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It’s a beautiful Saturday morning in Bowling Green, KY, the sky has cleared out, the rain is gone, and we’re ready for some more qualifying in the top classes, as well as the remaining rounds for other classes. The high temperate today is only forecast at 58 degrees! We expect with this cool weather, and a sticky track, we could see some records fall today.
We’ll be updating as fast as the track wi-fi connection will allow us to upload, so keep checking back here all weekend.
Conditions should be favorable for a whole lot of this today.
John The Fireball Urist, is locked in a close points battle with Phil Hines. Hines currently sits atop the Street Outlaw points standings, but the margin is only 40 points. The Street Outlaw title comes down to this weekend’s race.
We talked with Mr Open Comp himself, Larry Geddes, who’s watching the weather factors closely for his qualifying strategy.
Darin Hendricks is currently third in Coyote Stock points, after his first full season in the class. It’s mathematically possible for someone to unseat points leader Shane Stymiest, but to do so would require Stymiest to go out early.
The always smiling Kennady Jones made the trek from Florida to give the boys a run in Truck and Lightning.
Steve Moberly thrashed to repair the transmission in his big yellow Fairmont before heading to Beech Bend this week
After experimenting with an automatic, and then switching back to a Tremec, Adam Cox is looking for low 10s, or even high 9s in Modular Muscle. The conditions today couldn’t be better for his attempt at a personal best.
We caught up with Hi-Po Joe Charles this morning, while the dew was still wet on his Honey Badger 2.0 Coyote Stocker. He told us that fast pass from last night was with some extreme wheel spin on the starting line. With good air today we could see a very low 10 out of the Coyote Stockers, possibly a new record.
True streeters were making some awesome test hits this morning. We expect at least three cars in the 7-second zone later today.
Jacob Lamb was hosting a raffle to help out the Borgia family, who lost their son’s Jr Draster in a recent garage fire. Up for auction are some awesome prizes including AutoMeter gauges, a Snap-On tool set, a hood, and more. Tickets are just a $1, and all the money is going to a great cause.
In the car show there are some beautiful cars. Including Phil Heacock's recently completed Keith Allison built '69, complete with Pro Touring suspension, and a blown Coyote under the hood. We saw numerous Coyote swapped Foxes in the show, showing us the trend is going this way with Fox body Mustangs.
Qualifying for heads up classes is up next, keep checking back here as we’ll update as quickly as possible.
Round two of qualifying is in the books and here’s how it shook out for the headsup classes.
Teddy Weaver continues his dominance in Pure Street in round two qualifying with a blistering 9.73 at 137 MPH
Drew Lyons pointed the nose towards the sky for our cameras in Coyote stock.
Hi-Po Joe Charles Continues To Sit Atop The Coyote Stock Heap, backing up last night's performance with an even faster number today. He destroyed the class record in round two of qualifying. With temperatures dropping into the 40s this evening could we see a 10.2x pass for the first time in Coyote Stock?
The VMP Tuning, GT500 vs Terminator Shootout continues to be hot with several cars deep into the 8-second zone.
Our cameras can not get enough of Steve Moberly’s yellow Fairmont. Jay Dold continues to dominate the qualifying in the class, and all Factory Stock competitors face a grueling tear down tonight by NMRA Tech.
Bad Bart Tobener (left) continues to be the man to beat in Renegade running an 8.10 in round two, however Alton Clemments Sr. (right) is right on his heels with an impressive 8.13
There are two big stories in Street Outlaw this afternoon. The first is Ronnie Diaz, The ModFather. In round two qualifying Diaz’s car got out of the left lane groove and crossed the center line somewhere past the 330 mark. The car struck the right side concrete barrier hard. Fortunately Ronnie walked away from the crash, and we’re fairly certain we’ll see the ModFather back in action next season.
The other big story in Street Outlaw is the battle royale between points leader Phil HInes and the number two contender John Urist. Both have brought their A-game to Beech Bend. In dramatic fashion these two capped off Street Outlaw qualifying by going head to head in a match that dissapoint.
When it was all said and done, it was Urist in the left lane with a 6.95 at 200.65 to Hines’s better 6.87 at 202. Hines sets a new record and is number one qualifier. We found out shortly after this pass that Hines’s car lost a head gasket and he won’t make round three in the cool evening air. Could Urist or Barbaree catch him?
The 2015 Mustang made its NMRA and national drag racing event on-track debut today with some help from SCT.
The S550 didn't dissapoint running a 12.56 at 107 MPH in its NMRA Debut.
Charlie Cooper and crew were thrashing in the pits Saturday evening doing an engine swap.
In spite of some awesome track prep efforts by the Beech Bend and NMRA crews, and excellent weather conditions. no one could catch Phil Hines in Street Outlaw.
The picture didn’t change much in Renegade during round three. Johnny Lightning managed a quick pass down the track, but no one has been able to catch Bad Bart Tobener.
Valerie Clements has been fighting issues all day long and her last qualifying pass was no different. Hopefully Val and her crew can sort out the issues before tomorrow’s eliminations.
Coyote Stock continued to be a place where racers were finding a little more, thanks to the cool weather, and adjustments. Brandon Alsept went out and put Hi-Po Joe on notice, screaming through the gears to a 10.32, just a tick faster than Hi-Po’s 10.33 from the previous round.
The cool autumn air in Beech Bend was making for one awesome night of racing. Hi-Po Joe Charles hung back to the end of the Coyote Stock group. After watching Alsept run a 10.32, Hi-Po brought his A-game to the line and clicked off a new class record, 10.29 ET, the first Coyote Stock competition pass in the 10.20s
Terry Beefcake Reeves has been thrashing on his Coyote Modified ride since his win at Joliet back in July. The hard work of Beefcake and the FInish Line Performance crew paid off tonight with a record shattering 8.18 ET. Beef’s car hooked, pulled the wheels, and he drove it home to the number one qualifying spot by a long shot.
That does it for us for Saturday, we’ll have the official ladders, the rest of the qualifying sheets and all the eliminations action tomorrow. The weather forecast is for another beautiful day in Beech Bend and we can’t wait for eliminations.
