Bret Kepner
10-17-2007, 12:10 PM
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These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series events held each Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.
All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during official qualifying or championship rounds. The Official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:30 PM and concludes at 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations with the championship final round held at 9:45 PM. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a "Fastest Street Car Qualifier" decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by SX Performance Fuel Systems (http://www.sx-performance.com). Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of six cylinders or more), also meet in a no-handicap championship round for trophies presented by St. Louis Street Racers.com (http://www.stlsr.com) and the two quickest Super Truck drivers, (open to all trucks and utility vehicles), meet in a no-handicap championship round for trophies presented by Gateway Raceway.com (http://www.gatewayraceway.com/). All finalists in all categories also receive free digital images from the event courtesy of Bret Kepner Photos.com (http://www.bretkepnerphotos.com/) and one free entry to a future SCSS event.
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, MADISON, ILLINOIS
2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT TRACK RECORDS
Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Tony Tobnick, Cedar Hill, MO 91 Mustang 359 Ford 8.341 10/16/2007
RWD Tony Tobnick, Cedar Hill, MO 91 Mustang 359 Ford 166.11 10/16/2007
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.160 10/16/2007
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007
TRK Larry Richards, Hillsboro, MO 52 3100 427 Chevy 9.278 9/4/2007
TRK Larry Richards, Hillsboro, MO 52 3100 427 Chevy 149.07 9/4/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007
RTY Eric Cheatham, Belleville, IL 93 RX-7 79 Mazda 10.048 9/26/2006
RTY Eric Cheatham, Belleville, IL 93 RX-7 79 Mazda 137.95 9/26/2006
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 140.52 9/11/2007
6CYL Rob Nolan, Granite City, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 11.041 10/11/2005
6CYL Rob Nolan, Granite City, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 124.56 4/11/2006
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 11.057 10/16/2007
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 131.91 10/16/2007
OCTOBER 16th, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
EVENT 27 10/16/2007
1 Tony Tobnick Cedar Hill MO 91 Mustang 359 Ford 8.341 166.11
2 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.612 157.47
3 Philip Reichardt Festus MO 67 Camaro 350 Chevy 8.976 157.65
4 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 66 Chevelle 510 Chevy 9.105 143.92
5 Jon Huber St. Louis MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.160 152.16
6 Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 496 Chevy 9.597 141.53
7 Mickey Boyer Imperial MO 69 Nova 406 Chevy 9.739 134.85
8 Matt Deason Coredell MO 57 Bel-Air 355 Chevy 10.173 132.58
9 Kevin Autenrieth Bethalto IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 10.211 132.69
10 Joe Williams Maryville IL 72 Nova 454 Chevy 10.564 127.29
11 Tony Lindahl Ballwin MO 03 Mustang 281 Ford 10.911 134.98
12 Isaac St. Clair Troy MO 72 Chevelle 400 Chevy 11.032 121.72
13 Adam Corbitt St. Charles MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 11.093 131.91
14 Kevin Linebaugh Foristell MO 70 RoadRunner 440 Plym 11.125 119.52
15 Kurt Borton St. Charles MO 05 Mustang 281 Ford 11.168 123.69
16 Tim Kirkpatrick Troy MO 88 Mustang 393 Ford 11.408 117.87
OCTOBER 16th, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT FINAL ROUND
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH
W Tim Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro 0.107 8.568 158.24
RU Philip Reichardt, Festus, MO 1967 350 Camaro -0.093 (foul) 8.703 158.04
The twenty-seven event 2007 SX Performance (http://www.sx-performance.com) Street Car Shootout Series at Gateway International Raceway came to an end with a record-shattering season finale producing performances which might have seemed impossible only six months ago. While Tim “Moose” Mallicoat closed out his championship-winning year with yet another victory, the Collinsville, Illinois veteran was only one of dozens of competitors who took full advanatge of nearly perfect atmospheric conditions and traction to clock the quickest and fastest runs of the season. While personal bests were plentiful, the official Elapsed Time and Speed records in three of the eight SCSS divisions were decimated by incredible margins in a fitting end to the fourth year of the series.
