BOTB round 5 at Gateway International Raceway pitted a full field of cars from 4 internet forum groups facing off for bragging rights on the quarter mile. In July STL- Mustangs took the trophy and they returned to defend it against Lethal 1320, STL Speed and SIKOTS (Southern Illinois King of the Street). With great weather conditions that prevailed throughout, attendees were treated to some spectacular racing and, as usual, the carnage to racecars that BOTB has unfortunately become known for. Despite the various construction endeavors on almost all of the highways around GIR a good crowd of spectators showed up to take it all in and cheer for their favorite racers.

Round 1:

Temp-74 Humidity- 56% Track Temp-86 DA- 1554

First to the line to start the BOTB was Tim Mallicoat Jr. for Lethal. A regular in the weekly SCSS program, Tim brought his 68 “Hellraiser” Camaro to line against Frank Signorelli’s 00 TA Vert. Frank was a late fill in for Orson “OJ” Johnson who suffered catastrophic engine failure……..ie……engine holes……….the previous Tuesday which necessitated Signorelli filling his spot for STL-Mustangs. Despite the mismatch, at the hit Signorelli took almost a 4 tenths holeshot en route to an 11.82 @116. It wasn’t enough though as Mallicoat ran 8.62 @ 156 to move on to round 2.

Next up Matt Martin of SIKOTS against Mike Mester for STL Speed. Martin’s 95 turbo Mustang took a 2 tenths lead from the tree and extended it down track running a 10.11 @146. Mester was game, but the nitrous gremlins from the previous May BOTB came back again and forced his 00 TA into an NA pass of 10.56 @ 127 that fell short.

Eric Luig of Lethal brought his beautiful purple and orange 64 Chevy II to the line to face off against Dave Braley’s 89 Mustang Vert representing STL-Mustangs. Braley showed his driving skills cutting an .069 light on the pro .500 tree while running 12.32 @ 107. Though Braley’s run was smooth, it wasn’t enough and went unnoticed because Luig put on a show in the left lane. Pedaling numerous times, Eric took anything but a straight route to the win. With the front wheels up and the car twisting and sashshaying down the lane Luig had the crowd cheering his 8.58 @ 163 that sent him into round 2. As a side note, the Gateway crew also returned to Luig a piece of chrome trim found down track, no doubt detached during the twisting gyrations of the Chevy II’s wild pass.

Next up Brandon Carter’s 03 Turbo-charged Cobra against Mike Verweyst’s 00 TA. Carter running for Speed took the win with a 10.44 @ 131. Verweyst for SIKOTS suffered mechanical issues at the hit and stumbled to a 16.32 @ 108.

GIR regular Laurence Bass for STL-Mustangs pulled up to next to do battle with relative newcomer Jason Singleton for Speed. When the tree dropped, neither driver would have a reaction time to write home about, but both Fox-bodies left cleanly and Bass ripped off his usual 8 second run with his 8.99 @152 sending him past Singleton’s 11.00 @ 123.

SCSS points leader Daryl Jauerning’s familiar 88 Mustang was next. Due to construction in the area and the inability of a racer to navigate it on time, SIKOTS ended up short a car and “Dirty D” was the beneficiary of the vacancy and received a solo bye run. He pushed his ride to an 8.67 @ 151. A back-fire through the pipes down track slowing him from his usual performance levels.

Next up in round one, John Manno for SIKOTS against Jeffrey Long for STL-Mustangs. Long was the July winner of BOTB and helped STL-Mustangs take the board win. Unfortunately for him, that was then…….this is now. Separated by 56 thousands at the start Long’s 86 supercharged Stang quickly fell behind as his car suffered a mechanical failure and wouldn’t make any boost. This allowed Manno’s 65 Turbo Mustang to race to victory with a 9.69 @ 154 taking the win over Long’s slowing 11.66 @ 116.

The final pair for round one pitted Chris Buchanan’s 91 Mustang fronting STL-Speed against Lethal’s Tommy Bantle and his 92 Turbo Mustang. Bantle, fresh off his entry into the SCSS 7-second club this past Tuesday with a 7.93 run put Buchanan in the underdog role with his nitrous Mustang being a much slower car. The saying goes….. “Looks good on paper” ……..proved true again. Neither had a stellar light, but just past the sixty Bantle’s car, wheels up, continued to rise to a monster wheel-stand by half track. At near vertical the car was on the bumper with all four tires free and clear of the racing surface. Just past the eighth-mile gravity, and the rear bumper took over and Bantle crashed to earth in a shower of sparks. He pulled to the side un-hurt, but his run was done well short of the quarter-mile mark. Meanwhile, Buchanan ran an 11.03 @ 118 to move on to round two. Said Buchanan later, “I had the best seat in the house for Bantle’s wheel stand and it was quite a show.” As for Bantle, the oil pan was mashed flat and though the engine diaper did most of its job, a track clean up was in order and he was out of the competition for the night.

Round 2:

Temp- 72 Humidity- 58 Track Temp- 85 DA- 1324

The round led off with John Manno against Chris Buchanan. Buchanan chopped down the tree, but Manno was on a stellar pass and his 8.42 @ 164 was too much for Chris’ 91 Mustang and his consistent, but losing 11.07 @ 121.

First round bye recipient Daryl Jauerning faced off against a known foe, Laurence Bass, both familiar with each other from previous racing. At the hit Jauerning took over a tenth lead from the tree and stretched it out all the way down the 1320. His 8.11 @ 170 not only took out Bass’ 9.01 @ 151, but also set a new ET performance personal best for the car. Both the Speed and ET would also be tops for the night for the BOTB contest.

Next to the line, Brandon Carter and Eric Luig. In one of the strangest runs of the night, neither competitor received a full time run. Carter left before the tree activated and Luig suffered what appeared to be catastrophic driveline failure and went mere inches past the starting line. With the first or worst rule, Luig advanced to the next round, but he was broken so Carter, even though he received no points for the round would actually be running in the semis. Said Carter, “I’ve got a new converter set-up and I’m trying to get used to it.” He’d get another round to dial it in due to Luig’s breakage.

Finally to close the round, BOTB’s version of extreme driving skills. Tim Mallicoat faced off against Matt Martin. Martin knew he was overmatched, but was determined to make a race of it with his turbo boost levels set on kill. His shot at the tree came up short with a .056 red gifting Mallicoat the win, but he was still going to run it out the back door. That’s when drag racing became drifting on the quarter mile. Just past the 1/8th Martin’s boost level overpowered his tires and the track sending him into an eventual 360 degree plus spin. Doing his best “Jimmy Johnson through the grass at Daytona” impersonation Matt managed to not only keep the car off of the wall, but scrub off enough speed so that when it did finally come to rest against the wall at about a 1000 feet, it suffered only minor cosmetic damage to the front right side. All of this and Martin never left his lane! Meanwhile in the other lane, Mallicoat streaked to a consistent 8.59 @ 155 and a berth in the semi-finals.

Round 3:

Temp-69 Humidity- 61% Track Temp- 82 DA- 1221

The first pairing in the semi’s featured Tim Mallicoat Jr. versus break rule come backer Brandon Carter. At the hit only one car left cleanly. Carter still trying to dial in his new trans set up was timed out, failing to take the second stage bulb in the required time which pushed Mallicoat and his 8.61 @ 155 into the finals.

The second pair vying for a finals appearance pitted two racers again well familiar with each other, Daryl Jauerning against John Manno. Mustang versus Mustang, 88 versus 65 and Nitrous versus Turbo. Both had good lights with a 41 thousands lead at the tree for Manno, but just off the line he fell back as he overpowered the track and went into tire smoke when the boost level kicked in. John pedaled to a 9.97 @ 163 but ran out of real estate. Jauerning took the win with an off-pace 8.90 @ 141 but his run was also marred by another series of nitrous backfires through the pipes leaving him to ponder his tune up settings for the finals.

Finals:

Temp- 68 Humidity- 62.6% Track Temp- 80 DA- 1114

Just past 1 AM two competitors very familiar with each other pulled to the line. Tim Mallicoat Jr under the direction of Tim Sr have faced off against Daryl Jauerning and his crew chief Joe “Mongoose” Voelkel many time in the SCSS series and knew each others’ capabilities well. Lane choice was not an issue with each in their favored lanes, Mallicoat right and Jauerning left. Tim Mallicoat had been consistent all night with all of his runs within 2 hundredths of each other. Meanwhile, Jauerning had reset his personal best ET but also suffered tuning woes through a series of nitrous backfires, so the final round match up was anybodies race. When the tree dropped, it was Mallicoat with the best RT of the night, a .022 off the line first…….actually, the only one off of the line. He was on his way to an 8.64 @ 155 and the win because Jauerning’s nitrous troubles continued as he had a deafening backfire of howitzer proportions. The hood stayed on and there was no fire, but the car failed to move and Mallicoat took the win. Said Daryl’s crew chief later with his ears still ringing, “The rpms didn’t come up at the line and I think it loaded up and that was it.”
Whatever the reason, later examination revealed little if any damage, and Jauerning drove the car from the line back to the pits after the episode. For Mallicoat the win capped a consistent evening and a BOTB victory for the first time event competitor and a return to the winners’ circle for the Lethal 1320 team.

Final Stats:

Points: Lethal1320- 18 SIKOTS- 6 STL Speed- 4 STL Mustangs- 2

Single Winner- Tim Mallicoat Jr. (Lethal 1320)

Board Winner- Lethal 1320

Best ET- Daryl Jauerning (Lethal 1320) 8.116

Best MPH- Daryl Jauerning (Lethal 1320) 170.62

Your View……………..courtesy of Lethal 1320.com

Luke Albietz collected the win in the Jr. Dragster 8-9 year old division after a red light start by class champion, Heaney. Sutton collected the win on his way to his championship by defeating Tommy Heaney Jr. via a red light start by Heaney. Jacob Blumenstein collected the win in the eldest of the Jr. Dragster categories over Sawyer Wiseman.

Wrapping up the early action of the 2010 Bracket Racing Championship Series was Denny Slusser in Pro Bike by defeating John Koehne in the final round. Slusser had the advantage on the starting line and got to the finish line first for the victory.

In the Street ET category, Gary Horning defeated 2009 track champion, Bill Bradley. The drivers each dialed in 12.00 for a heads up start, but at the finish line Bradley went too quick with an 11.97 and broke out. Clay Tyler collected the victory in the Pro ET class over Frankie Radake. Tyler’s wild launching ’61 Chevrolet Corvair Wagon had the starting line advantage and collected the win with an elapsed time of 9.43 seconds at 138 mph.

Super Pro victory went to Phil Bryant as his dragster drove around the ’00 Camaro of Mark Holloran. Bryant had the better light and held the lead the whole way. Taking home the money in the Eighth Mile Dash for Cash was Don Floyd. Floyd cut a near perfect .001 light leaving Corey Landolt with a disadvantage on the starting line. Landolt could not make up the difference and Floyd took the win.

For pics of the 2010 CBS season, including shots of this year’s champions, click HERE.

