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- Charlie Buck took Chris Rini’s head yesterday to reshape the combustion chamber due to yesterday’s engine problems. Charlie worked on the head for about 12 hours and finished the head at 6 am this morning. They had to swap the transmission in the car too with the old motor. The new engine will be back in for qualifying round three. Got to love the look on Chris’ face.
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- BIll Lutz jumped in his car last night and headed back to Ohio to repair the cylinder head on his Super Street Camaro. 2.5 seconds into the record run, the rocker and surrounding metal of the cylinder head pulled right out. Dispite all that, they still ran the record pass last night. Bill will be jumping on a plane this morning with the head as his carry on to fly back and get it running by the third round.
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- Welcome to Saturday at the NMCA Finals and LSX Shootout. This morning starts the second round of qualifying and then one more round later this evening. Stay tuned all day!
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- Jimmy Robbins improved his qualifying effort in Super Street from tenth to third with a 6.801 @ 203.77 mph pass. Tony Nesbitt also jumped from ninth to fifth.
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- Troy Coughlin made it out for the second round of qualifying, though did not make a complete pass and sits in the second to last (4th) qualifying spot. The rest of the ladder sits the same from last night
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- Rick Blaisdell went out for his second qualifying pass and somehow the right parachute popped out in the staging lanes. Then the car wouldn’t do a burn out so they pushed it back out of the lanes.
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- The qualifying order in Nostalgia Pro Street is very similar to yesterday’s with Dave Beeson sitting in the number one spot with his record breaking 7.168 @ 192.99 mph pass. Second sits Chuck Demory, James Jarrett, Jeff Colletta, Rob White, the recently arrived Pete Richart, Skip Baskin, Andy Vogt, and Kevin Parent putting down his first qualifying pass.
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- The Xtreme Street class is also very similar to the first round. Bob Kurgan moved up from 12th to 7th with a 8.250 @ 157.12 mph pass.
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- Mike Fratena sits at the top of the Street Radial class with his record 8.544 pass from last night. Heath Shemwell gets a complete 8.749 pass after his first round wheel stand and Jessie Carter joins the mix with a 9.015.
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- Troy Coughlin was able to get his Pro Street G6 GXP dialed in during the third round of qualifying by posting a solid 6.275 @ 225.60 mph pass. Rick Blaisdell also got his ‘Vette sorted and took over the second spot with a 6.406. Putneny Sullivan moved up from last to third with a 6.434 @ 206.45 mph pass.
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- Frank Mewshaw was also able to get a handle on his combination and run a 6.779 @ 218.94 mph pass for the number three qualifying spot.
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- The entire Nostalgia Pro Street field stays exactly where they were from the previous round with David Beeson in first, Chuck Demory in second, and James Jarrett in third.
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- The two Bobs in Xtreme Street moved up their qualifying efforts with Kurgan taking over the number fourth spot with a 8.062 @ 170.71 while Curran stepped up to fifth with a 8.104 @ 172.87.
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- Mean Street, Street Radial, and Pro Stock qualifying order all remain the same going into tomorrow’s eliminations.
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- Bill Lutz just can’t catch a break. Bill came back with the repaired head and then the team went to work on prepping the right side of the engine when they realized a spark plug was damaged. They then pulled the head off and this is what one of the pistons looked like inside. When I left, they were in search of another big block Chevy piston.
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- It’s the final day for the final race at Gateway Raceway for the final points event for the 2010 NMCA season. Stay tuned all day for eliminations and pit notes.