The event featured the best “air” of any SCSS program in ‘07; the corrected elevation dropped almost one thousand feet during the evening from 1328 feet above sea level when the gates opened to only 383 feet above during the final rounds. Likewise, the GIR track crew spent an inordinate amount of time before the gates opened preparing a racing surface to match the weather. The track temperature never dropped below 71 degrees and its adhesion was almost hazardous to pedestrians! Even GIR starter “Ace” Richardson walked out of his shoes on at least one occasion!
The very first pass during early timed trials resulted in the first eleven-second run, (11.92/113.31), for Paul Hagen’s well-known blue ‘72 Nova and seemingly every driver who made a run before qualifying clocked a personal best. Thomas McPherson’s low-rider ‘90 306 Mustang was a prime example, hitting 11.30/123.60 to exceed its best by nearly a quarter-second!
Shortly after the official qualifying session began, Kenny Woolsey’s black ‘99 Camaro disintegrated its smallblock powerplant necessitating a twenty-minute clean-up. Tony Huff, who scored his first win of the season only a week ago, kicked off the “single digit” qualifying runs when the official session resumed with an easy 9.42/143.92 in brother Dale’s purple ‘66 Chevelle. Huff was quickly supplanted, however, by a stunning performance from Jon Huber’s legendary turbocharged 178-cubic inch four-cylinder ‘79 Mustang which annihilated its own SCSS Four-Cylinder Records with a 9.33 at 148.18 mph! Seven minutes later, Mallicoat’s 565-inch naturally-aspirated ’68 Camaro pulled to the line and unleashed its second-quickest run ever, a thundering 8.61 at 157.47 mph, to take the pole position.
While most fans in the stands waited to see who would threaten Mallicoat, few took notice of a black ‘91 Mustang which pulled into the waterbox only five minutes later. The Ford, driven by Tony Tobnick and campaigned with his brother, Nick, (a former Missouri State Arm Wrestling Championship contender), is a regular entry at many Midwestern Street Car events. The 359-inch nitrous oxide-aided smallblock had attended several test sessions at GIR during the 2007 season and few folks were aware of the car’s mid-eight-second potential, evidenced by an 8.54 at over 164 mph during a brutally hot GIR Saturday event in August. When the Andy McCoy-chassised Mustang launched on its 28X10.5 D.O.T. tires without a hint of tirespin, the resulting 1.30-second sixty-feet ET ranked with the best in SCSS racing. For every progressive point the car passed after that, however, records fell. A 3.563-second 330-feet ET was followed by a 5.404/133.94 eighth-mile before the black Ford became the first entry to clock under seven seconds at 1000 feet, (6.990). In a flash, Steven Gentry’s six-week-old 8.43-second SCSS ET Record and Matt Bell’s twenty-eight-day old 165.11 mph speed mark were crushed by Tobnick’s astounding 8.341 at 166.11 miles per hour!
The astonished crowd roared its approval at Tobnick’s blast and qualifying quickly became a battle to simply gain a remaining position in the four-car elimination field. Phil Reichardt, whose Phine Designs (http://www.phinedesigns.com/) ‘67 smallblock Camaro found its way to three previous final rounds in 2007, overpowered the tires to a backpedaling 8.97 at a career-best 157.65 mph. The last available qualifying position wasn’t determined until the final ten minutes of qualifying when Huber’s four-banger drew the loudest ovation of the event with an ungodly 9.16 at 152.16 mph but was knocked from the Final Four by Huff’s last-ditch 9.10/142.69 which came on the very last qualifying run of the season!
Huff’s run exceeded the record from the September 18th event, in which Mickey Boyer’s ‘69 Nova anchored the Top Four at 9.12/145, as the quickest eliminations field in SCSS history. Although the Super Sixteen “bump spot” of 11.40 seconds was only the fifth quickest ever, the field’s average of 10.07/137.25 was the second best in the eighty-six event history of the series!
