It’s Sunday morning here at the Super Bowl; racing is underway with the NMRA’s heads-up classes coming around shortly, We’ll be back soon with all the action. Lots of great action yesterday, and there are a number of great battles lined up for today’s elimination sessions. Stay tuned all day!
Justin Fogelsonger turned in his quickest pass of the weekend so far in his second-round win over Sondra Leslie. It seems that having Charlie Booze, Jr. shake the car down is paying big dividends.Louie Sylvester, Jr. continued to improve, sending Bart Welte home in the second round of Factory Stock. Side-by-side wheels up launches for both had Louie crossing the stripe with a strong 10.94.Matt Amrine continues to excel in Factory Stock. In an awesome side-by-side race with Jay Dold, Amrine came out on top, 10.97 to Dold’s 10.98.Joe Charles rocked the second round of Coyote Stock on his single run. A 10.505 was the best pass of the round, edging out Joe Marini’s 10.52. He’ll face Marini in the next round while Darin Hendricks gets a bye into the final.
Befitting the qualifying results, Tommy Godfrey and Teddy Weaver (#2 and #1 respectively) will face off in the final round of Pure Street. Godfrey put up a 9.95 in his defeat of Ron Cullember, while Weaver had a bye and turned in a super-stout 9.86 in the heat of the day.Terry “Beefcake” Reeves had a bye in the semifinal of Coyote Modified and ran a soft 10.061 test pass.Meanwhile, on the other side of the ladder in Coyote Modified, Joe Cram’s ’06 ProCharged Mustang took on 17-year-old newcomer Camren Massengale in his new Cobra Jet. Despite snoozing at the tree, Cram had enough left in reserve to take out Massengale, 8.719 to Massengale’s 8.944. He’ll meet Beefacke in a battle of the two biggest smack-talkers in the NMRA in the final round.Bart Tobener continued to sit at the top of the field in Renegade, running the quickest pass of the round with a sweet 8.07 to take out JD Coon.“We’re tuning on the car big time to find the power needed. It’s either going to be real fast or catastrophic!” says Brian Mitchell. In the first round, it was fast, running an 8.25 to take out Alton Clements. He’ll face Tobener in the semifinals. On the other side of the ladder, Bob Cook took out Charlie Cooper on a monster holeshot when Cooper’s car had problems on the starting line. Cook has a ye through to the final round.Saving the best for last in Street Outlaw was John Urist, who lit the scoreboard with an unreal 6.99 blast at 198.32MPH on his competition bye. The track surface is absolutely outstanding today, with records set in a number of the NMCA classes. NMCA racer Phil Smith took his nitroused Firebird to the win over Phil Hines, while Andy Manson cracked off a 7.08 over Tony Alm to advance on the opposite side of the ladder. The first pairing of the round had StangTV founder James Lawrence take a holeshot, then make his best pass of the weekend and his racing career in a win over number-one-qualifier Rob Goss, 7.16/200MPH to Goss’ 7.12./198MPH hit.
Elimination Sheets
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Semifinal Round Updates
Street Outlaw
In the first pairing of Street Outlaw, James Lawrence faced off against Andy Manson. Lawrence edged in deep and it came back to bite him, as he lit the angry red bulb with a -.009 reaction time and handed Manson the win on the starting line. This is the first chance Lawrence has had to race on a track with the type of conditions experienced here at Route 66 and he went quicker on every pass of the weekend. Manson has been quietly turning in killer elapsed times with his Acors Performance-backed ProCharged hotrod this season, and the semifinal of Street Outlaw was no exception as he streaked to a 7.12 at 197 MPH for the win.
The second pairing saw Urist line up with Phil Smith, and in a tough break for the Mustang racer, the car didn’t react on the starting line and just fell flat on its face over the first sixty feet. He got back in it and attempted to chase Smith down, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Smith, to his credit, has been tearing up the track this weekend with the only nitrous car in the Street Outlaw class. He went hammer down on his machine in the left lane to turn the win with a 7.11 at 194.46 MPH.