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- It’s the final day for the final major race at Gateway Dragway and the final points event for the 2010 NMCA series. Check back all day for updates from the track and pits
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- Sullivan would -.002 redlight to Chris Rini in the first round of Pro Street. Williams would take out Baisdell in a close match of a 6.671 to a 6.748. Coughlin would take the bye into the second round where he would shake the tires to Rini, who went a blistering 6.168 @ 234.25 mph pass. Williams would take a bye into the finals where he will face Rini, though Rini has already claimed the 2010 Pro Street Championship
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- Bill Lutz would come take the bye green light in round one of Super Street. Jimmy Robbins would run a solid pass against Laurer with a 6.793 for the win. Frank Mewshaw would take ould George with a round-fastest 6.725 to a lifting 7.445. Mitchell wins over Brown with a 6.861 to a 8.241. Murillo snapped a quick .006 light and 6.748 for the win over Tony Nesbitt who was having problems at the light. Scavo would have a bit of a driving job on his hands to take the 7.015 win over Andre.
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- Lutz gave it all he got but it was obvious from when he left the line that his motor was still hurt and smoking down the hole track. Skating close to the wall, Lutz gave up the win to Jimmy Robbins with a 6.916 to a 7.236. Murillo would go -.001 red to Scavo who was having a hard time staging his car. Either the motor or transmission let go on Murillo’s Mustang on the top end as a plume of smoke followed by an oil down call came after his pass. Mewshaw would take the win over Mitchell who went a 6.751. Rough calculations pits Frank Mewshaw as the Super Street champion if he wins the next round against Jimmy Robbins.
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- Bill Lutz would come take the bye green light in round one of Super Street. Jimmy Robbins would run a solid pass against Laurer with a 6.793 for the win. Frank Mewshaw would take ould George with a round-fastest 6.725 to a lifting 7.445. Mitchell wins over Brown with a 6.861 to a 8.241. Murillo snapped a quick .006 light and 6.748 for the win over Tony Nesbitt who was having problems at the light. Scavo would have a bit of a driving job on his hands to take the 7.015 win over Andre.
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- Lutz gave it all he got but it was obvious from when he left the line that his motor was still hurt and smoking down the hole track. Skating close to the wall, Lutz gave up the win to Jimmy Robbins with a 6.916 to a 7.236. Murillo would go -.001 red to Scavo who was having a hard time staging his car. Either the motor or transmission let go on Murillo’s Mustang on the top end as a plume of smoke followed by an oil down call came after his pass. Mewshaw would take the win over Mitchell who went a 6.751. Rough calculations pits Frank Mewshaw as the Super Street champion if he wins the next round against Jimmy Robbins.
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- Dave Beeson would take the bye to the second round of Nostalgia Pro Street. Colletta would take out Andy Vogt with a 7.354 to 7.575 win. Chuck Demory would almost loose the race at the tree against Pete Richart on a 7.260 to 7.443 win. Jarrett wins over Baskin with a close 7.326 to a 7.480. Parent would edge out White with a 7.417 to a 7.477.
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- Beeson would continue his hard charge with his second round NPS win over Colletta with a 7.321 to a 7.354. Jarrett would also stay consistent and run a 7.343 to take out Kevin Parent’s 7.409. Demory would take a quarter final bye run.
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- Bill Trovato would take the bye in the first round eliminations in Xtreme Street. Curran would take a broke bye over Owen. Stanton would take a hard charge over George Rumore with a 7.924 to a 8.311. Guiler would be a no show to Cagle who took a cruise down the strip. Singleton would take out Warren with a 7.984 to a 8.173. Kuragan won over Smith with a 8.252 to a 8.626. Kroll would have a solo to no show Roemer.
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- Trovato continues his record setting performance with a 7.856 to Curran who pulled a huge wheel stand in his Corvette. Stanton wins over a spinning Cagle with a 7.920. Singleton took a bye run while Kroll tool out Kurgan in a 8.137 to 8.180 upset. Sources say that the next round between Trovato and Stanton will determine the champsionship in Xtreme Street
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- Skip Baskin took out Max Gross with a 8.521 to a 8.712 during the first round of Pro Stock. Baskin’s teammate Greg Delaney would take the win over a -.002 foul Don Bowles. The finals will be a familar Baskin versus Delaney final
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- Fratena takes a first round bye in Street Radial while Brad Schehr wins with a 8.800 to Carter’s 8.990. Canella would edge out Shemwell with a 8.722 to a 8.747. The semi final match up will be Fratena and Schehr with Canella getting the bye.
