NMRA Columbus 2010 Same Day Coverage

NMRA Columbus 2010 Same Day Coverage

Steve Turner
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September 3, 2010

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor, SCT Performance.  Check out their full line of tuning solutions, including their brand new 2011 Mustang tuners at www.sctflash.com

Sunday Morning News

Its another beautiful day here at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. The temperatures are a little on the chilly side and don’t expect to be up above the low 70’s all day. Last night we saw several records broken. With the racers being on kill for eliminations and the points chase getting tighter it’ll make for some exciting racing today!

First Round Eliminations

After the first round of qualifying five classes are now in the semi finals and three classes are in the finals. Pro Outlaw 10.5 will see Conrad Scarry and Jim Brown pair up. Sam Vincent and Phil Hines will battle it out in Super Street Outlaw. And in BF Goodrich Drag Radial, Enzo Pecchini and Jason Lee go head to head.

In Factory Stock Tommy Godfrey and teammate Matt Amrine are set to race each other. On the opposite side of the ladder it’ll be Carlos Sobrino and Jay Dold. Brandon Alsept has a bye to the finals in Pure Street and will be waiting to see who his competition is after Shawn Johnson and Steve Gifford take the tree. In Real Street news,  Craig Baldwin could not get his car to refire under the tower, giving the broke bye to Eric Tate. Bruce Hemminger took out Jim Breese and now has a bye to the finals.

Mid track through this run by Johnny Mac, something let go causing him to get into his own oil and tapping the left side wall before stopping center track just past the traps. John Urist also had engine troubles and had to shut it off mid track. Phil Hines and Sam Vincent will square off in the SSO finals.
It'll be Jim Brown and Conrad Scarry in the Pro Outlaw 10.5 finals. Mike Murillo had to shut off after his burnout, giving Brown the bye.
Chad Allmandinger took out Bart Tobner to secure a spot in the quarterfinals.
We're already in the semis in Edelbrock Hot Street, with Bowles, Booze and Blankenship still in the fight.

Sunday Semi Finals

Tim Matherly stood it on the bumper and was on a wild ride getting dangerously close to the wall during the semis against Eric Tate but held on to take the win in Real Street. In Pure Street Shawn Johnson took out Steve Gifford and will be racing Brandon Alsept for the win. Both Pure Street finalists ran identical ET’s and MPH 10.07’s at 132. It’ll be Bob Cook verses Chris Van Gilder in the EFI Renegade finals. Charlie Booze took out Don Bowles to end the semi rounds and will face Robbie Blankenship in the Hot Street finals.

Bruce Hemminger didn't take the easy road with his semi final bye run. He blasted a 9.34 second pass to secure lane choice for the finals against Tim Matherly.
Pure Street racer Brandon Alsept will be racing Shawn Johnson in the final. Both racers ran identical times in the semis.
Three time champion Tommy Godfrey was taken out in the semis by JPC teammate Matt Amrine. Amrine will face Carlos Sobrino in the Factory Stock finals.

 Sunday Event Finals

Carlos Sobrino turned on the redlight giving Matt Amrine the win in ACT Factory Stock. Shawn Johnson takes the win in Eibach Springs Pure Street over Brandon Alsept. In an amazing final in Steeda Real Street, Bruce Hemminger reset the record for the second time this weekend with a 9.28 at 145 to take the win against Tim Matherly. Matherly put on a show yet again with a monster bumper dragging wheel stand that went well past the hundred foot mark. Jason Lee takes his fifth win of the season in BF Goodrich Drag Radial over Enzo Pecchini. Charlie Booze Jr wins Edelbrock Hot Street by way of an .004 redlight set off by Robbie Blankenship. In one of the biggest upsets of the season, Phil Hines takes the win over Sam Vincent in Super Street Outlaw with a 7.82 at 187 miles per hour. And in the final race of the event, Jim Brown grabs his very first win against Conrad Scarry in Pro Outlaw 10.5 as Scarry got loose down track and crossed the center line. Brown stayed in it and had the car working to the tune of a 7.08 at 192 miles per hour.

 Congratulations to all of the winners of the 32 Annual NMRA All Ford Expo!

