Pro Top Outlaw - Mt. Vernon Preview

Trauth Earns the Goodson Pro Top Outlaw Victory in London​

Next Up 1st Annual Mid Ohio Nationals, Pacemakers Dragway July 11th and 12th​

The Goodson Pro Top Outlaw series was back in action in London, Kentucky and at the end of the day it was Anthony Trauth, racing in his first event of the season, who took home the prize money. Trauth, last years event runner-up, defeated Brandon Booher in the final round.

Booher, current points leader and number one qualifier for the event, earned his semi-final round win with at 3.91 second pass down the eighth mile beating Tom Mueller, who already has one final round appearance this year. In the other semi-final, Trauth ran low et of the session 3.90 to take the earn the win light against Terry Coyle. With lane choice in the final, Trauth left first and never looked back running low et and top speed of the meet, 3.88 at 184 MPH, to Booher’s losing effort, 3.90 at 179 mph.

This race also marked the season opener for the American Colorscans Super Eliminator class. The class comprised of qualifiers 9 thru 16 also put on a great show for the fans. Number one qualifier Matt Gladd beat alternate Tom Stringer in the final, with a great 4.173 second pass at 169.13 MPH down the eighth mile.

Spitzer Top Guns:
Low ET: Anthony Trauth 3.883
Top MPH: Anthony Trauth 184.38

American Colorscans Super Eliminators:
Low ET: Matt Gladd 4.123
Top MPH: Matt Gladd 169.73

Up next for the Goodson Pro Top Outlaws is the 1st Annual Mid Ohio Nationals held at Pacemakers Dragway in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Each class, the Spitzer Top Guns and the American Colorscans Super Eliminators, will be in attendance vying for their share of the over $15,000 in cash and contingency. Throughout the weekend, with the night of “fire” on Friday and the great racing action on Saturday, fans will see all the track records fall as the competitors thunder down the eighth mile at over 180 mph in less than 4 seconds.

Mt. Vernon Spectator Tickets: Friday $15
Saturday $15

Qualifying: Friday 9 PM
Saturday 3 PM & 4:30 PM
Eliminations Begin at 6 PM

The series would like to thank the official series sponsor Goodson for their support throughout the season. With over 8,000 products available, Goodson has been serving engine builders for over 60 years. Whether you're working on the average automobile engine or a high-performance engine or a small displacement engine, you'll find the engine building tools and supplies that you need at Goodson. For more information please log onto www.goodson.com.

In an effort to improve the show and help a great cause, the series has become involved with the Shriner organization. The Shriner clowns will appear at select events to entertain the crowd and bring awareness to the great charities they are involved with throughout the year. For more information about the Shriner organization please log onto http://www.shrinershq.org/.

The series has a contingency program in place as well as payouts for each event. This could not be possible without the support from the following sponsors, Spitzer Race Cars, American Colorscans, Fowler Engines, Flatout Gaskets, Mickey Thompson Tires, R&R Racing Products, Performance Torque Converters, Aaron Sipple Engineering, No Limit Race Cars, Phil Esz Equipment, Ohio Crankshaft , W & M Enterprises Inc., Snyder Motorsports, Coan Engineering, Fab Shop, Find Races.com, Auto Meter, Mike Bos Chassis Craft, and Dan Olson Racing Products.

As PTO continues to grow they are looking for new members to join the organization. To find out more about the Pro Top Outlaw Series please click on the link below www.ProTopOutlaws.com.

Submitted by: Shanna Snyder-Bell
Contact email addresses: philesz1@fuse.net (Phil Esz)