EXTREME TEN-FIVE

Riding on relatively narrow 10.5-inch-wide rear slicks presents its own set of challenges, but since his debut of a new supercharged, Hemi-powered ’68 Camaro three races prior to Dragstock VI, John Ulsch has mastered the Flowmaster Extreme 10.5 class.

After starting from the number-two slot with a 4.02 at an incredible 204.01 mph, the Clarksville, Maryland-based driver downed fellow Belts contenders Todd Moyer, Spiro Pappas and Jeff Paulk before facing off against perennial finalist Gary White and his turbocharged, six-cylinder 2007 Scion.

Ulsch left with a .045 holeshot and never looked back, running another 4.02 and increasing his speed to a whopping 206.39 mph. His qualifying speed becomes the official class record, however, since it’s not within the required one percent to back up the higher speed.

“This Vanishing Point car just continues to impress me. It’s working so perfectly and to see the kind of numbers we’re running now is really kind of unbelievable,” Ulsch said. “I’ve been at this a long time, but it doesn’t seem so long ago when we were running fives (seconds) at 140 miles an hour and to be running over 200 like this is just awesome.”

EXTREME PRO STOCK

The E/PS field was the smallest of all the pro classes contested at Dragtock with just 13 entries. But 13 was a lucky number for mountain-motor Pro Stock racer Steve Kirk from Lenore, West Virginia. Kirk and his Mustang bullied their way to the finals by taking out Jason Collins, number-one qualifier Dean Goforth, and Elijah Morton before racing his close friend, Brian Gahm, in the final round.

In the finals Kirk had a .018 RT and ran a 4.096/176.12 that easily covered Gahm’s game 4.113/175.18 losing effort.