As of 1:30 pm, various weather outlets are issuing Tuesday forecasts of 100 degrees. In accordance with Gateway Raceway policies, this forces an automatic cancellation of tomorrow night’s drag racing event. The Tuesday Night AAA Drags, Street Car Shootout Series, and BIG St. Charles Quick Bike Shootout event will be rescheduled for Thursday, August 12th.  However, please be aware that the Thursday forecast also calls for extreme heat.  A decision will be made on Wednesday afternoon regarding the Thursday night event. Since Saturday is the last points event of the 2010 Championship Bracket Series, our intent is to run the Saturday event.

The runner-up meant Gosch was tied with Derek Allen‘s Waterloo (IL) H.S. twelve-second ‘84 355 Cutlass. GIR‘s chief statistician, Sharon Westcoat, checked the first tie-breaker , (number of event wins during the season), and found the two drivers still tied! She checked the second tie-breaker, (number of event runners-up), and found the same result! It was Gosch, however, who had the most semi-final appearances during the year but, just to be sure, Westcoat, checked the entire season worth of points earned by both as the two rivals waited in silence on the fence. Finally, it was made official and Gosch was announced as the 2010 Champ. He will now head to Indianapolis for the NHRA Division III Finals at O’Reilly Raceway Park in September in an effort to win the biggest crown for High School racers.

Matt Gosch, Bunker Hill, IL 1983 455 Regal Station Wagon

These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
Street Car Shootout Series events held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association each Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during the two official qualifying or championship rounds. The first official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:00 PM with sessions continuing until 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations advancing two winners to the championship final round. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by Gateway Raceway.com. Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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 St. Louis Drag Racing.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.

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2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES TRACK RECORDS

Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Steve George, Arnold, MO 71 Nova 634 Chevy 7.648 03/30/2010
RWD Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 67 Corvette 565 Chevy 186.61 04/20/2010

TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 8.881 09/15/2009
TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 150.73 09/15/2009

4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.039 10/14/2008
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007

6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 9.667 10/06/2009
6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 139.63 10/06/2009

DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007

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

AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 141.50 7/22/2008

FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008

JULY 27th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 17  07/27/2010

1   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy     8.654   158.73
2   Daryl Jauernig      St. Genevieve   MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford     9.214   167.86
3   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy     9.361   146.30
4   Jeff Cannon      Alton      IL   69   Chevelle   540   Chevy   10.714   127.28
5   Cheyenne Bittle   Belleville   IL   70   Dart      340   Dodge   10.744   125.39
6   Randy Baker      St. Louis   MO   69   Dart       340   Dodge   11.228   120.23
7   Gary Lewis      St. Ann   MO   69   Skylark   455   Buick   11.945   114.41
8   Lee Edgar      Fenton      MO   89   Mustang   302   Ford   12.001   111.90
9   Mark Yehling      Granite City   IL   97   Corvette   346   Chevy   12.099   113.99
10   Kevin Eisenbach   St. Louis   MO   97   Mustang   281   Ford   12.360   111.59
11   Aaron Hagen      Fenton      MO   01   Firebird   364   Pont   12.438   108.29
12   Jacob Null      Maryland Hgts. MO   84   Camaro   305   Chevy   12.446   112.81
13   Douglas Vandereit   Fenton      MO   69   Falcon      351   Ford   12.630   109.60
14   Anthony Samsel   Wentzville   MO   08   Protege   133   Mazda   12.887   112.61
15   Dave Coleman      St. Louis   MO   73   Nova      358   Chevy   13.047   103.95
16   Bart Collida      Wildwood   MO   89   Corvette   383   Chevy   13.240   106.99

JULY 27th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Daryl Jauernig, St. Genevieve, MO      1989 351 Mustang   0.227   8.458   161.73
RU   Tim Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL         1968 565 Camaro   0.152   8.675   158.35

Daryl Jauernig ransacked the field for his seventh win of the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. The intrepid Ford racer, who has appeared in nine of sixteen final rounds completed this season, scored Low Elapsed Time and Top Speed of the Meet but, ironically, came from the number two qualifying position to win. If nothing else, Jauernig gained a measure of revenge in a rematch of the most recent SCSS showdown on July 6th.

The Street Car Shootout Series was off on June 13th for its annual mid-season break as the Gateway International Raceway staff reconfigured the property for its annual NASCAR events. However, the scheduled return to competition for the sixteenth of thirty SCSS races was cancelled due to heat advisories. Therefore, the July 27th program officially kicked off the second half of the season for SCSS racers despite thunderstorms which seemingly appeared everywhere but the race track and kept below average the number of entries. The weather was unusual; the corrected elevation started at an abysmal 2369 feet above sea level and only dropped two hundred feet even after sunset. Likewise, the track surface temperature was 132 degrees when qualifying began and cooled only to 105 during the final rounds.   

The majority of the more powerful contenders waited until the third qualifying session before taking to the track. Ray Arthur, who has trailed Jauernig in the season championship point standings since April 7th, returned to the seat of his fabled ”Suspicion ’67 Camaro with a freshened 555 cubic inch powerplant. The R&R Towing-backed Chevy made its first effort with a huge wheelstanding launch and a 1.39-second sixty-feet elapsed time but the new nitrous oxide-injected engine sounded noticeably “flat” near the finish line on a 9.36-second pass at 146.30 miles per hour. Jauernig, (pronounced “journey”), closed out the third qualifying session with his Windsor-powered ‘88 Mustang but lost traction on the hot racetrack and was forced to “pedal” the throttle to an off-pace 9.32 at a strong 164.11 mph.

Tim Mallicoat, Jr., used the fourth qualifier for his sole shot and the second-generation driver of the three-time championship-winning M&M Automotive/Dale Huff Motorsports 565-inch “Hellraiser” ‘68 Camaro proved, once again, the car can negotiate any surface in any weather. A 1.31-second “sixty” was followed by a strong 8.65/158.73 and the low qualifying position. Jauernig didn’t give up, however. A second qualifying attempt near the end of the fifth and final qualifying session was bent on gaining the pole qualifying position but the nitrous-aided Ford again spun the tires and clocked a 9.21 at an even faster 167.47 mph. The fourth spot in the field was held by Jeff Cannon’s 540-cubic inch yellow ‘69 Chevelle which thrilled fans at the June 17th event when it went into a half-track slide at one hundred miles-per-hour but escaped with only a crushed rear taillight. Cannon’s Chevy was also running below its potential with a best of 10.71/127.28.

When the top four qualifiers were called to report in front of the main grandstands for eliminations, most fans fully expected the father-and-son Mallicoat team to be dominant. The naturally-aspirated 565-inch Camaro, notorious for its brutal consistency, had earned its second win of the year in the most recent SCSS program and was virtually guaranteed to repeat its 8.6-second performance throughout the night. An interesting twist was added to the contest when Arthur declined to compete after discovering an electrical problem in his new engine. The first alternate was none other than seventeen year-old Cheyenne Bittle, a past GIR Junior Dragster star, at the wheel of her new Chelar Tool & Die/MoPar Performance Parts-sponsored 1970 Dodge Dart. Although not the first to qualify for a Super Sixteen field, Bittle’s appearance made her the first female ever to compete in SCSS eliminations!

Bittle made here prescence known, too; she grabbed a huge holeshot of two tenths of a second against Mallicoat and ran within a tenth of a second of her best qualifying effort but could only watch when the Chevy produced another 1.31 “sixty” and cruised to an 8.66/157.98 against the Dart’s 10.84/124.87. Cannon was unable to improve on his qualifying effort, carding a 10.85/124.68 against Jauernig but the Ford pilot held a surprise for the fans. Prior to eliminations, Jauernig and crewchief Joe “Mongoose” Voelkel drastically increased the delayed implementation of the nitrous oxide system and launched with a stunning 1.24-second “sixty”. Once the nitrous kicked in, the tires remained hooked up for a tremendous 8.40 at 167.86 mph!

Suddenly, the tables were turned. Jauernig had succumbed to traction issues in the July 6th final round in the face of Mallicoat’s nonstop 8.6-second runs. If Jauernig could repeat his 8.40 performance, there was little chance of Mallicoat winning again. Fans on the fence discussed whether Jauernig and Voelkel would shoot for a quicker pass or simply leave the car alone. Since conditions had barely changed since the race began, it was presumed the team’s semi-final round combination would work.

In the championship bout, Mallicoat gained a slight holeshot advantage of seven hundredths of a second but the Ford team proved they knew what would win; the Mustang never faltered and remained “hooked” for the first forty feet. Although Mallicoat was still in the lead at the sixty-feet clocks by eighteen thousandths of a second, (1.31 to 1.27), the black Mustang charged ahead in the first two hundred feet and blasted to an 8.45/161.73 victory over Mallicoat‘s 8.67/158.35. Always the joker, Jauernig asked forty-three time SCSS event winner Tim “Moose” Mallicoat, Sr., if he wanted to use Jauernig’s first place trophy for winner’s circle photos to which Mallicoat replied, “No thanks! I’ve got plenty of my own!”. As always, Jauernig thanked Voelkel and the team’s sponsors during winner’s circle ceremonies. “Joe did a hell of a job tonight”, said Jauernig, “and it would’ve been real easy to get lost trying to fight the track. Instead, we just worked with what we had and proved we knew how to get down the track. The guys at Mustang Muscle and Matheis Race Cars do everything they can to give us the power and the chassis and it’s up to us to make it work. On nights like this, we showed we can get it done!”.

