Best Moments from Holley LS Fest West 2018

The LS has a home in the West at Holley’s LS Fest West at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Here are some of our favorite moments.

LS Fest has been a staple of Holley Performance since 2010, but the West was begging for its own event. Last year, we finally got our chance with the inaugural LS Fest West, and it was a blast then. It just got better in 2018 with some changes and expansions. LS1 Tech was even a sponsor of the “Show and Shine” arena and, boy, were there some prime examples from this side of the Mississippi River.

One of the substantial changes that came this year was combining the Autocross, 3S Challenge, and Drifting into a single area. This made getting to and from those events and the off-road and drag racing a much shorter trip. Not far from that was “Mr. Chow’s Side Show,” a car stunt showcase of fast and furious moves that normally takes place illegally on city streets. Basically, it’s doing donuts in an enclosed area, and it’s awesome to witness.

Drag racing and LS engines just go hand-in-hand, so of course The Strip would be open for all three days with the Three Pedals Rumble, Cam Motion True Street, SAM Tech Street King, Vortech Late Model Heads-Up, Earl’s LS Truck 1/8-mile and MSD LS Outlaw 275 1/8-mile classes. For those not looking for compete or just wanting to run for fun, Hooker Headers opened the drag strip to Grudge Racing and Test-and-Tune, as well.

Brian Monello would take LS Outlaw 275 with a 5.026-second ET at 151.68-MPH. Vortech Late Model went to Josh Elam with a 9.121-second ET at 122.52-MPH via a holeshot with his .186-second reaction time.

Dave Beem had a faster MPH, but slower R/T and E/T, turning in a .241 R/T, 9.225 E/T, and 144.06-MPH trap speed. Travis Condos topped 100-MPH during eliminations but would win with a 7.406-second ET at 94.54-MPH in Earl’s LS Truck.

SAM Tech Street King went to Robert Horton with a breakout win by going 10.183-seconds ET at 123.91-MPH over Wayne Darby’s faster 8.204-second, 166.33-MPH run. Wayne’s Chevy II had a dial in of 8.25-seconds. Three Pedal Rumble went to Brenda Cox with her near perfect dial-in run. She said she could hit 12.25-seconds and took the win with a 12.259-second E/T at 109.16-MPH in her GTO. Julio Villanueva would breakout of his dial-in of 11.75-seconds with an E/T of 11.650-seconds at 116.93-MPH.