NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl 2008 Friday Coverage

[Mark Keiser]

We finally made it to the race track here in Joliet after getting stuck in traffic for 45 min. A large box truck tried to straddle a guard rail and they brought in a crane to life it off since he drove about 200 feet like that. The weather is great now and we are hoping the weatherman is incorrect for tomorrow and Sunday! Round one qualifying has begun and the staging lanes are still filling up with cars from 22 classes. Check back here for race coverage through out the day. The Motive Gear gorillas are making their appearance.





Cars are lined up for round one.



The pits are full of motor coaches and trailers.

[SMOKDU]

any live feeds ?

[StangTV News]

We don't have a live video feed, but we will get the coverage up as soon as we can!

[Mark Keiser]

ACT Factory Stock Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 9 Louis Sylvester 11.388 118.35 118.35
2 6516 Jay Dold 11.587 116.94 116.94
3 8 John Leslie Jr 11.634 116.74 116.74
4 6 Alan Cann 11.763 114.50 114.50
5 10 Carlos Sobrino 12.046 112.59 112.59
6 6018 Charlie Rankin 17.656 65.21 65.21
7 2 Steve Gifford 18.466 47.01 47.01

Tremec Pure Street Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 3 Ryan Hecox 10.335 129.94 129.94
2 5064 Mark Anderson 10.488 128.71 128.71
3 4 Victor Downs 10.584 128.76 128.76
4 5146 Eric Burkhart 11.02O 126.29 126.29
5 5151 Josh Jones 11.059 122.20 122.20
6 5189 Amy Sherwin 11.239 121.76 121.76
7 5 Brandon Alsept 11.463 121.25 121.25

5.0 Mustang Real Street Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 8126 Brian McCormick 9.708 138.93 138.93
2 1 Tim Matherly 9.711 140.25 140.25
3 2 Bruce Hemminger 9.816 119.42 119.42
4 4 Michael Washington 9.835 136.28 136.28
5 3 Jim Breese 9.84O 137.78 137.78
6 8222 Dave Ginter 10.281 133.49 133.49
7 10 Kevin Scott 10.352 132.06 132.06

Edelbrock Hot Street Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 2 Robbie Blankenship 8.856 151.78 151.78
2 3117 Mike DeMayo 8.858 151.68 151.68
3 3139 Keith Courtney 8.926 151.34 151.34
4 3398 Charlie Booze JR. 8.928 148.59 148.59
5 3022 Michael Abdalla 9.085 149.30 149.30

BF Goodrich Drag Radial Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 1 John Kolivas 8.137 174.44 174.44
2 5 Joey Bridge 8.296 171.75 171.75
3 10083 Trace Meyer 8.515 166.01 166.01
4 10136 Matt Bell 8.645 163.71 163.71
5 10 Pete Johnson 8.689 157.74 157.74
6 10407 Tim Huspen 8.951 163.33 163.33
7 10053 Jimmy Dahl 9.134 161.50 161.50
8 6 Enzo Pecchini 10.47O 149.12 149.12
9 10078 Jason Lee 10.615 107.19 107.19
10 10313 C Douglas Johnson Jr 10.967 144.81 144.81
11 4 Tony Akins 11.527 79.05 79.05


Procharger Renegade Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 7 Bob Cook 8.628 159.68 159.68
2 4114 David Guy 8.678 157.82 157.82
3 1 Brian Mitchell 8.689 158.69 158.69
4 8 Jason Gerovlo 8.803 156.35 156.35
5 4214 Bart Tobener 8.831 157.03 157.03
6 4126 Alton Clements 8.862 156.30 156.30
7 4168 George Seeger 8.865 153.47 153.47
8 4401 Chris VanGilder 8.868 157.80 157.80
9 4084 John Keller 8.905 153.74 153.74
10 4049 Chad Almandinger 8.972 153.23 153.23
11 4430 Dan Rawls 8.983 152.73 152.73
12 10 Chris Beary 9.406 143.83 143.83
13 3 Brian Tuten 11.155 77.63 77.63
14 4777 Scott Lovell 14.299 66.69 66.69


