Davis win PDRA Spring Nationals
By Nate Van Wagnen