NOTES FROM THE SCSS: Daryl Jauernig’s victory put him in an elite group; “Dirty D” is now only the third driver to win ten or more titles throughout the seven years in SCSS competition. Jauernig is now ranked behind Tim “Moose” Mallicoat, Sr., and Tony Huff…Cheyenne Bittle became only the third female to earn a Fastest Street Car Qualifier decal by making a SCSS Super Sixteen field and that includes almost seven hundred previous qualifiers. Lori Van Zandt did it first on September 6th, 2005, followed by Kim Westphal on September 26th, 2006. Bittle is now the second-quickest and second-fastest female in series history, too. She also became the one hundred sixty-eighth member of the SCSS 10-Second Club and the two hundred eighty-sixth member of the SCSS 120 MPH Club…Randy Baker put a second MoPar in the top six when he clocked a career-best 11.22 at 120.23 mph in his bronze ‘69 Dart. The speed on the pass made Baker the two hundred eighty-seventh member of the SCSS 120 MPH Club, as well…Gary Lewis qualified his 455 Buick-powered flamed black ’69 Skylark for the second time this season with an 11.94/114.41 and then ran back-to-back 11.719 passes in late timed trials after the conclusion of qualifying…Lee “Sledger” Edgar, whose black ’89 302 Mustang is currently leading the 12.0 Eliminator point standings in GIR’s Outlaw All Stars heads-up series, decided to make a few test runs in the event and qualified for the first time. Guess what he ran? Why, a 12.001 at 111.49, of course…Mark Yehling proved his LS2-powered white ’97 Corvette can the same numbers for an entire season. He made the show with a 12.09/113.99 but has qualified for six events this year running between 12.08 and 12.19 in every conceivable weather scenario…Aaron Hagen, whose red ’99 Formula Firebird is a fixture at GIR in any event, debuted a new ride in the form of a blue 2001 Pontiac Formula. It ran a best of 12.43/108.29…Kevin Eisenbach made his first appearance of the season with his ’97 Mustang Cobra and made the field with a best-ever 12.36/111.59…Jacob Null was another first-time qualifier with his 305-powered orange ’85 Camaro running a 12.44/112.81 best in the official seassions but hit a 12.14/114.92 in late timed trials…One of the most unique cars in the field, (and another first-time qualifier), was Douglas Vanderiet’s 351 Ford-powered 1969 Falcon Sport Coupe. Displaying amazing dark blue paint, it posted a 12.63/109.60 best…Dave Coleman jumped from his familiar ’78 Camaro into a 358-powered ’73 Nova to make the show with a 13.04/103.95 but the car’s drivetrain was seriously wounded during a late timed trial…Bart Collida, whose burgundy ’89 Corvette convertible is a regular at SCSS events, took advantage of the light attendance to earn his first Fastest Street Car Qualifier decal by qualifying on the bump spot at 13.24/106.99…The July 27th event marked the final race in the 2010 High School Eliminator track championship series and the title wasn‘t decided until fifteen minutes AFTER the final round! GIR 2008 High School Eliminator track champion Matt Gosch needed to win the final round in his Bunker Hill (IL) High School twelve-second 455 Buick-powered ‘83 Regal station wagon in order to secure his second title but lost out to Erik Lipka driving his well-known twelve-second 2002 Z28 for Fort Zummwalt West (MO). The runner-up meant Gosch was tied with Derek Allen‘s Waterloo (IL) H.S. twelve-second ‘84 355 Cutlass. GIR‘s chief statistician, Sharon Westcoat, checked the first tie-breaker , (number of event wins during the season), and found the two drivers still tied! She checked the second tie-breaker, (number of event runners-up), and found the same result! It was Gosch, however, who had the most semi-final appearances during the year but, just to be sure, Westcoat, checked the entire season worth of points earned by both as the two rivals waited in silence on the fence. Finally, it was made official and Gosch was announced as the 2010 Champ. He will now head to Indianapolis for the NHRA Division III Finals at O’Reilly Raceway Park in September in an effort to win the biggest crown for High School racers…Remember the completely revised 2010 Gateway International Raceway Rules and Regulations are available at St. Louis Drag Racing.com by clicking HERE.

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Top 10 of 114 contenders as of JULY 28th, 2010)

Pos Points Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine

1   (104)   Daryl Jauernig   St. Genevieve MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford
2   (87)   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy
3   (71)   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford
4   (57)   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy
5   (50)   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy
6   (50)   Greg Boschert   St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford
7   (35)   Orson Johnson   House Springs MO   99   Mustang   281   Ford
8   (35)   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10      434   Chevy
9   (33)   Shane Cochran   St. Louis   MO   71   Camaro   509   Chevy
10   (30)   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   302   Ford
11   (30)   Mark Yehling      Granite City   IL   97   Corvette   346   Chevy

NOTE: Points toward the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of five (5) points for qualifying in the Super Sixteen field with one (1) bonus point awarded for qualifying in the top four positions. One (1) additional point is earned for each round win during eliminations. Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SCSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SCSS season.

JULY 27th, 2010 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Anthony Samsel, Wentzville, MO   2008 133 Protege      0.204   12.915  110.04
RU   Daniel Harris, Sr., St. Louis, MO      1997 232 Thunderbird   0.128   14.081    95.13

Anthony Samsel scored his second title of the year in the St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown and the Missouri driver did it in front of a large turnout of fellow Mazda racers. Samsel, whose solid black 2008 MazdaSpeed 3 first dipped into the twelve-second zone in September, 2009, won the Sport Tuner crown on June 10th with career-best numbers of 12.41/114.93. Although his front-wheel-drive turbocharged four-cylinder Mazda was running substantially slower in the dismal weather conditions, he still was the class of the field.

Samsel’s Mazda stumbled in qualifying but still produced two runs of 12.88/111.86 and 12.89/112.61, either of which was good enough to lead the Tuner contingent. Behind the Mazda was a familiar machine with a not-so-familiar driver; Daniel Harris, father of the season’s winningest Tuner competitor, Dan “Iceman” Harris, took the reins of the family’s Memory Lane Customizing and Fabrication/Pur Performance-backed 232 cubic inch V6-powered Thunderbird and clocked a 13.90/102.52. The rest of the Top Five included Justin Lox and his FWD supercharged 231-inch six-cylinder ’97 Grand Prix, (14.23/98.41), Brian Wolfberg’s FWD red 2007 MazdaSpeed, (14.47/105.69), and David Wells in his RWD six-cylinder red 2010 Infiniti G37, (14.74/98.56).

In the final round, Harris grabbed a holeshot of eight hundredths of a second and, surprisingly, retained the lead until just past the 330-feet mark. At that point, however, the black Mazda took over and streaked to a 12.91/110.04 victory over the Ford’s 14.08/95.13. “We had several Mazdas here tonight but we’re not really part of a club”, said Samsel while accepting his second Tuner trophy of the season in front of the main grandstands. “We’re just friends who like to race together. My car has a larger turbocharger and some tuning modifications that the others don’t have but it was still running a bit off tonight. Even so, it’s a good, streetable car and I’d really like to get it in the elevens before I’m done with it”.

JULY 27th, 2010 ST. LOUIS DRAG RACING.COM SUPER TRUCK SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Tim Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL   1992 350 S-10      0.458   14.183  102.92
RU   Jon Wingo, Florissant, MO         2003 364 Silverado      0.891   17.120    82.97

While there was a distinct lack of trucks on the property for the July 27th event, eighteen year-old Tim “Little Moose” Mallicoat may have set a record, anyway. Mallicoat competed in the Street Car Shootout Series, High School Eliminator and the St. Louis Drag Racing.com Super Truck Showdown…all in one night!

Mallicoat recently repainted the 350-inch ’92 S-10 he has used to race in High School Eliminator, Street Eliminator, the 14.0 Index class in the Outlaw All Stars series and even in the Super Truck Showdown. It’s a solid thirteen-second ride but, on this night, it happened to be the quickest truck in qualifying at 13.90/102.52. Of course, Mallicoat was also racing in the SCSS with the family’s eight-second ’68 Camaro in which he would eventually score runner-up. However, he also wheeled his S-10 in the final High School Eliminator race of the season and, after a first-round redlight, made a qualifying pass to enter the Truck battle.

Mallicoat’s closest competition was the black 346-inch ’95 S-10 of Brian Bowen, (15.29/94.93), but Bowen never appeared for the final round and the first alternate, Jon Wingo’s monstrous white 2003 Silverado 1500, got the nod for the trophy dash. While Mallicoat has appeared in five Super Truck finals, (winning his first on April 8th, 2009), it was Wingo’s first time in a final…and his first time running his truck! “Little Moose” had no trouble in the championship runoff, scoring a 14.18/102.92 while Wingo managed a 17.11/82.97 from his naturally-aspirated, gas-burning LS-powered behemoth.

Photos of the July 27th Street Car Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.
 

Daryl Jauernig, Ste. Genevieve, MO             1989 351 Mustang

Tim “Little Moose” Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL     1968 565 Camaro

Anthony Samsel, Wentzville, MO                     2008 133 Protege

Daniel Harris, Sr., St. Louis, MO                  1997 232 Thunderbird

Tim “Little Moose” Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL              1982 350 S-10

Jon Wingo, Florissant, MO                               2003 364 Silverado

Matt Gosch, Bunker Hill, IL           1983 455 Regal Station Wagon
2010 Gateway International Raceway High School Eliminator Champion

Round 1:

Temp- 89.3 Humidity- 59 Track Temp- 100.2 DA- 2719

First out of the gate were Eric Luig of Lethal and Frank Signorelli representing Speed. Luig, usually piloting an 84 Monte Carlo brought his other ride, a 64 Chevy II to do battle with Signorelli’s 200 T/A. Both cars had less than stellar lights, but Signorelli’s race was over just before the 60’ mark as tire spin slowed his nitrous’d machine to a chasing 12.27 @ 117 while Luig streaked to a 9.37 @127 for the win.

Next up, Jeffrey Long of STL Mustangs versus Marty Stinnett fronting SIKOTS. Long had a red light foul and breakage in the May event and had something to prove while Stinnett had made the long trip from Kuttawa Kentucky to show what his ride could do. At the hit, Long’s 86 Stang got a slight jump over Stinnett’s 90, but at the 1/8th it was anybodies game when suddenly Stinnett’s car got loose and he had to lift coasting to a 9.81 @105 which provided Long the opening he needed to advance to the next round with an 8.67 @ 164.

Tim Gehrs’ 82 Cutlass representing Lethal took on Nick Burch and his unique 2006 turbo-charged Mustang running for Speed. They left a little under 3 hundredths apart at the tree with Burch getting the leave, shortly after though, Gehrs pulled in front and was on a quick pass when his car got extremely loose forcing him to get completely out of the throttle. It also unnerved Burch who also lifted as Gehrs appeared to almost want to swap lanes. Both cars slowed dramatically with Gehrs pulling out the win with an 11.83 @ 110 over Burch’s 12.05 @ 119.

Rodney Overfelt of STL Mustangs brought his Naturally aspirated 65 Stang up to line next to face Matt Martin of SIKOTS. Martin’s car failed to be ready in time, but without an alternate available, rather than forfeit the round he elected to run his 1962 Ford F250. Neither driver was winning any awards at the tree, and between diesel smoke from the truck and tire smoke from a traction impaired Stang it was tough to see the first 60 feet, but from the haze emerged Overfelt coasting to a 10.13 @106 over Martin’s 15.21 @ 88.

Tommy Bantle driving a 92 Mustang for Lethal, a somewhat regular SCSS participant faced off against Ron Hamm for SIKOTS next. Hamm in an immaculate 69 silver and black Camaro is still getting used to the car and found himself chasing at the hit. Bantle ripped off a 9.02 @162 to take the win over Hamm’s respectable 9.59 @ 164.

Crowd favorite Orson “OJ” Johnson for STL Mustangs brought his 99 turbo’d Mustang to the line next to face Brandon Carter’s 03 Turbo-charged Cobra for Speed. Carter’s car bogged slightly at the line and was chasing from the start with no luck as OJ went wire to wire with a 9.31 @ 173 over Carter’s 10.78 @133. OJ’s 173 would also stand as fastest elimination pass of the night speedwise.

Birthday Boy Daryl Jauerning was next up running for Lethal. Dirty “D” in his familiar nitrous assisted 88 Fox body faced off against another familiar face, Lawrence Bass and his procharged 88 Mustang running for STLMustangs. Both took their time staging and at the hit it was Bass with an unlucky -.041 red light that tossed a 9.29 @ 146 run into the trash bin. Worse yet, “D” had electrical issues and only ran an 11.16 @100 to advance and add further salt in the wound of Bass’s red light.

