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<\/figure>\nWhen severe summer storms rocked Tim Paap\u2019s hometown of Charleston, Illinois, the second-year Pro Nitrous driver strongly considered staying home from the North vs. South Shootout. He forged ahead, though, and his decision was rewarded Friday evening when he claimed the No. 1 qualifier award. He turned heads on Thursday night when his Jeffrey Barker-tuned, Musi-powered Paap Auto Body \u201916 Corvette lit up the scoreboard with a 3.653 at 205.41.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo go from not qualifying at the first race to qualifying No. 1 here is huge,\u201d said Paap, who qualified No. 2 at the second race on tour. \u201cIt\u2019s a testament to Jeffrey Barker and our whole team. We weren\u2019t sure if we were going to make it to this race. We got hit by a tornado at home, so it was just all kind of spur of the moment. I actually called it off last Friday, then Tuesday, I\u2019m like, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s go. Let\u2019s just get rid of the chaos and we\u2019ll go to a different kind of chaos.\u2019 We\u2019re just looking to be in the winner\u2019s circle at the end of the day tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two-time Pro 632 world champion Amber Denton ended up a season-best No. 2 on the qualifying sheet thanks to a 3.662 at 206.67 in her Musi-powered \u201cOG Jungle Rat\u201d \u201969 Camaro. Just one thousandth behind Denton, reigning world champion Marcus Butner qualified third with a 3.663 at 207.62 in his Musi-powered \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d \u201969 Camaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PRO BOOST<\/strong><\/p>\n Ty Tutterow, son of two-time Pro Boost world champion Todd \u201cKing Tut\u201d Tutterow, won last year\u2019s North vs. South Shootout to kick off a five-race stretch that featured three wins in five consecutive final-round appearances and a world championship. This year, Tutterow is behind the wheel of Justin Smith\u2019s new Larry Jeffers-built Quik Fuel \u201968 Camaro, which he took to the No. 1 spot on Thursday. Tutterow\u2019s 3.593 at 209.20 held the top spot through Friday\u2019s lone qualifying session as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels great to come out here and be back in the No. 1 spot going into race day,\u201d Tutterow said. \u201cWe have had a fast, consistent race car since we dropped the gate and we just hope to continue that throughout race day.\u201d<\/p>\n Jason Harris, who has a pair of world championships in both Pro Boost and Pro Nitrous, took the No. 2 spot in his Harts Charger-boosted \u201cParty Time\u201d \u201969 Camaro with a 3.622 at 210.67. Travis \u201cThe Carolina Kid\u201d Harvey\u2019s hot streak continued as he qualified third with a 3.624 at 209.30 in the Vaughn Myles and Eric Holland-owned Redd Topp Motorsports \u201919 Camaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRO STREET<\/strong><\/p>\n When Pro Street ran its first qualifying session under the lights Thursday night, Jerry Morgano charged to the provisional No. 1 spot and never looked back. He ran a 3.958 at 201.94 in his turbocharged \u201cCopperhead\u201d \u201902 Mustang to follow up another sub-4-second pass he recorded earlier in the day during testing. The Outlaw 10.5 veteran also qualified No. 1 at the season opener, where he posted a runner-up finish. He\u2019s hoping to take that one round further on race day.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe just freshened the motor up at DiSomma\u2019s between the last two races, so the 3.98 pass that we ran off the trailer was the first hit on the motor \u2013 I was really happy with that,\u201d Morgano said. \u201cWe struggled the rest of testing and spun both times. The track was really tricky, and then obviously we got to run the last one at nighttime, so that helps everybody. We were lucky enough to put it together, went a 3.95. I didn\u2019t think it would actually hold for No.\u00a0\u00a01, but I was glad that it did. We went a 4.01 in the last session, which was good, but I think we left a little on the table. Consistency will be the name of the game on race day.\u201d<\/p>\n Young gun Scott Kincaid threw down a 3.966 at 195.19 in his screw-blown \u201969 Camaro to qualify No. 2. Golden, Colorado\u2019s Mikey Sasina made his first appearance of the season in his Harts Charger-boosted \u201903 Mustang and ran a 3.979 at 197.10 to qualify third.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRO 632<\/strong><\/p>\n Former Top Sportsman standout Jeff Pittman\u2019s sophomore season in Pro 632 continues to trend in the right direction as he locked down his second consecutive No. 1 qualifier award. With a Barry Allen engine from Alan O\u2019Brien\u2019s championship-winning Greenbrier Excavating & Paving team under the hood scoop in his Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales \u201968 Chevelle, Pittman laid down a 4.147 at 171.95 in Thursday\u2019s opening qualifying session. No one topped it when Pro 632 hit the track again on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just fortunate to be in this position,\u201d Pittman said. \u201cA lot of years went into this program that Alan and his team have been refining over the years. I brought my car to the table and it\u2019s been a great fit. There\u2019s some tough competition here. It\u2019s not like we ran away with it today. There\u2019s a handful of cars that could\u2019ve taken the top spot. I just wish we could get some more participation over here. I really appreciate the PDRA sticking around and giving us a great place to race.