Renegade
In Edelbrock Renegade, Brian Mitchell came into the matchup with Bart Tobener with one thought in mind – ‘show up or blow up’. He had a tuneup in the car, but it just wasn’t enough to get around the monster Mustang of Tobener, which has been on a tear all season long. Tobener crossed the stripe with an 8.08 at 172.67 MPH, while Mitchell’s valiant effort lit the board with an 8.22 at 167. In a conversation with Mitchell yesterday, he told us he’d do whatever it took to knock Bart off his perch by Bowling Green, and given his past performances in the class, we don’t doubt it.
On the other side of the ladder, Bob Cook took his single pass and shut down early to set up the final round.
Factory Stock
Louie Sylvester took his shot at the tree against Matt Amrine in the Factory Stock semifinals; it didn’t work out at he turned on the red and handed Amrine the win. Amrine continued his string of ten-second passes and crossed the stripe with a 10.93 blast.
The other pairing saw Justin Fogelsonger take out James Meredith with a stout 11.036 to Meredith’s 11.39 pass – it was all Fogelsonger all the way in this pairing.
Coyote Stock
The semifinals of Coyote Stock were over before they began, as Joe Charles lit the red bulb and handed the round win to Joe Marini, who turned in a stout 10.55 at 127 MPH. On the other side of the ladder,Darin Hendricks took the tree on his competition bye to save the equipment for the final round.
Final Round Updates
Street Outlaw
In Street Outlaw, Andy Manson gave up his chance to take home the cash and his shot at the Super Bowl ring with a heartbreaking redlight against Phil Smith. To his credit, Smith ran a bracket-like 7.10 to take home the win.
Renegade
End to end for Bart Tobener this weekend – he cranked off an 8.11 at 166 MPH to take the win over Bob Cook with the outcome nearly decided on the starting line as he just kept pulling away to the finish line. That’s the smile of a winner,because unofficially, he wraps up the class championship with this win.
Coyote Modified
Beefcake backed up the talk in the final round of Coyote Modified, taking the win over Joe Cram on a holeshot victory. Beefcake’s 8.687 at 161 MPH eked past Cram’s 8.672 at 161 MPH on the strength of the starting line advantage. This is Beefcake’s second win of the season.
Pure Street
Teddy Weaver continued his domination of Pure Street in the final round despite giving up a significant holeshot to Tommy Godfrey. At the stripe, Weaver crossed just .008-second in front of Godfrey, or a bit less than two and a half feet at 135 MPH.
Factory Stock
Another end to end win came for Matt Amrine, and Justin Fogelsonger’s weekend in Factory Stock came to an end on the starting line with a redlight. Amrine was on a mission this weekend. He’s won three of the four races he’s entered and three of the five events this season.
Coyote Stock
Coyote Stock was one of the closest races of the final round, with Darin Hendricks coming out on top over Joe Marini, 10.55 to Marini’s 10.57. Right from the hit, Marini went left and struggled to bring the car back into the groove, while Hendricks went straight down Broadway for his first win of the year – and the first win of his Coyote Stock career.
Final Eliminations Ladders
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The Super Bowl
In the first pairing of the NMRA vs. NMCA Super Bowl battle, NMRA True Street winner Cal Hayward lined up against NMCA True Street runner-up Jordan Castle. Hayward staged first, Castle got the leave, but Castle took with win with an 8.72 when Hayward snoozed on the tree. The second pairing brought NMRA Mod Muscle winner Donnie Bowles up against NMCA Nostalgia Super Stock winner Dave Schultz in the Big Red Whale Mopar HEMI-powered wagon. Schultz leaves second, but Bowles runs right on his dial with a 10.12 with an 0 to Schultz’s 9.83 on a 9.75 dial-in. 1-1 NMRA/NMCA now.
Next up on-track is NMRA Super Stang winner Larry Firestone and Nostalgia Muscle Car winner Jerry Stamps. Stamps gets the leave and takes the win over Firestone. Nostalgia Super Stock runner-up DW Hopkins is paired with Truck and Lightning winner Gerry Van Veen. Van Veen has an 11.76 dial with Hopkins at 9-flat. Hopkins takes him down with a 9.01 to Van Veen’s 11.67 breakout.
Open Comp Versus Open Comp – NMRA winner Mike Olencheck versus NMCA winner Phil Timm, and the race was over before it began as Timm lit the red bulb. 3-2 now with NMCA on top so far – but NMRA leads the all-time tally with six overall wins to NMCA’s two.