ProCharger SS Outlaw Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 2397 AJ Powell 7.476 185.56 185.56
2 2157 Jarrett Halfacre 7.558 194.77 194.77
3 1 John Urist 7.591 187.99 187.99
4 2461 Richard Lelsz 7.68O 182.90 182.90
5 2152 Mike Trimandilis 7.701 187.26 187.26
6 2241 Mike McKay 7.83O 176.14 176.14
7 2001 Chris Burleson 7.843 179.88 179.88
8 2134 Mike Smith 7.91O 178.68 178.68
9 2023 Chris Tuten 7.951 179.37 179.37
10 2000 Mike Dezotell 8.015 173.27 173.27
11 2 Don Burton 8.072 134.69 134.69
12 2787 John MacDonald 8.173 157.80 157.80
13 3 Samuel Vincent 8.199 121.21 121.21
14 7 Phil Hines 8.343 181.74 181.74
15 2144 Dwayne James 8.659 164.99 164.99
16 2228 Dan Zylstra 8.885 159.91 159.91

Turbonetics Pro Outlaw Q1
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 1013 Conrad Scarry 7.039 206.95 206.95
2 1010 Dan Millen 7.238 194.18 194.18
3 1006 Zack Posey 7.361 197.80 197.80
4 1021 Jerry Morgano 7.441 160.73 160.73
5 2267 Keith Neal 7.603 156.17 156.17
6 1 Tim Essick 7.629 150.95 150.95
7 1151 Ron Lummus 9.025 110.25 110.25

[Mark Keiser]

They have a dyno up and running on the property.



Scott Lovell is in a new ride for the weekend. Bob Cook’s car has just been sitting around since he is driving the Sutton HP car in Renegade. They had Sticker Dude wrap the car with a killer new graphic. Bob tells me they should make the rest of the races with the exception of Atco.







Super Street Outlaw racer Sam Vincent has not been happy with the rules since the mid-season changes last year. Sam suffered severe engine damage around this time last year and has not been out since. Even after Sam’s rant about the rules he surprised everyone and showed up to the Super Bowl. He pulled the parachute early on his 8.18 run.



As reported earlier Chris Tuten is here in Joliet with a bigger turbo, slicks and a new front bumper cover to do battle in Super Street Outlaw.



The Johnson family has shown up with both drag radial cars. This is the only father son team that both race in the NMRA that I know of.





The photo below was taken at around 1600 feet and I am looking away from the tower. That should give you an idea how many cars are here. I heard something about over 400 cars being here for the weekend.



If you don’t have any work between rounds or there is some down time just step up to play the bean bag toss in the pits.

[Mark Keiser]

In the pits after first round Shawn Johnson had the motor out of his car. Looks like a lot of work to change the valve springs. He is racing in Pure Street again this weekend.









Ryan Hecox was pulling the transmission out of his Pure Street car for what they said was maintenance.



George Seeger has made it out but seen to be having suspension troubles. They were making adjustments when I walked by.



Mark and Ron Anderson were making carburetor changed between the rounds on their Pure Street car.



Jason Lee ripped the torque boxes out of his Drag Radial Mustang last weekend. He had the torque boxed replaced at midnight on Wednesday. Then all he had to do was change the engine and transmission and fix an intercooler before heading down here Thursday. Jason is trying to get the suspension dialed in after all the changes.

[Mark Keiser]

Round two was under way until Mother Nature decided to drop a little water on us. The rain has stopped for now but it will be a little while before we are under way again.




Here is what we have from round two so far:


ACT Factory Stock Q2
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 1 Tommy Godfrey 11.378 119.19 119.19
2 9 Louis Sylvester 11.388 118.35 118.35
3 6000 Matt Amrine 11.478 117.30 117.30
4 2 Steve Gifford 11.517 118.31 118.31
5 6516 Jay Dold 11.54O 116.87 116.94
6 8 John Leslie Jr 11.634 116.74 116.92
7 6 Alan Cann 11.677 115.32 115.32
8 10 Carlos Sobrino 12.046 112.59 112.59
9 6018 Charlie Rankin 16.10O 99.13 99.13


