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Cox/Buck and
Musi First to Score Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars Wins in
2017
PITTSBORO, N.C. (April 15, 2017): The Flatout Gaskets
Nitrous Wars puts legs to the underlying tension between
Pro Nitrous engine builders. With competition so close any
one Pro Nitrous entry can win on race day, the battle for
bragging rights isn’t an easy one. Sub 3.70 numbers are
the new norm for the class. It took a 3.67 at both the
season opener in Valdosta and the East Coast Nationals at
GALOT Motorsports Park to score the pole position.
At South Georgia Motorsports Park, Jay Cox laid down a
3.679 at 200.71 MPH to get the first Flatout Gaskets
Nitrous Wars win of the season for his engine builder,
Charlie Buck. Lizzy Musi was right on his heels in her
Musi-powered Camaro with a 3.707, followed by Randy
Weatherford, 3.717, and a host of 3.73 runs. Lee Adkins
Jr. rounded out the field at 3.83.
“This is a good feeling,” Cox said of scoring his first
Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars win of the season. “This
thing sat on the ProJacks for four months. Then we came
down here and it’s running as fast as it’s ever run. I
have a lot of good people in my corner – good crew, good
family, and a good guy backing me, Luke Clements and
Clements Mechanical. They’re new to drag racing, and what
better way to introduce them than with a performance like
this.”
Cox went on to win the event, setting himself up as an
early season favorite.
At the next event, Cox and Musi were once again
front-runners in qualifying, with reigning champ Tommy
Franklin added to the mix. Cox put in a solid 3.689 but it
was a side-by-side run from Musi and Franklin that really
turned heads. Each in a Musi-powered machine, Lizzy and
Franklin recorded a pair of 3.675 runs. It was Lizzy who
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the number one spot, however,
thanks to her 205.07 MPH. Cox’s run put him in third with Randy
Weatherford and Jason Harris following in fourth and fifth. The entire
field was separated by just over a tenth with Brian Shrader rounding out
Pro Nitrous competition with a 3.781.
“We actually struggled the first qualifying round,” Musi said. “We had
something wrong with our purge solenoid and it actually ended up staying
stuck open. That’s why you saw my purge deal constantly wide open when I
staged and made that first pass. We knew it probably wouldn’t make the run
but we had to just try it. We got that fixed and made a nice run in the
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A surprise newcomer found his way to the winner’s circle at GALOT
Motorsports Park. James Hancock won it all on race day with Sonny’s
Racing Engine power under the hood. The class is still showing
incredibly parity making it anyone’s guess who will be in the winner’s
circle. A certain trend is already arising, however, for the Flatout
Gaskets Pro Nitrous Wars. It remains to be seen if Cox and Musi can
continue leading the field.
The next Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars title will be up for grabs at
the PDRA Spring Nationals, May 18-20 at Darlington Dragway in
Darlington, S.C.
ABOUT THE PDRA
Based in Pittsboro, North Carolina, the Professional Drag Racers
Association is the top sanctioning body in the United States for the
sport of eighth-mile drag racing. The PDRA’s professional categories
include Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Pro Boost, Extreme Pro Stock and Pro
Extreme Motorcycle along with several sportsman and various exhibition
categories. The 2017 PDRA schedule consists of eight national events.
For more on the world’s premier eighth-mile drag racing organization
visit www.pdra660.com.
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Action Racing Photos: Gary Rowe /
PDRA660.com
PRESS CONTACT: Lisa Collier
Professional Drag Racers Association
lisa@pdra660.com
704.692.4636
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