RACE #1 RECAP - APRIL 27 2013
For the Official Start to the RENEGADE RACING ASSOCIATION 2013 Season, Mother Nature finally decided to cut us some slack. Beautiful blue skies, great temps, just couldn’t have asked for a better day to go racing!!! Yes, car count was a little light, but this is the 1st time in our 4 year history we have run in April. Lots of RRA regulars were out with us lining the fence wishing they were weren’t on the sidelines while their cars were still in the garage, hopefully by May 11th the majority of them will be back in action.
JIM MIKESINA SECURITY 8.90 INDEX
We had 10 racers in the 8.90 class who all come outta the gates in 2013 with guns blazing!!! Jimmy Getsy, the defending 2012 Champion, proved he isn’t going to let that title go without a fight. In the 1st round of qualifying he ran an 8.904 pass, cutting a .009 light. However, surprisingly that wasn’t good enough to claim the ULTRATECH Memorial #1 Qualifying spot which went to Brian Prior who ran an 8.901 in his 1st pass down a track for the year in his 1984 Camaro.
In round #2 of eliminations when Brian went a bit too fast (8.892), Scott Williams claimed the V’s HOUSE OF HORSEPOWER Bounty put on the #1 Qualifier. Semi-Finals came down to Scott in his 1965 Chevelle taking on Troy Wotring, in his 1965 GTO’s 1st outing with the RRA,. While Jimmy Getsy in his 1964 Corvette went up against Bill Benson, who has stepped up to 8.90 this year, he ran 9.90 in his 1972 Chevy Nova last season.
The finals came down to Scott Williams vs Jim Getsy. Scott ran a 8.96 to Jimmy’s 8.98 but Getsy continues to prove he is wicked off the line cutting a .017 light to Scott’s .111 securing him the SKW MOTORSPORTS Reaction Time Bonus as well as the first victory of the 2013 Season. In addition to the RRA purse the winner also walks away with the KLABEN Cash bonus.
Top 8.90 Payouts (between car count and bonus awards)
Jim Getsy $750
Scott Williams $340
Brian Prior $100
2FAST GARAGE 9.90 INDEX
9.90 had 15 racers on a 16 car field, so even though qualifying times weren’t crucial these boys held nothing back with the Top 5 running in the 9.90’s with 2 more running a bit too fast. Rob LaRocca secured the position as the CHUCK’S CUSTOM CARTS #1 Qualifier with a 9.907 in his 1st qualifying pass.
Semi-Finals came down to Rob LaRocca in his 1970 Chevy Nova vs Tim Campbell in his 1982 Firebird, and Tom Hyatt in his 55 Chevy Belair vs Denny Moore in his 1969 Camaro. When Tim defeated Rob to go on to the finals, he took with him the HEMLY TOOL Bounty for taking down the #1 qualifier.
The finals found Tom Hyatt in an all too familiar situation, even though everyone in the RRA considers each other family, for these boys in the 9.90 final they are literally family. Tim Campbell (who is 75 years old and still kicking ass I might add) is Tom Hyatt’s father-in-law!! Tom once again proved reaction time is key when it comes to claiming a RRA victory. Cutting a .008 light on a 9.95 pass was enough to take the win even over Tim’s 9.906 pass, and give Tom the SMITTY’S CAR CRAFT Reaction Time Bonus. Tom is the 1st racer to of the 9.90 class to have $100 coming from Mickey Thompson at the end of the season for winning the event running M/T tires.
Top 9.90 Payouts (between car count and bonus awards)
Tom Hyatt $750
Tim Campbell $340
Rob LaRocca $150
CHUMLEY MOTORSPORTS 10.50 INDEX
This is the 1st season the 10.50 Class has officially been expanded to a 32 car field. I have no doubt qualifying will count come May 11th!!! Even though we were missing quite a few familiar faces, it was awesome to see that the class was full of new ones for our first outing of 2013. With 11 of the 26 racers competing putting up times of 10.59 or faster during qualifying. Your HAGERTY-MOBILE #1 Qualifier was Bob Singer running a 10.51 in his 1965 Chevy Nova during round #2. Tim Chumley, who plays dual roles within the 10.50 class, as a racer as well as the classes title sponsor, Tim was TI DYNO’s Sweet 16 Bonus winner for qualifying in the 16th spot.
Tim Chumley took out the #1 qualifier in round #1 of eliminations to take home the Penn Racing Bounty, but Bob Brown stopped him from claiming the additional bonus from Penn Racing by defeating Tim in the next round. The Semi-finals then came down to Bob Brown in his 1989 Mustang going up
against last year’s Champion Mike Carroll in his 1968 Camaro. John Sahli in his 1969 Camaro went up against Mike Walker in his 1972 Chevelle.
Finals once again had the “Mike’s of the 10.50 class” battling it out as Carroll took on Walker. In the end Carroll claimed the victory with a 10.53 to Walkers 10.54.
During the finals Carroll claimed the MIKE BROWN CUSTOMS Reaction Time Bonus with a .004 light. Walker will be collecting $50 at the end of the season for MICKEY THOMPSON for runner-up finish on M/T.
Top 10.50 Payouts (between car count and bonus awards)
Mike Carroll $650
Mike Walker $290
Tim Chumley/Bob Singer - $100 each
MICKEY THOMPSON OUTLAW L/S
No one can deny the April outing was rough on the Outlaw class, but everyone also knows within the next 2 races when guys have time to get their cars done and the bugs worked out this class is going to be off the hook!!!! We had 3 guys racing in our 1st event. Dave Hinzman, in that bad-ass Mustang everyone knows so well, April 27th was the 1st time out in 2013 for the Mustang, they will be working a few things out with the car before the 11th. It was awesome to welcome Keith Sletvold back to running with the RRA after missing most of the 2012 season. Hope Keith continues to come out and put on a great show with that beautiful 1968 Camaro of his.
Race #1 of the 2013 could be renamed the George Rumore show. George was M & M Chassis Craft’s #1 qualifier with a 5.10. He defeated Dave Hinzman in the finals with nice wheels up pass of 5.17 with a .03 light. With the victory George claimed the PERFORMANCE APPLIANCE BOUNTY, the SKIPPY DID IT REACTION TIME Bonus for that .03 in the finals, as well as the QUARTER MILE FINISH Winner’s Bonus.
When it was all said and done George walked away with almost $1000 for 2 rounds of racing…Not a bad way to start his season off!!!
2 OUTLAW boys who are definitely bored and antsy to get back to the track also set up the RRA’s 1st ever grudge race when Wes Blankenship challenged Mike Barren to race their tow vehicles. Mike met Wes’ challenge and also came up victorious in the end. Can’t wait to get these guys outta their trucks and into their cars!! But everyone had a great time with it!!!!!