These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series events held each Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.
All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during official qualifying or championship rounds. The Official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:30 PM and concludes at 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations with the championship final round held at 9:45 PM. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a "Fastest Street Car Qualifier" decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by SX Performance Fuel Systems (http://www.sx-performance.com). Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of six cylinders or more), also meet in a no-handicap championship round for trophies presented by St. Louis Street Racers.com (http://www.stlsr.com) and the two quickest Super Truck drivers, (open to all trucks and utility vehicles), meet in a no-handicap championship round for trophies presented by Gateway Raceway.com (http://www.gatewayraceway.com/). All finalists in all categories also receive free digital images from the event courtesy of Bret Kepner Photos.com (http://www.bretkepnerphotos.com/) and one free entry to a future SCSS event.
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, MADISON, ILLINOIS
2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT TRACK RECORDS
Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Tony Tobnick, Cedar Hill, MO 91 Mustang 359 Ford 8.341 10/16/2007
RWD Tony Tobnick, Cedar Hill, MO 91 Mustang 359 Ford 166.11 10/16/2007
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.160 10/16/2007
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007
TRK Larry Richards, Hillsboro, MO 52 3100 427 Chevy 9.278 9/4/2007
TRK Larry Richards, Hillsboro, MO 52 3100 427 Chevy 149.07 9/4/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007
RTY Eric Cheatham, Belleville, IL 93 RX-7 79 Mazda 10.048 9/26/2006
RTY Eric Cheatham, Belleville, IL 93 RX-7 79 Mazda 137.95 9/26/2006
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 140.52 9/11/2007
6CYL Rob Nolan, Granite City, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 11.041 10/11/2005
6CYL Rob Nolan, Granite City, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 124.56 4/11/2006
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 11.057 10/16/2007
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 131.91 10/16/2007
OCTOBER 16th, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
EVENT 27 10/16/2007
1 Tony Tobnick Cedar Hill MO 91 Mustang 359 Ford 8.341 166.11
2 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.612 157.47
3 Philip Reichardt Festus MO 67 Camaro 350 Chevy 8.976 157.65
4 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 66 Chevelle 510 Chevy 9.105 143.92
5 Jon Huber St. Louis MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.160 152.16
6 Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 496 Chevy 9.597 141.53
7 Mickey Boyer Imperial MO 69 Nova 406 Chevy 9.739 134.85
8 Matt Deason Coredell MO 57 Bel-Air 355 Chevy 10.173 132.58
9 Kevin Autenrieth Bethalto IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 10.211 132.69
10 Joe Williams Maryville IL 72 Nova 454 Chevy 10.564 127.29
11 Tony Lindahl Ballwin MO 03 Mustang 281 Ford 10.911 134.98
12 Isaac St. Clair Troy MO 72 Chevelle 400 Chevy 11.032 121.72
13 Adam Corbitt St. Charles MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 11.093 131.91
14 Kevin Linebaugh Foristell MO 70 RoadRunner 440 Plym 11.125 119.52
15 Kurt Borton St. Charles MO 05 Mustang 281 Ford 11.168 123.69
16 Tim Kirkpatrick Troy MO 88 Mustang 393 Ford 11.408 117.87
OCTOBER 16th, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT FINAL ROUND
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH
W Tim Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro 0.107 8.568 158.24
RU Philip Reichardt, Festus, MO 1967 350 Camaro -0.093 (foul) 8.703 158.04
The twenty-seven event 2007 SX Performance (http://www.sx-performance.com) Street Car Shootout Series at Gateway International Raceway came to an end with a record-shattering season finale producing performances which might have seemed impossible only six months ago. While Tim “Moose” Mallicoat closed out his championship-winning year with yet another victory, the Collinsville, Illinois veteran was only one of dozens of competitors who took full advanatge of nearly perfect atmospheric conditions and traction to clock the quickest and fastest runs of the season. While personal bests were plentiful, the official Elapsed Time and Speed records in three of the eight SCSS divisions were decimated by incredible margins in a fitting end to the fourth year of the series.
