The fog hung low between the mountains on Tuesday morning of the RAD Torque Systems Fall Fling presented by OPTIMA Batteries at Bristol Dragway, but with a little bit of sunlight cars hit the track for their first passes of the week.
Rob’s Automotive, Collision, and Towing presented the test and tune and 32-Car $50,000 Shootout. The format guaranteed a door car versus dragster final with 16 door cars on one side of the ladder and 16 dragsters on the other.
After the second round Scott Sanders, Vinny DiMino, Tim Markoglu, and Tucker Kanselaar remained on the dragster side and Pete D’Agnolo, Nick Folk, Chad Duke, and Kevin Crawford were the last door cars standing. Sanders bowed out with a redlight against DiMino, while Kanselaar took .002 against Markoglu to advance. Summer Fling Shootout Winner Duke broke out by four-thousandths for the loss against D’Agnolo, while Folk turned it .003 red to the .007 of Crawford.
The semifinals saw Pete D’Agnolo advance past Crawford by way of Crawford’s .004 redlight to be the door car representative in the shootout final. On the other side of the ladder, Kanselaar put together a .009 package, taking .014 over DiMino for the win.
The ‘79 Malibu of D’Agnolo faced off with the Folk dragster of Kanselaar, where Kanselaar backed up his double “0” and dead-on run in the semifinals with a .008 and dead-on five lap getting to the stripe first by .005 to earn the Rob’s Automotive 32-Car Shootout big check.
After the test and tune, we had a time run session for tomorrow’s Advanced Product Design 50K. New arrivals will receive a time run Wednesday morning prior to eliminations. The Fall Fling $10,000 Points Championship presented by Fuel Factory will also fire up on Wednesday where the highest earner will win a $5000 bonus, big check, and custom-wrapped Impact helmet. Drivers who place second through fifth will receive $2000, $1500, $1000, and $500 respectively.
Friends and family can get a front row seat to the full Fling experience from home on our YouTube channel @RaceTheFlings where our in-house production team will deliver unforgettable coverage enhanced with live timing, sweeping camera angles, and exclusive content courtesy of JEGS Performance and Mickey Thompson.
For more information, visit www.BracketRaces.com, the Spring Fling Bracket Races Facebook page, watch live @RaceTheFlings on YouTube, or text the word 500K to (347) 974-7007 for race updates.
This story was originally published on September 25, 2024.
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