Tremec Pure Street Q2
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 3 Ryan Hecox 10.335 129.94 129.94
2 5 Brandon Alsept 10.366 130.22 130.22
3 5200 Rocky Mason 10.408 130.15 130.15
4 5064 Mark Anderson 10.488 128.71 128.71
5 4 Victor Downs 10.502 129.62 129.62
6 5146 Eric Burkhart 10.657 127.32 127.32
7 5189 Amy Sherwin 10.926 123.51 123.51
8 5151 Josh Jones 10.935 123.86 123.86


5.0 Mustang Real Street Q2
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 2 Bruce Hemminger 9.634 140.08 140.08
2 1 Tim Matherly 9.704 140.47 140.47
3 8126 Brian McCormick 9.708 138.93 138.93
4 4 Michael Washington 9.835 136.28 138.06
5 3 Jim Breese 9.84O 137.78 137.78
6 8057 Jim Coger 9.994 136.23 136.23
7 8222 Dave Ginter 10.25O 133.43 133.49
8 10 Kevin Scott 10.352 132.06 132.06


BF Goodrich Drag Radial Q2
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 1 John Kolivas 8.137 174.44 174.44
2 5 Joey Bridge 8.296 171.75 171.88
3 10136 Matt Bell 8.453 168.30 168.30
4 4 Tony Akins 8.484 171.01 171.01
5 10083 Trace Meyer 8.515 166.01 166.42
6 10053 Jimmy Dahl 8.573 161.07 161.50
7 6 Enzo Pecchini 8.636 163.51 163.51
8 10078 Jason Lee 8.688 169.55 169.55
9 10 Pete Johnson 8.689 157.74 157.74
10 10407 Tim Huspen 8.951 163.33 163.33
11 10313 C Douglas Johnson Jr 10.344 153.00 153.00



Procharger Renegade Q2
Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 7 Bob Cook 8.628 159.68 159.68
2 4077 Joel Howard 8.647 159.59 159.59
3 4114 David Guy 8.678 157.82 157.82
4 1 Brian Mitchell 8.689 158.69 158.69
5 4214 Bart Tobener 8.697 154.16 157.03
6 8 Jason Gerovlo 8.77O 157.39 157.39
7 4401 Chris VanGilder 8.82O 158.09 158.09
8 4168 George Seeger 8.831 156.48 156.48
9 4126 Alton Clements 8.862 156.30 156.30
10 4084 John Keller 8.905 153.74 154.05
11 10 Chris Beary 8.971 157.78 157.78
12 4049 Chad Almandinger 8.972 153.23 153.23
13 4430 Dan Rawls 8.983 152.73 152.73
14 4998 Mike Catapano 9.208 147.01 147.01
15 4777 Scott Lovell 9.642 146.16 146.16
16 3 Brian Tuten 11.155 77.63 77.63

[Mark Keiser]

The track crew worked quickly to get the surface dry and we got back under way.
Here is the rest of second round.

[Mark Keiser]

They had to clean the water out of the Zac Posey and Tony Akin pits after the rain stopped.



Mike Smith use to race all the NMRA races but has been on a break for a while. He has made it out to the Super Bowl with his Procharger powered Mike Duffy chassis car.





John Kolivas is another one hit with some weight from the midseason rule changes. Instead of adding the extra weight he dropped down to the 85mm turbo. John is still thinking about putting the pushrod motor back in the car.



Enzo Pecchini is back out in drag radial for the first time since his crash. I heard they had this car built in 6 weeks.

[Mark Keiser]

Chris Tuten was unable to make the second round due to lost oil pressure. He had the oil pan and main caps off but planned on having it back together for eliminations.





Joey Bridge did not want to add the extra weight to his car so they put the smaller 85 mm turbo on. After first round they changed converters trying to find some more ET. They did not find it so they were changing converters again after the second round.



Jimmy Dahl appeared to be having transmission trouble. When I went by he was raising a new tranny in.



Brian Tuten is having trouble with water seeping into the cylinders. He had it all alpart trying to find where the water was coming from.



Mike Washington was having issues with his rear end gear. It looks like they will have it back together in time for Saturday morning.



Mike Dezotell is racing in Super Street Outlaw for the first time. They are sneaking up on the tune and are improving each pass. They had issues after their first 7 second pass.