Bret Kepner
05-23-2007, 01:12 PM
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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 (http://www.sx-performance.com). 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 (http://www.stlsr.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 (http://www.gatewayraceway.com/). All finalists in all categories also receive free digital images from the event courtesy of Bret Kepner Photos.com (http://www.bretkepnerphotos.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 Sam Moore, East Alton, IL 93 Mustang 352 Ford 8.584 9/26/2006
RWD Sam Moore, East Alton, IL 93 Mustang 352 Ford 161.25 7/18/2006
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.714 10/3/2006
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 143.17 10/3/2006
TRK Sam Moore, East Alton, IL 92 S-10 406 Chevy 9.613 10/17/2006
TRK Steven Gleghorn, Alton, IL 94 S-10 434 Chevy 140.44 9/26/2006
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
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 122 Volks 11.473 9/5/2006
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 122 Volks 126.95 5/30/2006
DSL Phillip Blackburn, Springfield, IL 03 2500 HD 403 Chevy 11.835 8/2/2005
DSL Phillip Blackburn, Springfield, IL 03 2500 HD 403 Chevy 114.29 8/2/2005
MAY 22nd, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
EVENT 08 05/22/2007
1 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.850 154.19
2 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 69 Nova 540 Chevy 9.228 144.09
3 Jeff Bowman Festus MO 70 Charger 440 Dodge 10.009 140.62
4 Hal Marshall Collinsville IL 86 S-10 383 Chevy 10.217 131.34
5 Jack Nungester Arnold MO 71 Camaro 454 Chevy 10.474 131.39
6 Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 427 Chevy 10.474 128.01
7 George Wahby Fenton MO 74 Pinto 350 Chevy 10.498 126.21
8 Chris Lugge O'Fallon IL 98 Camaro 350 Chevy 10.533 131.29
9 Steve Geatley House Springs MO 72 Chevelle 383 Chevy 10.765 123.22
10 Ben Nungester Arnold MO 69 Camaro 400 Chevy 10.846 128.13
11 Robert Obermoeller Imperial MO 87 Camaro 350 Chevy 11.129 122.63
12 Adnan Omerovic St. Louis MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 11.162 133.35
13 Ralph Meek Luebbering MO 68 Mustang 302 Ford 11.498 116.77
14 Mark Corneglio O'Fallon MO 03 Lightning 330 Ford 11.678 114.94
15 Nathan Grant Edwardsville IL 00 Camaro 346 Chevy 11.679 117.78
16 Rick Howie O'Fallon IL 94 Civic 112 Acura 11.849 118.91
MAY 22nd, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT FINAL ROUND
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH
W Tim Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro 0.161 8.916 153.79
RU Tony Huff, Collinsville, IL 1969 468 Nova 0.102 9.274 144.74
After Mother Nature took another chunk out of the 2007 SX Performance (http://www.sx-performance.com) Street Car Shootout Series with the rainout of the May 15th event, a large crowd of racers and fans returned to Gateway International Raceway to witness the first back-to-back victories by all three eliminator winners in the seventy-event history of SCSS competition. With atmospheric conditions similar to the last completed event on May 8th, (this week‘s corrected elevation ranged from 1725 feet above sea level to 1186 feet), the “bump spot” for the Super Sixteen program closely mirrored the 11.86 “bubble” of two weeks ago. However, the large field of entrants took full advantage of the “decent air” and no less than thirty-six percent of the drivers in attendance recorded career-best elapsed times or speeds!
While all three champions from the May 8th SCSS battle repeated their wins, it was Tim “Moose” Mallicoat who became only the second pilot to win three consecutive SCSS titles behind Brian Grote, who pushed his red 2001 Camaro to victories on April 19th, May 3rd, and May 10th, 2005. Moreover, Mallicoat’s M&M Automotive/Dale Huff Motorsports ‘68 Camaro unleashed a stunning series of runs which not only earned his fourth SCSS title but a spot in the SCSS record books, as well.
After winning the May 8th trophy, Mallicoat unloaded his black Chevy for testing during GIR’s Wednesday night program one night after the May 15th rainout. Based on his career-best 9.40-second, 140 mph numbers clocked on May 8th, the shock was understandable when the Collinsville, Illinois ace clocked a 9.00-second elapsed time coasting to a speed of only 118 miles per hour. The newfound power came from a 565-cubic inch big block Chevy tuned by Silva Bullet team captain Bill Silva--a ninety-seven cubic inch increase from the previous 468 residing under the Camaro’s hood. Still utilizing a single 1050cfm Dominator four-barrel carburetor without the aid of nitrous oxide, the engine made plenty of power but was restricted by a miscalculation in gear ratios. “We left the 4.56 gear in the car”, noted Mallicoat, “and it was hitting the RPM limiter only 1000 feet down track. I couldn’t drive it to the finish line so we took it home and changed it to a 4.10 gear”.
