Peach State Classic - Atlanta Overdrive

Jeff Tyson (near lane) qualified Second in Outlaw but fell to Keen (7.64 to 8.15) in round one.

One of the hottest cars on the Atlanta tarmac was the purple and yellow Outlaw GT of Randy Leavy. Leavy qualified Third with a 7.46, but failed to make the call for eliminations.

Glidden didn't let off, clocking a 7.06 in round one to defeat Tony Watkins, and then a 7.13 (shown) to defeat Travis Franklin. He then ran 7.10 to take the class win over Jimmy Keen who shut off early.

Brothers James (near lane) and Jimmy Black did battle in the Borla Renegade final. After heating the tires and rolling in quick, James ripped the Tree with a 0.050 light, while Jimmy was late with a 0.213 reaction. The quicker light enabled James' 8.372 to hold off the 8.293-second charge of his brother for the victory.

Dan Schoneck hit the track with this nasty '04 Cobra in Renegade. He nailed the top spot in qualifying with a 7.81, but he lost in the semis to James Black (8.40 to 8.47).

Matt Jones of Austin, Texas, has been dominating the Edelbrock Bandit class in 2005. His Kuntz & Co.-powered, Skinny Kid- built Mustang (near lane) has found the winner's circle in each of the first three FFW events. In Atlanta, Jones took the pole with an 8.56, before running 8.58 and 8.59 to capture the win.

With the top four cars in Atlanta running between 9.60 and 9.80s, the Blow-By Racing Warrior class was competitive. But none were tougher than pole sitter John Scaro of Woodstock, Georgia, who outlasted the field, running 9.70, 9.62, 9.62 and 9.65 in the final against former champ Jeremy Martorella.

The Street Warrior pilots put on quite a show. Here Darrell Peterson racks up some frequent-flier miles with his 9.6-second Pony.

Robert Mollet took the fourth qualifying spot with a 9.88 at 135 mph. Mollet fouled in the second round against eventual winner John Scaro.

John Hewlett (near lane) busted off an 8.38 to take the Drag Radial pole. He then marched on to run 8.33 and finally 8.57 to beat Chris Tuten (far lane) in the final.

Rodney Ward (far lane) captured the Ford Racing Performance Parts Open Comp title in Atlanta. He ran 11.83 (11.72 dial) to reel in Chip Leetch, who was dialed 11.89 but ran only 12.06.

Gary "G-Man" Youngblood (near lane) took his second Steeda/SHM Mod Motor win of the season with a victory in Atlanta over Barry Burich.

Youngblood (left) is seen with car owner Chip Havemann. The winning Mod Motor car is for sale, but that could change if Youngblood keeps up his winning ways.

In SCT Street Stang, a class with a 12.50 breakout rule, Darrell Lucas nailed the top qualifier spot with a 12.55. He then made it to the final where he defeated Mark Anderson, who broke out with a 12.49 to Lucas' 12.54.