SICK THE MAG — Brett LaSala, who had already bettered his existing drag-and-drive radial record three times leading back to Georgia, opened with a 6.12 at 234 mph blast from his twin-turbo 2011 Ford Mustang to start his afternoon. On lap number two, he lowered that record a few more notches with a 6.07 at 236 mph. Was there more left?
LaSala managed to get it cooled and fueled, and put the ‘Snot Rocket 3.0’ Mustang back in the lanes for a third shot at the race track, in which he started with a 1.04 60 foot, and a 3.97 eighth mile time, 4 hundredths of-a-second better than the eighth mile time on the 6.07 pass! But a pesky boost cut entered the chat, shutting down what could have been a low 6.0-second lap, possibly even a 5-second run, from Snot Rocket 3.0.
But the 6.07 pass was enough to secure the top spot in Unlimited with a 6.24 average, a new record average for radial tires. He also scored the quickest average of the event, and Rick Johnson from Gear Vendors Overdrive handed LaSala, and co-pilot Jim Braun, guitars for their efforts.