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When long-time PLR customer Andrew Alepa took a brand new C7 Corvette, turned it into a race car, and added the power of thePLR Outlaw Hemi we knew it was going to be special. However, what happened at the RTRA season opener at North Star Dragway in Denton, TX may have come as a surprise to many people.
Alepa assembled a team consisting of PLR tuner - Josh Ledford, driver - Rob Valden, crew guy extraordinaire - Chase Driskell, not to mention help from the one and only Steve Petty!
On Thursday, during a test session they were able to go 4.00, 3.96, and a 3.90@210mph! Valden qualified #2 with a 3.88@193mph which was only second to the world record holding Bad9er car's 3.87@203.
In E1, Valden ran a 3.90@203 on a bye, E2 he defeated Jeff Sitton with a 3.87@209 to Sitton's 3.92@192! In E3 he was matched up with Mark Woodruff and his beautiful Corvette. Woody ran a new personal best 3.92@199 but it wasn't enough to take down the Alepa C7! Valden recorded the WORLD'S QUICKEST AND FASEST RADIAL PASS EVER with a 3.856@212mph!!! In the finals he ran another 3.85@212 to bring home the world record and the win!
Congrats to Andrew, Rob, Josh, Chase, Steve and everyone involved with Alepa Racing! We couldn't be happier to see the record once again owned by a PLR customer!
Jason Collins earned his second NHRA Pro Mod victory of the season at the Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol. After a wild second-round incident involving a detached steering wheel during his burnout, Collins and the Scott Tidwell Racing team battled back to claim the win and lock themselves into the NHRA Pro Mod Countdown to the Championship.
Scott Taylor earned a $10,000 payday after winning the Outlaw Syndicate Racing Series Small Tire event at Southside Dragway, while also setting a new track record.
Travis Harvey captured the $125,000 Pro Mod Mania title at Milan Dragway with a perfect .0000 reaction time in the final round. Harvey's 3.605-second pass at 208.24 mph held off Melanie Salemi's quicker 3.602-second run, proving once again that races are won at both ends of the track. The victory marked one of the most exciting finishes of the weekend at IHRA Pro Mod Mania.
