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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (Sept. 13, 2006) - The deepest field in Pro Extreme history is gathering at Rockingham Dragway, ready to begin fighting on Friday for both an Eastern Race Fuels DRAGSTOCK III title and a coveted spot in the FLOWMASTER American Drag Racing League championship eliminators next month.
Every member of the top 20 in the current ADRL Pro Extreme points standings has pre-entered for DRAGSTOCK III, which begins Friday with open testing and a single qualifying run in the evening. As of Monday, the ADRL offices had accepted a full 60 entries for the class, which will qualify 16 cars for Saturday's eliminations.
The Pro Extreme competition at DRAGSTOCK is the ADRL's oldest single
event, dating back to 2004.
"An eight-car eliminator at the first DRAGSTOCK is where the FLOWMASTER ADRL really got started, so I feel as if we'll reach another milestone this weekend," said ADRL President Kenny Nowling. "The competition this year, though, should be like nothing ever seen before. We have a huge field of nothing but hitters, and there's only 16 spots out there for Saturday night. Speaking as a race fan, I can't wait."
With every member of the current top 20 entered, there are certainly no weak spots at the top of the Pro Extreme field. Mike Neal enters DRAGSTOCK III with the Pro Extreme points lead, having scored 1,564 points over the last six ADRL events. He is closely followed by Bil Clanton and 2005 ADRL world champion John Lynam, who are both in the 1,400s, and record-setting Jason Scruggs, who sits in fourth place at 1,370 points.
All four of those drivers have already clinched spots in next month's ADRL Battle for the Belts world championship eliminators. The top eight drivers in the Pro Extreme points standings at the conclusion of DRAGSTOCK III will qualify to run in the Battle for the Belts, a three-round eliminator that will determine the 2006 ADRL Pro Extreme world champion.
Behind Scruggs, a logjam of drivers from the fifth spot on down will be looking to go as many rounds as possible in Rockingham and hoping that the gods of mathematics rule in their favor. That group contains a number of the class' heavy hitters, including fifth-place Quain Stott, Houston winner Joey Martin (seventh place), veterans Troy Critchley and Thomas Patterson (ninth and 10th, respectively) and Huntsville winner Brian Daniels, whose late-season scoring surge has him in 15th place with a mathematical shot at reaching the top eight.
Following Friday's one qualifying run, drivers in Pro Extreme will get two more chances to qualify on Saturday. The quickest 16 survivors of what looks to be a brutal qualifying battle will then advance to eliminations later that day.
Stott is the defending event champion. He outlasted a large field before eventually edging Lynam in the final on a holeshot, 4.000 to 3.976.
ADRL Battle for the Belts points standings
(through 6 of 7 events; top 8 qualify; qualified drivers denoted with *)
PRO EXTREME
1. *Mike Neal 1,564
2. *Bil Clanton 1,473
3. *John Lynam 1,436
4. *Jason Scruggs 1,370
5. Quain Stott 1,244
6. Josh Hernandez 1,154
7. Joey Martin 1,051
8. Todd Tutterow 735
9. Thomas Patterson 719
10. Troy Critchley 718
11. Todd Bauknecht 620
12. Toney Russell 619
13. Chip King 524
14. Bubba Stanton 516
15. Brian Daniels 507
PRO NITROUS
1. *Keith Baker 1,558
2. *Terry Housley 1,437
3. *Burton Auxier 1,362
4. *Johnny Pilcher 1,258
5. Rex Kelley 851
6. James Hancock 843
7. Shannon Jenkins 841
8. Todd Tutterow 836
9. Mike Castellana 736
10. Harold Martin 728
11. Ken Thomas 715
12. R. Weatherford 542
13. Steve Vick 515
14. Aaron Hodges 427
15. Dan Parker 425
Eastern Race Fuels DRAGSTOCK III Pro Extreme entry list
Tom Ashley
Joe Baker
Jeff Balton
Cody Barklage
Zach Barklage
Todd Bauknecht
Mike Bell
Scott Cannon Jr.
Bil Clanton
Troy Critchley
Joe Culver
Brian Daniels
Bryan Dyar
Steve Engel
Buddy Farmer
Jeff Fisher
Tommy Gray Jr.
Jason Green
T.J. Harrill
Gene Hayes
Jimmy Hendrix
Josh Hernandez
Jerry Hicks
Ed Hoover
Kenny Keller
Chip King
Bill Kuhlmann
Taylor Lastor
John Lynam
Joey Martin
Kelly Martin
Tommy Mauney
Bennie McDonald Jr.
Ron Muenks
Michael Neal
Mike Neal
Phil Osborne
Thomas Patterson
Alan Pittman
Jerry Prater
Scott Ray
Jerry Rhodes
Bryon Rich
Don Roddy
Rodney Rosenstiel
Toney Russell
Hugh Scott
Chris Scrocca
Jason Scruggs
Bryan Seward
Herman Sheppard
Bubba Stanton
Ron Stokes
Quain Stott
Travis Swearingen
Frankie Taylor
Todd Tutterow
Eddie Ware
Bill Wright
Dwayne Watkins
Loaded DRAGSTOCK Pro Extreme Field Features Every Driver in Top 20
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (Sept. 13, 2006) - The deepest field in Pro Extreme history is gathering at Rockingham Dragway, ready to begin fighting on Friday for both an Eastern Race Fuels DRAGSTOCK III title and a coveted spot in the FLOWMASTER American Drag Racing League championship eliminators next month.
