Bret Kepner

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. 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 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.

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2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT TRACK RECORDS

Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Steven Gentry, Festus, MO 65 Comet 557 Ford 8.413 9/4/2007
RWD Matt Bell, Hudson, IL 93 Mustang 359 Ford 165.11 9/18/2007

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

4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.637 8/21/2007
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 143.22 8/21/2007

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

DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 10.261 9/18/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 137.02 9/18/2007

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 11.198 6/19/2007
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 130.10 6/19/2007




SEPTEMBER 18th, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 23 09/18/2007

1 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.605 157.30
2 Philip Reichardt Festus MO 67 Camaro 350 Chevy 8.959 150.85
3 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 66 Chevelle 510 Chevy 8.970 150.30
4 Mickey Boyer Imperial MO 69 Nova 406 Chevy 9.128 145.23
5 Matt Bell Hudson IL 93 Mustang 359 Ford 9.147 165.11
6 Dave Odehnal Waterloo IL 93 Camaro 350 Chevy 9.286 138.43
7 Brandon Carter High Ridge MO 86 Mustang 306 Ford 9.299 147.04
8 Daryl Jauernig St. Louis MO 89 Mustang 306 Ford 9.320 138.02
9 Gary Tripp Imperial MO 69 Camaro 496 Chevy 9.351 147.04
10 Matt Crittendon St. Louis MO 65 Chevelle 409 Chevy 9.505 142.57
11 Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 496 Chevy 9.691 143.31
12 Joe Williams Maryville IL 72 Nova 454 Chevy 10.058 134.42
13 Kevin Autenrieth Bethalto IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 10.143 133.07
14 Jack Nungester Arnold MO 71 Camaro 454 Chevy 10.269 135.96
15 Chris Calkins Union MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 10.367 137.02
16 Ben Nungester Arnold MO 69 Camaro 400 Chevy 10.440 131.16


SEPTEMBER 18th, 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 -0.013 (foul) 15.023 58.46
RU Philip Reichardt, Festus, MO 1967 350 Camaro Could Not Appear

Although Tim “Moose” Mallicoat secured a record sixteenth victory, it was a perfect track surface and the most brutal field of competitors ever assembled which made the September 18th event in the 2007 SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series a contest which nearly defied description. One week after the Super Sixteen field produced a record 10.96-second “bump spot”, a virtual parade of the quickest and fastest drivers in the series laid waste to almost every performance standard by ridiculous margins.

Producing a nearly insane “bubble” of 10.44 seconds--more than a half-second quicker than any sixteen-car field before it--spectators at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, witnessed more than half of the assemblage record career-best elapsed times and speeds which, in some cases, were up to four tenths of a second quicker than previous bests. An inordinate amount of wheelstands marked the show and, through the efforts of the GIR starting line crew, traction was not only more plentiful than ever before but the starting line held its adhesion throughout the event.

Examples of the insidiously fast program came at nearly every turn. Only one week before, the Super Sixteen field featured its first program in which all sixteen qualifiers clocked speeds over 120 miles per hour. This week, every qualifier was over 130 miles per hour. The September 11th event featured a record field average of 10.18 seconds and 135.37 mph. Seven days later, the field averaged a mind-boggling 9.54 at 143.55 mph…an improvement of two-thirds of a second and more than eight miles per hour! A run of 9.32 seconds or better was required to qualify in the top half of the show, (more than eight-tenths of a second quicker than the previous record set on October 17th, 2006), and no less than eleven qualifiers ran under ten seconds. Moreover, the four drivers who competed in eliminations all ran quicker than 9.12 seconds…almost four-tenths of a second quicker than previously required.

New members entered every “Performance Club” listed in the SCSS annals including the 160 MPH, 150 MPH, 140MPH, 130 MPH and 120 MPH Clubs as well as the Eight, Nine, and Ten-Second elapsed time rosters. Three new overall SCSS records were set including the all-time Speed mark. In short, it was an astounding evening of racing and, as if the numbers themselves were not enough, the event ended with one of the most bizarre and crowd-pleasing scenarios in the eighty-three event history of the Street Car Shootout Series.

