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After a little weather yesterday we are back in action today with three rounds of qualifying.
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“It’s nothing a little duct tape couldn’t fix!” That was the unofficial comment from an unnamed person on the ATF Speed drag racing team. Sean Ashe went for a wild ride one week earlier at an outlaw race and scuffed up the car. The team fixed it, finished runner-up in Outlaw 275, and collected a suitcase full of money in a grudge race after eliminations. A quick run back to the ATF Speed headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, FL was required where Jason Gatlin and his team pulled the car a part in order to inspect all suspension, engine, and drivetrain components. All looked good and they rebuilt and hit the road north to Bowling Green, KY for the NMRA World Finals. We don’t know if a 6.99 is possible in these conditions but if the temperature drops earlier today, it could happen.
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Bart-man! Earlier this year perennial Mustang racer Bart Toebner showed up with a turbocharged Modular 5.4L powerplant for Street Outlaw. He built a new coupe to be a versatile racecar designed for multiple categories. After some teething issues with the turbo, he went back to a combination he knows all too well—a Vortech supercharged Edelbrock Renegade combo. He only had to build a new exhaust system, add the aforementioned Vortech blower, and swap in a new set of custom Bullet camshafts for the .520-inch lift limits. An easy test pass yesterday, complete with too much fuel and a stutter at high rpm,netted his new Renegade combination an 8.80 but at a scorching 164 mph. Will he go 170 mph this weekend?
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Tremec True Street racer Chris Gish has been trying all season long to be the first racer with a seven-second three-pass average in the class. Twice previously he’s run a seven-second pass in test and tune, and just this morning, he ran a third, carding a 7.864 at 181 miles per hour in the test and tune session. The real question now is, will he be able to do it three times back-to-back in today’s True Street competition.
“It’s nothing a little duct tape couldn’t fix!” That was the unofficial comment from an unnamed person on the ATF Speed drag racing team. Sean Ashe went for a wild ride one week earlier at an outlaw race and scuffed up the car. The team fixed it, finished runner-up in Outlaw 275, and collected a suitcase full of money in a grudge race after eliminations. A quick run back to the ATF Speed headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, FL was required where Jason Gatlin and his team pulled the car a part in order to inspect all suspension, engine, and drivetrain components. All looked good and they rebuilt and hit the road north to Bowling Green, KY for the NMRA World Finals. We don’t know if a 6.99 is possible in these conditions but if the temperature drops earlier today, it could happen.
Bart-man! Earlier this year perennial Mustang racer Bart Toebner showed up with a turbocharged Modular 5.4L powerplant for Street Outlaw. He built a new coupe to be a versatile racecar designed for multiple categories. After some teething issues with the turbo, he went back to a combination he knows all too well—a Vortech supercharged Edelbrock Renegade combo. He only had to build a new exhaust system, add the aforementioned Vortech blower, and swap in a new set of custom Bullet camshafts for the .520-inch lift limits. An easy test pass yesterday, complete with too much fuel and a stutter at high rpm,netted his new Renegade combination an 8.80 but at a scorching 164 mph. Will he go 170 mph this weekend?
Tremec True Street racer Chris Gish has been trying all season long to be the first racer with a seven-second three-pass average in the class. Twice previously he’s run a seven-second pass in test and tune, and just this morning, he ran a third, carding a 7.864 at 181 miles per hour in the test and tune session. The real question now is, will he be able to do it three times back-to-back in today’s True Street competition.
