Texas Back Half Outlaws Declare Independence

By Summer

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July 4th had its own Fireworks going on at Texas Raceway Friday night! We had cars that came from Louisiana and from East Texas to run with us, so, it made for a whole new mix of cars and drivers. The fans were really enjoying their evening.
 
There were 16 cars that turned out for this one and Small Tire really dominated the Big Tire class!
 
Round 1:
 
Tony Harvey  (W) Beautiful 66 Chevy II from Louisiana
Jim Perez  (L)  Awesome Chevy Luv Truck
 
Mike Jordan (W) Dallas Mustang
Mike Millsap (L) Sachse Mustang  (.106 to .292 cost him this one)
 
Kelly Willis (W)  Melton Motorsports Turbo Stang
Justin Harvey (Foul) Louisiana Nova
 
Joe Melton (W) Turbo Melton Motorsports Camaro
Greg Green (Foul -.002) Showcar Style 57 Chevy
 
William Allen (W) Kilgore TX Camaro
Fernando Ayala (Foul) Spanish Fly was having problems and just wasn't ready to play
 
LiL Fernando Ayala (W) That Blue Deuce was on it's game
Russ Teager (L) Fired Up Nova was ready for action and just missed it
.099 to a .150 and a 115.33 to a 115.62 was the difference between these two. This was a tight race and the holeshot cost the FuN this round!
 
Rick Argeris (W) Great 62 Nova
Ray Longoria (L) X430 had problems when that light went green
 
Al "Snake" Sneed (W) Free standing Camaro
Reid Moore (L) Little Black Stang
The light went green and Snake hit it and blew the tires off badly got it hooked up and went on. Reid had some problems and had to pull to the side and stop.
 
Round 2:
 
Kelly Willis (W)
Mike Jordan (L)
This was an awesome Stang vs. Stang round: .007 difference to alter history.
 
Joe Melton (W)
William Allen (L)
 
Rick Argeris (W)
LiL Fernando Ayala (Foul)
This was to be a perfect match heads up race and Fernando experienced some problems at the Tree that cost him this round.
 
Tony Harvey (W)
Al "Snake" Sneed (L)
Snake just couldn't hold off that 66 Chevy II.
 
Semi's :
 
Kelly Willis (W) .025 RT
Tony Harvey (L)
 
Joe Melton (W)
Rick Argeris (Foul)
Rick was trying to cut a light and his car hooked up hard and caused him to see Red.
 
Finals :
 
Kelly Willis (W) .032
Joe Melton (L) .122
 
This was an ALL Melton Motorsports Turbo win tonight! Congrats to KELLY & JOJO and your Great Crew on making the 4th of July your Fireworks Show! Also, Kelly Willis was on his game with his RT's all night. Thanks to Texas Raceway and Staff for your hard work and dedication to making this one of the best ever! Thanks to all the drivers and their families that turned out to race and spend your evening doing what you love to do best.
 
C Ya At Tha Races
Summer/ www.texasbackhalfoutlaws.com