Quain stott nhra driver

Quain stott takes geoffry graves joy ride gasser style. We had to move it way over and remake the linkage it works perfect now. Nhra funny car driver scotty cannon holds the alltime pro mod record with six titles. The way it mounts originally it was going to be under the drivers leg. Then he set out to organize events for likeminded hobbyists. Listen free to the dragzine podcast on iheartradio. Knowles felt it best to leave his team, and head back home while veteran driver quain stott filled in behind the wheel of knowles blown money 63 corvette. The past pro modified champion turned periodcorrect gasser promoter says the forced postponement of his southeast gassers association lassiter mountain dragway event scheduled for may 9, is the third time hes had the rug pulled out from underneath him. Quain stott inches forward to the starting line in pro mod exhibition racing. Carolina, early legal prostock chassis ran in comp.

So what do you do if youre a longtime pro modified racer thats amidst a battle for a top five spot in the adrl pro extreme points standings and need a break from the grind. Adrl pro extreme racer quain stott recovered a piece of his personal history yesterday. Like most competitors, the zone is a switch that gets thrown when the adrenaline starts to flow. Fourtime ihra top fuel world champion defeats nhra power at norwalk raceway park. Todays cool car find is this 1988 buick sommerset for. Quain stott remembers winning the championship in rockingham, n. Inmans stott reminisces about pro modified title sports.

Stott went on to take the win in a competitive pro mod field photo by greg gage on october 22nd, 2011 at bristol. For those of you not familiar with quain and his accomplishments, where have you been. We get to hear about what her return to racing has been like, what she enjoys about the sport, and a whole lot more. Fourtime ihra top fuel world champion defeats nhra power. The term run what cha brung certainly was a motto for quain in its purest sense. Change for the dina parise racing comes in the form of the addition of quain stott to the team. Stott s in the zone columbus, nc when quain stott fires the 526 cubic inch engine on his 1963 leeboy equipment corvette, he enters the zone. The latest video from tim mcamis is a hilarious introduction for his nhra pro mod driver starter kit.

They wanted to improve safety, and rule changes made the gas class safer, but at the. This is the story of the 2003 ihra pro modified world champion, mitch stott, whose sentence read bob glidden, here i come. Wow 111 different drivers have fought for the sega championship this year. Norwalk, ohio in the movie rudy, about a walkon football player making the team and playing for notre dame, the actor that played irish coach dan devine told his team, before its game against georgia tech, no one comes into our house and pushes us around. Southeast gassers, went to one of their races, and we built a race car. If the third time is the charm, quain stott isnt feeling so charmed these days. Sharing this because so many sega drivers are looking for sponsors, notice the first thing, social media. Many people love him because hes preserving the history of drag racing by organizing a periodcorrect gasser group called the. Quain stott at bristol nationals highres professional.

The southeast gassers association takes the show on the road. The southeast gassers association is slated to start its 2020 season on may 9 at lassiter mountain dragway in mt. The associations goal is to remove as much of the drivers assistants as. A nhra event at max dragway in concord nc is sometimes quite boring due. Quain stotts garage is packed with period correct gassers. He was there on the ground floor of pro mod and through the years has been a world champion with the ihra in 2006, a force to be reckoned with in adrl and nhra competition, and a dude who is an old school one man band at the track. Its man against man, talent against talent, driver against driver.

Behind the wheel with nhra driver peter macritchie. In the current june 2012 issue of drag illustrated we brought you the story of adrl pro extreme star quain stott s efforts to recreate a wellremembered 41 willys gasser from his youth. Scott palmer, 12, september 11, 1963, cassville, missouri, magic dry. By 1965, the willys was ready for its first race, an nhra sanctioned meet in greenville, south carolina. Tony gillig to run nhra pro stock in 1999 26 dec 1998. When the lights turned green, the two left the starting line at precisely the same moment, rocketing down the track as if welded together. Clutch assisted on every shift and no rookie rev limiter on the starting line. Nhra technical inspectors looked over its fliptop fiberglass body and semispace frame howell was shop manager at logghe stamping, a leading funny car builder and turned thumbs down. When drag racing historians look back at the current nhra season in years to come, im. Browse through our highres professional motorsports photography.