To close out the first round Alex Richardson for SIKOTS paired up his 90 Mustang against Nick Witherell of Speed in his Modular motivated Mustang. Despite a slow start at the tree, Richardson pushed his car into the next round with a 10.18 @ 133 over Witherell’s game 11.41 @ 129.

Round 2:

Temp- 88.1 Humidity- 61.2 Track Temp- 99.9 DA 2650

For round two the first pair out found Jeffrey Long continuing his point proving campaign, this time against Eric Luig. Long chopped down the tree with an .007 light while Luig trying to do the same went red by a mere 17 thousand (-.017) to gift the win to a still quicker 8.46 @ 163 by Long over the red-lighting 9.42 @ 110 by Luig.

Next up, Time Gehrs hoping to NOT have a repeat of his first round wild ride facing off against Brandon Carter. Carter having lost in the first round, and Martin having elected to park his vehicle put Carter in the place of running a test pass for no points. Gehrs assured of a win put down a blazing and straight 8.88 @ 160 with a game attempt to get lane choice for the next round. Unfortunately, in the other lane, the ill-fated test pass by Carter turned into a 45 minute clean up as his car left fluids on the track requiring attention from the Gateway crew.

After the clean up, Dirty “D” found himself gifted with a solo pass into the next round. Richardson’s car upon start up could only muster 10 lbs of oil pressure so as he was pushed back to the pits, Jauerning ran a traction impaired 10.84 @121 that was plenty to go into the semi’s.

To round out the pairing for the semi’s, Orson Johnson faced off against Tom Bantle. Both mustangs had been in the low 9’s on previous runs with OJ setting the speed mark for the night, but both had also experienced traction issues as well. When the tree dropped, OJ cut a .038 light to take the advantage and stretched it out all the way down the track with an 8.84 @ 164 win over Bantle’s 9.12 @ 160. Despite his loss, Bantle would later come back and run in the eights on an exhibition run with an 8.94 @ 171.

Semi Finals:

Temp- 85.9 Humidity- 66 Track Temp- 92.6 DA- 2485

Jeffrey Long had been getting faster as the night wore on, but Tim Gehrs had seemingly tamed his car into straight strong passes. On paper it was anybody’s race as they pulled to the line. Long, as he did all night, left first by 2 hundredths, but both cars were on good passes. At the stripe, Gehrs came up short with an 8.77 @ 161 not enough to take out Long’s even quicker than the previous round 8.36 @ 164.

The other finalist would be decided between Jauerning and Johnson. OJ and crewchief Paul Schoelich had been getting down the track in fits and starts. An 8.17 the previous week in NMRA competition had shown their cars potential. Meanwhile, Dirty “D” had been riding his birthday luck past tire spin, electrical gremlins and a lengthy cleanup to take his place for a shot at the finals. At the hit Jauerning did his best chopping down the tree for a 2 tenths lead, unfortunately, he immediately had traction issues. He watched OJ streak by on his way to a 9.09 @ 155 for the win and a spot in the finals over Daryl’s 9.91 @ 145.

Finals:

Temp- 84 Humidity- 68 Track Temp- 92.3 DA- 2347

For the finals, it was all about the bragging rights. STL Mustangs had clinched the event title for the board. The winner and runner up would both be from STL Mustangs, but who would win it all had yet to be decided. Jeffrey Long had gotten faster all night and had pounded the tree against every opponent. His fuel pump and tire issues from the past weeks had evaporated and he seemed on a mission to prove his point. Meanwhile, Orson “OJ” Johnson fresh off an NMRA semi appearance had his car flying and dailed into the track conditions. At 2 am the cars took to the line to decide. Long left first with a slight 4 hundredths lead and began stretching it out further as OJ ran into tire spin just off the line. He began chasing and wound up the turbo for that high end charge but couldn’t catch Long who though running a slightly slower 9.03 @ 134 was through the traps for the win over Johnson’s 9.94 @ 170.

Final Stats:

Points: STLMustangs- 16 Lethal1320- 12 SIKOTS- 2 STLSpeed- 0
Single Winner: Jeffrey Long (STLMustangs)
Board Winner: STLMustangs
Best ET: Jeffrey Long (STLMustangs) 8.369

Best MPH: Orson Johnson (STLMustangs) 173.23

Cuda, Bellman, OJ, Chute Guy..............aka STL Mustangs Team

These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
Street Car Shootout Series events held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association each Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during the two official qualifying or championship rounds. The first official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:00 PM with sessions continuing until 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations advancing two winners to the championship final round. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by Gateway Raceway.com. Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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 St. Louis Drag Racing.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

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES TRACK RECORDS

Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Steve George, Arnold, MO 71 Nova 634 Chevy 7.648 03/30/2010
RWD Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 67 Corvette 565 Chevy 186.61 04/20/2010

TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 8.881 09/15/2009
TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 150.73 09/15/2009

4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.039 10/14/2008
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007

6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 9.667 10/06/2009
6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 139.63 10/06/2009

DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007

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

AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 141.50 7/22/2008

FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008

JUNE 29th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 15  07/06/2010

1   Tom Bantle, Jr.   Lemay      MO   92   Mustang   420   Ford     8.336   174.37
2   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy     8.620   157.96
3   Daryl Jauernig      St. Genevieve   MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford     8.749   162.57
4   Joe Rudy      Kirkwood   MO   69   Camaro   454   Chevy     8.803   158.74
5   Eric Luig      DeSoto   MO   84   Monte Carlo   434   Chevy     9.290   146.89
6   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   93   S-10      355   Chevy     9.350   145.97
7   Jon Huber      St. Louis   MO   79   Mustang   178   Ford   10.235   134.47
8   Joe Rogers      Wentzville   MO   94   S-10      421   Chevy   10.387   130.15
9   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy   10.423   129.29
10   Danny Brouk      St. Louis   MO   93   Mustang   302   Ford   11.042   121.85
11   Greg Boschert      St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford   11.084   122.80
12   Darrel Ambro      St. Peters   MO   80   Malibu      454   Chevy   11.167   117.70
13   Gary Carter      Hartford   IL   79   C-10      406   Chevy   11.173   120.28
14   Brian Quattlander   Maryville   IL   70   Chevelle   307   Chevy   11.230   122.99
15   Randy Baker      St. Louis   MO   69   Dart       340   Dodge   11.234   119.18
16   Sutton McGee      Granite City   IL   57   Fairlane   429   Ford   11.330   122.18

JULY 6th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Tim Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL      1968 565 Camaro   0.072   8.649   157.48
RU   Daryl Jauernig, Ste. Genevieve, MO      1989 351 Mustang   0.129   9.118   164.73

Tim Mallicoat, Junior, continued his impressive rookie season by securing his second victory of the year in the Street Car Shootout Series held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. The second-generation driver of the winningest machine in series history took his father’s black M&M Automotive/Dale Huff Motorsports 565 cubic-inch “Hellraiser” ‘68 Camaro to his sixth final round of 2010 despite weather conditions which made for an extremely tricky racing surface.

How tricky was it? The first qualifying session began with a track surface temperature of 133 degrees and atmospheric conditions with produced a corrected elevation of just under three thousand feet above sea level. Even after sundown, the track temp never dropped below one hundred degrees and the humidity, (recorded as high as seventy-six percent), kept the “air” from getting any better than 2138 feet in elevation. The event was a classic test of racer skills; some competitors never made a run without tire spin while others eventually compensated for conditions and managed to clock representative passes which included a few career-best efforts. Then, there was Mallicoat.

Tim “Moose” Mallicoat, Sr., made legendary his naturally-aspirated 565-cubic inch Chevy with brutal consistency in a combination which was seldom affected by track conditions. While winning forty-three SCSS event titles in fifty final rounds from October 17th, 2006, through October 20th, 2009, the “Hellraiser” Camaro was guaranteed to run mid-eight second elapsed times on every pass while opponents often overpowered the track with far more potent vehicles. Since placing his eighteen year-old son, Tim Junior, behind the wheel for the 2010 season, the car has lost none of its fabled “ability to repeat” and, other than engine damage which kept the team out of action for eight races in the early season, has remained one of the most feared in the series for that reason.

The first qualifying period found several of the strongest weekly competitors struggling. Tom Bantle, whose IRT Performance-backed turbocharged 420-inch smallblock Ford-powered black ’92 Mustang coupe had blasted to an amazing run of 8.25 seconds and 174.57 miles per hour only one week earlier, attempted to apply that same amount of horsepower to the blazing-hot starting line and failed. Current SCSS season championship point leader Daryl “Dirty D” Jauernig made a pass in his renowned Mustang Muscle/Matheis Race Cars nitrous oxide-injected smallblock Ford-powered ’89 Mustang and drove through heavy tire spin to record an off-pace 9.68 at 161.40 mph.

Late in the third qualifying period but still long before sunset, Joe Rudy’s McNamara Towing-backed nitrous bigblock yellow ‘69 Camaro proved traction was there for those who could tune to the conditions. With crewchief Chris Webster looking on, Rudy covered the first sixty feet in 1.32 seconds and clocked an impressive 8.80 at a best-ever 158.74 mph. When the sun finally dropped to the horizon in the fourth qualifying session, Bantle returned and used an extremely conservative launch, (with a 1.48-second sixty-feet elapsed time), to join the hunt at 9.65/158.43. Mallicoat made his first attempt and, with an effortless 1.27 “sixty”, blasted to the pole position at 8.62/157.96. Jauernig also dropped the power level to card an 8.74/162.57.

Each of the top qualifiers elected to stand on their efforts and only one of the “hitters” elected to use the final qualifying period. Bantle made a third shot in his turbo’d Ford and, after an improved 1.39 “sixty”, shot to a tremendous 8.33 at a whopping 174.37 mph to steal the low qualifying position from Mallicoat with two minutes remaining in qualifying! Incredibly, the top four qualifiers were anchored by Rudy’s 8.80 pass to make the quartet the quickest group in SCSS history, eclipsing the 8.82-second mark set on July 1st, 2008!

All four teams reported in front of the main grandstands for eliminations and the pairings promised a Ford-versus-Chevy final round. The first match of the semi-finals pitted the Fords of Bantle and Jaeurnig but the race ended quickly with a shocking redlight start by a tenth of second for Bantle‘s top-qualifying Mustang. In addition, both Jauernig and Bantle lost traction almost immediately; with the outcome no longer in doubt, Bantle coasted to the finish line at 17.07/53.77 while “Dirty D“ struggled to a 9.85 at a shut-off 134.82. Before anyone could question if the track had “gone away”, however, Mallicoat and Rudy launched with fantastic 1.26 and 1.31 “sixties“, respectively. Unfortunately, Rudy was almost three tenths of a second late at the start and, even though he was on his way to a career-best pass after clocking a great 5.54/124.86 eighth-mile, ran into nitrous oxide delivery problems just past half-track and slowed to a 9.22 at only 114.15 mph. Meanwhile, Mallicoat charged to a brutally consistent 8.63/157.03 win.