Ironically, conditions weren’t outrageous. Although the corrected elevation ranged from 2166 feet above sea level when the gates opened to 1324 feet during the final rounds, the “air” was, on average, approximately six hundred feet worse than the previous week. However, that didn’t stop Tim Mallicoat from recording the quickest run of his life during early timed trials when his all-conquering 565-cubic inch naturally-aspirated ‘68 Camaro from launching to an incredible 1.245-second sixty feet elapsed time and charging to an 8.59 at 156.54 miles per hour.

The first records destroyed came from an unlikely source. Missourian Chris Calkins, whose orange 1970 Chevy stepside pickup is renowned in truck racing as one of the premiere competitors in the Diesel Hot Rod Association, staged his 403-cubic inch DuraMax-powered turbocharged rig and obliterated Illini Phil Blackburn’s twenty-five month-old SCSS Diesel records with an awesome 10.57/135.50 which wrecked the old marks by 1.2 seconds and more than twenty miles per hour!

As the fans attempted to recover from Calkins’ blast, an unfamiliar red ‘93 Mustang pulled to the starting line. Matt Bell, a regular in NMCA Nostalgia Pro Street with a nitrous-aided ’91 Mustang, had earlier arrived in the pits with a new NMRA Drag Radial entry. Using an 85mm turbocharger on a 359-inch small block Ford power plant nestled in a chassis created by legendary builder Chris "Noodles" Hemmeter, Bell was not only testing for the upcoming NMRA World Finals in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but also hoped to make a dent in SCSS competition. Upon launching, the Ford spun the radials furiously to a 2.16-second sixty feet ET but Bell recovered and clocked a 10.08...at 163.93 miles per hour! The run erased Steven Gentry’s two-week old record of 162.41 mph before qualifying concluded its first hour!

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From that point, the barrage began. As the bump spot plummeted, it became obvious that a record field was in the making. As more previous Champions and Record Holders made runs, it quickly became apparent that no previous SCSS event had ever drawn so many of the true heroes of the series. Eventually, only Bell and Calkins would be first-time qualifiers. Mallicoat paced the field handily by posting a pair of 8.60/157.30 and 8.64/155.65 efforts and, in the process, clocked the quickest sixty-feet ET, (1.248), and 330-feet ET, (3.530), in SCSS history. However, the real war was fought for the remaining three positions and the players changed repeatedly. Bell attempted to hook up his Mustang and managed a 9.62 at 159.83 mph and then, on his final qualifying attempt, pedaled his way to a 6.15/129.24 eighth-mile and a 9.14 at an ungodly 165.11 mph for yet another speed record. When qualifying ended, however, Bell failed to qualify in the top four despite his incredible top end charge! Fan favorite Phil Reichardt’s Phine Designs ‘67 smallblock Camaro improved from a strange 9.94 at 150.85 mph to an even more unusual 8.95 at only 144.04 mph for the second spot. Tony Huff, runner-up to Mallicoat in the September 11th event, pushed brother Dale’s magnificent purple bigblock ‘66 Chevelle to the career-best pass crew chief Bill Silva knew would come, a phenomenal 8.97 at 150.30, for third. Mickey Boyer, whose ’69 Nova recently scored his first King of the Street event title in Benton, Illinois, took fourth with a best-ever 9.12/145.23. Seven more nine-second drivers could only shake their heads in disbelief when they discovered they would not be racing.

All four qualifiers reported in front of the main grandstands for eliminations and, in the first battle, Mallicoat proved he was prepared for a fight. While opponent Tony Huff was dismally late off the starting line with a 0.451 Reaction Time, Mallicoat produced a brilliant 0.037 RT and put a train length on the Chevelle while outrunning Huff’s 9.00/150.15 with an 8.63/156.72. Reichardt, who had been fighting the same nitrous oxide delivery problems which plagued him in his June 5th and August 7th runner-up performances, went one better than Mallicoat. Boyer knew his only chance against the purple Camaro was for his nitrous-aided ‘69 Nova to be far ahead off the line. While the red Chevy left the line a tenth of a second too soon, Reichardt hit a 0.013 RT and finally got to the finish line under power. An exceptional 8.83 at a whopping 156.90 mph still finished ahead of Boyer’s 9.13/145.56.

