Pro Mods at South Georgia Motorsports Park
by Marvin T. Smith
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On Saturday, September 18, the Pro Mods returned to South Georgia Motorsports Park. There was a nice mix of blown outlaw cars and nitrous cars. Top qualifying spot went to Bennie McDonald with his new 1953 Corvette powered by a PSI blown hemi. McDonald has had the car out for about three races, but has yet to get it dialed in. Tonight, he finally figured it out! On the first full pass on the new car, he ripped off a 4.06 at only 166. The whole crew went absolutely nuts! Second in qualifying was Bil Clanton's Stude at 4.09. Eddie Ware had his beautiful Willys out, but broke in the first round of qualifying and had to put in on the trailer. Filling out the field was the Outlaw 10.5 tire turbo Firebird of Josh McClelland. McClelland came out for some testing, but was allowed to race with the Pro Mods to fill out the eight car field. He anchored the field with a 4.80 et.
In round one, McDonald's 4.14 took care of the game McClelland 10.5 Outlawcar's improved 4.75. McClelland had earlier told me that the hoped to get the car in the 4.70s, so they must have been happy. Clanton took a 4.12 win over Matt Gore's blue nitrous Camaro's 4.58. Jason Thomas used a 4.31 to upset David Elsberry's ex Quain Stott Vette's out of shape 4.97. Elsberry had qualified with a fine 4.17 for the number three spot. Johnny Pilcher's nitrous vette took out Doug Patten's Camaro with a 4.60.
Round two saw Pilcher run an impressive 4.11 @ 174.87 in his nitrous Vette to take out McDonald's 4.24. I suspect that this is the quickest NitrousPro Mod run ever at SGMP. This ended McDonald's night, but having made three good runs with the new car, his crew still felt like they had accomplished a great deal. In the other Semi, Clanton used a 4.07 to take care of an out-of-shape Jason Thomas.
In the final, Clanton ripped off another 4.07 @ 175.82 to take care of a badly crossed up Pilcher's 4.49 at only 144. Pilcher took out some timing cones on this heart-stopping run. This was definitely Clanton's night. He ran a 4.09, 4.12 and two 4.07s to take the Big Money back to Rome, Georgia. target="new">Photos
On Saturday, September 18, the Pro Mods returned to South Georgia Motorsports Park. There was a nice mix of blown outlaw cars and nitrous cars. Top qualifying spot went to Bennie McDonald with his new 1953 Corvette powered by a PSI blown hemi. McDonald has had the car out for about three races, but has yet to get it dialed in. Tonight, he finally figured it out! On the first full pass on the new car, he ripped off a 4.06 at only 166. The whole crew went absolutely nuts! Second in qualifying was Bil Clanton's Stude at 4.09. Eddie Ware had his beautiful Willys out, but broke in the first round of qualifying and had to put in on the trailer. Filling out the field was the Outlaw 10.5 tire turbo Firebird of Josh McClelland. McClelland came out for some testing, but was allowed to race with the Pro Mods to fill out the eight car field. He anchored the field with a 4.80 et.
In round one, McDonald's 4.14 took care of the game McClelland 10.5 Outlawcar's improved 4.75. McClelland had earlier told me that the hoped to get the car in the 4.70s, so they must have been happy. Clanton took a 4.12 win over Matt Gore's blue nitrous Camaro's 4.58. Jason Thomas used a 4.31 to upset David Elsberry's ex Quain Stott Vette's out of shape 4.97. Elsberry had qualified with a fine 4.17 for the number three spot. Johnny Pilcher's nitrous vette took out Doug Patten's Camaro with a 4.60.
Round two saw Pilcher run an impressive 4.11 @ 174.87 in his nitrous Vette to take out McDonald's 4.24. I suspect that this is the quickest NitrousPro Mod run ever at SGMP. This ended McDonald's night, but having made three good runs with the new car, his crew still felt like they had accomplished a great deal. In the other Semi, Clanton used a 4.07 to take care of an out-of-shape Jason Thomas.
In the final, Clanton ripped off another 4.07 @ 175.82 to take care of a badly crossed up Pilcher's 4.49 at only 144. Pilcher took out some timing cones on this heart-stopping run. This was definitely Clanton's night. He ran a 4.09, 4.12 and two 4.07s to take the Big Money back to Rome, Georgia.
