Peach State Classic - Atlanta Overdrive

Like Herring, Bill Glidden also won from the pole, taking home the winner's purse and the $1,000 Aeromotive Lottery Challenge money in ProCharger Street Outlaw. Glidden ran a string of 7.0- and 7-teen elapsed times before nailing a 7.10 in the final to beat Jimmy Keen.

While the racing was hot in the top two showdown classes, the sizzle ran all the way through the remaining categories. In Renegade, Dan Schoneck brought out a new ride and set the class record at 7.81/171.23, but inconsistency knocked him from eliminations. Meanwhile, brothers James and Jimmy Black of South Carolina battled in the final frame. James used his starting line prowess to stage quickly and take a big holeshot. The starting line lead was just what he needed to hold off the quicker Jimmy for the win (8.37 to 8.29).

Matt Jones continued his dominance in Edelbrock Street Bandit, winning for the third time this year. Jones has been on his game, setting a championship-winning pace. Using his new Liberty transmission, John Scaro showed his hand in Warrior, beating hot shoes Darrell Peterson and Jeremy Martorella. The popular Gary "G-Man" Youngblood was not to be denied at his home track, taking top honors in Mod Motor, which made car owner Chip Havemann very happy.

Ah, yes, Atlanta was indeed hot and so we've included a few extra pages and tons of photo coverage for you to enjoy. In addition, we have listed the Top 25 in Tremec True Street and all the event's race winners.

FFW ATLANTA DRAGWAY, 2005

Atlanta FFW Winners
Mr. Gasket Pro

• Mike Herring

ProCharger Street Outlaw

• Bill Glidden

Borla Street Renegade

• James Black

Edelbrock Street Bandit

• Matt Jones

Blow-By Racing Street Warrior

• John Scaro

BFGoodrich Drag Radial

• John Hewlitt

Steeda/SHM Mod Motor

• Gary Youngblood

Ford Racing Performance Parts Open Comp

• Rodney Ward

SCT Street Stang

• Darrell Lucas

JDM Engineering Tough Truck

• Micah Monteleone

JBA Cat4Ward Headers Focus Frenzy

• Mark Adkins