Pro Performers

After the invocation and the national anthem, the eliminations began. The Pro Outlaw class continued to deliver the quickest passes through eliminations as Eric Calabrese enjoyed a bye in the first round followed by a win over Jason Ames to land his berth in the finals. Second qualifier Santos Renovales battled his way past Ali Afshar and Tony Loya to face Calabrese in the finals. Calabrese unleashed his quickest pass of the day on Renovales, winning the race with a 7.962-second pass at 179.35 mph.

The Pro All-Motor class’ humble field of three still put on a great show as Jarrett Lynch’s wheelie-popping RX2 ran consistent low ten-second passes throughout the weekend. But even Lynch’s best e.t. of 10.193 seconds in the finals was not enough to overtake Bisi Ezerioha, who delivered a race-winning 9.770-second pass to defeat Lynch and capture the win.

A full field prepared for battle in the Turbo by Garrett Pro FWD class, with the consistently-quick Jason Park leading the way. Park qualified on top with a 9.171-second e.t. with Javier Loarca qualifying on his door with a 9.210-second e.t. But the top two would never end up facing each other, as Loarca broke in the second round of eliminations. Park ran consistently in the nines throughout the competition, taking out Scott Oates, Nilu Sadsad and Victor Janer on his way to the finals. Thai Nguyen, who defeated Giovanni Salinas before sliding past a broken Loarca and a broken Aaron Tomosada, stepped into the remaining spot in the finals. But Nguyen could not overcome Park’s race winning nine-second pass in the finals.