Radial vs. the World and X275 racers unleash record runs in the first day of qualifying for the Sweet 16 Last month we covered the Lights Out 10 radial race at South Georgia Motorsports Park, which was headlined by two of the wildest door-slammer classes in the outlaw drag racing worldRadial vs. The World and X275. If you followed along with our daily updates youd see it is a spectacle that attracts fans from around the world and offers several different racing categories that are centered around big and small sized radial tires. We are back at SGMP for even wilder event, but it is focused strictly on the Radial vs. The World and X275 classes. The event is a semi-closed affair with a very limited number of VIP spectator tickets and the racers are competing for the biggest money ever offered for this type of drag racing. The Radial vs. The World group is vying for $101,000 while the X275 winner will walk away with a cool $50,000. It has brought the top racers from the outlaw and sanctioned racing world together for the wildest two fields of 16 cars. In just the first day of competitionunder a full moonthere have been record runs and quickest fields in the history of outlaw radial racing. Kevin Rivenbark continues to be the talk of the class in the Radial vs. The World group as he knocked off the first 1/8 th -mile run in the 3.50s in his ProCharger-blown 1969 Chevy Camaro with a 3.587 at 206.67 mph performance in the fourth round of qualifying. He doesnt have much breathing room as Daniel Pharris turned up the Precision turbochargers on his Pro Line Racing HEMI engine and ran a career best of 3.619 at 214.08 mph, sitting second with a full day of qualifying left to complete. Sliding into the provisional third position is fan-favorite Stevie Fast Jackson with his twin-screw blown HEMI combination. The fourth position is Marcus Birt who is seemingly accomplishing the impossible with a combination thought to be outgunned after last months race. Birt ran a steller 3.650 at 204.32 mph thanks to a nitrous-injected 903ci engine, built by Pat Musi and tuned by Jackson using a Holley EFI Dominator. Alex Laughlin nabbed the provisional fifth spot on the qualifying list with a 3.657 at 210.60 mph. He did manage to provide an air show as crew chief Frankie Taylor took a shot at going 3.50s and the car stood on the bumper! Laughlin showed his skills behind the wheel and kept control of the nearly uncontrollable land missile. The team isnt backing off and is instead making changes overnight to counter the wheelie problems. Last years bump spot of 3.76 has already been surpassed and sitting on the bubble is Jamie Hancock with his 1969 Pontiac Firebird, which ran 3.731 at 195.39 mph. The most successful driver in Radial vs. The World history, and a guy who has held more records than anyone, Dewayne Mills, is on the outside looking in with a 3.745 at 210.67 mph. The car is capable of going into the 3.60s but he has to wait until Fridays sessions to prove it. Adding more stats to the madness, Josh Klugger and his immaculate 1967 Mustang is currently 23 rd thanks to a 3.796 at 208.20 mph! The second chance race for Radial vs. The World has a bump spot of 3.878, held by Enzo Pecchini and his ProCharger enhanced 1993 Mustang LX coupe. Sliding over to the X275 category, the action was just as wild and the field is even tighter. The category requires stock framerails and a set of 275/60R15 drag radial tires and the engines are limited on the power adder sizing with boosted small-blocks running against nitrous-injected conventional big-blocks, and a couple of nitrous small-block combinations thrown in the mix. The Bruder Brothers swung the biggest hammer in qualifying so far with a record-breaking 4.268 at 163.29 mph with their 1993 Mustang GT. It features a DiSomma Racing Engines 430ci powerplant with Edelbrock SC1 heads and a ProCharger F-3D-102 supercharger. However, two-time NMRA champion Manny Buginga is nipping at their wing when he unleashed a 4.270 at 167.53 mph run in the fourth round of qualifying. But the sub 4.30s didnt stop thereperennial outlaw badass Dean Marinis cracked open a fresh bottle of Speedtech nitrous and pushed his 2003 Mustang Cobra to a 4.284 at 166.42 mph. Brian Brooks is positioned in the fourth spot through four qualifiers thanks to his impressive 4.286 at 163.43 mph from the Vortech-blown Mustang out of Colorado. In order to get into the top 16, and a chance to race for $50,000, currently sits at 4.380 at 164.13 mph. Kenny Hubbard and his 1969 Chevy Nova turned in that run, which the team feels they can go even quicker. Nine-time NMRA champion John Urist slipped into the second chance race with a 4.387 at 165.66 mph. His combination is one of the more unique ones on the property. The 2015 Mustang GT features a 5.2L Coyote engine with a MMR billet block and production GT350 cylinder heads and a Precision 88mm turbocharger. Putting one more step into the wow factor is his use of Direct Injection instead of port injection that is found in traditional EFI combinations. He is working with Bosch Motorsports to develop the technology for the big-power direct injection market as that becomes more popular on newer cars, like the 2018 Mustang GT. Wrapping up the first day of qualifying showed that once racers got a handle on the exceptional track and weather conditions, the records began to fall and the quickest fields started to take shape. Another day of qualifying is on the schedule before the racers embark on a quest to chase the big bucks on Saturday. 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