Bret Kepner
05-07-2008, 10:32 AM
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These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
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 Gateway Raceway.com (http://www.gatewayraceway.com/). Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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
2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES 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 9.147 4/15/2008
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
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008
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
MAY 6th, 2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
EVENT 05 05/06/2008
1 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.653 156.59
2 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 57 Bel-Air 510 Chevy 9.029 145.67
3 Dan Schell High Ridge MO 85 Monte Carlo 438 Chevy 9.236 150.88
4 Jon Huber St. Louis MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.264 151.99
5 Dave Odehnal Waterloo IL 93 Camaro 350 Chevy 9.494 139.18
6 James Landis Oreana IL 80 AMX 420 AMC 9.497 142.96
7 Jeff Litzsinger Hillsboro MO 65 Mustang 351 Ford 9.583 149.58
8 Kevin Autenrieth Bethalto IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 9.644 137.26
9 Laurence Bass Mascoutah IL 88 Mustang 306 Ford 10.127 140.87
10 Brett Marshall Collinsville IL 86 S-10 406 Chevy 10.206 135.27
11 Hal Marshall Collinsville IL 86 S-10 383 Chevy 10.316 130.95
12 Joe Williams Maryville IL 68 Nova 468 Chevy 10.675 122.10
13 Mike Mester Valley Park MO 00 Firebird 402 Pont 10.692 125.66
14 Curtis Paulfrey Brighton IL 68 Camaro 468 Chevy 10.844 124.58
15 Steve Gasich, Jr. Arnold MO 86 Mustang 153 Ford 10.853 125.82
16 Adam Corbitt St. Charles MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 134.87
MAY 6th, 2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH
W Tim Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro 0.236 8.622 156.95
RU Tony Huff, Collinsville, IL 1957 510 Bel-Air 0.177 9.042 145.23
Two days after the track produced the quickest and fastest runs of the NHRA POWERade drag racing season at the 12th annual O’Reilly Midwest Nationals, Tim “Moose” Mallicoat earned his second victory of the 2008 Street Car Shootout Series in similar record-setting conditions at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Despite a dismal forecast and rain showers which threatened to cancel the event, the fifth race in the series eventually became one of the quickest and fastest ever with the third ten-second “bump spot” for the Super Sixteen field. The program included two new SCSS Track Records and the Super Sixteen averaged 9.94 seconds!
One of the great misconceptions at Gateway is that the SCSS event annually held just after the NHRA Midwest Nationals offers the same surface on which the touring professionals of the POWERade series competed. In fact, the GIR race track is literally beaten up and ripped apart by over two thousand runs in three days during the year‘s largest event. On Monday morning, GIR chief starter Chuck Westcoat began a five-hour reconditioning of the surface which involved scraping off all the old rubber, adding a new layer of rubber and preparing the new surface for the annual professional category test session which follows the NHRA National Event. After a full day of testing by Top Fuel Dragsters, Funny Cars, Pro Stockers and Pro Modifieds, the same process was repeated for the SCSS event the next day! The same constant grooming of the surface took place throughout the Tuesday night program.
While rain sprinkles seemed to indicate the event would be called before the first pair of cars ever staged, the early timed trial session began on schedule and, to the amazement of all in attendance, the rain quickly stopped and the sun broke through the clouds. The cold front pushing through the area quickly dropped the corrected elevation from 1687 feet above sea level when timed trials began to a mere 975 feet when the final rounds were completed.
Many fans anticipated a record-breaking event regardless of the recent NHRA Midwest Nationals. During a test session the week before GIR closed to prepare for the NHRA tour, SCSS Record Holder Tony Tobnick had unleashed an 8.14 at 170 mph in his nitrous oxide-aided Mustang while Matt Giblin’s gold 1969 Nova had clocked an 8.07 at over 173 mph. Both announced plans to attend the May 6th event leading to rampant speculation that Tobnick’s 8.34/166.11 SCSS marks would be obliterated. The two teams competed in an event in Springfield, Missouri, the previous weekend and Tobnick experienced timing problems which led to a decision to stay home. Giblin, however, showed up for his first foray into the SCSS with his brutally powerful 600-cubic inch nitrous-fed Chevy.