In a highly-anticipated battle between the all-conquering three-time series champion and the 2010 season’s leading heir to that title, young Tim Mallicoat grabbed a slim holeshot of five hundredths of a second and covered the first sixty feet in 1.29 seconds while Jauernig launched hard but lost traction forty feet off the starting line. Although the Ford pilot expertly “pedaled” the throttle several times to recover to a 9.11/164.73, the kid in the Chevy arrived at the finish line a half-second ahead on an 8.64/157.48 for his second victory in six finals.

“I felt it spin off the line just a bit in the final”, noted “Little Moose” during trophy presentations in front of the main grandstands, “but I’m pretty sure that was from a little bit of dew rather than the hot surface. You could see it on the roof of the car before we ran”. His father agreed and the elder Mallicoat added, “The track surface got ripped up very early and that’s why we waited until it cooled down as much as possible before we made a qualifying run. But, overall, the track wasn’t that bad. When it’s this hot, you can’t just throw power at the track. You’ve got to really pay attention to how much power the track can take. We didn’t have to back down on power as much as you’d think but we did really have to make sure the car was positioned on the starting line properly. If you were six inches too far to the left or right of the ‘groove‘, you were history. Now that I’m outside of the car, I can pay attention to where Timmy needs to be lined up and, tonight, that really made a difference”.

NOTES FROM THE SCSS: The July 6th event marked the halfway point in the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series season with fifteen of thirty scheduled events now completed…While Tim “Little Moose” Mallicoat made three runs within twenty-three thousandths of a second during the event, the eighth-mile times on the “Hellraiser” Camaro varied only twenty thousandths, (5.524, 5.526 and 5.544), and the eighth-mile speeds were within six tenths of one mile per hour. It’s interesting to note, however, the father-son team was still experimenting with a large air cleaner from K&N Filters. After their only qualifying run, “Moose” Mallicoat removed the Camaro’s hood, installed the air filter, and ran within two-thousandths of a second in the eighth-mile of their previous pass without it. “We‘re still not sure how much it‘s helping“, said “Moose“, “but it‘s definitely not slowing us down“…After Joe Rudy qualified his “sprayed” big-inch yellow ‘69 Camaro, he made a timed trial outside of the final qualifying session and clocked an 8.71/157.90 which would have put the team third, (instead of fourth), in the field. Before the unofficial run, crewchief Chris Webster commented, “We’re already in the show so we’re not too worried”, but Rudy ended up last in the quickest “top four” field ever! The 8.71 effort was close to Rudy’s best-ever 8.70/158.43 recorded one week earlier but the eighth-mile on his aborted semi-final loss to Mallicoat was still a tenth of a second quicker than on the 8.70!…Eric Luig made a strong showing in the Matheis Race Cars -backed 434-inch smallblock ’84 Monte Carlo of ”South County Dave” Reich. After qualifying fifth with a great 9.29/146.89, the wheelstanding “big-bodied” white Chevy returned for a late timed trial and posted a best-ever 9.17/148.09…Danny Brouk made the Super Sixteen field and earned his first Fastest Street Car Qualifier decal with an 11.04/121.85 from his 302-powered ’93 Mustang LX while becoming the two hundred eighty-third member of the SCSS 120 MPH Club on the pass…Darrel Ambro’s clean orange 454-powered ’80 Malibu also got in the field with an 11.16/117.70 run only slightly slower than his 11.05/119.58 best…His legions of fans will have to live without him for a while; Greg “Hook ’n Ladder” Boschert will be out of action for a few weeks between his duties as a St. Louis firefighter and a planned family vacation. His nitrous-injected 333-inch smallblock Ford-powered white ’66 Mustang coupe should have been one of the most affected by the blistering track temperature with its eight inch-wide D.O.T. tires but Boschert made the field with a decent 11.22/122.80…After several near-misses, Brian Quattlander’s ’70 Chevelle qualified for its first Super Sixteen program with a career-best 11.23 and a 122.99 mph speed made him 120 MPH Club member number two hundred eighty-four. Quattlander swears his Chevy is powered by a 307-inch smallblock but that hasn‘t been verified…Veteran bracket racing killer Randy Brown gave MoPar fans a machine to cheer when he put a set of D.O.T. rubber on the back of his venerable stock-appearing, naturally-aspirated 340-powered bronze ‘69 Dodge Dart and made the show with a best of 11.23/119.18…One of the most astonishing performances of the event came from longtime SCSS racer Sutton McGee who normally campaigns a ten-second, 130 mph small block Ford-powered ’63 Falcon. This time, however, he appeared with the legendary 429-powered 1957 Fairlane of his father, Butch, and, with added boost from a 100 hp nitrous system, rocketed the two-ton Ford to an amazing 11.33 at 122.18 mph to qualify on the bump of the fourteenth quickest field in the history of the SCSS…Although complete results can be found in the coverage of the Super Truck Showdown below, no less than four pickups made the program……GIR 2008 High School Eliminator track champion Matt Gosch won High School Eliminator in a war of 2010 weekly winners; Gosch, racing for Bunker Hill (IL) High School in his 455 Buick-powered ‘83 Regal station, stopped Erik Lipka and his twelve-second 2002 Z28 from Fort Zummwalt West (MO) High. The competition was typically fierce; defending 2009 season H.S. Champ Derek Allen, in his twelve-second ‘84 355 Cutlass from Waterloo (IL) H.S., had a perfect 0.000 Reaction Time and an 0.015 “package” during the first round of racing…A sizeable contingent of St. Louis area SCSS competitors will be heading to the annual Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, from July 16th through the 18th for what is the largest gathering of 10.5-inch and Drag Radial machines on the planet…The SCSS will take its annual mid-season break on July 13th as Gateway International Raceway is reconfigured for the upcoming NASCAR Double Header on the big oval Friday, July 15th,  and Saturday, July 16th. The Camping World.com 200 Truck Series event will be followed by the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 Nationwide Series event. Tickets are still available and the complete weekend schedule can be found at HERE…The Street Car Shootout Series will resume on Tuesday, July 20th…Remember the completely revised 2010 Gateway International Raceway Rules and Regulations are available at St. Louis Drag Racing.com by clicking HERE.

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Top 10 of 107 contenders as of JULY 7th, 2010)

Pos Points Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine

1   (96)   Daryl Jauernig   St. Genevieve MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford
2   (81)   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy
3   (71)   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford
4   (50)   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy
5   (50)   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10       406   Chevy
6   (50)   Greg Boschert   St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford
7   (35)   Orson Johnson   House Springs MO   99   Mustang   281   Ford
8   (35)   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10      434   Chevy
9   (33)   Shane Cochran   St. Louis   MO   71   Camaro   509   Chevy
10   (30)   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   302   Ford

NOTE: Points toward the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of five (5) points for qualifying in the Super Sixteen field with one (1) bonus point awarded for qualifying in the top four positions. One (1) additional point is earned for each round win during eliminations. Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SCSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SCSS season.

JULY 6th, 2010 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO      1979 178 Mustang      0.916   10.014  137.26
RU   Robert Baldwin, Glen Carbon, IL      1969 146 Beetle                    Could Not Appear      

Jon Huber’s turbocharged four-cylinder silver 1979 Mustang has gained worldwide acclaim in the past decade as one of the most recognized Fords in street-legal drag racing. Having won multiple titles in Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week program clocking nine-second runs after towing a trailer over a fifteen hundred-mile route, it has become a standard by which all other non-V8 road cars are judged. Although he is a regular contender in the St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown each week at Gateway International Raceway, Huber seldom sticks around for eliminations after his lengthy test sessions during the qualifying periods. In fact, the St. Louis legend only recently won his first title in the division at the final event of the 2009 season!

However, this is Huber’s “busy season”. While Drag Week 2010 won’t be held until mid-September, the man behind Huber Performance Racing is feverishly thrashing to prepare for another of what he considers the most important events on the calender, the National Muscle Car Association’s
Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, from July 16th through the 18th. Competing in the True Street Eliminator division which mandates a thirty-mile cruise before three back-to-back-to-back runs, Huber has posted eight-second, 154 mph performances during the grueling program but has yet to secure a victory. Moreover, the current SCSS Four-Cylinder Elapsed Time and Speed Record Holder, (at 9.03/152.16), has suffered through the 2010 season with a best of only 9.64/138.87, far below the performance level he expects for the upcoming Super Bowl event.

Huber’s initial qualifying shot of 10.23/134.47 led Sport Tuner qualifying by a huge margin but subsequent runs fell short of even that sub-par performance. Although Huber was tight-lipped about the specific problems he was encountering, most observers felt fuel delivery was at the core of the dilemma. Rather than loading up and heading for the shop, Huber stayed for eliminations if only to test another tuning theory. Behind the magnificent Mustang was the lime-green turbocharged four-cylinder 2.4-liter ‘69 Volkswagen Beetle of the Baldwin family. After two runners-up in as many weeks, the duo of Bob Badlwin Jr. and Sr. was having extraordinary luck; they recorded their first eleven-second pass ever with an 11.89/112.56. The rest of the top five included several representatives from a large gathering of turbocharged, four-cylinder, front-wheel-drive Dodge SRT4 Calibers on hand for a group “shootout” including Terry Herkenberns, (13.79/101.94), Joshua Reigelsperger, (13.966/103.93), and the 3.5-liter six-cylinder, rear-wheel-drive 2008 Nissan 350Z of Ed Morton, (14.15/99.71).

Ironically, Huber had no opposition in the championship final round. The elder Baldwin, who has raced VWs exclusively for more than thirty years, hurried to find the problem which flooded the Beetle’s Weber carburetors when it was fired up for the last battle but simply ran out of time to get the car started. Huber made a solo run for the trophy at an improved 10.01/137.26 but was unsatisfied enough to miss winner’s circle ceremonies entirely. His many fans certainly understood and Huber will carry the hopes of many supporters to Joliet.

JULY 6th, 2010 ST. LOUIS DRAG RACING.COM SUPER TRUCK SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Raymond Arthur, Edwardsville, IL   1993 355 S-10      0.165     9.588  144.81
RU   Joe Rogers, Wentzville, MO      1994 421 S-10      0.370   10.412  130.20

Ray Arthur’s R&R Towing nitrous oxide-injected 355-inch ”S-10 Revenge“ ‘93 S-10 had no problems with a soaring track temperature and “junk air”. In fact, the SCSS veteran had no problems whatsoever…and that’s fairly big news. In two quick runs, Arthur secured his third win of the season in five final rounds in the St. Louis Drag Racing.com Super Truck Showdown.

