A slew of Pro Modified drivers dipped into the 3.60-second zone during Friday qualifying at the 52nd Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, but it was Jay Santos\u2019 3.616-second blast down the Bradenton Motorsports Park eighth mile that took the provisional No. 1 spot after two qualifying sessions. Santos leads a list of more than 32 drivers attempting to qualify for the $52,000-to-win M&M Transmission Outlaw Pro Mod presented by FuelTech and PJS Racing field.<\/p>\n
The provisional No. 1 qualifiers in the other heads-up categories at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals are Mark Woodruff in Precision Shaft Technologies Pro 275 presented by Pro Line Racing, Eric LaFerriere in Mickey Thompson Tires X275 presented by Precision Turbo & Engine, Paul Gargus in Energy Manufacturing Limited Drag Radial presented by Callies, Daryl Stewart in TBM Brakes Outlaw 632 presented by Rife Sensors, and Shawn Pevlor in TRZ Motorsports Ultra Street presented by Summit Racing<\/p>\n
Qualifying continues Saturday with three sessions before starting eliminations on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The fight for the top spot in the first Outlaw Pro Mod qualifying session came down to two Canadian drivers, Spencer Hyde and fellow Ontario-based driver Jay Santos. While Hyde was the leader after Q1, Santos improved from his No. 2 ranked pass to a 3.616 at 205.57 MPH to go around Hyde and hold off Mark Micke and Todd Moyer for the provisional No. 1 spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always knew we had a car that could run, but we had some gremlins in the beginning with electrical issues,\u201d said Santos, driver of the screw-blown Brampton Pallet \u201969 Camaro. \u201cIt put us back like crazy, but we\u2019ve been pushing hard. We finally got here and we struggled a little bit the last couple days, but we made some adjustments and she\u2019s right back where she should be. We\u2019ve got a car that we can race with anybody, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Transmission guru Mark Micke is currently No. 2 in his twin-turbocharged M&M Transmission \u201969 Camaro with a 3.621 at 215.79. Earlier in the week, Micke\u2019s car made the quickest ever quarter-mile Pro Mod pass, a 5.359 at 272.94, with past NHRA Pro Mod world champion Jos\u00e9 Gonzalez driving. \u201cTurbo\u201d Todd Moyer in his Carl Stevens Jr.-tuned, twin-turbo \u201915 Camaro qualified third with a 3.622 at 223.25. Hyde, who won the $100,000 Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod at Bradenton in March, ended up No. 4 with his 3.624 at 207.02 in his screw-blown \u201cJack & The Green Stock\u201d \u201969 Camaro. Derek Ward, the newly crowned Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association champion, drove his screw-blown \u201968 Firebird to a 3.641 at 206.20 to round out the top five. A total of 28 drivers ran in the 3.60-second zone, with Bob Glenn\u2019s 3.724 holding down the 32-car bump spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable to race these racers,\u201d said Santos, who credited his tuner, Angelo Aceto, and his team and their supporters. \u201cIt\u2019s been a dream. We\u2019ve been pushing hard to get to their level, and I think we\u2019re there. We\u2019ve got more. We\u2019re going to work hard at it to show it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Santos realizes he\u2019ll likely need to step up if he wants to keep his No. 1 spot going into Sunday eliminations. Several drivers dipped into the 3.50s during pre-race testing, and while Santos wasn\u2019t one of them, he believes he\u2019s just as capable as anyone else in the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to hold,\u201d Santos said of his leading 3.616. \u201cI think people will go in the 3.50s for sure. It just depends on the weather conditions. We\u2019re going to try for it too, though. We\u2019re ready and we\u2019re going to do our best to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Small-tire veteran Mark Woodruff jumped to the top of the Pro 275 qualifying order in the night session when he recorded a 3.765 at 198.26 in his screw-blown \u201910 Corvette. He passed newly crowned FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series Pro 275 champion Jason Collins, who is now second with his 3.769 at 199.35 in his screw-blown \u201969 Camaro. Ocala, Florida\u2019s Chad Opaleski also threw down a number in the night session, a 3.866 at 185.59, to sit third going into Saturday\u2019s three sessions.<\/p>\n
The rest of the field in X275 will need to take a big step up to get around provisional No. 1 qualifier Eric LaFerriere, who fired off a 4.161 at 178.90 in Duy Bui\u2019s turbocharged \u201997 Nissan 240SX known as \u201cWhite Rice.\u201d Albuquerque, New Mexico\u2019s Mark Meiering is the closest to LaFerriere with a 4.297 at 171.62 in his turbo \u201907 Mustang GT500. Sean Lyon in his \u201989 Mustang is currently third with a 4.33 at 168.18.<\/p>\n
Six drivers in Limited Drag Radial ran in the 3.90s, with Paul Gargus making the quickest of those passes, a 3.904 at 191.05 in Scott Tidwell\u2019s ProCharged \u201969 Camaro. Huston Dial drove the nitrous-fed \u201cDevil Horse\u201d \u201904 Mustang to a 3.949 at 182.26 to take the No. 2 spot. Matt Bell in his Illinois-based, turbocharged \u201993 Mustang qualified third with a 3.951 at 191.57.<\/p>\n
Jupiter, Florida\u2019s Daryl Stewart has a firm grasp on the Outlaw 632 No. 1 qualifier position after setting a best of 4.143 at 172.25 in his nitrous-fed Chassis Engineering \u201912 Camaro. Two fellow Floridians sit behind him, starting with Clermont\u2019s Chris Holdorf and his 4.231 at 167.30 in his Dewitt Custom Concrete \u201906 GTO. Port Charlotte-based Kyle Salminen is third with a 4.234 at 166.56 in his \u201969 Camaro.<\/p>\n
Shawn Pevlor, the No. 1 qualifier in Ultra Street at last year\u2019s Snowbirds, is three sessions away from another low qualifier award. Pevlor ran a 4.464 at 156.63 in his nitrous-fed \u201992 Mustang to take the provisional No. 1 spot over Camren Massengale, who laid down a 4.49 at 157.23 in his \u201901 Z06. Brian Keep qualified No. 3 in his \u201998 Camaro with a 4.502 at 156.15.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s action, which includes the Night of Fire, kicks off with a third round of qualifying at 9 a.m. Qualifying continues at 1 p.m., followed by Jet Jam at 4 p.m. The final qualifying session is scheduled for 5 p.m., with the Night of Fire finale featuring jet trucks and jet dragsters closing out the night at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Fans can watch the race through the official event livestream on FloRacing<\/a>. For a detailed schedule and results, visit www.Facebook.com\/BradentonMotorsportsPark<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Jay Santos Takes Provisional No. 1 Spot in Outlaw Pro Mod at Snowbird Outlaw Nationals<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated | Drag Racing News, Opinion, Interviews, Photos, Videos and More<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A slew of Pro Modified drivers dipped into the 3.60-second zone during Friday qualifying at the 52nd Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, but it was Jay Santos\u2019 3.616-second blast down the Bradenton Motorsports Park eighth mile that took the provisional No. 1 spot after two qualifying sessions. Santos leads a list of more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,78117,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drag-racing","category-race-pages","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91180,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90509\/revisions\/91180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}