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Volume XI, Issue 8 August 12, 2009EXTREME PRO STOCK RESULTSADRL’s Extreme Pro Stock class is a clone of the IHRA Pro Stock class, so for some the Pro Stockracers in attendance this was their fifth race in seven weeks. The Pro Stock cars, drivers and teamswere showing a little of the strain that comes with a NASCAR type of schedule. So it was nosurprise that the veteran teams fared better than the less experienced or that the ADRL class wouldfind itself short by one car of having a full field.ADVERTISEMENTQualifying was led by perennial Extreme Pro Stock polesetter Robert Patrick. His ‘08 Mustang GTpowered by an 820 cubic inch engine eked out a pole by being just one-thousandth of a secondquicker than Brian Gahm’s .07 Mustang. Patrick ran a 4.143 and Gahm a 4.144. Both men had 173+speeds with Gahm faster by .02 mph.The first round saw Matt Hartford in his Wilson Manifolds-backed ’07 Cobalt have a scary top endcrash where Jason Collins just avoid running into Hartford.“It just started to haze the tires, then took a sudden, hard right into the wall. I probably stayed in itlonger than I should have,” Hartford admitted after the first wreck of his career. “But when you’retrying to win these races you have to go for it.” An often expensive but not uncommon philosophy inADRL’s ultra-close doorslammer racing.Meanwhile, points leader Gahm continued his dominance of the only none power-adder class in the ADRL. Gahm trailered Brad Waddle, Steven Booneand John Montecalvo before ending the hopes of Dean Goforth who had top speed of the meet for Pro Stock checking in with a 174.13.The win was Gahm’s fourth of the 2008-2009 ADRL year. (Remember ADRL’s 2010 season begins with the last race of the 2009 season at the TexasMotorplex.) Gahm set low E.T. of the meet with a 4.13-second blast in the final, while Goforth suffered a flat left front tire halfway into his run that threw his’09 Pontiac GXP across the center line, where it hit the finish line markers.“I hate to see that. We already lost one (car) today and don’t need our guys tearing their stuff up out here,” Gahm said. “That was a good run for us and it’sgreat to keep the momentum going toward the championship.”EPS NOTESWith another race in just two weeks the Extreme Pro Stock teams could race as many as six times in eight weeks … Fifteen cars total seven were Fords,the rest GM no Mopars … Best RT was John Montecalvo against Collins, a .013.ADRL returns to St. Louis - Page 6 of 8 - DragRacingOnline.com