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- Don Baskin pulled off the only 9 second pass of the round in Mean Street against Sherwin with a 9.927 to a 10.217. Jeremy Gilliam and Johnson would have a near two minute burn down that ended up with Gilliam taking the win with a 10.011 to a 10.643. Alan Von Ahnen won over a spinning Gary Duncan while Dave Hill won with a 10.291 over Richards.
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- Chris Rini sweetened the deal during the final round of Pro Street by grabbing both the number one for the weekend and the season. Rini fell subject to a broken wheelie bar and had a hell of a time keeping his car in the groove. In the end Rini won over Williams 6.522 to a 6.812
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- Mewshaw was able to take the Super Street championship by defeating Jimmy Robbins in the semi finals with a 6.818 to a 7.832. Nick Scavo went up against Mewshaw in the finals and Scvao would go up in smoke right off the batt, handing the win to Mewshaw
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- Dave Beeson would have a nitrous backfire about 100 feet out and hand the win to Chuck Demory who went 7.265. Jarrett took the bye to the finals where he would loose against Chuck Demory on a 7.214 to a 7.379
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- The match of the weekend came down to Jamie Stanton and Bill Trovato’s semi final run. Stanton would beat Trovato on the tree and that was all he needed to pull off the 7.932 to Trovato’s 7.932 holeshot victory.
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- The Pro Stock final was a familiar one with teammates Skip Baskin and Greg Delaney taking on each other. In the end it would be Delaney picking up the victory with a 8.550 to Skip’s -.002 red light. This is the first time that we can remember that Delaney took out Baskin in the finals.
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- Mike Fratena was the man to beat in Street Radial all weekend, running less than a tenth of all his eliminations passes. The finals would be no different where he took out JJ Canella with a 8.656 to Canella’s lifting 9.004
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- The deciding factor in Mean Street for the championship was the semi final battle between Jeremy Gilliam and Don Baskin. Gilliam would take out Baskin with another holeshot win to the tune of a 9.982 to Baskin’s 9.979. Alan Von Ahnen took on David Hill and won with a 10.041 to Hill’s 11.638. Gilliam would go on to win against Von Ahnen with a 9.961 to a 10.017.
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- The best runs typically end in some broken parts and that was exactly the case for Bill Lutz. After finishing his record performance, they knew something was wrong with it once it hit the shut down area. That problem being a broken shaft mount rocker. Bill was unsure of the total damaged it caused, though he was sure it was going to be a late night to come.
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- As we mentioned earlier, Chris Rini had a problem that forced him to change engines during the test and tune session. Apparently a valve guide had come loose in the head and caused servere enough damage to where it had to be sent out to get fixed. The backup engine is what allowed him to run his number one qualifying pass, but we know the new engine has a lot more in it.
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- There was a good reason why we didn’t see Troy Coughlin in the first round of qualifying. That reason being a cylinder that had a bad leakdown. Bad enough to have to pull the engine and repair the bum cylinder. The Coughlin team will be back at it for the second round of qualifying tomorrow morning.
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- Chris Rini had engine problems during his test and tune pass that resulted in an engine change. With the old mule in, Rini still managed to take the number one qualifying spot in Pro Street with a 6.435 @ 214.76 mph
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- Heath Shemwell pulled nearly the same wheel stand he did at the NMCA finals last year by coming up nearly onto the bumper and then slamming back down hard about 250 feet out. Heath sits at the end of the Street Radial list.
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- In yet another record breaking performance of the round came in Xtreme Street where Bill Trovato managed a 7.895 @ 173.54 mph pass. Up close in second is Chris Singleton with a 8.040 and nipping at Chris’ ankles is Jamie Stanton with a 8.058 pass.