Into the heads-up cars next,with Factory Stock winner Matt Amrine facing off against NA 10.5 winner Mike DeMayo. Amrine has a near four-second advantage, but DeMayo chases him down with an 8.01 to Amrine’s 10.96. NMRA Pure Street winner Teddy Weaver takes on NMCA Nitrous Pro Street winner Don Baskin. Weaver gets a two-and-a-half second advantage on the tree against seasoned racer Baskin. Baskin snoozes on the tree, and Weaver turns in a 9.86 to close the gap to 4-3 in favor of NMCA at this point.
Coyote Stock winner Darin Hendricks takes on Xtreme Street racer Dave Hutnick with a near-three second advantage on the starting line. Hendricks, the first-time Coyote Stock winner and former Pure Street champion, sees Hutnick in his new Camaro. Tree drops, Hendricks goes wheels-up, and on the top end Hendricks evens the score at 4-4 with a 10.54 to Hutnick’s 7.81.
Next up is Street Outlaw winner Phil Smith against Coyote Modified winner Terry Reeves. Nitrous versus blower, Firebird versus Mustang, NMCA versus NMRA – in a battle of Corndog and Beefcake. A second-and-a-half in the bag for Corndog, with Beefcake getting the leave. Both racers jumped the tree with Corndog leaving before the tree came down, giving the Beef the beef – and giving the NMRA the lead 5-4 to this point with two more matchups to go.
Pro Mod champ Steve Summers and Street Outlaw runner-up Andy Manson battle off in a matchup of two of the big boys of the event. A huuuuuuuuge smokey burnout for Manson, while Summers waits patiently near the starting line. Nobody wants to go into the beams..sitting…sitting..sitting.
Manson finally lights his pre-stage bulb, Summers inches in, Lights on, tree down, and Manson is away with a full head of steam. Summers drives 1500 feet and still gets around Manson at the finish line, 5.89 to Manson’s 7.10 blast and evening up the score, 5-5.
It comes down to the last pairing between a pair of Georgia residents and two of the most dominant racers of the weekend, Renegade winner Bad Bart Tobener and the head of WOOOOOO! Nation, Radial Wars winner Keith Berry. Tobener is in the right lane, Berry in the left. The suspense builds as both racers sit behind the burnout box and wait for the call to pull forward.
660 feet to go – this is the single Super Bowl race run at eighth-mile distance in deference to the Radial Wars class. The slow movement into the lights, the revs come up, the tree drops, and Berry bangs the bulb, giving Tobener and the NMRA the win, 6-5, in a suspense-filled final race.
An awesome weekend for both the NMRA and the NMCA, and if you missed it, you should make plans to be here next year – this is without a doubt one of the best races of the season at one of the best facilities in the country!
Well, this is the sight nobody wants to see on a race day. Currently we are in a holding pattern due to Mother Nature. The radar indicates that the cell should be out of here in a few hours, so the plan at this point is to wait out the weather. We’ll be back at some point later today with some sort of update; whether it’s racing or not is yet to be determined.
We are back up and waiting on the first round to begin. Currently there is no wi-fi in the tower due to the storms from last night/this morning, so we’re connected via mobile hotspot. The plan is to go right into the first round of eliminations and skip the last round of qualifying; we’ll be running all day until this first round is done tonight.
In an effort to catch up with Bart Tobener, Brian Mitchell put the wood to his Renegade machine yesterday. As you can see, the belt didn’t like the changes, but he’s back up and ready to roll this morning.Despite the rain, there are still a number of folks that have shown up to populate the car show area. There were more hotrods rolling in when we walked through earlier.One of the best parts of an NMRA/NMCA race are all the pets that show up on the property. Will sit for treats!You may remember {link=https://www.stangtv.com/news/strange-engineering-and-nmra-racers-support-emilees-race-for-a-cure/} the article {/link} we wrote last week on Emilee Hurt and her battle with diabetes. Strange Engineering has been helping to raise money for Emilee and her battle; many of the racers have stepped up to support her. Yesterday a raffle was held and a substantial sum of money was raised. You can check their cause out on Facebook – Emilee’s Race For A Cure.
This is what happens when you’re the number-one qualifier in Coyote Stock – you get to show up late and take off the car cover just prior to eliminations. Joe Charles is ready to take on all comers today.Mike Bowen was hard at work this morning changing out a clutch disc in his Coyote Stock Maverick,. The Pennsylvania-based racer said the only reason he was under the car was to try to get coverage on StangTV. Based on the number of nuts and bolts we saw under the car, we think he was lying.