The southeast gassers association does it old style. Quain stott is the type of guy that people either love or hate. Quain stott is a retired world champion pro modified racer and current founder of the south eastern gasser association, a nostalgiathemed racing association. Each student in his high school was given one sentence in their school paper to describe either their past or their future. This week on the dragzine podcast we talk with nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria. C the international hot rod association held its annual awards banquet, honoring the champions of the 2006 racing season last saturday night. The past pro modified champion turned periodcorrect gasser promoter says the forced postponement of his southeast gassers association lassiter mountain dragway event. February 24 columbus, nc keith splawn added a new photo at quain stott drag racing. Other drivers with strong earlyseason results include troy critchley ams staff leasing 41 willys the only driver to reach at least the semifinals in both 2005 races to date and houston runnerup hoover trussell 63 corvette. Stott realized he had the makings of something lasting on his hands, he wrote up a rule book with its basis in the 1967 nhra gas class. March 30, 2012 baytown, texas, united states of america pro extreme driver quain stott 1101 makes a qualifying pass during the adrl car safe dragpalooza viii drag races which were held at the royal purple raceway in baytown,texas. John force racing announces driver and crew chief lineup. Quain stott drag racing columbus, north carolina race.

Sega founder quain stott was hoping to find a way to hold this event for the unique brand of drag racing that transports racers and fans alike back to 1967, but decided against putting the organizations racers in a difficult situation. For this student the choice was easy since he already knew what he wanted to do with his life. He spends the majority of his time building periodcorrect gassers sticking to the tips, tricks, and buildrecipes used by early pioneers of the sport. Thanks to quain stott and the southeast gassers association sega for. Quain stott drag racing brings home the hardware nitromater. Many people love him because hes preserving the history of drag racing by organizing. Quain stott points are up from the knoxville race on the sega web site. Please come out from the rock you have been residing under and read on. Quain stott made sure the period correct gasser had the appropriate safety equipment. Series still drag races like its 1965, refuses corporate sponsors.

Thats heads up, car versus car, driver versus driver, balls to the walls, drag racing. We also showed in a photo gallery on the web site, the cars first pass above down a drag strip last month during the geargoyles car clubs steel in motion show at shady side dragway. Mar 1, 2014 quain stott s 40 willys, just completed. Shawn langdon the driver of the dhl top fuel dragster and winner of 16 national events in two categories is a noted big fan of fast cars. Photo by greg gage on october 02nd, 2011 at bristol nationals. The teamwide initiative, in which all drivers on dsrs current roster have. Standing between martin and his first national even win was veteran quain stott. In the midst of what could be the most challenging drag racing season of his career, quain stott finds a reason to be optimistic. Auto club road to the future award winner austin prock will enter his second nhra season in the driver s seat of his montana brand rocky mountain twist dragster with crew chief mike green, a 2019 midseason hire, and assistant crewchief joe barlam, the newest member of the john force racing tuning roster. The new xtreme drag racing league xdrl is already bringing many of. Since the nhra mello yello drag racing series season came to a. Dragrace canada, nhra, ihra, canadian drag racing news. Quain stott drag racing brings home the hardware tommy daprile awarded pro rookie of the year greensboro, n. Drag racing story of the day john force speaks out on pro mod.

It is of the 41 willys coupe that was owned, worked on and driven by my dad in the early to mid during the gasser wars era. Despite racing with heavy hearts after losing one of their own to a freak earlymorning accident, american drag racing league adrl competitors still managed to turn in thrilling, recordsetting performances for the apr. Hot rod association pro mod champ quain stott founded sega nearly. Stott, the 2006 pro modified world champion and driver of the 1963 leeboy equipment corvette offers his no nonsense straight talk style approach to the situation. John, as a guy who has spent the last 25 years driving the fastest. Keith splawn added a new photo at quain stott drag racing. Quain stott inches forward to the starting line in pro mod. Quain stott takes geoffry graves joy ride gasser style quain stott. With the weekends testing cut short due to inclement weather mike knowles was forced to head back home with no passes under his belt. Aiken crazy horse racer touts period drag cars at carolina. That history lives on thanks to the efforts of quain stott and the southeast gasser association.

Alan pittman was second, then quain stott, twotime champion shannon jenkins and fred hahn. Knowles racing bouncing back after hazardous test session. Historic willys gasser returns to the track after 45 years. Five willys gassers that left their mark on drag racing. Unfortunately that kind of describes what nhra was attempting when they changed the rules.

When drivers, builders, and hardcore fans want the unbiased truth, drag. Quain stott is one of the greatest door slammer drag racers of all time. Here are the shows and films some sports related, some not nhra drivers like to watch when they arent at the track. Quain stott addresses the racers in a prerace meeting at wagler motorsports park. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. Started drag racing in 1975 at 15 years old there were no jr dragsters back then in a 4 speed 67 camaro with a clutch. Remembering the willys 77 wild ride, from obscure production car to beloved gasser. You know as well as anyone what a learning curve it is.