Texas Outlaw Pro Mods at Dallas Raceway, October 2009

Text by Celeste Smith ~ Photo by Toyse Woody

Mother nature was still cooperating in the rain department however, it was a little nippy when the sun went down. 16 teams rolled into the concrete palace and here's how it all went down:

#1 Ken Thomas - 3.909 at 187 mph
#2 Michelle Wilson - 4.261 at 157 mph
#3 Rickey Cate - 4.273 at 170 mph
#4 David Baldwin - 4.299 at 165 mph
#5 Heath Harvey - 4.303 at 170 mph
#6 Jackie Deaver - 4.342 at 167 mph
#7 Steve Gorman - 4.356 at 164 mph
#8 Todd Moyer - 4.390 at 131 mph
#9 Stanley Morton - 4.578 at 153 mph
#10 Chuck Poindexter - 4.635 at 152 mph
#11 Eddie Roach - 4.762 at 149 mph
#12 Jeremy Brown - 5.039 at 103 mph
#13 Gaylen Smith - 6.769 at 61 mph
#14 Wes Johnston - 8.806 at 49 mph
#15 Marty Neely - 9.085 at 49 mph
#16 Steve Wiley - NT

First Round:

Heath Harvey (W) 4.354 at 168 mph (.109 RT)
David Baldwin (RU) 8.640 at 50 mph (.023 RT)

David had the light, but the Butler Motorsports Corvette went into tire shake at the hit of the throttle and it was all over for him giving the upset win to Heath Harvey.

Rickey Cate (W) 4.282 at 168 mph (.096 RT)
Stanley Motron (RU) 4.980 at 145 mph (.047 RT)

Stanley Morton filled in for Jackie Deaver who torched the head during qualifying and was forced to withdraw. Rickey was on a great looking run down the LenMar Motorsports lane which is the best run on the Poolman's Camaro to date.

Jeremy Brown (W) 4.198 at 173 mph (.119 RT)
Michelle Wilson (RU) 9.399 at 46 mph (.095 RT)

Jeremy Brown driving Perry Dunn's Trans Am was the 4th alternate filling in for Steve Gorman who sheared all the bolts off the torque converter during qualifying and was forced to withdraw from the competition. Jeremy gets the major upset win over the #2 qualifier and advances to the semi-finals. Not bad for thinking your night was over huh Perry?

Ken Thomas (W) 3.998 at 182 mph (.092 RT)
Todd Moyer (RU) 4.352 at 163 mph (.033 RT)

Todd was down from Houston making some test laps for the upcoming LenMar Motorsports/ADRL World Finals and picking up some cash while he was at it. He was getting some bugs worked out and Ken was on another clean pass in the LenMar Motorsports lane and claims the win.

Heath Harvey (W) 4.368 at 168 mph (.039 RT)
Ken Thomas (RU) 5.924 at 88 mph (.077 RT)

WOW, another upset win for Harvey as this one was HUGE. Heath takes out the #1 qualifier and advances to the finals.

Jeremy Brown (W) 4.214 at 172 mph (.102 RT)
Rickey Cate (RU) 6.393 at 75 mph (.216 RT)

Jeremy also gets another upset win when Rickey gets into trouble and has to lift. Jeremy Brown was #12 qualifier and he is going to the finals with lane choice. Not bad considering.......

Finals:

Heath Harvey (W) 4.169 at 176 mph (.014 RT)
Jeremy Brown (RU) 8.083 at 43 mph (.218 RT)

Not sure what happened to Jeremy on the starting line but it didn't matter much to Heath who had a great reaction time and best run of the night for him claiming the win. The rods let go on Perry Dunn's car and Jeremy just had to watch Heath cruise on by for the win.

Congratulations to Heath Harvey for your first TOPMA win and to Jeremy Brown and the Perry Dunn Racing team for your runner-up finish.

I would also like to congratulate and welcome Steve Wiley and Jimmy Hector to the 3-second club. Earlier in the day on a test run, Steve clocked a 3.90 at 195 mph which was a costly run as it kicked about 5 rods out of the motor. I'm sure they will be scrambling to get the motor back together for the upcoming LenMar Motorsports/ADRL race next weekend in Ennis, TX.