While the first twenty minutes of qualifying found SCSS superstar Tony Huff’s silver ‘68 Nova, (10.37/131.16), Chris Lugge’s red ‘98 Camaro, (a best-ever 10.53/131.27), and Jack Nungester’s slick black ‘71 Camaro, (a career-best 10.57/130.82), clocking big numbers, Mallicoat was ready for his own early pass. Armed with the new ratio, Mallicoat blasted off the starting line with a 1.33-second sixty-feet ET, charged to a 5.69/124.32 eighth-mile, and lit up GIR’s giant new Daktronics scoreboards with the third quickest and second fastest run in SCSS history, an 8.85 at 154.19 miles per hour for the quickest and fastest naturally-aspirated clocking in SCSS history by more than a half-second and ten miles per hour!
Only Huff could keep pace with Mallicoat’s performance, wheeling the other Silva Bullet team car to 9.58/140.30 and 9.22/144.09 efforts when the nitrous oxide was engaged. Of note were the 10.16/140.52 and 10.00/140.62 passes carded by the only MoPar ever to win a SCSS title, two-time finalist Jeff Bowman, whose 440-powered black ‘70 Dodge Charger behemoth was battling serious tire spin. “I can’t get a handle on these new drag radials”, lamented Bowman, “and even though I used the trans brake on the second run I still had to lift to get it to hook up”. Hal Marshall’s white S-10 pickup made three runs between 10.43/130.59 and 10.21/131.34 fill out the four qualifiers for eliminations but, as he did on May 8th, Marshall elected to concentrate on the Super Truck Showdown which allowed the first alternate into the SCSS semi-finals.
For the first time in SCSS history, both the first and second alternates, (the fifth and sixth qualifiers), had clocked identical elapsed times; both May 8th runner-up Ray Arthur’s “Suspicion” ‘67 Camaro and Jack Nungester’s ‘71 Camaro had run 10.474 seconds but, under NHRA rules, the better qualifying position is earned by the driver who recorded the fastest speed. In this case, Nungester’s 131.39 mph effort won out over Arthur’s 128.01 speed. Nungester, who finally qualified ahead of his son, Ben, by over three tenths of a second, was elated just to be in eliminations. “He finally out-spent me!”, joked Ben before he first round of eliminations. “My dad got me into racing. I remember when he brought home a basket-case ‘68 Camaro back when I was in high school and restored it from the ground up. He was really excited when I got my own Camaro into the ten-second zone. But, now he‘s outrunning me. That’s not a good sign!”.
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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 (http://www.sx-performance.com). 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 (http://www.stlsr.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 (http://www.gatewayraceway.com/). All finalists in all categories also receive free digital images from the event courtesy of Bret Kepner Photos.com (http://www.bretkepnerphotos.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 Sam Moore, East Alton, IL 93 Mustang 352 Ford 8.584 9/26/2006
RWD Sam Moore, East Alton, IL 93 Mustang 352 Ford 161.25 7/18/2006
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.714 10/3/2006
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 143.17 10/3/2006
TRK Sam Moore, East Alton, IL 92 S-10 406 Chevy 9.613 10/17/2006
TRK Steven Gleghorn, Alton, IL 94 S-10 434 Chevy 140.44 9/26/2006
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
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 122 Volks 11.473 9/5/2006
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 122 Volks 126.95 5/30/2006
DSL Phillip Blackburn, Springfield, IL 03 2500 HD 403 Chevy 11.835 8/2/2005
DSL Phillip Blackburn, Springfield, IL 03 2500 HD 403 Chevy 114.29 8/2/2005
MAY 22nd, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
EVENT 08 05/22/2007
1 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 565 Chevy 8.850 154.19
2 Tony Huff Collinsville IL 69 Nova 540 Chevy 9.228 144.09
3 Jeff Bowman Festus MO 70 Charger 440 Dodge 10.009 140.62
4 Hal Marshall Collinsville IL 86 S-10 383 Chevy 10.217 131.34
5 Jack Nungester Arnold MO 71 Camaro 454 Chevy 10.474 131.39
6 Raymond Arthur Edwardsville IL 67 Camaro 427 Chevy 10.474 128.01
7 George Wahby Fenton MO 74 Pinto 350 Chevy 10.498 126.21
8 Chris Lugge O'Fallon IL 98 Camaro 350 Chevy 10.533 131.29
9 Steve Geatley House Springs MO 72 Chevelle 383 Chevy 10.765 123.22
10 Ben Nungester Arnold MO 69 Camaro 400 Chevy 10.846 128.13
11 Robert Obermoeller Imperial MO 87 Camaro 350 Chevy 11.129 122.63
12 Adnan Omerovic St. Louis MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 11.162 133.35
13 Ralph Meek Luebbering MO 68 Mustang 302 Ford 11.498 116.77
14 Mark Corneglio O'Fallon MO 03 Lightning 330 Ford 11.678 114.94
15 Nathan Grant Edwardsville IL 00 Camaro 346 Chevy 11.679 117.78
16 Rick Howie O'Fallon IL 94 Civic 112 Acura 11.849 118.91
MAY 22nd, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT FINAL ROUND
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH
W Tim Mallicoat, Collinsville, IL 1968 565 Camaro 0.161 8.916 153.79
RU Tony Huff, Collinsville, IL 1969 468 Nova 0.102 9.274 144.74
After Mother Nature took another chunk out of the 2007 SX Performance (http://www.sx-performance.com) Street Car Shootout Series with the rainout of the May 15th event, a large crowd of racers and fans returned to Gateway International Raceway to witness the first back-to-back victories by all three eliminator winners in the seventy-event history of SCSS competition. With atmospheric conditions similar to the last completed event on May 8th, (this week‘s corrected elevation ranged from 1725 feet above sea level to 1186 feet), the “bump spot” for the Super Sixteen program closely mirrored the 11.86 “bubble” of two weeks ago. However, the large field of entrants took full advantage of the “decent air” and no less than thirty-six percent of the drivers in attendance recorded career-best elapsed times or speeds!
