Well ran her down the 1/8 mile tonight....

if your fuel filter just clogged up why would you take it off... now what ever the filter was picking up is now going into the carb(s)...

sounds like you should break the carb down to and make sure its all cleaned out...

It was cutting out right at the finish line so I checked the filter. Its a paper style that I tried cleaning but couldnt get it where I was happy with it.

And it ran fine after I took it out but only made one pass since it was filter less. And it wasnt rust or anything like that so I wasnt too worried about it.