Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods The Northeast Outlaw Pro Modified Drag Racing Association
(Budd’s Creek MD) The fans of Outlaw Pro Modified Drag Racing were offered up one of the most spectacular onslaughts of drag racing seen this year on the incredibly prepped surface of the Maryland International Raceway “MDIR” quarter mile. The weather gods gave us mine-shaft air, a huge number of competitors for this great annual show.
Crisp autumn air produced record after record on almost every pass. The fans cheering wildly as they listened to the Pro Mods on the back half of the ¼ mile click off 260MPH passes. No one was denied a shot at a record on this stellar weekend of racing at the legendary Budd’s Creek.
FRIDAY Test Session and Qualifying:
Test session and First Qualifying round resulted in 3 cars breaking (Jason White 51 Chevy Screw Supercharger “Engine”, Walter Zalak 69 Camaro Roots Supercharger “Engine” and Steve Drummond 2003 Mustang Twin Turbo “broken wheel”).
First Round of Qualifying …the track and air were perfect, and these guys made it look easy. 1. Kevin McCurdy (5.57 @ 259 mph), 2. (Tyler Hard 5.52 @254), 3. Dave Norris (5.654 @ 259), 4. Fred Scriba (5.659 @ 251), 5. Andy Jensen (5.70 @ 247), 6. Chuck Ulsch (5.72 @ 247), 7. Dean Marinis (7.73 @ 252), 8. Tommy Gray (5.81 @ 241). The Pro Mod Elite Class was set.
Pro Mod … the second field struggled, 9. Derek Ward (6.09 @ 198), 10. Steve King (6,45 @ 161) did some great driving to avoid the wall, 11. Gary Hood (6.78 @ 202), 12. Isaias Rojas (6.85 @ 241) found more power later, 13.. Paul Atkins (8.30 @ 196), 14. Dr. Arnaldo Rodriguez (9.87 @ 107) kept crossing the center line but BOY he found it later, 15. Derick Townes (10.71 @ 101).
SATURDAY PERFECT TRACK CONDITIONS WITH SUPER AIR AND KICK BUTT RACERS. Large cheering crowds.
Round One Pro Mod Elite:
Fred Scriba (5.62) door to door to just beat Chuck Ulsch (5.64).
Dave Norris (5.63) hole shot beat Dean Marinis record breaking (5.57).
Tyler Hard (6.02) beat Andy Jensen’s tire shaking (7.76).
Tom Gray’s (5.70) fantastic hole shot made Kevin McCurdy (5.52) really work hard for the win, The MOV on this run was .0003 three ten thousandths at over 250MPH, I don’t know what that may have looked like at the finish line but I’m guessing inches.
Round Two PME
Dave Norris (5.81) got a bye against Tyler Hard who broke the trans.
Kevin McCurdy (5.56) beat Fred Scriba (5.62)
Round Three PME (Finals)
Kevin McCurdy (5.54) beat Dave Norris tire shaking (6.15).
PRO MOD ROUND ONE: Derek Ward got a bye into the second round. Gary Hood’s tire shaking (13.19) lost to Isaias Rojas (6.65). The King / Pilot / Miller team finally got the car to go straight and ran a 5.60 beating Derrick Townes.
Pro Mod ROUND TWO (FINALS): Rojas broke so that put Ward against the King / Pilot Miller Team who won.
