Sanders & Gilliland Score in Texas!
The highly anticipated kick off of the 2025 DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos Championship tour took place May 1-3rd at the historic Texas Motorplex and the CHAOS lived up to its name as the action on raceday was some of the tightest and most exciting we've seen in series history!
A stout field of twenty four cars were on the property in hopes of earning a spot in the sixteen car feature show. Weather delayed the Nitro Chaos teams from qualifying on Friday and it was time to thrash on Saturday with two qualifying sessions followed by eliminations in the McKinney Corp 'A' Field and CP-Carrillo 'B' Field.
With header flames up and nitro fumes filling the sky the elimination rounds of Nitro Chaos were action packed. It was time for the last dance and first up was the McKinney Corp 'A' Field final featuring two first time finalists Jake Sanders in "The Menace" Outlaw Top Fuel Dragster against Donnie Massey's "Showtime" AA/Fuel Altered. The drivers left the line together but by sixty feet Massey was out of the groove and forced to lift giving him the best seat in the house to watch Sanders and company blast to a 3.71 at 212 mph for an impressive and memorable first win for the Dennis Mitchell owned team and driver / tuner Jake Sanders.
The last pair of the night welcomed two more first time Nitro Chaos finalists to the line for the CP-Carrillo 'B' Field final round featuring Chuck Loftin's brand new "Crap Shoot" AA/Fuel Altered against James Gilliland in the "Psycho Too" AA/Fuel Altered. This one was a thriller as both cars used pedal jobs to try and get to the stripe first and it was Gilliland's 4.09 at 174 mph narrowly defeating Loftin's 4.10 at 175 mph. Big congratulations to Gilliland and owner / tuner Dale Wilkens on their first Nitro Chaos event win!
Congratulations to all the Nitro Chaos participants and thank you for your support through the weather challenges we faced early in the season and at the Texas Motorplex.
The next stop on the DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos Championship tour takes the series to Iowa's Eddyville Raceway Park and their 60th Anniversary celebration, the 2nd Annaul Twisted Shifters & 360-Steel CHAOS IN THE CORNFIELD presented by Stanke Motorsports on May 23-25th. We'll see you...at the CHAOS!
A stout field of twenty four cars were on the property in hopes of earning a spot in the sixteen car feature show. Weather delayed the Nitro Chaos teams from qualifying on Friday and it was time to thrash on Saturday with two qualifying sessions followed by eliminations in the McKinney Corp 'A' Field and CP-Carrillo 'B' Field.
With header flames up and nitro fumes filling the sky the elimination rounds of Nitro Chaos were action packed. It was time for the last dance and first up was the McKinney Corp 'A' Field final featuring two first time finalists Jake Sanders in "The Menace" Outlaw Top Fuel Dragster against Donnie Massey's "Showtime" AA/Fuel Altered. The drivers left the line together but by sixty feet Massey was out of the groove and forced to lift giving him the best seat in the house to watch Sanders and company blast to a 3.71 at 212 mph for an impressive and memorable first win for the Dennis Mitchell owned team and driver / tuner Jake Sanders.
The last pair of the night welcomed two more first time Nitro Chaos finalists to the line for the CP-Carrillo 'B' Field final round featuring Chuck Loftin's brand new "Crap Shoot" AA/Fuel Altered against James Gilliland in the "Psycho Too" AA/Fuel Altered. This one was a thriller as both cars used pedal jobs to try and get to the stripe first and it was Gilliland's 4.09 at 174 mph narrowly defeating Loftin's 4.10 at 175 mph. Big congratulations to Gilliland and owner / tuner Dale Wilkens on their first Nitro Chaos event win!
Congratulations to all the Nitro Chaos participants and thank you for your support through the weather challenges we faced early in the season and at the Texas Motorplex.
The next stop on the DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos Championship tour takes the series to Iowa's Eddyville Raceway Park and their 60th Anniversary celebration, the 2nd Annaul Twisted Shifters & 360-Steel CHAOS IN THE CORNFIELD presented by Stanke Motorsports on May 23-25th. We'll see you...at the CHAOS!
EVENT VIDEO RECAP
Coming Soon
EVENT PHOTO GALLERY
FINAL QUALIFYING ORDER
McKinney Motorsports 'A' Field Results
CP Carrillo 'B' Field Results
EVENT WINNERS
McKinney Motorsports 'A' Field - Jake Sanders
CP-Carrillo 'B' Field - James Gilliland
McKinney Motorsports 'A' Field - Jake Sanders
CP-Carrillo 'B' Field - James Gilliland
