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.

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.

GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, MADISON, ILLINOIS

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

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




SEPTEMBER 25th, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
(NOTE: Event Cancelled at 7:33 PM Due To Lightning Proximity)

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 24 09/25/2007


1 Steven Gentry Festus MO 65 Comet 557 Ford 8.635 159.38
2 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.707 155.29
3 Matt Bell Hudson IL 93 Mustang 359 Ford 9.085 164.13
4 Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 496 Chevy 9.234 145.47
5 Chris Calkins Union MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 139.41
6 Bob Herzing Maryville IL 67 Nova 355 Chevy 10.070 131.02
7 Kevin Autenrieth Bethalto IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 10.365 131.14
8 Jeff Bingford Washington MO 67 Cougar 351 Merc 10.899 127.59
9 Dan Meredith St. Louis MO 92 Mustang 302 Ford 11.072 119.87
10 Kevin Linebaugh Foristell MO 70 RoadRunner 383 Plym 11.139 120.50
11 Adnan Omerovic St. Louis MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 11.749 136.12
12 Steve Beisner Staunton IL 69 Firebird 454 Chevy 11.755 115.58
13 Brad Swarz Troy IL 07 Corvette 346 Chevy 12.233 120.38
14 Kevin Meine Wright City MO 69 Mustang 460 Ford 12.400 109.21
15 Brandon Huskey Arnold MO 96 Camaro 350 Chevy 12.491 112.24
16 Harold Swindle St. Louis MO 05 Mustang 281 Ford 12.754 109.98


Mother Nature once again spoiled what could have been another record-breaking field in the SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series at Gateway International Raceway but not before some astonishing performances were recorded in the brief eighty-three minutes of racing which were squeezed in before a massive storm front moved to within a mile of the track forcing GIR officials to cancel the event. Although rain never hit the track, track manager Jason Dukes made the call to halt racing when lightning in the area became intense enough to warrant concern for the track‘s electronics and lighting systems. The decision was understandable in light of more than $150,000 in damages incurred by the track in three separate lightning storms in the past two seasons.

The cancellation of the event effectively locked up the 2007 SCSS Season Championship for the year’s most dominant driver, Tim “Moose” Mallicoat. The Collinsville, Illinois racer entered the event with a seven-point lead over rival Ray Arthur who now can only earn a maximum of six points in the final three events of the season. Mallicoat’s naturally-aspirated 565-cubic inch ‘68 Camaro has won a record fifteen weekly titles in 2007 while clocking a best of 8.60 seconds at 158.52 miles per hour. The black M&M Automotive-sponsored Chevy was qualified second, (8.70/155.29), at the time of the event’s end behind a brutal 8.63/159.38 pass by the only driver to ever defeat Mallicoat in SCSS competition, Steven Gentry, in his 557-inch nitrous oxide-aided ‘65 Mercury Comet. Matt Bell, who last week reset the SCSS Speed Record to 165.11 mph with his turbocharged 359-inch ‘93 Mustang, was third with a 9.08/164.13 blast and Arthur’s “Suspicion” 496-inch ’67 Camaro held the fourth position with a tremendous 9.23/145.47...a career-best by almost three tenths of a second and three miles per hour!

Although only fifty-eight minutes of actually qualifying was completed, the race was marked by a new SCSS Track Record for Diesel Trucks set by Chris Calkins, whose turbocharged 6.6-litre LB7 DuraMax-powered 1970 Chevy C-10 rocketed to a nearly unbelievable 9.87 at an equally incredible 139.41 mph!. Calkins led qualifying for the GatewayRaceway.com Super Truck Showdown over Kevin Autenreith’s 434-inch smallblock ’91 S-10, (10.36/131.14), and James Blum’s 2003 Ford Lightning, (13.83/104.48), when the event was called. Multi-event titlist Allen Hannel, at the wheel of Hal Marshall’s white ’86 S-10, had suffered a destroyed transmission on his only qualifying run.

Adnan “Otto” Omerovic’s SCSS Record-holding All-Wheel-Drive ’95 Eagle Talon was atop the St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown when qualifying ceased with an off-pace 11.74 at 136.12 mph ahead of John King’s Vienna, Missouri-based ’05 Neon SRT-4, (14.29/99.82).

Under Gateway International Raceway policies, the event was cancelled within two hours of the first run of the event and, therefore, all competitors and spectators were issued rain checks and no qualifying points were awarded.




SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (as of SEPTEMBER 26th, 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.


Photos of the September 25th 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



Gateway Track Manager Jason Dukes (left) and 2007 SCSS Season Champion Tim “Moose” Mallicoat



Chris Calkins, Union, MO 1970 403 C-10 New SCSS Diesel Truck Record at 9.87/139.41!