Bret Kepner

2010 GATEWAY OUTLAW ALL STARS SERIES CONTINUES ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th!

The fifth event in the 2010 Outlaw All Stars Series takes place on Saturday, September 18th, with more wild, wheelstanding action coming to Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Spectator admission is still only ten dollars with children under thirteen years old admitted free!

The event will be a part of a wild three-day weekend of drag racing with another edition of the Monster Energy Drink Midnight Madness series on Friday, September 17th, the OAS on Saturday, September 18th and the return of the UBDRA’s infamous Black Sunday race in September 19th. Three events remain in the 2010 OAS series with the September 18th event being followed by the final Saturday race on October 16th and the season finale on Sunday, November 7th.

Jamie Hutchins scored a thrilling victory in Outlaw Eliminator at the most recent event defeating Mike Richter‘s new Chevy Cavalier by a mere two thousandths of a second in the final round! The win moved Hutchins‘ supercharged 1959 Corvette into the point lead ahead of Jeff Hansen and his ProCharger-equipped ‘69 Camaro. Keith Hug’s seven-second Kawasaki barely holds a slim lead in Outlaw Motorcycle over Eric Sanzottera and his 195 mph “no wheelie bar“ Suzuki Hayabusa. In Super Street (True 10.5) Eliminator points, Mark “Woody” Woodruff has just barely moved his turbocharged 7.5-second ’67 Corvette ahead of Tim Gehrs and his outrageous ProCharged ‘81 Olds Cutlass. The war is even tighter in Drag Radial Eliminator where point leader Steven Biggs and his turbocharged 2004 Mustang from Tennessee is still being chased by Tom Derby and his Missouri-based nitrous oxide-injected ‘69 Camaro but Matt Bell’s turbocharged ’92 Mustang has moved into third place after winning the last event and resetting both ends of the Drag Radial record at 7.80/182.53! Current OAS championship point standings can be viewed HERE.

The fifth battle toward the 2010 OAS championships will present another night of nonstop heads-up competition. Tim McAmis Performance Parts and the American Drag Racing League have posted noncontingent cash awards for the entire 2010 Outlaw All Stars Series and Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels will award new rear tires to every OAS point champion at the end of the 2010 season!

Gateway International Raceway expanded the Outlaw All Stars Series to eight events this season. The OAS, designed to offer affordable non-handicapped drag racing on a local level, includes five Index-based Eliminators and three Heads-Up categories for cars along with one Index division and one Heads-Up class for motorcycles.

Gates open at 1:00 PM with qualifying and timed trials beginning at 3:00 PM. Eliminations start at 7:30 PM Saturday night!

The OAS offers very low entry fees for equally modest purses but will accommodate virtually any vehicle. Spectator admission is also extremely cheap at $10 for adults with all children under 13 years admitted free. The program and its rules were created with a goal of offering nearly all competitors a class in which to compete without the expense of adding new equipment. All purses will be based on the number of entries in each competition division and will be presented to the winner and runner-up in each class. Purse money will be accrued from all competitors above the basic $20 GIR entry fee for all contestants. Payout to the finalists will be 70% of the total accrued awarded to the winner and 30% of the total accrued awarded to the runner-up in each eliminator category.

All vehicles entered for competition must pass a basic NHRA technical inspection and must comply with all rules for the eliminator category entered as well as the NHRA-mandated regulations for advanced performance including additional safety equipment, chassis construction and driver licensing requirements. Detailed rules can be found in the 2010 Gateway International Raceway Rules and Regulations available at St. Louis Drag Racing.com by clicking HERE.


SPECTATORS

Spectator admission: $10 with children under 13 years admitted free.

INDEX ELIMINATOR CATEGORIES

Fourteen-Second Eliminator:
Entry fee: $20
Purse: Trophies to winner and runner-up

Thirteen-Second Eliminator:
Entry fee: $20
Purse: Trophies to winner and runner-up

Twelve-Second Eliminator:
Entry fee: $25
Purse: Winner and runner-up receive trophies plus monetary awards.

Eleven-Second Eliminator:
Entry fee: $30
Purse: Winner and runner-up receive trophies plus monetary awards.

Ten-Second Eliminator:
Entry fee: $35
Purse: Winner and runner-up receive trophies plus monetary awards.

Nine-Fifty (9.50 Seconds) Eliminator: (Motorcycles only)
Entry fee: $35
Purse: Winner and runner-up receive trophies plus monetary awards.

HEADS-UP ELIMINATOR CATEGORIES

Super Street Eliminator:
Entry fee: $35
Rules: Open to all vehicles utilizing untreaded, (“slick”), rear tires of no more than 10.5 inches in width. Any engine modification permitted including turbocharging, supercharging or nitrous oxide injection. No “wheelie bars” permitted. 10.5W tires are prohibited.
Purse: Winner, runner-up and semi-finalists receive monetary awards. Winner and runner-up receive trophies.

Drag Radial Eliminator:
Entry fee: $40
Rules: Open to all vehicles utilizing Department Of Transportation-approved treaded rear tires of no more than 13.0 inches in width. Rear tires must carry an official D.O.T. stamp on sidewalls. Any engine modification permitted including turbocharging, supercharging or nitrous oxide injection. No “wheelie bars” permitted.
Purse: Winner and runner-up receive trophies plus monetary awards.

Outlaw Motorcycle Eliminator:
Entry fee: $45
Rules: Open to all vehicles with any engine or chassis modifications. “Wheelie bars” are permitted.
Purse: Winner and runner-up receive trophies plus monetary awards.

Outlaw Eliminator:
Entry fee: $45
Rules: Open to all vehicles with any engine or chassis modifications. “Wheelie bars” are permitted. Outlaw Eliminator (only) competes on an eighth-mile course.
Purse: Winner, runner-up and semi-finalists receive monetary awards. Winner and runner-up receive trophies.



Saturday, August 21st Event Schedule:

Gates Open: 1:00 PM
Index Timed Trials Begin: 3:00 PM (10.0 and 11.0 only)
Qualifying Session 1 Begins: 3:20 PM (OL, OLB, DR, SS)
Index Timed Trials Continue: 3:45 PM (9.50, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0 and return)
Qualifying Session 2 Begins: 5:00 PM (OL, OLB, DR, SS)
Index Timed Trials Continue: 5:30 PM
Index Timed Trials Conclude: 7:15 PM
Eliminations Begin: 7:30 PM
Final Championship Rounds: 9:40 PM

penningta

iTrader: (3)

Im going to run this weekend. Im a virgin in the drag racing compition here. Just trying to get some track time before the shootout. Ill be pitting with my friends Tom Derby we all know who he is and Jason Thomas. They are going to give me a hand at getting the car setup. We shall see what it does. Im hopin for High 11s.

penningta

iTrader: (3)

Also Bret have you heard anything about the track in Troy that is possibly being buillt. The word on the street is that they are going to anounce something at the MAR show on Sept. 25. Just wondering if you have heard anything.