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- When Chuck Demory came out and ran a 7.189 @ 187.52 mph pass during Nostalgia Pro Street, people couldn’t believe it. When Dave Beeson came out and bested that performance with a 7.168 @ 192.99 record pass.
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- Bill Lutz had a hell of a pass in Super Street where the front end was completely off the ground more than just a couple inches for nearly half the track. The pass was good enough to beat his previous ET record with a mind shattering 6.683 @ 216.72 mph pass.
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- Mike Murillo also put up an awesome pass with his NMRA Pro Outlaw 10.5 converted Mustang. Mike managed a 6.717 @ 217.84 mph pass. The 11 car field of Super Street cars look to make a great show this weekend.
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- Skip Baskin showed the Pro Stock field why he wears the number one on his car by narrowly beating out Charlie Booze’s record in the class with a 8.475 @ 155.49 mph pass. Teammate Greg Delaney is in second with a close 8.480.
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- Tired of all the records? Well you shouldn’t. Don Baskin and his fresh flames on the front of his Nova went 9.926 @ 131.77 mph for the first record 9 second pass in Mean Street. Alan Von Ahnen was close in second with a 9 second pass as well, clocking a 9.976
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- Jim Brown has been creeping up on his combination, though spins his tires during testing. He has had a string of bad luck with his car, including a flat tire during qualifying at Bowling Green. At WSC1 here at St Louis, Jim fell under a wiring gremlin that somehow hung the throttle on the car and nearly burnt down about 200 feet out.
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- The lights are going down here in St Louis as we are getting ready to start the first round of qualifying!
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- Kevin Parent fell under some rule stipulations in Nostalgia Pro Street on his combination, though he did not let it get the best of him. Parent went out for a good test hit with a 7.43 @ 182.11.
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- Jamie Stanton went out for a soft test and tune pass that netted him a 8.61 @ 118.66 mph
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- Bill Lutz had a hairy ride on his qualifying pass as the car stepped out on him at mid track and then again at the top end after he got back into it. Lutz has really picked up the pace in his Super Street Camaro this year and sits at the number one spot in points.
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- In a funny coincoidence, Jimmy Robbins went out for his testing pass about four pairs behind Tony Nesbitt. Robbin’s also nitrous equipped Chevy combination went identical ETs to Nesbitt – a 6.895 with a slightly slower 185.36 mph pass.
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- Spiro Pappas and Jeg Coughlin came out for a test and tune pass, in which both of their efforts ended in tire shake. Pappas is a regular here for testing and is no doubt trying to get his XTF G6 GXP dialed in for the ADRL finals.
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- Tony Nesbitt put down a good pass with a 6.895 @ 189.73 in his Super Street Corvette. His mom Barb Nesbitt, who was badly hurt from driveshaft failure at zMax, is here supporting the team with a cast on her arm.
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- Mikey Rees works on Troy Coughlin’s Pro Street G6 GXP. Mikey does not have his Super Street Camaro here this weekend since he is upgrading from two to four nitrous systems. He feels they are behind the curve on power, though this will be what they need to get the job done. Coughlin sits in fourth in Pro Street points and had suffered engine failure during qualifying at the last race in Bowling Green.
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- Kevin Reese is here testing his new Outlaw 10.5 Firebird. It features an F3R ProCharged 533 cubic inch Chevy. They typically run eighth mile at Ozark and have run a best time of a 4.94 so far.
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- Jeff Colletta has gone through an extensive rejuvination with their Nostalgia Pro Street Camaro. Dart has stepped up to help Jeff with a new set of cylinder heads as well as ring seal. The figured they picked up about 40 horsepower with Dart’s help and about another 40 on the redesigning of their nitrous kit. Since the last race they have pulled apart the entire car and have gone through everything.
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- Jamie Stanton is currently sitting number one in the points in Xtreme Street. Bill Trovato is at a close second. Nothing really new for Jamie this year than fine tuning the power management abd reading the track right. And like Jamie said “And just not F#@%in’ up”
