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Posted By Larry Santucci On July 3, 2011 @ 11:00 am
Courtesy of Dragzine.com
It was a beautiful day in the Northeast corner of Maryland for the NA Shootout’s season opening event at Cecil County 
Dragway. The original season opener, scheduled at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania, was cancelled due to inclement weather, but a great bunch of racers brought out their best for this NA Clash. The 10.5 and Drag Radial heads up classes were contested as well as the All Motor Index (AMI) class.
The track surface was a little tricky on this day and that made it somewhat challenging for the competitors. The cars in G-Force 10.5 are making around 1,000 horsepower with many cars weighing in at over 3,000 pounds. That, combined with the small true 10.5 slick make tuning these cars to get down any track almost an art form. The same goes for the high powered Goodyear 275 Drag Radial class, where these guys are trying to put it down on an even smaller street radial tire.
by Larry Santucci on December 4, 2010
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Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun Md. hosted the NA SHOOTOUT’s first race of 2010, the Kestral Weather Meter All Motor Nationals. There were 12 heads-up cars and 26 All Motor Index cars. In G-Force NA 10.5 John Langer took the top qualifying Spot with an 8.500. Langer’s Pontiac advanced to the final to face the screaming small block powered machine of Larry Rhodes where he had an .014 light to Rhodes .094. Rhodes Camaro was able to get around the holeshot and take the win with an 8.592 to Langer’s 8.852.
In Goodyear Drag Radial it was Bill Perkins taking the top qualifying spot with a 9.103. Perkins’ Ford advanced to the final to face Neil Owens’ Pontiac. Owens took an .082 reaction time advantage at the start and ran a 9.344 but it was not enough to hold back Perkins 9.165.
In Liberty Gears Pro N/A it was Merv Moyer’s Mustang taking the top qualifying spot and the win over Richard Scioscia’s Cuda. 7.497 to a 7.836. In the very popular Holeshot Wheels All Motor Index class Paul Mileski was the top qualifier running 11.002 on his 11.00 Index.
The final came down to Jeff Hughes and Bruce Wilson in a close race. Hughes .021 light and 9.555 on his 9.50 Index was enough to squeak by Wilson’s .047 light and 10.541 on his 10.50 Index.
Race Two – Maple Grove
Pennsylvania’s Maple Grove Raceway hosted the NA SHOOTOUT’s second race of the season, The American Muscle Super Sunday Shootout. This beautiful day for racing, brought out 16 heads-up and 32 All Motor Index cars. In the G-Force NA 10.5 class it was Larry Rhodes who led the 9 car field in qualifying with an 8.572. Rhodes fought his was threw the field to face John Langer in the final. In almost a duplicate of the last event, Langer took a huge starting line advantage (.016 to .107) but he spun the tires allowing Rhodes to drive around the holeshot and take another win with an 8.579 to Langer’s 8.779.
In Goodyear Drag Radial it was Bill Perkins’ 9.116 taking the top qualifing spot in the 4 car field. Perkins beat Joe Boywitt and made it to another final. This time he faced Michael Peacock driving the family’s big block Nova. Perkins small block Ford Mustang ran another 9.11 in the final to outrun Peacock’s 9.32.
In Liberty Gears Pro N/A, Merv Moyer took the #1 qualifying spot with a 7.503. Moyer got a bye into the finals while NHRA Pro Stock Racer, John Gaydosh, faced NHRA Comp Racer Richard Schonberger. Gaydosh was driving Scott Rex’s Firebird and went red by .002 to allow Schonberger to advance. In the final it was Moyer winning with a 7.464 to Schonberger’s 8.452. In Holeshot Wheels All Motor Index, Jeff Hughes ran a perfect 9.500 on his 9.50 Index to take the top qualifying spot.
After some tough rounds, it came down to Dan Walleigh in the “Trial and Error” 1960 Falcon against Bruce Wilson in his Buick powered 1982 Jaguar. Walleigh had the better reaction time (.029 to a .066) and ran 10.515 on his 10.50 Index to take the win. Wilson broke out with a 9.980 on his 10.00 Index.