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We love Steve Moberley's Factory Stock Fairmont! Up until about two weeks ago the plan was to enter Coyote Stock with the car, but Moberley decided he didn't want to deal with tuning the clutch in the class; instead he has a C4 in the Fairmont and is working out the bugs.
Round One Results
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Round One Notes
Titanium Bob Cook hasn’t gotten into the 8.20’s yet, but he hasn’t forgotten how to drive. In his first-round win over Jim Breese, he uncorked a .009 reaction time, best of the round by .031-second.Brian Mitchell ran low ET of the round in Renegade with an 8.266 at 165-plus, in soupy air. The humidity from this morning’s rain is still lingering – it’s like walking around a sauna even though the temperature here is only about 75 degrees. Number one qualifier Bart Tobener took it easy in round one, putting down the track on his bye run.James Meredith continues to impress in Factory Stock, taking out Chris Lee in his first round matchup with a strong 10.98. Meredith and Matt Amrine are the only two competitors in the ten-second zone so far this weekend.Bart Welte’s .008 reaction time was the best of the first round in Factory Stock; his 11.27 sees him move on to the second round against Louie Sylvester, Jr, who took out Steve Moberley with a strong 11.06.
Jay Dold is quietly having a solid season in Factory Stock, The fire inspector from Ohio took out John Leslie, Jr. in round one with an 11.07 to Leslie’s 11.26.Two races ago, Dwayne Barbaree had the car to beat; at this race he’s been struggling to find the tuneup all weekend long. He went down to Tony Alm in the first round of Street Outlaw competition. Alm put up a 7.18 to Barbaree’s 7.58.Filthy Phil Hines continues to make a run at the Street Outlaw title – he won over Nicole Priola on a strong 7.19 effort.John Urist put up low ET of the round with a 7.03 at 199 MPH in his matchup against Bryan Sarsfield’s big-block Mustang. Urist was the only competitor in the 7-ohs.Andy Manson’s also having a good weekend so far in Street Outlaw. He advanced easily in round one when Steven Wardlow didn’t make the call. Manson will face Alm in round two.
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Charlie Cooper had quite the wild ride in round one of Renegade competition. His hood blew off at halftrack, cracking the windshield - but not before he turned on the win light against Johnny Lightning. He's already replaced the windshield in preparation for round two. The hood? We're not so sure. Looks like Mike Bowen’s clutch change helped out – he turned in a nice holeshot on Brandon Alsept to take the win in Coyote Stock round one – 10.713 to 10.688.Very uncharacteristic for Drew Lyons to lose on a holeshot, but that’s exactly what happened in the first round against Steve Gifford. Margin of victory? Six thousandths of the second.Joe Marini turned in low ET of the round in Coyote Stock; he clicked off a 10.58 on his way to taking out Doug Johnson.The only nine-second pass in round one of Pure Street came from Teddy Weaver, who took out Scott Barker easily when Barker didn’t make it off the starting line. Weaver has a bye into the final round.Goose got the jump on Tommy Godfrey – too much of a jump, in fact, as he left the line .029-second early and handed Godfrey the win. Godfrey faces his JPC Racing teammate Ron Cullember in the second round; the winner of that matchup goes on to face Weaver in the final.
At this point we are complete for the day; weather has moved in. We finished up round two of some of the index classes this evening but did not make it back around to the heads-up classes. We’ll be back tomorrow with more coverage, so stay tuned!
It’s the annual Super Bowl of Street Legal drag racing where the NMRA and NMCA battle it out to see who will take home the coveted Super Bowl rings and title for 2014. Several points battles are heating up in multiple NMRA classes and the Super Bowl could be a deciding factor as to who gets crowned champion at the PRI show in December and who just gets to run the number 2 on their car for 2015. We’ll be here all weekend long covering the event so keep your browser pointed here and check back often for updates.
