Drag Illustrated Issue 125, September 2017 | Page 90

RECORDS FALL AT GALOT
By Nate Van Wagnen
R
ecords were broken and cham-
pionships were decided as the Profes-
sional Drag Racers Association (PDRA)
crowned the Drag Wars event champi-
ons at GALOT Motorsports Park on Sat-
urday, September 9. Lizzy Musi set the elapsed-
time and speed national records on her way to
the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented
by MoTeC win, while Cary Goforth secured the
Extreme Pro Stock world championship along
with his victory.
Also victorious in the professional classes were
North Carolinians Terry Leggett in Pro Extreme
and Brad McCoy in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motor-
cycle. Dillon Voss earned his second consecutive
event win in East Coast Auto Transport Extreme
Outlaw 632.
In the PDRA’s sportsman categories, Aaron
Glaser drove his ’68 Camaro to the win in Magna-
Fuel Top Sportsman Elite, while Kris Gilbert won
in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman Quick 32. Dennis
Rinehardt claimed the Lucas Oil Top Dragster
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victory. In Campers Inn RV Pro Junior Dragster,
Zach Pennington ran 7.92 on a 7.90 dial-in to de-
feat Amber Franklin, who secured the Pro Junior
Dragster world championship earlier in the day.
Arellyn Garner-Jones used a .003-second reaction
time and perfect 7.92 to earn the MegaCorp Top
Junior Dragster win over Wallace Wilson.
PRO NITROUS
The Pro Nitrous final round was bound to be one
of the quickest and fastest side-by-side runs in
class history, as the semifinals saw Tommy Frank-
lin reset the elapsed-time record with his 3.658
and Lizzy Musi demolish the speed record with
a 206.54. While Franklin encountered trouble in
the final and ran a 3.741 at 195.99, Musi bettered
the et record with a 3.656 at 206.42 in the Frank
Brandao-owned AAP/Lucas Oil ’15 Dodge Dart.
“Running that 206 in the semis, everyone just
flipped,” Musi said. “We never thought it would
go faster than 205. We were hoping for a 206
maybe in Virginia with the cool weather, so it was
very exciting to run 206 twice tonight. Running
against Tommy, we knew we were going to throw
everything we had at it because Tommy would be
doing the same thing. We knew we just had to do
our deal. He was probably on the same run – the
early numbers were close.”
Musi qualified No. 2 and used a perfect .000
reaction time to defeat Danny Perry in the open-
ing round, then posted a strong 3.679 at 204.48 to
knock down points leader Jay Cox. She defeated
Pro Stock racer Richie Stevens Jr in the semifi-
nals. Franklin in his Pat Musi-powered “Jungle
Rat” ’69 Camaro led the field in qualifying before
beating Buddy Perkinson, Jim Halsey and Randy
Weatherford on his way to the final round.
Musi, Leggett, Ray, Goforth and McCoy Claim PDRA Drag Wars Victories