The long-awaited return of PDRA to Maryland international raceway after missing the stop in 2020 was a breath of fresh air for many signaling that things were headed back to being normal in the racing world. PDRA staff and crew quickly got to work making MDIR its home for the weekend laying out the red carpet for both racers and excited fans.
shameless racing pro outlaw 632 racer Daryl Stewart waiting in the lines
The event kicked off with testing on Thursday showing some promising numbers from the mountain motor pro-stock guys setting the stage for Friday’s qualifying, with bright sunny sky’s warm temps it was time to lay down some numbers in all the classes on the grounds, Halsey, Camp, Carr, Voss, jones, and Lambert took top spots in the heads up classes during qualifying. Benoit, Maduri , Jenkins Iv, and Mattox round out the sportsman racers
Amber Franklin picking the wheels up in Q1 of top dragster
On Saturday “Mountain Man” Mike Achenbach quickly became a fan favorite with his beautiful purple Pro-nitrous ride , who normally run in the NEOPMA series making it all the way to semi finals. Mountain motor racers pushed the 4.0’s but unable to dip in the 3 second zone. Daniel Pharris best known in the small tire world picked up a victory in pro boost under the galot team banner. chris powers took out some of the best on his way to a pro stock win . Wes Distefano is still on a tear picking up another win in pro outlaw 632 to just name a few event high lights . check out the photo gallery below.