Friendly Frank Varela was had at work on his Hellion Turbo Coyote Modified entry this morning. He and car owner Dwayne James along with the rest of the “B” Team had the engine out earlier this week to change the secondary timing chains. With 40 runs on the old chains, the team felt it was important to swap them out rather than run into any issues on the track.John Urist working on the tuneup this morning. Despite showing up with no time to test prior to the event, he clicked off a 7.14 during this morning’s open time trials. Looks like he’s ready for the Street Outlaw battle this weekend.This is Gino Cavallo’s first Street Outlaw race with the former Zack Posey-owned machine. Cavallo has completely revamped the car to include a 430-cube SBF engine filled by a 94mm turbocharger. The car has been 190MPH before and they don’t feel there will be any struggles to perform well this weekend with Dan Bills doing the tuning.This is Louie Sylvester’s second race with the Modular powerplant under the hood of his Factory Stocker. During this morning’s test session he clicked off a 10.96 at 122MPH on the machine, which was completely revamped by Aaron Stapleton at Fast Forward Race Cars.
JD Coon’s still working on getting his Kenne Bell-blown Renegade machine onto the pace. He currently has a 4R100 transmission in the car but is considering swapping to a Turbo400 in an effort to lose some weight and get the wheelspeed down. The gear ratios in the Turbo 400 are very different from the ratios in the 4R100.A meeting of the Coyote Stock minds – Brandon Alsept, Jacob Lamb, Ed Curtis, and Darin Hendricks discussing strategies – or what’s for lunch, we’re not sure.After a number of races working with a Liberty five-speed transmission, Jim Breese has made the switch to a Rossler Turbo400 in an effort to get a better handle on the car. His goal for the weekend is to get into the 8.20s and get down the track cleanly.It’s been a mad thrash for Pure Street racer Mike “Goose” Gucciardo over the last several weeks. The decision to paint the car over the offseason almost turned into a major event, as a number of issues nearly kept the team out of competition this weekend. He was working on finishing up the car, and the painter was actually on his way with the last few panels to put on the car. Goose is just happy to be on the property. And the car sure does look good in the rare Mimosa hue.We caught up with Open Comp racers Larry Geddes and Brent Blacker this morning. The two longtime competitors were kicking back and analyzing the atmospheric data for the day.
Round One Qualifying Notes
In Street Outlaw, John Urist put the Mustang contingent at the top of the ladder, lighting the board with a 7.094 at 197 MPH in the heat of the day. Dwayne Barbaree, fresh off and engine rebuild, took the second spot with a 7.16 at 195 MPH.
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In Factory Stock, it was a battle of old-school Modular versus new-school Coyote, with Matt Amrine (black '98) taking the top spot with a 10.84 with James Meredith (yellow '03) taking the second spot with his 10.86 blast. Meredith made the move over from Coyote Stock and has been working hard to put his machine at the front of the pack. In his first event in Factory Stock, Justin Fogelsonger put his Booze Brothers Racing-sponsored machine into the third spot with a stout 11.04. This car was formerly raced in Coyote Stock by Joseph Jones and shaken down by Charlie Booze himself earlier this year in Coyote Stock in Maryland. Justin put it into Factory Stock as the Coyote-based rules have him in a competitive place.Dyno Joe Cram has his Texas-based hotrod at the top of the Coyote Modified ladder after the first round. Cram thrashed on the car between races and is sporting a brand-new rear suspension from Team Z Motorsports that he finished installing just this week. His 8.62 at 161.83 MPH is three tenths ahead of second qualifier Camren Massengale. Points leader Frank Varela didn’t get a qualifying time due to leaving the starting line before the tree came down.The best wheelstand of the round award goes to Johnny Lightning-backed Coyote Modified racer John Kauderer. The New York resident is here competing in his 2014 Cobra Jet and cranked off an 8.95 to land in third in the class.Teddy Weaver is the only Pure Street racer to break into the nine-second zone so far, clicking off a 9.90 at 135 to lead the field into the second round.With Shane Stymiest home this weekend mowing the lawn, Joe Charles was able to top the Coyote Stock field in the first round. Charles’ 10.47 bested number-two qualifier Darin Hendricks by .068-second.