The field was impressive; four trucks made the Super Sixteen field led by Arthur who made a single qualifying attempt and produced a great 9.35 at 145.87 mph. The final qualifying session determined the other finalist when Joe Rogers, who appeared in his first Super Truck final round on June 10th, jumped from third to second place in the qualified order by improving an earlier career-best 10.80/128.62 to a fantastic 10.38/130.15. In the process, Rogers dropped rival Andy Rhodes’ “Insain“ 406-inch nitrous 1982 S-10 out of the final round, (10.42/129.29). Gary Carter’s “juiced” 406-inch black ‘79 Chevy C-10 qualified fourth in the Truck field, (and fourteenth in the Super Sixteen), with an 11.17/120.28 but pitched the driveshaft on an exceptionally hard launch in the fourth qualifying session.

While most SCSS fans are familiar with Arthur’s show-quality S-10, Rogers’ magnificently-engineered ’92 version is relatively new to the scene. “I know Andy Rhodes real well”, said Rogers before his second final round, “and we both drive our trucks on the street up around Andy’s area in Hannibal, Missouri. In fact, we’ve met up quite a few times so outqualifying him was actually a pretty big deal”. Rogers purchased his immaculate red ’92 S-10 as an unfinished project but, with a 412-inch, 23-degree cylinder head-equipped smallblock Chevy powerplant, made clear his was one of the faster Showdown trucks of the season. Although the engine is plumbed for nitrous oxide, the truck is currently run in a naturally-aspirated configuration. “We wanted to get it sorted out as much as possible before we ’spray’ it”, said Rhodes, “but that’ll happen pretty soon”.

In the final round, Arthur nabbed a holeshot of two tenths of a second and didn’t hesitate to use the “hyperspace button” to clock a 9.58/144.81 while outrunning Rogers’ consistent 10.41 at a best-ever 130.20 mph. “I can’t tell you how much fun it is to run well and not blow anything up”, laughed Arthur during trophy presentations in front of the main grandstands. “With the problems I’ve had this year, I absolutely love nights like this!”.   

Photos of the July 6th Street Car Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.
 

Tim “Little Moose” Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL     1968 565 Camaro

Daryl Jauernig, Ste. Genevieve, MO             1989 351 Mustang

Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO                   1979 178 Mustang

Bob Baldwin, Glen Carbon, IL               1969 147 Beetle

Ray Arthur, Edwardsville, IL                                      1992 355 S-10

Joe Rogers, Wentzville, MO                                      1994 421 S-10

These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
Street Car Shootout Series events held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association each Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during the two official qualifying or championship rounds. The first official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:00 PM with sessions continuing until 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations advancing two winners to the championship final round. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by Gateway Raceway.com. Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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 St. Louis Drag Racing.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

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES TRACK RECORDS

Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Steve George, Arnold, MO 71 Nova 634 Chevy 7.648 03/30/2010
RWD Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 67 Corvette 565 Chevy 186.61 04/20/2010

TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 8.881 09/15/2009
TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 150.73 09/15/2009

4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.039 10/14/2008
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007

6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 9.667 10/06/2009
6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 139.63 10/06/2009

DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007

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

AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 141.50 7/22/2008

FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008

JUNE 29th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 14  06/29/2010

1   Orson Johnson      House Springs   MO   99   Mustang   281   Ford     8.574   174.37
2   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy     8.603   158.56
3   Joe Rudy      Kirkwood   MO   69   Camaro   454   Chevy     8.891   153.95
4   Tom Bantle, Jr.   Lemay      MO   92   Mustang   420   Ford     9.202   165.90
5   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10      434   Chevy     9.274   144.33
6   Daryl Jauernig      St. Genevieve   MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford     9.282   169.04
7   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   93   S-10      355   Chevy     9.337   144.64
8   Bo Peebles      St. Louis   MO   69   Charger   500   Dodge     9.455   150.60
9   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford     9.647   140.36
10   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy   10.381   129.79
11   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   393   Ford   10.413   146.32
12   Greg Boschert      St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford   10.957   123.66
13   Ben Schroeder      Grafton   IL   97   Mustang   306   Ford   11.107   127.09
14   Charles Whitehead   Silex      MO   03   Mustang   281   Ford   11.204   120.07
15   Jason Ebenrick   Festus      MO   97   Supra      181   Toyo   11.302   129.63
16   David Esparza      Imperial   MO   02   Camaro   346   Chevy   11.375   120.29

JUNE 29th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Orson Johnson, House Springs, MO   1999 281 Mustang   0.421   9.293   172.28
RU   Tom Bantle, Jr., Lemay, MO         1992 420 Mustang   0.267   9.536   120.46

Orson “O.J.“ Johnson, the popular driver of the area’s quickest and fastest convertible, earned his second victory of the season in the Street Car Shootout Series held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. After finishing seventh in the world championship standings during 2009 in Drag Radial Eliminator on the National Mustang Racers Association tour, Johnson has stayed close to his Missouri home this year but has appeared in three SCSS final rounds as he and crewchief Paul Schoelich inch closer to seven-second performances for the fabled red Mustang ragtop.

The fourteenth event in the 2010 series was a godsend for racers and fans after several weeks of ninety-degree heat. A cold front brought magnificent weather which included a high of eighty degrees,  a low of seventy degrees, relatively low humidity and a high barometric pressure during the evening. The corrected elevation ranged from only 1828 feet above sea level to 1131 feet during the final rounds, (the lowest since May 18th), and a huge turnout of machines produced a number of career-best performances. In fact, the average speed for the qualifiers in the Super Sixteen field was the best ever posted through six years of SCSS competition at 143.66 miles per hour!

When qualifying began, the track temperature was still above 120 degrees and the cool air made for a tricky combination of plenty of horsepower and a track which required skill to negotiate. Johnson and Schoelich proved the point while making the quickest pass of the first qualifying session. The turbocharged 281-cubic inch “modular motor” in the ‘99 Cobra convertible produced gobs of power but the Ford spun its rear tires furiously off the starting line forcing Johnson to feather the throttle to gain traction. The result was a sub-par run of 9.71 seconds but at a whopping 172.21 mph!

Six-time 2010 SCSS event winner and current point leader Daryl “Dirty D” Jauernig suffered the same fate in the second qualifying session when his Mustang Muscle/Matheis Race Cars nitrous oxide-injected smallblock Ford-powered ’89 Mustang also blazed the tires to a 9.65/134.74 effort. In fact, it was Kevin Autenrieth’s nitrous-aided 434-inch orange ’91 S-10 pickup which moved into the qualifying lead at 9.32/144.33. In the third qualifying session, however, the setting sun allowed the track to cool and the standings changed drastically.

Tom Bantle, who earned his first SCSS “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal on July 6th, 2004, and finished third in the final point standings that first year of SCSS racing, staged his turbocharged 420-inch smallblock Ford-powered black ’92 Mustang coupe early in the session. After 8.6-second blasts at the most recent GIR Outlaw All Stars event, Bantle, whose Mustang races under Chris Watkins’ IRT Performance banner, shot to an easy 9.20 but at a great 165.90 mph. Johnson then returned for his second attempt and the Lo Pro Race Cars Ford launched with a soft 1.47-second sixty-feet elapsed time but improved tremendously to an 8.57 at booming 174.37 mph! Ray Arthur’s nitrous smallblock ”S-10 Revenge“ Chevy pickup bumped into the field with a 9.33/144.64.

Only two runs in the last session affected the final qualifying order. Both Tim Mallicoat, Jr., and Joe Rudy chose to make only one qualifying attempt each but they paired up in a side-by-side, do-or-die match which gave the fans a heck of a drag race. Both cars launched with sixty-feet ETs under 1.30 seconds and both made the field with Mallicoat’s naturally-aspirated black ‘68 Camaro beating Rudy’s nitrous-assisted yellow ‘69 Camaro, 8.60/158.56 to 8.89/153.95! In a shocker, Jauernig’s Mustang spun its tires hard on its last shot at making the top four spots while clocking a 9.28 at 169.04 mph which only placed sixth in the Super Sixteen field but Jauernig later admitted he was in dire need of new rear rubber.

The semi-final pairings made for two Ford-vs.-Chevy battles and all four teams reported in front of the main grandstands for eliminations. The fans rightfully assumed the advantage in the first race was held by young Mallicoat’s M&M Automotive/Dale Huff Motorsports 565-inch “Hellraiser” Camaro but Tom Bantle and his turbo’d Ford had other ideas. The Mustang grabbed a seven hundredths of a second holeshot but lost it almost immediately when Mallicoat covered the first sixty feet in 1.23 seconds to lead, at that point, by 5.66 feet. At the 330-feet mark, the Chevy had stretched the lead to 9.44 feet but the Mustang was just beginning its top-end charge. At half-track, Bantle pulled in front by 14.54 feet as both cars clocked 5.45-second eighth-mile ETs and then the Ford simply rocketed to the finish line to erase Mallicoat’s 8.55/157.23 with a phenomenal 8.25 at 174.57 miles per hour! The run was a career-best for Bantle by four tenths of a second and eight miles per hour! In the other half of the semi-finals, Rudy’s McNamara Towing-backed nitrous bigblock Camaro left the line sixty-three thousandths of a second too soon, (as crewchief Chris Webster threw up his hands in disgust), and shut off to a 9.20 at only 113.15 mph despite clocking eighth-mile numbers which indicated a probable 8.71/155.80 pass. In the other lane, however, Johnson’s turbo ragtop launched with its best “sixty” of the event, (1.33), and blasted to an eighth-mile clocking two tenths of a second quicker than on its 8.57 qualifying effort and coasted across the finish line with a shut-off 8.51 at only 148.18 mph!

As the two teams prepared their mounts in front of the grandstands, onlookers knew the final round could be one of the wildest in SCSS history of both cars hooked up…and even wilder if they didn’t! The air was heavy with anticipation as Bantle, who had never won an SCSS title, pulled to the line against six-time finalist Johnson. In an instant, Bantle stole a huge holeshot of sixteen hundredths of a second from the red Mustang and launched to his best “sixty” of the night, (1.32), while “O.J.” fried the tires in the other lane! The race was apparently over as Bantle blasted to a 330-feet ET eleven hundredths of a second quicker than on his 8.25 pass but the crowd gasped as the black Mustang headed for the centerline and then toward the retaining wall. Meanwhile, Johnson “pedaled” the throttle in his Cobra trying to find traction and, even though he was behind by ten car lengths, (182.93 feet), at the eighth-mile, he saw Bantle’s problems and began the chase. At 1000 feet, Bantle was still in the lead by an incredible 118.61 feet but Johnson was charging toward the finish line. At the stripe, the difference was a mere 22.61 feet but the crowd roared when the win light came on in O.J. Johnson’s lane! Johnson’s “never surrender” 9.29 at a whopping 172.28 mph barely nipped Bantle’s struggling 9.53/120.46.