The quickest run of timed trials, a 9.85-second, 143.23 mph effort by chassis builder Dan Schell’s 438-inch ’85 Monte Carlo, gave little indication of the wild night ahead but Giblin pulled into the water box to begin the official qualifying period. When asked what kind of performance the team expected, crewchief Kevin Giblin admitted, “It definitely could run into the 7.90s. If it hooks up, we’re going to spray the heck out of it!”. After a blazing burnout, Matt Giblin staged the Yenko Nova and eased off the starting line to a lazy 1.67-second sixty feet elapsed time before engaging the nitrous oxide at the sixty feet mark. Immediately, the Nova yanked the front wheels and drove into a massive powerstand. At the one hundred-feet mark, the Festus, Missouri, pilot yanked his foot off the throttle to bring the Chevy back to earth. When it landed, Giblin stabbed the gas again but, this time, the front end went to the moon in the tallest wheelstand yet seen in SCSS D.O.T. tire competition. With the front wheels dangling, the Nova drove across the centerline at the 330-feet mark before crashing to the ground. The landing destroyed the oilpan and caused enough damage to the car’s front end geometry to park it for the duration of the event.
The wild action was only beginning. Tony Huff’s new ’57 Bel-Air made its first pass with an armed nitrous system and followed Giblin with another giant wheelstand on its way to an all-over-the-track 9.86 at a coasting 114.84 mph. An even higher wheelstand came from SCSS Four-Cylinder Record Holder John Huber; testing a new 160-cubic inch turbocharged inline Ford, the Huber Performance crowd favorite still screamed to a 9.26/151.99. Minutes later, “Moose” Mallicoat made his first qualifying effort with an arrow-straight 8.65/156.59, initiated by a 1.29-second sixty-feet ET, to secure the low qualifying position in the field.
These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
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 Gateway Raceway.com (http://www.gatewayraceway.com/). Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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
2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES 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 9.147 4/15/2008
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
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008
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
MAY 6th, 2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
EVENT 05 05/06/2008
1 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.653 156.59
2 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 57 Bel-Air 510 Chevy 9.029 145.67
3 Dan Schell High Ridge MO 85 Monte Carlo 438 Chevy 9.236 150.88
4 Jon Huber St. Louis MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.264 151.99
5 Dave Odehnal Waterloo IL 93 Camaro 350 Chevy 9.494 139.18
6 James Landis Oreana IL 80 AMX 420 AMC 9.497 142.96
7 Jeff Litzsinger Hillsboro MO 65 Mustang 351 Ford 9.583 149.58
8 Kevin Autenrieth Bethalto IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 9.644 137.26
9 Laurence Bass Mascoutah IL 88 Mustang 306 Ford 10.127 140.87
10 Brett Marshall Collinsville IL 86 S-10 406 Chevy 10.206 135.27
11 Hal Marshall Collinsville IL 86 S-10 383 Chevy 10.316 130.95
12 Joe Williams Maryville IL 68 Nova 468 Chevy 10.675 122.10
13 Mike Mester Valley Park MO 00 Firebird 402 Pont 10.692 125.66
14 Curtis Paulfrey Brighton IL 68 Camaro 468 Chevy 10.844 124.58
15 Steve Gasich, Jr. Arnold MO 86 Mustang 153 Ford 10.853 125.82
16 Adam Corbitt St. Charles MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 134.87
MAY 6th, 2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH
W Tim Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro 0.236 8.622 156.95
RU Tony Huff, Collinsville, IL 1957 510 Bel-Air 0.177 9.042 145.23
Two days after the track produced the quickest and fastest runs of the NHRA POWERade drag racing season at the 12th annual O’Reilly Midwest Nationals, Tim “Moose” Mallicoat earned his second victory of the 2008 Street Car Shootout Series in similar record-setting conditions at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Despite a dismal forecast and rain showers which threatened to cancel the event, the fifth race in the series eventually became one of the quickest and fastest ever with the third ten-second “bump spot” for the Super Sixteen field. The program included two new SCSS Track Records and the Super Sixteen averaged 9.94 seconds!
