Booher Earns the Win in Goodson Pro Top Outlaw Season Opener

Next Up 2^nd Annual Bluegrass Nationals, London, KY – May 9^th & 10^th

The Spitzer Enterprises Top Gun Series, the quicker of the two divisions in the Goodson Pro Top Outlaw Series, kicked off their 2008 season in Timberlake, NC at Roxboro Dragway. The competitors put on a great show for the fans including sub 4 second passes at over 180 MPH down the 1/8 mile.

Eventual race winner, Brandon Booher qualified number one for the event with a 3.94 second pass edging out Tom Mueller who put up a very impressive 3.96 during the Saturday night qualifying session. On Sunday, Booher earned the semi-final win and lane choice in the finals when he took out Dave Harris with a 3.90 second pass at 184 MPH. While in the other semi-final match-up Mueller ran 4.02 at 181 MPH to earn the win over Ty Parker. In the finals, Booher put up the quickest time of the event, 3.882, to take the win light over Mueller who ran 4.015.

“It was a good start to the season. We have a lot of new things going on this year and we couldn’t do it without the help of so many great people. There are so many people to thank, two of which are Mike Spitzer of Spitzer Enterprises and PTO member and fellow drag racer Bruce Westfall of American Colorscans who are the title sponsors to our Top Gun and Super Eliminator classes. We are expecting some really good fields in both classes coming up in London in a couple weeks,” said Phil Esz, President of PTO.

Spitzer Top Guns:

Low ET: Brandon Booher 3.88

Top MPH: Brandon Booher 184.57

The next event for the series will be the 2^nd Annual Bluegrass Nationals in London, KY on May 9^th and 10^th. The Spitzer Top Guns will be trying to add to their series championship points totals and the American Colorscans Super Eliminators will make their first appearance of the season as they vie for $15,000 in cash and contingency. Joining the Top Guns and Super Eliminators will be a Jet Funny Car, which will run following the Friday night of “Fire” qualifying and on Saturday under the lights.

London Spectator Tickets: Friday $15

Saturday $20

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Qualifying: Friday 9 PM

Saturday 4 PM & 5:30 PM

Eliminations Begin at 7 PM

Rain Date: May 16^th and 17^th

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)