Tommy Franklin Goes Down in History as First Ever Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars Victor

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Tommy Franklin Goes Down in History as First Ever Flatout Gaskets Nitrous
Wars Victor

PITTSBORO, N.C. (March 19, 2016):  With the air and the Osage Casino Tulsa
Raceway Park eighth-mile primed for record breaking runs that’s exactly
what PDRA Series Opener fans got. This meant it would take a career best
for someone to take home the Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars Trophy, just
introduced at this race. The trophy, a large nitrous bottle, would be the
Pro Nitrous number one qualifier’s to take home from Osage Casino Tulsa
Raceway Park for bragging rights until the next event, in which it is to be
handed off to the next pole sitter.

In the third round of qualifying on Friday evening, the first pair out
featured Virginia’s Tommy Franklin and Georgia’s “Stevie Fast�?? Jackson.
Fans could feel it in the air. They were about to witness something
spectacular. Franklin and Jackson recorded the quickest and fastest
side-by-side run in the history of the class. Both ran over 203 MPH and
Franklin edged out Jackson with a 3.686 elapsed time to Jackson’s 3.697.

Although the class had one final qualifying run on Saturday morning, no one
was able to top Franklin, and so he was immortalized as the first-ever
Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars Champion. "The track was tight and the weather
came to us," said Franklin, an electrical company owner from
Fredericksburg, VA. "We really didn't do anything different for that round,
everything just came to us and it worked out in our favor--but just barely.
Thank you Pat Musi for the awesome power."


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