One of the great misconceptions at Gateway is that the SCSS event annually held just after the NHRA Midwest Nationals offers the same surface on which the touring professionals of the POWERade series competed. In fact, the GIR race track is literally beaten up and ripped apart by over two thousand runs in three days during the year‘s largest event. On Monday morning, GIR chief starter Chuck Westcoat began a five-hour reconditioning of the surface which involved scraping off all the old rubber, adding a new layer of rubber and preparing the new surface for the annual professional category test session which follows the NHRA National Event. After a full day of testing by Top Fuel Dragsters, Funny Cars, Pro Stockers and Pro Modifieds, the same process was repeated for the SCSS event the next day! The same constant grooming of the surface took place throughout the Tuesday night program.
While rain sprinkles seemed to indicate the event would be called before the first pair of cars ever staged, the early timed trial session began on schedule and, to the amazement of all in attendance, the rain quickly stopped and the sun broke through the clouds. The cold front pushing through the area quickly dropped the corrected elevation from 1687 feet above sea level when timed trials began to a mere 975 feet when the final rounds were completed.
Many fans anticipated a record-breaking event regardless of the recent NHRA Midwest Nationals. During a test session the week before GIR closed to prepare for the NHRA tour, SCSS Record Holder Tony Tobnick had unleashed an 8.14 at 170 mph in his nitrous oxide-aided Mustang while Matt Giblin’s gold 1969 Nova had clocked an 8.07 at over 173 mph. Both announced plans to attend the May 6th event leading to rampant speculation that Tobnick’s 8.34/166.11 SCSS marks would be obliterated. The two teams competed in an event in Springfield, Missouri, the previous weekend and Tobnick experienced timing problems which led to a decision to stay home. Giblin, however, showed up for his first foray into the SCSS with his brutally powerful 600-cubic inch nitrous-fed Chevy.
The quickest run of timed trials, a 9.85-second, 143.23 mph effort by chassis builder Dan Schell’s 438-inch ’85 Monte Carlo, gave little indication of the wild night ahead but Giblin pulled into the water box to begin the official qualifying period. When asked what kind of performance the team expected, crewchief Kevin Giblin admitted, “It definitely could run into the 7.90s. If it hooks up, we’re going to spray the heck out of it!”. After a blazing burnout, Matt Giblin staged the Yenko Nova and eased off the starting line to a lazy 1.67-second sixty feet elapsed time before engaging the nitrous oxide at the sixty feet mark. Immediately, the Nova yanked the front wheels and drove into a massive powerstand. At the one hundred-feet mark, the Festus, Missouri, pilot yanked his foot off the throttle to bring the Chevy back to earth. When it landed, Giblin stabbed the gas again but, this time, the front end went to the moon in the tallest wheelstand yet seen in SCSS D.O.T. tire competition. With the front wheels dangling, the Nova drove across the centerline at the 330-feet mark before crashing to the ground. The landing destroyed the oilpan and caused enough damage to the car’s front end geometry to park it for the duration of the event.
The wild action was only beginning. Tony Huff’s new ’57 Bel-Air made its first pass with an armed nitrous system and followed Giblin with another giant wheelstand on its way to an all-over-the-track 9.86 at a coasting 114.84 mph. An even higher wheelstand came from SCSS Four-Cylinder Record Holder John Huber; testing a new 160-cubic inch turbocharged inline Ford, the Huber Performance crowd favorite still screamed to a 9.26/151.99. Minutes later, “Moose” Mallicoat made his first qualifying effort with an arrow-straight 8.65/156.59, initiated by a 1.29-second sixty-feet ET, to secure the low qualifying position in the field.