While all three champions from the May 8th SCSS battle repeated their wins, it was Tim “Moose” Mallicoat who became only the second pilot to win three consecutive SCSS titles behind Brian Grote, who pushed his red 2001 Camaro to victories on April 19th, May 3rd, and May 10th, 2005. Moreover, Mallicoat’s M&M Automotive/Dale Huff Motorsports ‘68 Camaro unleashed a stunning series of runs which not only earned his fourth SCSS title but a spot in the SCSS record books, as well.
After winning the May 8th trophy, Mallicoat unloaded his black Chevy for testing during GIR’s Wednesday night program one night after the May 15th rainout. Based on his career-best 9.40-second, 140 mph numbers clocked on May 8th, the shock was understandable when the Collinsville, Illinois ace clocked a 9.00-second elapsed time coasting to a speed of only 118 miles per hour. The newfound power came from a 565-cubic inch big block Chevy tuned by Silva Bullet team captain Bill Silva--a ninety-seven cubic inch increase from the previous 468 residing under the Camaro’s hood. Still utilizing a single 1050cfm Dominator four-barrel carburetor without the aid of nitrous oxide, the engine made plenty of power but was restricted by a miscalculation in gear ratios. “We left the 4.56 gear in the car”, noted Mallicoat, “and it was hitting the RPM limiter only 1000 feet down track. I couldn’t drive it to the finish line so we took it home and changed it to a 4.10 gear”.
While the first twenty minutes of qualifying found SCSS superstar Tony Huff’s silver ‘68 Nova, (10.37/131.16), Chris Lugge’s red ‘98 Camaro, (a best-ever 10.53/131.27), and Jack Nungester’s slick black ‘71 Camaro, (a career-best 10.57/130.82), clocking big numbers, Mallicoat was ready for his own early pass. Armed with the new ratio, Mallicoat blasted off the starting line with a 1.33-second sixty-feet ET, charged to a 5.69/124.32 eighth-mile, and lit up GIR’s giant new Daktronics scoreboards with the third quickest and second fastest run in SCSS history, an 8.85 at 154.19 miles per hour for the quickest and fastest naturally-aspirated clocking in SCSS history by more than a half-second and ten miles per hour!
Only Huff could keep pace with Mallicoat’s performance, wheeling the other Silva Bullet team car to 9.58/140.30 and 9.22/144.09 efforts when the nitrous oxide was engaged. Of note were the 10.16/140.52 and 10.00/140.62 passes carded by the only MoPar ever to win a SCSS title, two-time finalist Jeff Bowman, whose 440-powered black ‘70 Dodge Charger behemoth was battling serious tire spin. “I can’t get a handle on these new drag radials”, lamented Bowman, “and even though I used the trans brake on the second run I still had to lift to get it to hook up”. Hal Marshall’s white S-10 pickup made three runs between 10.43/130.59 and 10.21/131.34 fill out the four qualifiers for eliminations but, as he did on May 8th, Marshall elected to concentrate on the Super Truck Showdown which allowed the first alternate into the SCSS semi-finals.
For the first time in SCSS history, both the first and second alternates, (the fifth and sixth qualifiers), had clocked identical elapsed times; both May 8th runner-up Ray Arthur’s “Suspicion” ‘67 Camaro and Jack Nungester’s ‘71 Camaro had run 10.474 seconds but, under NHRA rules, the better qualifying position is earned by the driver who recorded the fastest speed. In this case, Nungester’s 131.39 mph effort won out over Arthur’s 128.01 speed. Nungester, who finally qualified ahead of his son, Ben, by over three tenths of a second, was elated just to be in eliminations. “He finally out-spent me!”, joked Ben before he first round of eliminations. “My dad got me into racing. I remember when he brought home a basket-case ‘68 Camaro back when I was in high school and restored it from the ground up. He was really excited when I got my own Camaro into the ten-second zone. But, now he‘s outrunning me. That’s not a good sign!”.
(CONTINUED IN REPLY...)