\u201d<\/p>\n Carson Hoyle, also in his second year in the class, qualified second in his Musi-powered ATI Performance Products \u201969 Camaro on the strength of a 4.171 at 169.53. Rookie David Cook Jr. also dipped into the 4.10s with his 4.191 at 168.98 in his Nelson-powered Copy&PrintWarehouse.com \u201910 GTO to take the third spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n SUPER STREET<\/strong><\/p>\n For the second consecutive race, defending Super Street world champion Connor McGee secured the No. 1 qualifying position in his Fulton-powered Brian\u2019s Heating & Cooling \u201990 Mustang. He\u2019s qualified no worse than second and went to the final round at both completed events this season, winning the first one. His team, led by father Brian McGee, has worked hard to maintain the consistency that carried McGee to his first career championship last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s nice to show up and do well consistently,\u201d McGee said. \u201cIt makes me feel better in the car. It\u2019s tough when you don\u2019t know what the car\u2019s going to do and you\u2019re worried about every other thing. I have a good team where I can just sit back and focus on driving and the other small things that I do, and they handle the rest of it. That\u2019s the big help. That\u2019s why we do so good is we just have a good routine, a good crew, and we just test a lot. We race here eight times a year, but we\u2019re probably at the racetrack probably 20 or 30 times a year because we\u2019re changing things, trying new things, seeing what works, seeing what doesn\u2019t work. It\u2019s just part of our success and it\u2019s paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n Fellow young gun Austin Vincent, who goes back and forth with McGee for qualifying positions and event wins, qualified second with a 4.559 at 154.65 in his Vincent Performance \u201988 Mustang. Charles Potter drove his small-block Ford-powered \u201984 Mustang to a 4.632 at 152.38 to qualify No. 3.<\/p>\n TOP SPORTSMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n Bryan LaFlam was the only driver to dip into the 3.70s, posting a 3.776 at 194.49 in his supercharged BigStuff TPM \u201967 Mustang to qualify No. 1 in Elite Top Sportsman. Jamie Fowler, No. 1 qualifier at the first two races of the season in his nitrous-fed, Fulton-powered Pee Dee Fleet \u201969 Camaro, ended up second with a 3.809 at 198.64. Class veteran Bruce Thrift qualified third in his nitrous-assisted, PAR-powered \u201906 GTO with a 3.833 at 193.77.\u00a0<\/p>\n Middletown, Virginia\u2019s Corey Evans drove his \u201969 Firebird to a 4.159 at 173.21 to secure the No. 1 spot in Top Sportsman 32.\u00a0<\/p>\n TOP DRAGSTER<\/strong><\/p>\n A trio of ProCharger-boosted, PAR Racing Engines-powered dragsters led the way in Elite Top Dragster. Gray Kimble was the quickest of that group with a 3.745 at 197.33 in his Finney Builders \u201918 Miller dragster. Josh Duggins ran a 3.760 at 199.32 in his PAR Racing Engines \u201914 Maddox dragster to qualify second. Brian Anderson in his Carson, Virginia-based \u201923 Race Tech entry rounded out the trio with a 3.774 at 192.47.\u00a0<\/p>\n Past Top Sportsman world champion Chad Traylor sat just outside the 16-car Elite field with a 4.221 at 165.97, but that was enough to put him No. 1 in the Top Dragster 32 field.\u00a0<\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s schedule begins with Jr. Dragster final qualifying at 9 a.m. followed by one time trial for Edelbrock Bracket Bash presented by Philadelphia Racing Products. Pro eliminations are scheduled to kick off at 10:45 a.m. Follow PDRA on Facebook for schedule updates at\u00a0www.Facebook.com\/PDRARacing<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Saturday general admission tickets are available for $30. Discounted Junior and Kids tickets are also available, while kids 5 and under get in free. Purchase tickets at\u00a0www.PDRA660.com<\/a>\u00a0or at the gate.\u00a0<\/p>\n PDRA fans around the world can catch all the action live on the official event live stream through\u00a0www.FloRacing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n This story was originally published on June 26, 2026. The post Paap, Tutterow, Morgano, Pittman and McGee Top Qualifying Charts at PDRA North vs. South Shootout<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A last-minute decision to head to Maryland International Raceway resulted in a No. 1 qualifier award for Tim Paap Friday afternoon at the Hoosier Tire PDRA North vs. South Shootout presented by Callies Performance. 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