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<\/p>\nMcNEAL SHATTERS TRACK RECORD, NEELY WINS BIG \u2014 DRAGFEST DAY 1 RECAP!<\/p>\n
Day one of DragFest 2025 at Gulfport Dragway is in the books, and history was made.<\/p>\n
With a record-setting crowd and record car count for DragFest, the atmosphere at Gulfport was electric from the first burnout to the final pass.<\/p>\n
The biggest headline of the night belonged to Jacob McNeal.<\/p>\n
McNeal didn\u2019t just go No. 1 \u2014 he rewrote the history books.<\/p>\n
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His blistering 3.634 at 210.48 MPH officially reset the track record at Gulfport Dragway, a facility with roots dating back to 1972, making it the quickest and fastest pass ever recorded at the track and the fastest pass and highest MPH ever recorded in the state of Mississippi.<\/p>\n
Before McNeal\u2019s historic blast, Joey Martin held the top spot after the first qualifying round and looked strong with a 3.69 hit, but McNeal answered in a big way in round two.<\/p>\n
Another major storyline was Tricia Musi, the only female in the Pro Mod field, who threw down a stout 3.834 at 197 MPH and proved she\u2019s right in the hunt heading into eliminations.<\/p>\n
Other heavy hitters included Kyle Megginson (3.795), Joe Baker (3.817), and Scott Coxwell (3.818), making Sunday\u2019s eliminations an absolute war.<\/p>\n
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On the Sportsman side, Wes Neely highlighted the winners circle by capturing the Electronics win to close out a huge opening day.<\/p>\n
Day 1 Sportsman Winners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n JR Dragster <\/strong> Footbrake <\/strong> Electronics <\/strong> Sunday: final qualifying and eliminations. If Day 1 was any indication, DragFest is far from over.<\/p>\n To read complete article, clink link on Facebook Comments or link in Instagram Bio.<\/p>\n To read complete article, clink link on Facebook Comments or link in Instagram Bio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" McNEAL SHATTERS TRACK RECORD, NEELY WINS BIG \u2014 DRAGFEST DAY 1 RECAP! Day one of DragFest 2025 at Gulfport Dragway is in the books, and history was made. With a record-setting crowd and record car count for DragFest, the atmosphere at Gulfport was electric from the first burnout to the final pass. The biggest headline […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[61],"class_list":{"0":"post-4074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_1471-w-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_1471-w-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"DC Media","author_link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/author\/auteejay"},"authors":[{"term_id":61,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"auteejay","display_name":"DC Media","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d51765f05e753046aaf69cf0314e9a0f5c5945d8d9ed498ce027408f7d38abf9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"DC","last_name":"Media","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4074"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=4074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWinner: Kyler Morel \u2014 Lacombe, LA
\nRunner-Up: Jace Esneault \u2014 Belle Rose, LA<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Thomas Holley \u2014 Saraland, AL
\nRunner-Up: Mike Barnett \u2014 Columbia, MS<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Wes Neely
\nRunner-Up: Larry Meacham \u2014 Cantonment, FL<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_1473-w.jpg\")
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