What promised to be a thrilling and exciting weekend of FFW racing at the Texas Motorplex quickly turned into a quagmire of downed hopes, spoiled dreams, and a very wet racetrack. With the Ennis event being the final one in 2006 in which points could be earned, the ensuing rain forced FFW officials to call the race and let the points standings remain at a final status quo.
Three classes were completed before the rains came-CFE Street Bandit, Borla Street Warrior, and MM&FF/Tremec True Street. As has been the norm all season, Matt Jones and Daniel Bott squared off in the CFE Street Bandit final, with Jones leading Bott wire to wire. After scoring a slight holeshot, Jones' 8.86 outran Bott's 8.89 for the victory. In Borla Street Warrior, John Scaro showed everyone why drivers are still needed as he picked up the holeshot win over Jeremy Martorella with a stellar 0.018 reaction time. Scaro's 9.65-second effort was enough to hold off the hard-charging 9.59 laid down by Martorella by a mere 0.021 second.
In MM&FF/Tremec True Street, Jimmy Russell and his Fox-body Stang ripped off three consis-tent passes in the mid-9-second zone to take home the win. His 9.57-second average bested David Belcher's second-best 9.76 average. Mick Procovich rounded out the top three with a 10.14-second average.
While rain ended the eliminations portion of the show, qualifying was completed on Saturday in all of the head-up classes.
Winner Jimmy Russell averaged...
Winner
Jimmy Russell averaged a 9.574-second elapsed time to take home the MM&FF/Tremec True Street win in Ennis. Russell ran in the mid-to-low-9-second zone on all three passes.
WinnerJohn Scaro (far lane)...
WinnerJohn Scaro (far lane) used a sizeable starting-line advantage to grab the Borla Street Warrior win from Jeremy Martorella. Scaro used a 9.65 to hold off the closing 9.59 from Martorella.
David Belcher and his beautiful...
David Belcher and his beautiful Fox-body almost came home with the MM&FF/Tremec True Street win in Ennis. After opening the competition with a 9.56-second pass-second quickest overall-he then blasted down the quarter-mile two more times, averaging a 9.76.
Mick Procovich rounded out...
Mick Procovich rounded out the top three in MM&FF/Tremec True Street with a respectable 10.14-second average. He showed how consistent his Stang was as he ran a 10.08, a 10.16, and a 10.18, respectively.
Winner Don Justus continued...
Winner
Don Justus continued his rule over those in JDM Engineering Tough Truck as he ripped off a lightning-quick 10.76 to qualify number one in Ennis.
Winner Ronnie Wilson continued...
Winner
Ronnie Wilson continued to lay down the law in Precision Turbo Street Renegade with his nitrous-gulping Mustang GT. He ripped off a 7.81 at 175 mph in qualifying to take the top spot.
Winner Even though he lost...
Winner
Even though he lost the final round, Daniel Bott was able to take away some thunder from Matt Jones as he threw up an 8.890-second pass for the number-one qualifying position in the CFE Street Bandit class.