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Drew Lyons (left) and Mike Bowen (right) sit third and fourth respectively in Coyote Stock after one round. Lyons' 10.601 is just three hundredths ahead of Bowen's 10.604. Joe Marini's 10.613 rounds out the top five in the ultra-competitive class. Matt Williams’ first-ever Coyote Stock pass netted an 11.65 at 115.33 MPH to fill out the last spot on the ladder. The longtime Factory Stock competitor switched over to Coyote Stock after a catastrophic engine failure earlier this year.How about the return of longtime NMRA racer Farmer Steve Gifford this weekend? The longtime Pure Street racer was one of the brainiacs behind the Coyote Stock concept, along with noted tuner Ken Bjonnes, and he’s finally got his machine together and out to the track. His multi-year layoff didn’t slow him down – he qualified sixth with a 10.73, banging gears the whole way down the track.Charlie Cooper continues to impress in Renegade. He topped the ladder in round one ahead of points leader Bart Tobener with an 8.20; Tobener stopped the clocks with an 8.22.The “Coolest Car In Factory Stock” award goes to Steve Moberley, who’s campaigning a bad-ass 1979 Fairmont equipped with a Coyote powerplant between the fenders. Moberley is still shaking the combination down and crossed the stripe with an 11.75.
Second Round Qualifying Notes
Frank Varela salvaged his day and rocketed to the top of the Coyote Modified ladder in the second round of qualifying this evening. He cranked off an 8.401 at 164.13 MPH to take the top spot away from Joe Cram.Tommy “4X” Godfrey joined Teddy Weaver in the nine-second zone in Pure Street this evening, cracking off a strong 9.966 at 135-plus. Godfrey is not one to let anyone beat him for long; he seems committed to Pure Street as he was during the process of winning four straight Factory Stock championships.Joe Marini shot to the third spot in Coyote Stock, leapfrogging Drew Lyons and Mike Bowen and lighting the boards with a 10.57 at 127.43 MPH.Charlie Cooper didn’t hold on to the top spot in Renegade for long; Bad Bart Tobener rocketed to an 8.02 at 172.32 MPH in tonight’s second round of qualifying. Tobener has dedicated himself to winning the Renegade championship this season and is well on his way to doing so.
In the first pairing of the NMRA vs. NMCA Super Bowl battle, NMRA True Street winner Cal Hayward lined up against NMCA True Street runner-up Jordan Castle. Hayward staged first, Castle got the leave, but Castle took with win with an 8.72 when Hayward snoozed on the tree. The second pairing brought NMRA Mod Muscle winner Donnie Bowles up against NMCA Nostalgia Super Stock winner Dave Schultz in the Big Red Whale Mopar HEMI-powered wagon. Schultz leaves second, but Bowles runs right on his dial with a 10.12 with an 0 to Schultz’s 9.83 on a 9.75 dial-in. 1-1 NMRA/NMCA now.
Next up on-track is NMRA Super Stang winner Larry Firestone and Nostalgia Muscle Car winner Jerry Stamps. Stamps gets the leave and takes the win over Firestone. Nostalgia Super Stock runner-up DW Hopkins is paired with Truck and Lightning winner Gerry Van Veen. Van Veen has an 11.76 dial with Hopkins at 9-flat. Hopkins takes him down with a 9.01 to Van Veen’s 11.67 breakout.
Into the heads-up cars next,with Factory Stock winner Matt Amrine facing off against NA 10.5 winner Mike DeMayo. Amrine has a near four-second advantage, but DeMayo chases him down with an 8.01 to Amrine’s 10.96. NMRA Pure Street winner Teddy Weaver takes on NMCA Nitrous Pro Street winner Don Baskin. Weaver gets a two-and-a-half second advantage on the tree against seasoned racer Baskin. Baskin snoozes on the tree, and Weaver turns in a 9.86 to close the gap to 4-3 in favor of NMCA at this point.
Next up is Street Outlaw winner Phil Smith against Coyote Modified winner Terry Reeves. Nitrous versus blower, Firebird versus Mustang, NMCA versus NMRA – in a battle of Corndog and Beefcake. A second-and-a-half in the bag for Corndog, with Beefcake getting the leave. Both racers jumped the tree with Corndog leaving before the tree came down, giving the Beef the beef – and giving the NMRA the lead 5-4 to this point with two more matchups to go.
It comes down to the last pairing between a pair of Georgia residents and two of the most dominant racers of the weekend, Renegade winner Bad Bart Tobener and the head of WOOOOOO! Nation, Radial Wars winner Keith Berry. Tobener is in the right lane, Berry in the left. The suspense builds as both racers sit behind the burnout box and wait for the call to pull forward.
