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ENNIS, Texas --
Also earning National Guard Minuteman trophies at the final event of the National Guard ADRL's year, but the first points-paying opportunity of the 2010 season were new class champion Khalid Al-Balooshi in Pro Nitrous, Extreme 10.5 racer Chuck Ulsch, Scott Gray, who also won his first Pro Extreme Motorcycle championship earlier in the day, and Cary Goforth with his first official Extreme Pro Stock win. Morgan Benfield of Virginia Beach, Virginia also won her first Junior Minuteman in the exhibition Pro Jr. Dragster class. "How's that for a spectacular finish?" Hossler asked upon climbing from his car after stopping on the track where safety crews sprayed the engine with a fire extinguisher. "It banged the blower right when we crossed the line, but it lasted just long enough to get the job done." Hossler and Stott left almost simultaneously, but when a 3.75 at 205.57-mph pass flashed across Stott's scoreboard, it translated to a .021 margin of victory for Hossler, who hails from Canton, Illinois.
It marked Al-Balooshi's career-first National Guard ADRL event title, though earlier in the day, he also won the National Guard ADRL's championship-deciding Speedtech Battle for the Belts when Al-Anabi Racing teammate Burton Auxier was disqualified from the final for leaving .004 before the green light flashed. "It is good for the Al-Anabi team," said Al-Balooshi, who calls Doha, Qatar, home. "Very exciting to win." The World Finals V Flowmaster Extreme 10.5 final offered a measure of payback for Ulsch, who faced off against Spiro Pappas for the second time in one day after Pappas stepped up to win the Pro Nitrous Speedtech Battle for the Belts final. The Clarksville, Maryland-based driver didn't miss the opportunity, either, taking a holeshot win in his supercharged '68 Camaro over Pappas' turbocharged 2009 Pontiac GXP entry.
"That feels good! I'm glad I was able to do my job and help my teammates get the win," Ulsch declared. "I owed him that one!" Like Balooshi, Pro Extreme Motorcycle winner Gray, from Ocala, Florida, doubled up from his earlier Speedtech Battle for the Belts triumph, running 4.21 at 170.67 mph aboard his '08 Suzuki to down Lance Hines in the World Finals V final.
The Extreme Pro Stock final came down to a classic Ford versus Chevy match, with Goforth's 2008 Cobalt coming out on top over the '09 Mustang of Scott Hintz in his National Guard ADRL debut. Goforth, from Holdenville, Oklahoma, ran low ET of the meet for the class with a 4.06 win at 177.23 mph over 4.151 at 173.65 by Hintz.
Televised coverage of the Speedtech Battle for the Belts will air Sunday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. Eastern on the Versus network, with coverage of the LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals V to follow two weeks later on Sunday, Nov. 22, also at 3 p.m. Eastern on the Versus television network. Saturday's final results from the LenMar Motorsports ADRL World Finals V at Texas Motorplex. The race is the Final of 10 in the National Guard American Drag Racing League: Pro Extreme -- Alex Hossler, Chevy Camaro, 3.735, 202.48 def. Quain Stott, Chevy Corvette, 3.754, 205.57. Pro Nitrous -- Khalid Al-Balooshi, Chevy Camaro, 3.815, 196.42 def. Charles Carpenter, Chevy Bel Air, 3.985, 184.88. Extreme 10.5 -- Chuck Ulsch, Chevy Camaro, 3.949, 201.46 def. Spiro Pappas, Pontiac GXP, 3.920, 193.27. Pro Extreme Motorcycle -- Scott Gray, Suzuki, 4.215, 170.67 def. Lance Hines, Suzuki, 5.782, 93.21. Extreme Pro Stock -- Cary Goforth, Chevy Cobalt, 4.063, 177.23 def. Scott Hintz, Ford Mustang, 4.151, 173.65. Pro Junior Dragster -- Morgan Benfield, Motivation, 8.008, 80.79 def. Timmy Cliffton Jr., Strike For, foul.
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