Pesz Powers his way to Low Qualifier and Blows Doors off in Process

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Friday’s qualifying from the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League X-Treme Gateway Showdown included some exciting if not unexpected results. From the top, in Pro X-Treme, low qualifier Brandon Pesz’s ’53 Corvette did the opposite of blowing the doors off his competition, and did so twice to his own car! Points leader Pesz kept his Lethal Threat team busy, first in finding parts to the original door that flew off, and the second time in retrieving what they could of the spare door to enable them to come back tomorrow. He was, however, rewarded with a 3.628 ET at 208.91 MPH and the top qualifying spot.

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In Pro Nitrous, it was Jeff Naiser who ran a 3.8 with a five to a 3.8 with a six for second qualifier Bob Rahaim, both in Chevy Camaros.

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Pro Turbo ran as an exhibition with Todd Moyer prevailing over Mike Murillo, with a 3.908, 200.95 MPH, to Murillo’s 4.339 @ 145.16 MPH.

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Dean Goforth’s 4.083, 177.58 MPH eclipsed Kevin Bealko’s 4.088, 177.21 MPH, to top the X-Treme Pro Stock field. Currently, Spring, Texas’ Rick Cowger in his ’08 Cobalt sits outside the field in ninth, .02 behind Rocky Watford in another Cobalt.

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While Coby Jones’ 3.951 at 183.54 MPH leads Top Dragster qualifying, it was Dan Phelps’ third qualifying attempt that is perhaps even more memorable than Pesz’ flying doors. Phelps’ new 2013 RaceTech dragster suddenly became vertical to the track surface, returning to the ground in spectacular fashion while leaving the driver unscathed.

This concludes the first day of qualifying, with the final round of qualifying to go before the elimination rounds.

The following are Friday’s qualifying results from the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League X-Treme Gateway Showdown:

Pro X-Treme
1. Brandon Pesz, Chevy Corvette, 3.628, 208.91; 2. Frankie Taylor, Corvette, 3.686, 207.08; 3. Tim Tindle,
Ford Mustang, 3.703, 205.76; 4. Quain Stott, Corvette, 3.707, 204.26; 5. Terry Leggett, Mustang, 3.714, 206.07; 6. Todd Martin,
Mustang, 3.725, 205.35; 7. Dan Millen, Mustang, 3.725, 203.98; 8. Randell Reid, Chevy Belair, 3.741, 205.66; 9. Duane Rister, Chevy
Camaro, 3.758, 200.29; 10. Mike Recchia, Camaro, 3.773, 202.52; 11. Todd Tutterow, Mustang, 3.792, 200.86; 12. Jon Stouffer,
Plymouth Barracuda, 3.907, 187.57; 13. Danny Lowry, Mustang, 3.930, 197.25; 14. Aaron Wells, Camaro, 4.071, 189.87; 15. Neal Wantye,
Mustang, 4.114, 136.22.

Pro Nitrous
1. Jeff Naiser, Chevy Camaro, 3.851, 193.40; 2. Bob Rahaim, Camaro, 3.869, 195.14; 3. Duke Snyder, Camaro,
3.957, 187.23; 4. Robert Mathis, Camaro, 3.981, 188.67; 5. Bill Glidden, Ford Mustang, 4.007, 184.90; 6. Keith Haney, Camaro, 4.040,
186.30; 7. Blake Housley, Chevy Corvette, 4.091, 180.60; 8. Ron Muenks, Camaro, 6.258, 75.53.

Pro Turbo
1. Todd Moyer, Chevy Corvette, 3.908, 200.95; 2. Mike Murillo, Chevy Camaro, 4.349, 145.16.

X-Treme Pro Stock
1. Dean Goforth, Chevy Camaro, 4.083, 177.58; 2. Kevin Bealko, Pontiac GXP, 4.088, 177.21; 3. John
Deflorian Jr., Camaro, 4.100, 176.97; 4. Matt Bertsch, Ford Mustang, 4.100, 176.30; 5. Richard Penland, Mustang, 4.125, 176.24; 6.
Cary Goforth, GXP, 4.130, 175.68; 7. Todd Hoerner, Camaro, 4.136, 175.21; 8. Rocky Watford, Chevy Cobalt, 4.160, 173.78. Not
Qualified: 9. Rick Cowger, 4.180, 175.00.

X-Treme Pro Mod
1. Kevin Rivenbark, Pontiac Firebird, 3.935, 188.52; 2. Ron Muenks, Chevy Camaro, 3.959, 185.38; 3. T.J.
Tindle, Ford Mustang, 3.967, 188.17; 4. Keith Haney, Camaro, 4.069, 178.02; 5. Dan Stevenson, Camaro, 4.172, 177.67.

Top Dragster
1. Coby Jones, Allen, 3.951, 183.54; 2. Phillip Oakley, American, 4.210, 168.64; 3. Tim Paap, American,
4.279, 163.81; 4. Dan Phelps, RaceTech, 4.283, 164.09; 5. Darrell Reid, TNT, 4.296, 163.47; 6. Rick Wilson, Sherrill, 4.550, 153.65;
7. Marty Turks, Dragster, 4.583, 151.17; 8. Kayla McClain, Undercover, 4.710, 147.39; 9. Jim England, Austin Bantam, 4.755, 146.23;
10. Jason Phillips, Race Craft, 4.764, 146.05; 11. Kevin McClain, Undercover, 4.892, 135.09; 12. Mike Crick, Miller, 4.964, 136.29.

Top Sportsman
1. Bob Gulitti, Chevy Camaro, 4.177, 171.16; 2. Rick Wilson, Camaro, 4.251, 168.47; 3. Jim Brown, Ford
Mustang, 4.400, 171.64; 4. Randell Reid, Pontiac Grand Am, 4.404, 159.95; 5. Mike Kikenes, Plymouth Duster, 4.450, 157.10; 6. Doug
Woody, Camaro, 4.779, 146.67.

Pro Junior Dragster
1. Morgan Torres, Halfscale, 7.902, 83.49; 2. Jackson Core, Jr.RaceCar, 7.902, 82.37; 3. Luke
Schwemler, Mike Bos, 7.905, 81.26; 4. Tia Tutterow, Halfscale, 7.909, 81.34; 5. Brittany Hays, Halfscale, 7.910, 81.10; 6. Bethany
Crick, Halfscale, 7.949, 83.40; 7. Abby Svoboda, Halfscale, 7.989, 81.19; 8. Mary-Ella McClain, Bos, 13.863, 25.64; 9. Andrew Green,
Bos, 7.898, 82.63; 10. Keaton Simpson, Halfscale, 7.877, 83.70; 11. Mitchell Seymore, Halfscale, 7.877, 83.52; 12. Tyler Clouse,
Metro, 7.863, 82.46; 13. Shelbi Wiggins, Halfscale, 7.860, 83.56; 14. Ashley Cole, Halfscale, 7.849, 83.35; 15. Brandon Rudd, Bos,
7.837, 83.08; 16. Griffin Rider, Halfscale, 7.819, 81.25.

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  1. Don

    June 15, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    I can`t thank you enough for posting the great pics from Gateway. Kicking myself for not going

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