Outlaw Radial Tire Championships - Bradenton, FL

**Fire67** · 10-26-2008, 11:11 AM

I spent all day yesterday watching qualifying, and I'm heading out now for a late start at watching the Eliminations. I'll report back on results if there's any interest in it hear.

I tell you what though, those stock suspension drag radial cars are getting really damn fast. With the #1 qualifier (Tony Ridenhour) posting a 4.7x at 17X mph in the 1/8!!!!! The outlaw 10.5 guys were just barely faster, with most posting slower mph (the average 10.5 car was running 160-165mph

This is a huge event for that drag radial cars, with two 32 car qualified fields. The top 32 cars are running for a $15,000 purse and the slower 32 are going for a $2,000 purse. This is the only event I've ever been to that had the biggest purse reserved for the drag radial cars. With all the class purses together their is a total of $200,000 up for grabs this weekend.

Among the top qualifiers are some names that most here should know. Madman, Brady, and Tom Kempf to name a few. But the number one qualifier is a local FL guy with his 632c.i. F3R blown 97 camaro.

I stayed at the track untill 1:30am or so partying with all the guys. This included rental golf cart muddin in one of the fields by the track, and me and a friend hangin off the back of Madman's rental cart making it do wheelies all the way down pit road. After this, I realized why he got the nickname of Madman. And I'm about positive that it not because of him driving fast cars

Anyway, headin out soon to go see the eliminations. Will try to post results when I get home.

**Fire67** · 10-26-2008, 02:30 PM

Damn, couldn't make it back up to Bradenton due to an illness. I absolutely hate getting sick.

At least my friend is up there... He's been keeping me posted on updates, and will fill me in on the full story this afternoon.