Bret Kepner

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. 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 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. All finalists in all categories also receive free digital images from the event courtesy of Bret Kepner Photos.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




APRIL 24th, 2007 SX PERFORMANCE STREET CAR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERS
(NOTE: Event Cancelled at 6:39 PM Due To Rain)

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 05 04/24/2007

1 Tim Mallicoat Collinsville IL 68 Camaro 468 Chevy 9.591 135.54
2 Chris Gosch Bunker Hill IL 07 Mustang 330 Ford 11.523 126.19
3 Rick Howie O'Fallon IL 94 Civic 112 Honda 11.986 119.23
4 Adnan Omerovic St. Louis MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 12.751 130.73
5 Mike McGinty Ballwin MO 03 Mustang 281 Ford 12.803 109.94
6 Mike Bobelak Ballwin MO 96 Golf 171 Volks 13.011 119.08
7 Justin Bryant St. Louis MO 99 Camaro 347 Chevy 13.115 107.98
8 Mike Burdak Bridgeton MO 04 Mustang 281 Ford 13.863 101.64
9 Alex Shapovalov St. Louis MO 00 Civic 97 Honda 14.347 105.34
10 Tony Cimino Collinsville IL 04 Lightning 330 Ford 14.389 98.74
11 Justin Lynch Collinsville IL 05 Neon 146 Dodge 14.578 99.19
12 Jason Barston Wentzville MO 05 GTO 350 Pont 14.608 101.01
13 Mike Miller St. Charles MO 05 GTO 350 Pont 14.753 84.20
14 Nathan Reeves Chesterfield MO 96 Camaro 350 Chevy 14.789 96.40
15 Ryan Hudak Collinsville IL 97 Mustang 281 Ford 14.986 94.10
16 Steven Billet St. Peters MO 98 Grand Prix 231 Pont 15.111 90.96


Mother Nature dropped the hammer on yet another attempt to complete an event in the SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series at Gateway International Raceway but not before some astonishing performances were recorded in the brief thirty-four minutes of racing which were squeezed in before the third rainout of the 2007 season.

Although it was raining nearly everywhere but the track, the GIR crew completed timed trials and managed to get nine pairs of cars down the track before spectacular lightning first caused the cessation of activities followed by torrential rain which washed out the event. Regardless, several monumental runs were clocked, including a phenomenal effort by Chris Gosch at the helm of Bill Stewart’s 2007 Shelby GT500 Mustang. After a career-best 11.20-second pass at over 127 miles per hour last week during late timed trials, the Ted’s Motorcycle World-sponsored white Mustang unleashed an 11.31 at an astounding 133.41 mph! Gosch was later one of the few to gain an official qualifying pass and hit an 11.52/126.19.

Tim Mallicoat, who scored his first SCSS title of the season last week, romped to a 9.59/135.54 effort in his naturally-aspirated 468-cubic inch ‘68 Camaro while Bobby Tarr’s Aviston, Illinois-based 381-inch ‘91 Mustang had clocked a 10.36/134.34 during timed trials for his best SCSS numbers yet. Brandon Carter’s High Ridge, Missouri ten-second 306-inch ‘89 Mustang ran an off-pace 12.17/122.62 during timed trials and was on the starting line when lightning forced the initial delay. Waiting in the wings when the rains hit were the nine-second rides of Tony Buhl and Tony Huff and the 8.8-second ‘65 Mercury Comet of Steven Gentry.

In St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown Series action, Rick Howie zipped through two timed trials and one qualifying pass to lead the field. Howie, who won his first STSS trophy last week at the helm of his turbocharged 1.8 litre Honda Civic, opened with a best-ever 12.11/116.85, improved to a 12.06/117.79 and, during qualifying, became the SCSS’s first eleven-second street-driven Honda with a tremendous 11.98-second, 119.23 mph blast. Mike Bobelak’s Polk Audio-sponsored ‘96 Vokswagen Golf ran as quick as 13.01/119.08, followed by Alex Shapovalov’s ’99 Civic which qualified at 14.34/105.34 but hit a career-best 14.05/107.17 in timed trials.

Although Hal Marshall was in line to run when the weather stopped the meet, Larry King’s ‘99 Ford Lightning clocked a career-best 13.15 at104.96 in timed trials for the GatewayRaceway.com Super Truck Showdown while two-time finalist Don Hilderbrand’s 455 Olds-powered ‘67 C10 pickup, (the driving duties of which were being shared with his 21-year old daughter Dawn), hit a best-ever 13.65/99.92 on its only timed run. Tony Cimino’s ‘04 Lightning was officially leading qualifying for the Super Trucks at 14.38/98.74 when the weather hit.

Under Gateway International Raceway policies, the event was cancelled within two hours of the first run of the event and, therefore, all competitors and spectators were issued rain checks and no qualifying points were awarded.


Photos of the April 24th SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.


SPECIAL NOTE: Due to facility reconfiguration for the NHRA O’Reilly Midwest Nationals on May 4th through May 6th, Gateway International Raceway will be closed from Monday, April 30th through Thursday, May 3rd. The SX Performance Street Car Shootout Series at Gateway International Raceway will resume on Tuesday, May 8th.