When Reichardt and crew began servicing the Camaro in front of the grandstands before the final round, they knew there was a problem. “I didn’t look at the gauges until I pulled off the track”, said Reichardt later, “but my guys told me there was a trail of water behind the car when I came back in front of the crowd. We checked and found the water pump wasn’t working at all and the motor got plenty hot. It wasn’t an electrical problem; it was the pump that broke. We couldn’t run the car in the final without a working pump”. The team kept the news to themselves, however, and answered the call for the championship battle against Mallicoat by pulling into the waterbox as if all were fine. The crowd, realizing that Reichardt’s Camaro was within striking distance of defeating the all-conquering “Moose”, anxiously awaited the battle. That’s when Reichardt got out of his car.

Shutting down the engine in the burnout area, Reichardt stepped from his Chevy still wearing his fire suit and helmet and began to don his driving gloves. As Mallicoat filled the starting line with smoke from his burnout, Reichardt began a series of mock burnouts and “dry hops” of his own…on foot! As the spectators began to realize the situation, they stood and began to cheer; Reichardt waved and put one foot into the pre-staged beam, turning to Mallicoat with a menacing glare. The “Moose” returned the glance and motioned through the window of the “Hellraiser” Camaro for his opponent to stage up. Reichardt turned and moved his foot into the staged beam as the 565-inch Camaro to his right did the same. And then….it happened.

Mallicoat redlighted.

Recihardt sprinted off he line but saw the redlight glowing and stopped. He threw his hands into the air and turned to the crowd who responded with a thunderous roar. Reichardt began to dance around his lane as Mallicoat shut his motor down and coasted to a fifteen-second run.

Suddenly, the crowd began to chant and, in the midst of his amazement, Reichardt knew what they wanted…so he gave it to them. It took him 249.934 seconds to do it but, wearing his full safety gear, Phil Reichardt ran the entire quarter-mile and turned on the win light for the fans.

After his four-minute quarter-mile, the GIR crew scooped up Reichardt and brought him back in front of the grandstands for the trophy presentations. Exhausted but still amazed, he greeted the fans. “Never in my wildest dreams did I expect Moose to redlight”, he said. “I saw that light come on and I just about died! With everybody yelling and screaming I had to run down there…I just had to. They were cheering the whole way down there!”. Mallicoat was just as entertained. “Let me tell you why I shut off out there”, he said with a massive grin. “I was laughing so hard inside that car that I was actually crying. I swear to you! I almost choked. When that redlight came on I just started laughing my head off and that was while I was running a 1.31 sixty-foot! I had to lift or I’d have crashed the thing!”.

Of course, Mallicoat was awarded the official victory and Reichardt had no problems accepting the runner-up trophy. “Actually, I was having fuel pump problems of my own tonight”, said the Moose. “Down near the finish line on every run it would stumble just a bit and then pick up again. it’s something we’ll have to look into”. Reichardt planned to fix his mechanical maladies as soon as possible. “Next time, my car will run”, laughed Reichardt, “even if I have to drive the thing with no water pump. I promise it’ll run because I’m never gonna make that run on foot again!”.






NOTES FROM THE SCSS: The quickest field in SCSS history was comprised of two naturally-aspirated cars, three turbocharged entries and eleven nitrous oxide injected machines…Of the many wheel stands during the event, the highest by far came from the “Suspicion” ‘67 Camaro of Ray Arthur. High enough to force him to lift off the throttle, Arthur ran 9.69/143.31 but parked the car after the run. “The oil pressure was fluctuating all over the place so it may be hurt. We figured we’d better put it away until we can check it”, said Arthur…Dave Odehnal, the first SCSS event winner back on April 6th, 2004, clocked multiple career-bests with his infamous all-black LT1-powered ‘93 Z28. After a 9.28/138.43 best on qualifying, he returned to hit 9.35/140.33 and 9.29/142.94 in late timed trials…Gary Tripp charged to a best-ever 9.35/147.04 in his red 572-inch ‘69 Camaro…Matt Crittendon’s gigantic turbo-equipped 409-inch smallblock ‘65 Chevelle his a best-ever 9.50/142.57...Both Ben Nungester and his father, Jack, qualified with career-best runs but Jack destroyed the transmission in his black ‘71 Camaro…One car could’ve dropped the bump spot even lower; Marc Arnold’s naturally-aspirated four-speed 359-inch Mustang never made a hard launch during the event while running a best of 13.05 at 133.16 mph!…Brandon Carter hit a career-best 9.29 with his bronze 306-inch Mustang at another one of his many 147 mph speeds…The quickest six-cylinder entry was Scott Keller’s white turbo’d ‘87 Buick Regal which also recorded its best numbers ever at 11.71/115.16...Only four events remain in the 2007 SCSS schedule…Greg “Hook-N-Ladder” Boschert’s 10.7-second ‘66 Mustang coupe ran an 11.53/124.40 on his first qualifying effort and then….ahh, forget it.




SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (as of SEPTEMBER 19th, 2007)

Pos Points Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine

1 (32) Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy
2 (25) Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 496 Chevy
3 (20) Tony Huff Collinsville IL 66 Chevelle 510 Chevy
4 (17) Tony Buhl Lebanon IL 89 Mustang 306 Ford
5 (11) Allen Hannel Caseyville IL 86 S-10 383 Chevy
6 (10) Joe Williams Maryville IL 72 Nova 454 Chevy
7 (7) Jack Nungester Arnold MO 71 Camaro 454 Chevy
8 (7) Ben Nungester Arnold MO 69 Camaro 400 Chevy
9 (6) Hal Marshall Collinsville IL 86 S-10 383 Chevy
10 (6) Steven Gentry Festus MO 65 Comet 557 Ford
11 (6) Adnan Omerovic St. Louis MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle
12 (6) Philip Reichardt Festus MO 67 Camaro 350 Chevy

NOTE: Points toward the 2007 Street Car Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of one (1) point for qualifying in the Super Sixteen field with one (1) bonus point awarded for qualifying in the top four positions.Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SCSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SCSS season.

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SEPTEMBER 18th, 2007 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W Jeff Smith, Ballwin, MO 1995 110 del Sol 0.359 13.393 110.36
RU Jacob Kriegesmann, Eureka, MO 2004 122 Ion Redline 0.334 14.068 101.90

In an attempt to appear in a record twelfth final round, Adnan “Otto” Omerovic was once again the star of early qualifying in the St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown. The HillCo Axles-sponsored turbocharged four-cylinder ‘95 Eagle Talon was clearly the class of the Sport Tuner field with a 10.73 at a blazing 137.53 mph but the SCSS All-Wheel-Drive Record Holder never made another pass after problems were discovered. The battle for the finalists positions, therefore, became a free-for-all between several STSS regulars who seldom get a chance to race for the event title.

Jeff Smith’s wild red ‘95 Honda del Sol eventually claimed the pole position with a best-ever elapsed time of 13.47 although his 109.62 mph speed was slightly off his previous 112 mph efforts. Josh Hawk’s ‘04 Subaru WRX Sti claimed the second spot with a 13.89/99.35 best-ever but, when the finalists were called, Hawks failed to appear. That allowed longtime Tuesday warrior Jacob Kriegesmann and his black ‘04 Saturn Ion Redline into the championship bout after qualifying a mere twelve thousandths of a second slower than Hawks with a 13.96/102.41, (which was actually a career-best for Kriegesmann my two thousandths of a second!). The rest of the Top Five included Shawn Stoll’s stealth-grey 92-cubic inch ‘90 CRX, (14.08/99.63), and Michael Mady’s black ’07 Mazdaspeed Protégé, (a best-ever 14.13/98.90).

In the final round, the turbo-versus-supercharger match began with an even start but Smith’s diminutive Honda streaked to an even quicker 13.39/110.36 while Kriegesmann’s Saturn slowed to a 14.06/101.90. “The clutch has been slipping all night”, said Kriegesmann, “and even though the guys at Intense Racing helped me get a supercharged Saturn Ion into the thirteens with only $800 worth of add-ons, it doesn’t matter much when the clutch is going away”. Smith’s del Sol has always been impressive despite an unconventional platform on which to work. “It’s only a 50-Trim turbo”, said Smith while becoming the twenty-fourth different winner in the fifty-nine event history of the Sport Tuner division, “but with such a short wheelbase and front-wheel-drive, it’s a handful sometimes”.





