While the Extreme Pro Stockers are lacking a bit in speed and ET compared to the other ADRL doorslammer categories, at Dragstock VI a couple of Pro Stock racers put on a little show of their own for the crowd. 

Prior to qualifying and racing, Kirk and Brian Gahm arranged with ADRL and Rockingham Dragway officials to do something a little different for the thousands of fans on hand -- they swapped lanes while backing up from their burnouts!

“It’s something we’ve talked about doing for at least 10 years, but either no one would let us do it or it just wasn’t the right time to ask. We felt with the ADRL’s willingness to do things a little differently and the atmosphere and reputation of Dragstock as a unique race that this was the perfect opportunity. I hope the fans liked the show because we sure did. I especially liked the ending,” Kirk said after making his best pass of the weekend, a 4.09 at176.12 mph, in the final round.

PRO EXTREME MOTORCYCLE

Starting from the number-three spot on the Pro Extreme Motorcycle qualifying list, Eric McKinney defeated Coodee Thomas, Ashley Owens and Monte Campbell to reach the final against Travis Davis. McKinney’s race with Owens during eliminations produced the two-wheeled class’s first side-by-side “four-teens” race. In that race McKinney took a 4.19 holeshot win that beat Owens’ then-record 4.18 pass.

In the very next pair, Davis stepped up with a 4.16 to beat Lance Hines, then ran another 4.16 in the semis against Battle for the Belts points leader Scott Gray to officially set the elapsed time record.

In the final, Davis left first, but his bike’s engine failed before he got close to the finish line and McKinney rode his ’09 Suzuki to a 4.21 win at 170.60 mph.

“Oh man, it feels so great to get the win,” McKinney said. “This crowd is just amazing to race in front of. But this a team sport and I have to thanks so many people, but especially my dad and mom and my girlfriend; without them I couldn’t be out here.”

In the National Guard ADRL’s only non-heads-up and non-professional class, Manchester, Kentucky’s Tyler Allen earned his first Pro Jr. Dragster victory, running a final-round 8.33 at 75.84 mph against an 8.30 dial.

The Speedtech Battle for the Belts will take place Oct. 23, on the first day of the LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals V at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. The televised broadcast of Flowmaster Dragstock VI will be on Sept. 27, at 3 p.m. on the Versus network.