Every member of the top 20 in the current ADRL Pro Extreme points standings has pre-entered for DRAGSTOCK III, which begins Friday with open testing and a single qualifying run in the evening. As of Monday, the ADRL offices had accepted a full 60 entries for the class, which will qualify 16 cars for Saturday's eliminations.
The Pro Extreme competition at DRAGSTOCK is the ADRL's oldest single
event, dating back to 2004.
"An eight-car eliminator at the first DRAGSTOCK is where the FLOWMASTER ADRL really got started, so I feel as if we'll reach another milestone this weekend," said ADRL President Kenny Nowling. "The competition this year, though, should be like nothing ever seen before. We have a huge field of nothing but hitters, and there's only 16 spots out there for Saturday night. Speaking as a race fan, I can't wait."
With every member of the current top 20 entered, there are certainly no weak spots at the top of the Pro Extreme field. Mike Neal enters DRAGSTOCK III with the Pro Extreme points lead, having scored 1,564 points over the last six ADRL events. He is closely followed by Bil Clanton and 2005 ADRL world champion John Lynam, who are both in the 1,400s, and record-setting Jason Scruggs, who sits in fourth place at 1,370 points.
All four of those drivers have already clinched spots in next month's ADRL Battle for the Belts world championship eliminators. The top eight drivers in the Pro Extreme points standings at the conclusion of DRAGSTOCK III will qualify to run in the Battle for the Belts, a three-round eliminator that will determine the 2006 ADRL Pro Extreme world champion.
Behind Scruggs, a logjam of drivers from the fifth spot on down will be looking to go as many rounds as possible in Rockingham and hoping that the gods of mathematics rule in their favor. That group contains a number of the class' heavy hitters, including fifth-place Quain Stott, Houston winner Joey Martin (seventh place), veterans Troy Critchley and Thomas Patterson (ninth and 10th, respectively) and Huntsville winner Brian Daniels, whose late-season scoring surge has him in 15th place with a mathematical shot at reaching the top eight.
Following Friday's one qualifying run, drivers in Pro Extreme will get two more chances to qualify on Saturday. The quickest 16 survivors of what looks to be a brutal qualifying battle will then advance to eliminations later that day.
Stott is the defending event champion. He outlasted a large field before eventually edging Lynam in the final on a holeshot, 4.000 to 3.976.
ADRL Battle for the Belts points standings
(through 6 of 7 events; top 8 qualify; qualified drivers denoted with *)
PRO EXTREME
1. *Mike Neal 1,564
2. *Bil Clanton 1,473
3. *John Lynam 1,436
4. *Jason Scruggs 1,370
5. Quain Stott 1,244
6. Josh Hernandez 1,154
7. Joey Martin 1,051
8. Todd Tutterow 735
9. Thomas Patterson 719
10. Troy Critchley 718
11. Todd Bauknecht 620
12. Toney Russell 619
13. Chip King 524
14. Bubba Stanton 516
15. Brian Daniels 507
PRO NITROUS
1. *Keith Baker 1,558
2. *Terry Housley 1,437
3. *Burton Auxier 1,362
4. *Johnny Pilcher 1,258
5. Rex Kelley 851
6. James Hancock 843
7. Shannon Jenkins 841
8. Todd Tutterow 836
9. Mike Castellana 736
10. Harold Martin 728
11. Ken Thomas 715
12. R. Weatherford 542
13. Steve Vick 515
14. Aaron Hodges 427
15. Dan Parker 425
Eastern Race Fuels DRAGSTOCK III Pro Extreme entry list
Tom Ashley
Joe Baker
Jeff Balton
Cody Barklage
Zach Barklage
Todd Bauknecht
Mike Bell
Scott Cannon Jr.
Bil Clanton
Troy Critchley
Joe Culver
Brian Daniels
Bryan Dyar
Steve Engel
Buddy Farmer
Jeff Fisher
Tommy Gray Jr.
Jason Green
T.J. Harrill
Gene Hayes
Jimmy Hendrix
Josh Hernandez
Jerry Hicks
Ed Hoover
Kenny Keller
Chip King
Bill Kuhlmann
Taylor Lastor
John Lynam
Joey Martin
Kelly Martin
Tommy Mauney
Bennie McDonald Jr.
Ron Muenks
Michael Neal
Mike Neal
Phil Osborne
Thomas Patterson
Alan Pittman
Jerry Prater
Scott Ray
Jerry Rhodes
Bryon Rich
Don Roddy
Rodney Rosenstiel
Toney Russell
Hugh Scott
Chris Scrocca
Jason Scruggs
Bryan Seward
Herman Sheppard
Bubba Stanton
Ron Stokes
Quain Stott
Travis Swearingen
Frankie Taylor
Todd Tutterow
Eddie Ware
Bill Wright
Dwayne Watkins
