They decided to hold the race on Friday because of the forcast of rain on Sat. It was awesome! My buddy Matt Swindle was there in his 97 LT1 powered TA. He has run some 10.3s @ 135 in the past, but the 4L60E couldn't take the heat tonight. He broke it on the first pass. The most consistant car in the group of 50 was a red LT1 TA with a 383 stroker and N2O. He ran three 10.53s in a row! I don't recall his full name, but think his first name is Phil...he's from TN. There were also a few LS1 cars there. Here's some more complete results from my buddy Greg Friend.

" This was a very good event!
Besides the fact that the weather was absolutely perfect and the race went off without a hitch, there were no whiners!

All the competitors were friendly and relaxed. The atmosphere was more like a Power Tour than a race. That's a nice change of pace.

It was also nice to see a decent variety of cars. No Buicks, Pontiacs (not counting the 4th-gen. 'Birds), or Oldsmobiles this year though. Photos to follow.

Here's the results from my hastily written notes. Apologies to anyone's names I screw up. For those unfamiliar with the format, these were street legal (licensed, registered, insured & inspected where applicable) vehicles running on 15 gallons of provided 93 octane fuel.

In all, 50 cars were selected to participate. They had to survive a 30 mile drive from the Comp Cams facility to the Memphis Motorsports Park without dropping behind the escort vehicle. This drive wound up being right at rush hour. Ouch!

Two cars fell by the wayside on the drive. A local 1969 Yenko Camaro began to run too hot and an early C3 Corvette had his ignition box overheat. They were permitted exhibition passes at the track but were out of contention.

After a 1/2 hour cool down, they began running. They were to make three passes each and they would be judged on their average time over those three runs. Without further ado, here's how it played out. They wound up picking the top ten, and the overall winner. (Kinda like the top 11.)

10. 10.00 Brian Clarke driving a blue Nova
9. 9.99 Tom Hunsucker in a black Hemi 'Cuda
8. 9.95 Chris Johnson in a 1969 Camaro
7. 9.85 Mel Graham in a 1969 Camaro
6. 9.83 Jim Pravis in a black 1968 Hemi Charger
5. 9.76 Kevin Zasky in a black 1969 twin-turbo Hemi Charger
4. 9.70 Mike Thompson in a red S10 pickup with a 357 SBC
3. 9.58 Ray Doti in a red turbo Nova
2. 9.47 John Cunningham in a white Nova with a N/A BBC
1. 9.45 Ken Close in a 1934 Ford coupe with a BBC

The top dog was Robert Schmidt in a beautiful white '66/'67 BBC stick-shift Chevelle that averaged 9.40.

I'll post some of the photos I took at the track later. I've been up for 21 hours at this point so it's time for some . Meanwhile, check out some nice pics of the pre-race preparations at Comp Cams: http://www.compcams.com/Community/E...asChallenge.asp


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Greg Friend "

All in all, it was a good time had by all.
Kevin Winstead

 

It was a good event, esepcially for free admission. I think that C3 would of won it all if it hadn't of been disqualified...bad luck for him I guess. There were definately a lot of sweet cars there. Big thanks to Hot Rod Mag and Comp Cams for puttin on the event and letting spectacts come for free.

I don't think this is LT1 tech though.

 

Twin turbo Hemi Charger????

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I saw the black twin turbo hemi charger last week at hardcore motorsports here in Flint Michigan. It sounded awesome, and looked awesome also. There was a ton of custom fabrication that was top notch work. Truly an aweosme car.
Brandon