SEPTEMBER 18th, 2007 GATEWAYRACEWAY.COM SUPER TRUCK SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W Chris Calkins, Union, MO 1970 403 C-10 0.047 10.216 136.86
RU Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 1991 434 S-10 0.277 10.090 133.65

Phil Blackburn’s turbocharged diesel-powered 2003 2500HD Silverado became one of the most popular vehicles in the history of the GatewayRaceway.com Super Truck Showdown when it unleashed eleven-second, 114 mph performances in a giant plume of black smoke during the summer of 2005. While the truck was eventually destroyed in a highway accident, its records remained untouched for more than two years until Chris Calkins arrived in the Gateway pit area.

Featured in multiple truck publications, Calkins’ astonishing 1970 C10 pickup was actually the featured diesel display vehicle at the 2006 SEMA Show in Las Vegas as a National Championship contender in the Diesel Hot Rod Association. The Union, Missouri, resident often tests at GIR but had never entered the Super Truck program. When he did, it changed everything.

The first pass during early timed trials proved the value of the truck’s four-link suspension incorporated when Calkins built the chassis when it hit a 1.68-second sixty-feet ET en route to an 11.17/120.32. Incredibly, that run only hinted at the truck’s capabilities. When the official qualifying session began, a 10.57 at 135.50 mph stunned the fans and annihilated Blackburn’s records. With Steve Cole of TTS Power Systems on hand during the event to assist with tuning, Calkins retuned to blast a 1.58 sixty-feet ET but slowed to an 11.27 at only 100 mph. After more thrashing on the 6.6-litre LB7 DuraMax powerplant, Calkins and Cole decided to run the turbo’d 403-incher at a massive fifty pounds of boost. The result? A 10.36 at an incredible 137.02 mph!

That run grabbed the second spot on the qualifying list behind Kevin Autenrieth’s Lowe Performance S-10 which had appeared in the last three STKS final rounds. A 10.14/133.07 best, still running without nitrous oxide injection onboard, gave Autenrieth a solid two-tenths of a second advantage over the “smoker”. The rest of the Top Five included perennial hitter Allen “Crabby” Hannel in Hal Marshall‘s white 383-inch ‘86 S-10, (whose 10.62/128.14 best was the first alternate in the Super Sixteen field), an amazing run by Randy Christy, Junior’s yellow 408-inch ’99 Dakota, (a career-best by nearly one second and seven mph at 11.69/115.10!), and Brian Kinworthy’s sleek white ’71 C-10, (a career-best 13.15/102.71).

When Autenrieth’s 434-inch ’91 S-10 staged against the diesel, it was with a solid chance to take his third career event title. Barring breakage, only one failure could turn the tide in favor of the ’70 Chevy. “When I looked up”, Autenrieth later recounted, “I knew it was over”. Calkins’ excellent 0.047 RT, coupled to Autenrieth’s tardy 0.277 “bulb”, gave the diesel the two-tenths it needed. “He pulled on me in every gear. I gained some ground in the first sixty feet but, after that, I just watched him drive away!”. At the finish line, Autenrieth was still 21.14 feet behind Calkins; the dielsel won the battle with another new ET record, a 10.21/136.86, to Autenrieth’s much quicker 10.09/133.65. “That thing made no noise, either!”, said Autenrieth, shaking his head in amazement. “I could see him out there all the way but I couldn’t hear a thing!”.

Calkins was elated with the win and the fact the C-10 was only slightly more than a tenth of a second from the DHRA Pro Street National ET Record. “This truck uses an Allison five-speed automatic and it’s really the weak link”, explained Calkins while accepting his first STKS trophy. “Every time I stage, I wonder which gear it’s not going to hit. I’ve got a lot of people behind this truck, though. Steve and TTS, Pacific Performance Engineering, Industrial Injection Diesel Performance all have a hand in making this thing run so well”.






Photos of the September 18th SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.






Tim “Moose” Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro



Phil Reichardt, Festus, MO 1967 350 Camaro



Jeff Smith, Ballwin, MO 1995 110 del Sol



Jacob Kriegesmann, Eureka, MO 2004 122 Ion Redline



Chris Calkins, Union, MO 1970 403 C-10



Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 1991 434 S-10



New SCSS Speed Record Holder, (165.11 MPH!), Matt Bell, Hudson, IL 1993 359 Mustang