“I was definitely staged up out of the ‘groove’ and I knew it”, said a disappointed Bantle during trophy presentations in front of the main grandstand. “I didn’t worry about it when the car launched so hard but it headed for the centerline and I had to lift. Then, it went toward the wall and I might have overcorrected; I’m not sure. Either way, I saw him comin’ in my mirror so I got back in the throttle a couple of times but the car wasn‘t completely straightened out yet and it got pretty crazy. I was really trying to get back on it but the last thing I wanted was to hit the poor guy!”. Johnson and Schoelich also took blame for their insane final run. “When the track was still hot during qualifying, we had to take power out of it to keep from spinning”, said Johnson, “but, when it cooled off, we made a great run in the semi-finals so we put more power to it for the final thinking the track would hold it. It was obviously too much power because it just blew the tires off when I launched. Then, I looked up and saw Tommy all over the place and thought, ‘Wait a minute!’ and I just pedaled it ’til it hooked. After that I just kept chasing him but it seemed like there was no way I’d catch him. I swear I didn’t pass him until we were a car-length from the stripe! Along with Paul and Lo Pro Race Cars, I still have to thank Andy McCoy Race Cars, Hyperformance Motorsports, and HP Powdercoatings for all their help. It was a wild one, that’s for sure!”.

NOTES FROM THE SCSS: The incredible 8.25/174.57 by Tommy Bantle in the semi-finals made the veteran SCSS racer the fourth member of the 170 MPH Club and the twenty-third driver in the 8-Second Club. His earlier 9.20/165.90 qualifying run earned him the thirteenth spot in the 160 MPH Club, as well. Bantle was already a member of the 150, 140, 130 and 120 MPH Clubs and the 10-Second and 9-Second Clubs…After Joe Rudy fell to a redlight start in the semi-finals of the Shootout, he managed to squeeze in a late timed trial and his “sprayed” big-inch yellow ‘69 Camaro unloaded a career-best 8.70 at 158.43 mph…MoPar fans were elated to see the return of the always-amazing 1969 Dodge Charger of St. Louisan Bo Peebles. The show-quality MoPar was built by Andy McCoy Race Cars and is powered by an all-aluminum 500 cubic-inch Dodge wedge assembled by AMT Racing Engines and equipped with twin 78mm turbochargers installed and tuned by midwestern turbo wizard Dan Saitz at Hyperformance Motorsports. Peebles qualified eighth with a 9.45/150.60 and it remains the quickest and fastest Chrysler product in SCSS history…Corey Stephens is at number fourteen and hanging in there; the Wentzville, Missouri, racer has qualified for every SCSS event this year and his Fessler Racing Engines/Midwest Trailers/FueLab Digital Fuel Delivery nitrous-fed 372-inch smallblock Ford-powered blue ‘88 Mustang is still third in the season point standings. Stephens qualified with a career-best 9.64 at 140.36 and returned during late timed trials after qualifying had concluded to run 9.63/140.21…Curtis Paulfrey, the second-place SCSS point earner in 2009, looked like he was competing in his familiar 511-inch naturally-aspirated Winner’s Circle Tire and Auto yellow ’68 Camaro but he wasn’t. Curtis was at work and sponsor Danny Michael was at the helm with Curtis’ dad, Joe, still acting as crewchief. The duo elected to run outside of the qualifying sessions but still clocked several runs of 9.92/136…Philip Carl at the helm of chassis builder Dustin Kurz’s Winfield, Missouri-based MD Performance 393-inch ‘91 Mustang qualified at an off-pace 10.41/146.32 but moved back into the SCSS Top Ten in points. Carl and Kurz swap regularly driving chores but still haven’t solved the turbo boost problems on their green Ford…Greg “Hook ’n Ladder” Boschert was pleased with the weather; his nitrous-injected 333-inch smallblock Ford-powered white ’66 Mustang coupe returned to the ten-second zone while qualifying twelfth at 10.95/123.66 on eight inch-wide  D.O.T. tires…Newcomer Ben Schroder not only earned his first “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal with his 306-inch black ‘97 Mustang LX but also became 120 MPH Club member number two hundred eighty when he made the show at 11.10/127.09, In late timed trials, he clocked an 11.24/128.32…Likewise, Charles Whitehead qualified for his first SCSS event ever with his modular-motored red 2003 Mustang Cobra convertible and became the two hundred eight-first member of the 120 MPH Club at 11.20/120.07…David Esparza qualified his 346-inch 2002 Camaro Z28 for the second time this season, (on the “bump” at both events!), and ran a best-ever 11.37/120.29 to be the two hundred eighty-second driver in the 120 MPH Club. A late timed trial netted an even quicker 11.35/119.47…Dan Saitz was busy helping several customers of his Hyperformance Motorsports but also was seen tuning Kenny Allgeyer’s nine-second supercharged 347-inch blue ‘91 Mustang. Unfortunately, Kenny ran into terminal fuel delivery problems during qualifying and retired early…Derek Allen returned to the winner’s circle for Waterloo (IL) H.S. in High School Eliminator with his twelve-second ‘84 355 Cutlass, defeating first-time finalist Cody Hanner in his thirteen-second ‘93 Mustang from Alton (IL) High School. Allen was brutal in eliminations winning the final with a “dead-on with a zero” while Hanner may be the first High School finalist to drive a manually-shifted machine in a long, long time…Remember the completely revised 2010 Gateway International Raceway Rules and Regulations are available at St. Louis Drag Racing.com by clicking HERE.

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Top 10 of 100 contenders as of JUNE 30th, 2010)

Pos Points Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine

1   (89)   Daryl Jauernig   St. Genevieve MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford
2   (76)   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy
3   (71)   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford
4   (45)   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy
5   (45)   Greg Boschert   St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford
6   (42)   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy
7   (35)   Orson Johnson   House Springs MO   99   Mustang   281   Ford
8   (35)   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10      434   Chevy
9   (33)   Shane Cochran   St. Louis   MO   71   Camaro   509   Chevy
10   (30)   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   302   Ford

NOTE: Points toward the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of five (5) points for qualifying in the Super Sixteen field with one (1) bonus point awarded for qualifying in the top four positions. One (1) additional point is earned for each round win during eliminations. Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SCSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SCSS season.

JUNE 29th, 2010 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Dan Harris, St. Louis, MO      2004 232 Mustang      0.115   12.052 115.24
RU   Robert Baldwin, Glen Carbon, IL      1969 146 Beetle      0.119   12.640 107.28

It was his eleventh career victory but it came with the only “eleven” he really wanted; Dan Harris finally broke the twelve-second barrier en route to his fifth win of the season in the St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown. The driver of the Memory Lane Customizing and Fabrication/Pur Performance nitrous oxide-injected 232-inch V6-powered Mustang also tied Adam Corbitt for the most STSS wins ever and still leads for the most final round appearances in the Tuner division at twenty-one.

Harris’ quest for an eleven-second timeslip came on the heels of his career-best 12.00/115.08 during the previous week’s final round. His first qualifying effort was a disappointing 12.15/113.00 but his second shot, (during the final qualifying session), started with a great 1.68-second sixty-feet elapsed time and culminated in an 11.87 at 115.48 mph which sent his father and crewchief, Daniel, into an instant celebration on the starting line. Ironically, Harris was not the low qualifier; longtime STSS campaigner Jason Ebenrick clocked an 11.30 at a whopping 129.63 mph in his turbocharged 183-inch six-cylinder ‘97 Toyota Supra but, since Ebenrick was racing without a single piece of required safety equipment, was disqualified from further competition.

Harris inherited the pole position and was followed by the same machine which finished runner-up to his Ford during the previous week’s event; Bob Baldwin pushed his turbocharged four-cylinder 2.4-liter ‘69 Volkswagen Beetle to the second spot at 12.38/107.93. The rest of the Top Five qualifiers included the ageless Bill Page at the wheel of his turbocharged 231-inch V6-powered ’87 Buick Regal Grand National, (12.44/108.48), two-time STSS finalist Brian Wallace in his turbocharged Front-Wheel-Drive 2009 Chevy Cobalt, (13.48 at a best-ever 108.60 mph), and Ian Moeller’s turbo’d All-Wheel-Drive 2.4-liter 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX, (a career-best 13.78/101.02).

Ford the second straight week, the “Six Bang ‘Stang” and the lime-green VW staged for the championship dash and, for the second straight week, Harris and the Ford emerged victorious. This time, the Mustang clocked a 12.05/115.24 against the Bug’s 12.64/107.28. “The eleven-second run was just a perfect pass”, said an obviously-satisfied Harris during winner’s circle festivities. “The launch was perfect, the nitrous came in perfect and it just ran perfect. The fact it was an 11.87 and not an 11.99 pretty much shows just how perfect it was. I really couldn’t have asked for more than that. I’m just glad to get it out of the way. We’ve chased that number for so long and missed so many times. I’m just glad to be done with it!”.

JUNE 29th, 2010 ST. LOUIS DRAG RACING.COM SUPER TRUCK SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL   1991 434 S-10   0.285        9.189 144.94
RU   Raymond Arthur, Edwardsville, IL      1993 355 S-10   0.166        9.358 143.43

Kevin Autenrieth’s new work schedule has kept him away from several weeks of competition this season but his Lowe Performance-sponsored ‘91 S-10 pickup Is still capable of winning when it’s on the track. The renowned pilot pushed his 434-inch nitrous-aided rig to the win in the quickest and fastest single race ever contested in the five-year history of the St. Louis Drag Racing.com Super Truck Showdown.

Autenrieth made two qualifying shots and, while each was accompanied by his trademark “rolling fogbank” burnouts, neither was initiated by the 1.2-second sixty-feet elapsed times which are standard fare for the SCSS Truck ET and Speed Record Holder. An initial 9.32/144.33 had a 1.32-second “sixty” and a later improved 9.27/144.13 had a slower launch at 1.33 seconds. Autenrieth’s toughest opponent in 2010, Ray Arthur’s R&R Towing nitrous-fed 355-inch ”S-10 Revenge“ ‘93 S-10 also took two runs to qualify. The current second-place SCSS point racer ran an off-pace 10.26/143.11 to start but returned with a great 9.33/144.64. The rest of the truly star-studded Top Five included four-time 2010 Super Truck winner Andy Rhodes’ beautiful “Insain“ 406-inch nitrous S-10, (10.38/129.79), three-time finalist Jimmy Price’s radical naturally-aspirated 464-inch Buick-powered ’84 El Camino, (a best-ever 12.18/109.26), and March 30th finalist Gary Nichelson’s 406-inch ‘70 C-10 pickup which qualified “off the bottle” at 12.51/105.74 and returned  “on the spray” only to blow the rearend apart while in the midst of the blue Chevy’s biggest wheelstand ever! Special mention should be made of Andy Strauss’ amazing 372-inch Hemi-powered 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee which qualified sixth at a 12.95/105.40 but returned during late timed trials to clock an incredible 11.78/115.75!

The trophy dash was a heck of a battle. Arthur strapped a holeshot of eleven hundredths of a second on Autenrieth and led the orange truck by ten thousandths of a second, (10.62 inches), at the sixty-feet marker. At the 330 pylon, Autenrieth came back to pass Arthur’s “S-10 Revenge” by 8.85 feet. At half-track, Autenrieth was still ahead by 9.32 feet with both trucks traveling 117 miles per hour. At 1000 feet, Arthur began creeping back toward Autenrieth, who was then leading by only 7.78 feet. The two smallblock Chevy pickups stayed glued together and, at the finish line, Autenrieth took the win by a mere fifty thousandths of a second, (10.84 feet), in a tremendous 9.18/144.64 to 9.35/143.43 drag race.