The event featured the best “air” of any SCSS program in ‘07; the corrected elevation dropped almost one thousand feet during the evening from 1328 feet above sea level when the gates opened to only 383 feet above during the final rounds. Likewise, the GIR track crew spent an inordinate amount of time before the gates opened preparing a racing surface to match the weather. The track temperature never dropped below 71 degrees and its adhesion was almost hazardous to pedestrians! Even GIR starter “Ace” Richardson walked out of his shoes on at least one occasion!
The very first pass during early timed trials resulted in the first eleven-second run, (11.92/113.31), for Paul Hagen’s well-known blue ‘72 Nova and seemingly every driver who made a run before qualifying clocked a personal best. Thomas McPherson’s low-rider ‘90 306 Mustang was a prime example, hitting 11.30/123.60 to exceed its best by nearly a quarter-second!
Shortly after the official qualifying session began, Kenny Woolsey’s black ‘99 Camaro disintegrated its smallblock powerplant necessitating a twenty-minute clean-up. Tony Huff, who scored his first win of the season only a week ago, kicked off the “single digit” qualifying runs when the official session resumed with an easy 9.42/143.92 in brother Dale’s purple ‘66 Chevelle. Huff was quickly supplanted, however, by a stunning performance from Jon Huber’s legendary turbocharged 178-cubic inch four-cylinder ‘79 Mustang which annihilated its own SCSS Four-Cylinder Records with a 9.33 at 148.18 mph! Seven minutes later, Mallicoat’s 565-inch naturally-aspirated ’68 Camaro pulled to the line and unleashed its second-quickest run ever, a thundering 8.61 at 157.47 mph, to take the pole position.
While most fans in the stands waited to see who would threaten Mallicoat, few took notice of a black ‘91 Mustang which pulled into the waterbox only five minutes later. The Ford, driven by Tony Tobnick and campaigned with his brother, Nick, (a former Missouri State Arm Wrestling Championship contender), is a regular entry at many Midwestern Street Car events. The 359-inch nitrous oxide-aided smallblock had attended several test sessions at GIR during the 2007 season and few folks were aware of the car’s mid-eight-second potential, evidenced by an 8.54 at over 164 mph during a brutally hot GIR Saturday event in August. When the Andy McCoy-chassised Mustang launched on its 28X10.5 D.O.T. tires without a hint of tirespin, the resulting 1.30-second sixty-feet ET ranked with the best in SCSS racing. For every progressive point the car passed after that, however, records fell. A 3.563-second 330-feet ET was followed by a 5.404/133.94 eighth-mile before the black Ford became the first entry to clock under seven seconds at 1000 feet, (6.990). In a flash, Steven Gentry’s six-week-old 8.43-second SCSS ET Record and Matt Bell’s twenty-eight-day old 165.11 mph speed mark were crushed by Tobnick’s astounding 8.341 at 166.11 miles per hour!
The astonished crowd roared its approval at Tobnick’s blast and qualifying quickly became a battle to simply gain a remaining position in the four-car elimination field. Phil Reichardt, whose Phine Designs (http://www.phinedesigns.com/) ‘67 smallblock Camaro found its way to three previous final rounds in 2007, overpowered the tires to a backpedaling 8.97 at a career-best 157.65 mph. The last available qualifying position wasn’t determined until the final ten minutes of qualifying when Huber’s four-banger drew the loudest ovation of the event with an ungodly 9.16 at 152.16 mph but was knocked from the Final Four by Huff’s last-ditch 9.10/142.69 which came on the very last qualifying run of the season!
Huff’s run exceeded the record from the September 18th event, in which Mickey Boyer’s ‘69 Nova anchored the Top Four at 9.12/145, as the quickest eliminations field in SCSS history. Although the Super Sixteen “bump spot” of 11.40 seconds was only the fifth quickest ever, the field’s average of 10.07/137.25 was the second best in the eighty-six event history of the series!