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On Saturday, September 18, the Pro Mods returned to South Georgia Motorsports Park. There was a nice mix of blown outlaw cars and nitrous cars. Top qualifying spot went to Bennie McDonald with his new 1953 Corvette powered by a PSI blown hemi. McDonald has had the car out for about three races, but has yet to get it dialed in. Tonight, he finally figured it out! On the first full pass on the new car, he ripped off a 4.06 at only 166. The whole crew went absolutely nuts! Second in qualifying was Bil Clanton's Stude at 4.09. Eddie Ware had his beautiful Willys out, but broke in the first round of qualifying and had to put in on the trailer. Filling out the field was the Outlaw 10.5 tire turbo Firebird of Josh McClelland. McClelland came out for some testing, but was allowed to race with the Pro Mods to fill out the eight car field. He anchored the field with a 4.80 et.
In round one, McDonald's 4.14 took care of the game McClelland 10.5 Outlawcar's improved 4.75. McClelland had earlier told me that the hoped to get the car in the 4.70s, so they must have been happy. Clanton took a 4.12 win over Matt Gore's blue nitrous Camaro's 4.58. Jason Thomas used a 4.31 to upset David Elsberry's ex Quain Stott Vette's out of shape 4.97. Elsberry had qualified with a fine 4.17 for the number three spot. Johnny Pilcher's nitrous vette took out Doug Patten's Camaro with a 4.60.
Round two saw Pilcher run an impressive 4.11 @ 174.87 in his nitrous Vette to take out McDonald's 4.24. I suspect that this is the quickest NitrousPro Mod run ever at SGMP. This ended McDonald's night, but having made three good runs with the new car, his crew still felt like they had accomplished a great deal. In the other Semi, Clanton used a 4.07 to take care of an out-of-shape Jason Thomas.
In the final, Clanton ripped off another 4.07 @ 175.82 to take care of a badly crossed up Pilcher's 4.49 at only 144. Pilcher took out some timing cones on this heart-stopping run. This was definitely Clanton's night. He ran a 4.09, 4.12 and two 4.07s to take the Big Money back to Rome, Georgia. target="new">Photos
On Saturday, September 18, the Pro Mods returned to South Georgia Motorsports Park. There was a nice mix of blown outlaw cars and nitrous cars. Top qualifying spot went to Bennie McDonald with his new 1953 Corvette powered by a PSI blown hemi. McDonald has had the car out for about three races, but has yet to get it dialed in. Tonight, he finally figured it out! On the first full pass on the new car, he ripped off a 4.06 at only 166. The whole crew went absolutely nuts! Second in qualifying was Bil Clanton's Stude at 4.09. Eddie Ware had his beautiful Willys out, but broke in the first round of qualifying and had to put in on the trailer. Filling out the field was the Outlaw 10.5 tire turbo Firebird of Josh McClelland. McClelland came out for some testing, but was allowed to race with the Pro Mods to fill out the eight car field. He anchored the field with a 4.80 et.
In round one, McDonald's 4.14 took care of the game McClelland 10.5 Outlawcar's improved 4.75. McClelland had earlier told me that the hoped to get the car in the 4.70s, so they must have been happy. Clanton took a 4.12 win over Matt Gore's blue nitrous Camaro's 4.58. Jason Thomas used a 4.31 to upset David Elsberry's ex Quain Stott Vette's out of shape 4.97. Elsberry had qualified with a fine 4.17 for the number three spot. Johnny Pilcher's nitrous vette took out Doug Patten's Camaro with a 4.60.
Round two saw Pilcher run an impressive 4.11 @ 174.87 in his nitrous Vette to take out McDonald's 4.24. I suspect that this is the quickest NitrousPro Mod run ever at SGMP. This ended McDonald's night, but having made three good runs with the new car, his crew still felt like they had accomplished a great deal. In the other Semi, Clanton used a 4.07 to take care of an out-of-shape Jason Thomas.
In the final, Clanton ripped off another 4.07 @ 175.82 to take care of a badly crossed up Pilcher's 4.49 at only 144. Pilcher took out some timing cones on this heart-stopping run. This was definitely Clanton's night. He ran a 4.09, 4.12 and two 4.07s to take the Big Money back to Rome, Georgia.
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