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PRO NITROUS Lizzy Musi used a holeshot advantage to defeat two-time Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin for the second consecutive final round . Musi in Frank Brandao ’ s “ King Kong 6 ” ’ 15 Dodge Dart ran a 3.686-second pass at 206.13 mph alongside Franklin ’ s Musi-powered “ Jungle Rat ” ’ 69 Camaro running 3.657 at 204.91 .
“ I knew I had to do my job against Tommy ,” Musi said . “ He ’ s been running so well this weekend . I wasn ’ t shocked when he ran a 3.65 in the final because I knew it was coming from him . It felt good to be able to get the win on a holeshot . I just breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the win light come on .”
Musi qualified No . 2 and defeated Randy Weatherford , Jim Sackuvich and John Hall on her way to the final round . The Pat Musi Racing Engines president recorded three of the fastest passes in Pro Nitrous history , tying her own national record with a 206.54 blast against Hall . Franklin was the low qualifier with his national-record 3.653 , followed by a barrage of 3.6-second passes to take out James Hancock , Jason Harris and Jay Cox .
PRO BOOST After qualifying No . 1 , resetting the elapsed time national record , and securing the Andy McCoy Race Cars Pro Boost world championship , Jose Gonzales and Q80 Racing / El General Racing teammate Eric Dillard will not run the final round on Sunday . Gonzales fired off the record 3.638 at 215.34 in his turbocharged “ Eleanor ” ’ 67 Mustang to take out Jeremy Ray in the semifinals . Dillard in the Pro Line-powered ’ 69 Camaro followed Gonzales with a 3.654 at 215.89 to set the speed national record and defeat championship runner-up Ty Tutterow in the supercharged GALOT Motorsports “ Tomcat ” ’ 69 Camaro .
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truly didn ’ t think we could run that fast . It just goes to show that when you have a person like ( tuner ) Steve Petty , an engine built by Pro Line , and a crew like I have , anything can happen . The car was working perfectly every run .”
Gonzales won the first two races of the year at Valdosta and GALOT , where he was also the No . 1 qualifier .
EXTREME PRO STOCK A perfect . 000-second reaction time was all John Montecalvo needed to drive around recently crowned Extreme Pro Stock world champion Cary Goforth in the final round . Coming off a record-setting 4.020 in the semifinals , Montecalvo drove his Haas-built ’ 17 Camaro to a 4.052 at 179.33 over Goforth ’ s 4.023 at 177.95 in his Dean ’ s Casing Service / Dewayne Higgins Trucking ’ 15 Camaro .
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“ What a perfect ending to the season ,” Montecalvo said . “ As a driver , I ’ m overjoyed to win on a holeshot . They ’ re telling me now it was a . 0000 light – that ’ s really cutting it close . I felt good in the car . We made some changes to the clutch linkage for the final round . Man , it certainly reacted . Winning on a holeshot in the final round ? That ’ s the way to do it .”
A two-time winner on the season , Montecalvo raced out of the No . 3 spot and raced past John Konigshofer , Elijah Morton and Chris Powers . Goforth , who secured his second PDRA world championship at the GALOT fall race , qualified No . 1 and bested mountain motor Pro Stock veterans Lester Cooper , John Bartunek and Jeff Dobbins on the way to his fifth final of the season .
PRO EXTREME MOTORCYCLE Cleveland , North Carolina ’ s Brad McCoy earned his second consecutive Pro Extreme Motorcycle victory when he rode his Q80 Racing ’ 15 Hayabusa to a 4.041 at 175.37 over Terry Schweigert ’ s 4.062 at 163.97 .
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of changes . We struggled in qualifying and started finding our problem first and second round . We just kept working at it and it paid off in the final .”
McCoy , who celebrated his 38th birthday along with the win , qualified fourth before beating Shane Eperjesi , Spencer Allen and No . 1 qualifier Chris Garner-Jones . Schweigert , a Canadian dairy farmer , rode out of the No . 3 spot and charged to round wins over Terry Wynn , three-time PDRA world champion Eric McKinney and T . T . Jones .
EXTREME OUTLAW 632 Racing in just the second event with a new Voss Racing Engines ’ 17 Corvette , Dillon Voss qualified No . 1 and won his second consecutive race in Extreme Outlaw 632 . He left first on No . 2 qualifier Ken Quartuccio and streaked to a 4.319 at 166.09 to defeat Quartuccio ’ s 4.308 at 169.25 in his ’ 69 Camaro . Voss previously defeated Rocky Raynor and John Lassiter , while Quartuccio bested Robert Sellers and Dominic Augustine before a bye into the final round .
OUTLAW 10.5 Baltimore , Maryland ’ s Mike Decker Jr . was the man to beat in Outlaw 10.5 , a class added to the World Finals lineup in the weeks leading up to the event . Decker qualified his supercharged Decker Salvage C7 Corvette in the No . 1 spot and defeated John Carinci ’ s aborted 13-second run with a 4.158 at 191.05 in the final round . He received a bye run in the opening round , then drove to round wins over Ron Green and son Mike Decker III . Carinci raced around Brian Chin and Dale Collins Jr .
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“ I ’ ll be honest – I was probably more surprised than our competition with the runs we were making today ,” Gonzales said . “ When I saw the scoreboard after making that last run , I went on the radio and asked if the numbers were real . I |
“ To come out at the end of the year and win two in a row , it doesn ’ t get any better than that ,” Mc- Coy said . “ We worked hard all year and made a lot |
TOP SPORTSMAN Better at both ends of the track , Top Sportsman Elite 16 driver Henry Underwood ran 4.114 on a 4.01 dial-in to upset low qualifier Matt Smith in Henry Dogay ’ s “ Cajun Nightmare ” ’ 68 Camaro , who slowed to a 4.077 on a 3.80 dial-in . Underwood earned round wins over Cam Clark , Jordan Wood and Billy Albert before facing the two-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion . Smith ’ s route to the final round included round |
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