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Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor, SCT Performance.  Check out their full line of tuning solutions, including their brand new 2011 Mustang tuners at www.sctflash.com

Saturday Morning News

Cars are continuing to roll in this morning here at National Trail Raceway for the 32nd Annual NMRA Ford Expo. We’re currently in test and tune mode as the last few cars make their way into the staging lanes. There have been a few delays from spillage and clean up on the track which required second round of qualifying to be pushed back from it’s original 10:30am scheduled time. Stay tuned for updates on qualifying and news from the pits!

Saturday Pit News

Drag Radial racer Adam Jude's tuner takes a comfortable approach here in the pits to check out data from a previous run.
Carlos Sobrino added a new stalker nose to his Factory Stock ride and is currently qualified third with one round to go.

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Saturday Qualifying Round Two

Conrad Scarry is sittin pretty in the number one spot in Turbonetics Pro Outlaw 10.5 with a sweet 6.73 @214.
After Bruce Hemminger's run of 9.38 in Real Street, Tim Matherly answered right back with a 9.37 to set a new RS record and claim the top current qualifying spot.
Phil Hines has been fighting gremlins all weekend but is staying positive and hopes to get things sorted out before eliminations tomorrow.
Drag Radial racer Enzo Pecchini as well as his fellow Radial racers have been fighting the track all day. Enzo has been off-pace but currently holds the number two qualifying spot with an 8.30.
Elaine Larson had a horiffic crash at the end of round two qualifying. Her jet dragster headed towards the center line while in the left lane then made a hard right and hit head on into the right side wall at over 270 miles per hour. Elaine is a little brusied up but OK.

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Saturday Night Bits From The Pits

Bob Cook had to do some quick wrenching to change some components on his cooling system after tech inspection. The work paid off as Bob is qualified number one in EFI Renegade with an 8.47 @159.

Final Round Qualifying

Aj Wyce did a nice job of driving and keeping his EFI Renegade car off the wall and back in the groove during third round when he put it in the air and starting coming towards myself and fellow guardrail targets.
Mike Murillo had some issues on his third and final pass for the day and had to be pushed off the track. He is qualified number two in Pro Outlaw 10.5.
Always a crowd pleaser, Charlie Booze hangs em high and qualifies number one in Hot Street.

Saturday Evening Race Recap

Today’s event has been full of excitement, record setting runs and breakage. There were several oil downs in the bracket ranks which the starting line crew here at National Trail took care of swiftly and kept the program running smooth. As I strolled through the pits after third round, there wasn’t anyone really thrashing in the heads up camps. Rumor has it Johnny Mac burned a piston but there was no activity in his pit. Bruce Hemminger blew away the Real Street record by more than a tenth during the last round of qualifying with a 9.31 @ 142. Sam Vincent jumped from third to first with a super smooth pass of 7.27 @ 188 in the Super Street Outlaw class. Drag Radial has noticeably struggled with the track today as all four competitors have been running in the mid to low eight’s, well off their normal pace. Look for faster times from them tomorrow as they work through tough track conditions. Conrad Scarry reset his own standing record and retained the number one qualifying position in Pro Outlaw 10.5 with his second round run of 6.73 @214. Factory Stock and Pure Street will have some tight racing tomorrow with the top five competitors all within four tenths of each other.

Well that wraps it up for today, check back in tomorrow for eliminations updates and more bits from the pits!

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The NMRA racing series is winding down as they enter their next to last points race of the year in Columbus.  There are a lot of tight battles between classes and Columbus might be the final factor for a few of them.  Stay tuned to Stang TV all weekend for updates from Ohio.

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor, SCT Performance.  Check out their full line of tuning solutions, including their brand new 2011 Mustang tuners at www.sctflash.com

Friday Morning News from the Pits

We're on a bit of a rain delay this afternoon as spotty rain has hit the area for the last couple of hours. The track is being re-prepped as we speak and we should be ready to go soon!
Sam Vincent gets a bit squirrelly at the sixty foot and coasts to a 12.20 @ 66.71mph during testing.
Real Street racer Dave Gitner had some popping issues in testing as had to get out of it.
Newcomer Matt Williams from Long Branch New Jersey made his NMRA debut today in Factory Stock with a 12.95@109. Matt has been building the car for three years and just finished it up three weeks ago.
Robbie Blankship ran a clean pass of 8.68 @ 152 in testing. The team said they have a new trick up their sleeves!

Friday Round One Qualifying

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