DXP 235 Winner is Jonathan Insley He runs a 1995 Mustang with a 440 inch Windsor with a Nitrous Express plate system and RPM Transmission powerglide with an Ultimate Converter Concepts converter. The engine is from Toby at Cunningham Motor Works in Charleston, West Virginia. Thanks to Kuntz and Company for the cylinder heads, a killer set of Brodix Track 1’s. The chassis was built by Rogue Race Cars and we did the fabrication work in house. My most important moment today was against Martin Connelley in round two, he is a tough tough competitor, probably the toughest guy in the class. When you beat those guys you beat the best they have a great crew, I mean I’ve got a great crew but beating those guys made our day a little bit easier. My crew is Matthew Riley who wired the whole car, he’s a great mechanic and fabricator, Greg Harrell, Matt Jarrell and Jason Anderson. I want to give a big shout out to Elite Automotive in Indianapolis Jason’s shop, awesome on tuning, he is a big reason we got the car where it is today as far as getting the chassis lined out and the tune ups set up. Pushing me to get out there and get it done. He is usually always the bug that’s in my ear.” – Jonathan Insley They had a two car team here this weekend qualifying number one and two with Anderson scoring top qualifier.
Jason Richards is the No Time Extreme 28 winner at No Mercy 9 after facing off with 6 Mile Randy in the Holy Ghost. “We had a rough weekend having to put rings in the engine twice and work out butts off but it paid off in the end. Our most critical round was the final, I got luckiest in the final.We both spun the d tires and I was able to pedal it and get the win. Thank you to my dad Charles and my brother Charles Jr and mom, my girlfriend they all help me out to do what I do and keep this thing going. They all worked hard to get the engine repaired twice and make the next rounds we needed.” Jason Richards
Troy Pirez Jr debuted his new truck “Stonewall Jackson” this weekend at No Mercy 9, the first big event for his new build. The S-10 was built in one hundred and eighty-one days, starting the build four days after winning Lights Out here in February, making this two for two for Team Pirez in the Small Block NT Shootout. The truck had just twelve passes on it before the event. “The most important round was the semi finals, it felt like the finals to us. That was our round where we had to cross over the hump facing off with Sub Zero.” – Troy Pirez Jr. Troy Jr. owns Innovative Racecraft and gets power from Fast Forward Race Engines and PKRE.