Bret Kepner

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. 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 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. All finalists in all categories also receive free digital images from the event courtesy of Bret Kepner Photos.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 Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 69 Nova 706 Chevy8.255 07/01/2007
RWD Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 69 Nova 706 Chevy178.71 07/01/2007

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 Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 9.065 07/01/2008
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 141.50 7/22/2008

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




AUGUST 12th, 2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 16 08/12/2008

1 Matt Giblin Festus MO 69 Nova 600 Chevy 8.316 168.24
2 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.620 158.56
3 Jon Huber St. Louis MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.251 150.87
4 Tom Bantle, Jr. House Springs MO 92 Mustang 427 Ford 9.675 144.06
5 Tim Kirkpatrick Troy MO 88 Mustang 393 Ford 10.092 135.32
6 Charles Bewen Wildwood MO 67 Firebird 383 Pont 10.597 132.92
7 Steve Decker Ballwin MO 89 Mustang 302 Ford 10.686 125.79
8 Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 496 Chevy 10.727 136.39
9 Mark Long, Sr. Caseyville IL 75 Firebird 505 Chevy 10.746 109.28
10 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 57 Bel-Air 510 Chevy 11.004 128.42
11 Nathan Grant Edwardsville IL 02 Camaro 346 Chevy 11.068 124.52
12 Greg Boschert St. Louis MO 66 Mustang 331 Ford 11.380 121.10
13 Phillip Hoback Melbourne FL 93 RX7 79 Mazda 11.448 129.93
14 John Brawley Granite City IL 93 S-10 355 Chevy 11.571 115.70
15 Zach Sarver Herrick IL 06 Mustang 330 Ford 11.683 125.51
16 Nick Burch Farmington MO 06 Mustang 281 Ford 11.816 117.67



AUGUST 12th, 2008 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH


W Tim Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro 0.182 8.682 157.43
RU Tom Bantle, Jr. House Springs, MO 1992 427 Mustang -0.144 (foul) 9.746 141.92

After the cancellation of the most recent event only seven days prior due to excessive heat warnings, Tim “Moose” Mallicoat took advantage of incredible mid-summer conditions to score his twenty-first career victory in the 2008 Street Car Shootout Series at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. The pilot of the renowned “Hellraiser” 1968 Camaro wasn’t the quickest car in the Super Sixteen field but he survived a crazy night of competition in which virtually every top qualifier experienced some type of problem.

After the August 5th SCSS program was scrapped when the forecasted high temperature of 101 degrees exceeded GIR’s new 99-degree maximum for competition, racers expected more of the same throughout the traditionally blazing Midwestern summer. However, amazingly low temperatures, (a high of 81 degrees and a low of 69 during the event), and exceptionally low humidity greeted fans for the sixteenth event of the 2008 season. Track surfaces temperatures also stayed relatively low, ranging from a high of 99 degrees to a low of 87, and substantial grooming by the GIR track crew kept traction plentiful resulting in a huge number of career-best performances for an August race. Of course, the gorgeous weather brought with it one of the largest fields of the season with an equally large mob of spectators.

The grandstands were buzzing in anticipation of new SCSS records when the Giblin Brothers unloaded their gold ‘69 Yenko Nova in the pits. Regulars at Outlaw Street events throughout the Midwest, their 600 cubic inch, nitrous oxide-aided beast had produced strong numbers during recent test sessions. While early timed trials proved the track could handle horsepower, many of the more powerful entries waited until the official qualifying session began to make their first runs.

Mallicoat’s naturally-aspirated 565-inch Camaro was the first of the “hitters” to make a pass. The black Chevy launched with a 1.28-second sixty-feet elapsed time and surprised even “Moose” with an 8.620-second run at a career-best 158.56 miles per hour! The Giblin Brothers’ Nova soon followed, however. After a wild sideways burnout, driver Matt Giblin launched with a cautious 1.47-second “sixty” and then hit the nitrous oxide system for all it was worth. The Nova broke the tires loose eighty feet off the starting line but Giblin performed a masterful “pedaling job”, recovering to a 9.09 at a whopping 163.73 mph!

Jon Huber’s astounding turbocharged four-cylinder ‘79 Mustang went into an outrageous powerstand and danced along the track’s center line but still unleashed a 9.25/150.87, (with 5.97/119.24 eighth-mile numbers), but the first big surprise of the event came when Tony Huff, the winningest driver of the 2008 SCSS season, staged his Dale Huff Motorsports ‘57 Chevy Bel-Air and then stumbled to an 11.99/107.50 with obvious problems.

Huber soon returned for a second attempt and the Huber Performance 178-inch four-banger jumped into another towering wheelstand and landed within inches of the center line but the St. Louisan stayed in the throttle to a 9.28/149.73. Only four minutes later, the Giblins returned with their 700-inch behemoth with a change in their game plan. Launching with a slightly stronger 1.39-second “sixty”, Matt Giblin eased into the nitrous oxide and thundered to a 5.40/134.66 eighth-mile and then began to really unleash the Nova’s power. At the thousand-feet mark, Giblin clocked 6.97 seconds to shatter Tony Tobnick’s 6.99-second series record set on October 16th, 2007. The crowd erupted when the scoreboards rang up a quarter-mile effort of 8.31 seconds at 168.24 mph, the second quickest and fastest pass in SCSS history!

Tom Bantle, who has competed in the SCSS since its inception, clocked an impressive 9.67/144.06 in his single four barrel-carbureted 427-inch smallblock ‘92 Mustang. Huff returned for what was expected to be an easy qualifying shot but the five-time 2008 event winner suffered the same sluggish performance; the black ‘57 Chevy, a proven 8.3-second ride, could muster no better than an 11.00/128.42. Giblin returned for a third attempt but the gold Nova’s numbers proved slower than the previous 8.31 jaw-dropper at every point on the track resulting in an 8.85/156.99. Mallicoat was the last of the semi-final hopefuls to run in the official qualifying session, running within three thousandths of a second of his first run with a brutally consistent 8.623/157.87.