Racing on Father’s Day weekend at the PDRA North vs. South Shootout presented by Performance Polish, father-daughter duo Tommy and Amber Franklin and father-son duo Kurt and Ethan Steding earned double-up victories in their respective professional categories Saturday night at Maryland International Raceway. The family-focused wins capped off an unpredictable day of racing at the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series’ fourth of eight races on the 2024 schedule.
Tommy Franklin won in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous, Amber Franklin won in PDRA Pro 632, Kurt Steding won in WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive, and Ethan Steding was victorious in Menscer Motorsports Pro Street presented by Afco Racing.
Memorable victories in the pro classes also went to Elijah Morton in Liberty’s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition, Brayden Davis in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle, and Dan Whetstine in Afco Racing Super Street presented by Menscer Motorsports.
Event winners in the sportsman classes were Randy Perkinson in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by PAR Racing Engines, Steve Furr in Laris Motorsports Insurance Elite Top Dragster presented by Greenbrier Excavating & Paving, Scott Wasko in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman 48 presented by Corbin’s RV, and Dickie Smith in Laris Motorsports Insurance Top Dragster 48 presented by Younce RV. In Edelbrock Bracket Bash presented by COMP Cams, a starting line advantage helped Mike Reavis in his ’19 Race Tech dragster get the final-round win over Kyle Hustwayte, with Reavis’s 4.773 on a 4.75 dial-in beating Hustwayte’s 4.721 on a 4.72 dial-in.
Second-generation PDRA racers in the Jr. Dragster categories also earned Father’s Day weekend wins, with Ryan Harris winning in Coolshirt Systems Pro Jr. Dragster presented by Philadelphia Racing Products and James Beattie III taking Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster presented by Philadelphia Racing Products. Harris cut a .019 reaction time and ran a perfect 7.90 in his Burford, Ontario, Canada-based ’08 Halfscale dragster in the final round to defeat Alyssa Tilghman, who broke out with a 7.887 in her Henrico, Virginia-based ’21 Mike Bos dragster. In a double breakout final round, Beattie ran an 8.948 on an 8.96 dial-in in his ATI Performance ’22 Mike Bos to beat points leader Victoria Beaner and her 8.824 on an 8.90 dial-in in her VRB Motorsports ’22 Mike Bos dragster.
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