Susan McClenaghan finished...
Susan McClenaghan finished runner-up in Modular Muscle action. She ran high 10s with the supercharged Roush Mustang.
Steeda Open Comp qualifying was flatout sick. The NMRA qualifies the cars using reaction time rather than times because it is an index class. The OC field saw two perfect lights. Saul Walker II and Randy Conway both knocked down 0.000 reaction times during qualifying. Walker received the top qualifier due to doing it first. Wesley Dalrymple was the third qualifier with a 0.001 reaction time and it dropped off from there to a still very impressive 0.006 (Jason Boyer) and 0.008 (Sam Dyer). Open Comp and the other index classes (Mod Muscle and Truck and Lightning) run off 0.500 pro-Tree lights. The 27-car field was whittled down to just Johnny Wellen and David Watson. This outing, Wellen took the win with an 11.16 on an 11.06 index. Watson ran very well with his Mustang running 9.67 on a 9.59 index. The difference was in the reaction times when Wellen knocked off a 0.012 to Watson's 0.059.
Justin Burcham returned to...
Justin Burcham returned to heads-up competition after spending the past few years competing strictly in True Street and crewing on the many JPC-sponsored racers. He brought his blue Cobra back out at Atco with a pushrod engine. In a surprise move, despite running the quickest run in class history at Atco, Burcham came to Columbus packing a Rich Groh Racing-built Two-Valve modular engine. He feels it is the wave of the future in Factory Stock. Trans problems kept him from showing the engine's full potential.
Paul Gamino pulled double...
Paul Gamino pulled double duty in Ohio for the JDM Engineering team. The Texan showed his versatility as a driver by running both Super Stang and Truck and Lightning. He was runner-up in Super Stang driving the low 10-second Saleen Mustang. He won the Truck and Lightning class driving a sweet mid-13-second S331 pickup truck.
Dan Rawls is one of many nitrous...
Dan Rawls is one of many nitrous entries that are starting to fill up the EFI Renegade ranks. Rawls is the main man at PT Race Engines in Cleveland, Ohio, and built a wild engine that powers the '88 Stang to mid-8-second runs. He is also responsible for three-time Renegade champ Brian Mitchell's supercharged engine.
UPR posted top qualifier money...
UPR posted top qualifier money for the Pro Outlaw 10.5 and Super Street Outlaw categories. Here, Conrad Scarry happily took the prize for his performance in Pro Outlaw 10.5. He drove to the top qualifying spot with a 6.85 at 213 mph from his twin turbo Mustang.
You can have fun with a Mustang...
You can have fun with a Mustang V-6 and you can beat the V-8 cars, just ask Larry Russell. He grabbed his second win in three races in the Super Stang category. Russell has a minimum amount of mods done to his ride and it goes high 14s very consistently. He beat Gamino in the finals of Street Stang.
John Urist launches hard in...
John Urist launches hard in the finals of Super Street Outlaw. The ProCharger-blown coupe is featured elsewhere in this issue. He dispatched Perry Santini with a 7.53 in the final round.
The final of Mod Muscle pitted...
The final of Mod Muscle pitted McClenaghan against Motycka (far lane). Motycka took the win with a 12.57 on a 12.55 index.
Ryan Hecox moved one step...
Ryan Hecox moved one step closer to the Pure Street title with his JPC Racing-backed ride. He beat Mark Anderson (far lane) in the final round with a 10.28 at 134 mph.
Julie and Terry Allen get...
Julie and Terry Allen get our vote for the nicest engine compartment in the car show. Terry filled in and made smooth the firewall and strut towers as well as polishing nearly everything on the engine. It is impressive as they drive the car to every single event-no trailer queen here! Their coupe graced the Nov. '07 cover of MM&FF.