“Man! I saw him all the way down there”, said an exhilarated Autenrieth in the winner’s circle after his season-leading fifth victory. “That was one of the closest races I’ve ever had, by far. My tires must be worn out because I never had a ‘sixty’ better then 1.32 all night and this truck normally hits 1.25s all night long. I felt it spin in the final again and that surprised me because we can usually tune to this track pretty good. I was just hoping Ray didn’t have some new trick up his sleeve because I couldn’t shake him. He was right there the whole way. That run was what drag racing is all about!”.

Photos of the June 29th Street Car Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.
 

Orson “O.J.“ Johnson, House Springs, MO       1999 281 Mustang

Tom Bantle, Jr., Lemay, MO              1992 420 Mustang

Dan Harris, St. Louis, MO             2004 232 Mustang

Bob Baldwin, Glen Carbon, IL               1969 147 Beetle

Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL                              1991 434 S-10

Ray Arthur, Edwardsville, IL                                      1992 355 S-10

These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
Street Car Shootout Series events held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association each Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during the two official qualifying or championship rounds. The first official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:00 PM with sessions continuing until 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations advancing two winners to the championship final round. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by Gateway Raceway.com. Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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 St. Louis Drag Racing.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

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES TRACK RECORDS

Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Steve George, Arnold, MO 71 Nova 634 Chevy 7.648 03/30/2010
RWD Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 67 Corvette 565 Chevy 186.61 04/20/2010

TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 8.881 09/15/2009
TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 150.73 09/15/2009

4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.039 10/14/2008
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007

6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 9.667 10/06/2009
6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 139.63 10/06/2009

DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007

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

AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 141.50 7/22/2008

FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008

JUNE 17th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 12  06/17/2010

1   Daryl Jauernig      St. Genevieve   MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford     8.602   160.54
2   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy     8.735   157.98
3   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy     9.074   154.09
4   Tom Bantle, Jr.   Lemay      MO   92   Mustang   427   Ford     9.134   153.07
5   Tim Kirkpatrick   Troy      MO   88   Mustang   393   Ford     9.428   146.62
6   John Manno      St. Louis   MO   65   Mustang   417   Ford     9.556   152.97
7   Vincent Heuer      Granite City   IL   69   Corvette   468   Chevy   10.381   125.61
8   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford   10.457   101.51
9   Greg Boschert      St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford   11.006   124.28
10   Rodney Singleton   Brighton   IL   78   Firebird   400   Pont   11.262   119.97
11   Dave Steck      Ballwin   MO   06   Corvette   364   Chevy   11.433   129.78
12   Ryan Hellrung      O’Fallon   MO   71   Nova      496   Chevy   11.450   129.44
13   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy   11.573   117.05
14   Gary Lewis      St. Ann   MO   69   Skylark   455   Buick   11.628   116.33
15   Thomas D’Allessio   Glendon   PA   03   Mustang   281   Ford   11.990   117.87
16   Michael Thompson   St. Louis   MO   79   Malibu      350   Chevy   12.057   112.25

JUNE 17th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Tim Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL   1968 565 Camaro      0.334   31.251   38.25
RU   Ray Arthur, Edwardsville, IL      1967 555 Camaro                Could Not Appear

Tim Mallicoat, Junior, whose father is the winningest driver in series history, finally scored his first event title in the Street Car Shootout Series held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Mallicoat, at the helm of the three-time season championship-winning M&M Automotive/Dale Huff Motorsports “Hellraiser” ‘68 Camaro, earned his team‘s first victory of the season in a battle which included rampant carnage and saw Mallicoat cruise to the winner’s circle with the slowest elapsed time in SCSS history. In fact, the event almost had no winner!

For a third consecutive week, weather conditions were anything but enticing. Rain washed out the traditional Tuesday night event and the twelfth event in the series was completed on Thursday evening. As in the previous sixteen days, the temperature was near ninety degrees when gates opened and barely touched the seventies by the end of the program. Humidity levels approached the ridiculous, (86% during the final rounds), and the track surface temperature ranged from 133 to 92 degrees! The corrected elevation started at 2616 feet above sea level and never got better than 1950 feet.

The event started with a wild ride for Jeff Cannon’s 540 cubic-inch yellow 1969 Chevelle. During the first qualifying session on a blazing surface in the worst “air” of the event, Cannon’s low ten-second Chevy launched relatively well but dumped liquid under the left rear tire at half-track and went into a wild sideways slide at one hundred miles per hour! Cannon held on as the car crossed lanes and barely tagged the right-side wall. Cannon was uninjured and his machine suffered only superficial damage.

In fact, Rodney Singleton’s 400 cubic-inch silver ‘78 Firebird led the Super Sixteen field all the way to the third qualifying session with an 11.26-second, 119.97 mph effort as most of the more powerful entries waiting for some decrease in track temperature. It was current SCSS point championship leader Daryl Jauernig who decided to test the waters first with his Mustang Muscle/Matheis Race Cars nitrous oxide-injected smallblock Ford-powered ’89 Mustang, (back on 315 series D.O.T. rear rubber), and, after a cautious 1.35-second elapsed time for the first sixty feet, suffered tire spin one hundred feet after the launch and was forced to feather the throttle to a 9.22 at 152.36 mph. Tom Bantle launched his refurbished black ’92 Mustang with a fantastic 0.003 Reaction Time and the turbocharged 400-inch Ford produced a tremendous 9.40/153.07 career-best pass. John Manno, whose renowned bronze ’65 Mustang coupe is a regular contender in other GIR programs, made his first qualifying attempt at an SCSS event and pounded out a 9.55/152.97 best-ever with his turbo’d 417-inch smallblock Ford.

As the sun headed for the horizon, the “big cars” came out and the qualified order was reshuffled with almost every pair. Mallicoat made his first and only qualifying attempt. With his father, forty-three time SCSS winner “Moose” Mallicoat supervising, the eighteen year-old launched with a tremendous 1.28-second “sixty” and rocketed to an 8.73/157.98 to steal the pole position from Jauernig. Tim “Kirko” Kirkpatrick returned from his wild ride of two weeks ago to push his green turbo’d 393-inch ‘88 Mustang to a run only five hundredths of a second slower than his best pass clocking a 9.42/146.62. In the very next pair, Ray Arthur‘s nitrous oxide-injected 555 cubic-inch ”Suspicion” ’67 Camaro posted a 9.07 at a near-best speed of 154.09 mph. At the very end of the fourth qualifying session, Jauernig returned with cooler conditions and a better track surface for his nitrous Mustang. Leaving the line with a fabulous 1.26-second “sixty”, Jauernig never wavered en route to a stout 8.60/160.54 to secure the low qualifying spot. At that point, most teams were satisfied to stand pat with their best runs and the only significant change in the final qualifying session came from Bantle’s black beauty which improved from a 6.17/120.92 eighth-mile to a 5.83/123.78 (!) and then shut-off early to a 9.13 at a coasting 132.18!

All four top qualifiers reported in front of the main grandstands for the opening round of eliminations and that’s when things went south. The opening match was scheduled to include Jauernig’s point-leading Mustang against his closest rival in the season championship, Ray Arthur. However, just as the Ford pilot was given the signal to “fire up”, he noticed a problem under the hood which needed to be rectified. Jauernig jumped out of his black Mustang to effect repairs but, with his opponent already fired up, simply ran out of time to enact the fix. Arthur was sent on a 9.24/148.79 single run for the victory but the Chevy pilot’s problems were just starting. As he made the turn-off at the top end of the track, Arthur watched nervously as his oil pressure gauge needle fluttered between “little” and “nothing” and he immediately shut the car down and coasted to a stop to wait for his crew rather than drive the car back to the pits. Meanwhile, young Mallicoat watched as Bantle first redlighted by thirty-six thousandths of a second and then simply “blew the tires off” in a futile attempt to find traction. The naturally-aspirated 565-inch ”Hellraiser“ Chevy put up an 8.72/157.91 to Bantle’s 11.14/90.99 but the fun didn’t end there. As Mallicoat turned off the track, Arthur, (still awaiting his crew), noticed a plume of smoke from under the black Camaro. “I bent down to look under the car for oil and realized Moose’s car was on fire!”, related Arthur after the run. “I told the kid to get out of there and he yelled that he thought something was wrong because his feet got really hot! In between me laughing and him hopping around on the top end, we got the fire out. It ended up just doing a little bit of fiberglass damage to the fender”.

After being towed to the pits, Arthur immediately walked out in front of the crowd and told Mallicoat the ”Suspicion” Camaro was out of the show. “No way am I going to run my car now, Moose”, said Arthur, “so just go up there and make your single for the win”. As easy as it sounded, it looked like an impossible task. Mallicoat surmised a drain on the power system had caused the electric fuel pump to slow down which, in turn, caused the engine to “run lean”. The senior Mallicoat admitted, “The spark plugs look bad”, and, when he went to start the engine to check the voltage in the system, the motor refused to crank at all! At that point, Mallicoat went to GIR chief starter Chuck Westcoat and asked for a clarification of the rules for staging the car. “Chuck told us that we could push it to the line real close to the staging beam but the car has to actually stage under its own power”, said “Moose” after the meeting and, after discussing it with his son, decided to use the starter motor in the car to move forward and stage, a trick occasionally used in Pro Stock racing. However, Arthur was aware this method might still not produce a winner and posed the question, “What if?”. Mallicoat replied, “Let’s just wait and see if this works”.

A few minutes later, Tim Mallicoat was pushed to the starting line and, when the crew had removed their hands from the car, all held their breath to see if the car could be staged. Incredibly, when the young Mallicoat hit the starter, the 565-inch big block came to life and he was able to stage the machine and idle down the track to his first event title in 31.25 seconds! Although it was Tim’s first SCSS title as a driver, he’d previously won in GIR’s High School Eliminator and has appeared in multiple final Super Truck Showdown final rounds since earning his driver’s license. Tim summed up the evening with the statement, “It’s not really how I hoped to win it but….what a night, huh?”.

NOTES FROM THE SCSS: One of the event‘s biggest shockers came from Vince Heuer and his 468-inch yellow ’69 Corvette Stingray which just missed its career-best while qualifying with a strong 10.38/125.61. However, Heuer came back for a timed trial after the official qualifying sessions had concluded and, for the first time ever, the ‘Vette didn’t spin, bog, cough or stumble. The result was an incredible 9.68 at 131.14 mph which proves the car can be an SCSS contender from here on…Michael Thompson’s all-black ‘79 350 Malibu has come close to qualifying in the Super Sixteen on multiple occasions but the unsuspecting Chevy, a true “sleeper”, finally made the show on the bump spot at 12.05/112.25. Moreover, he came back in late timed trials and posted an 11.98/112.79!…Corey Stephens qualified for the program again in his blue Fessler Racing Engines/Midwest Trailers/FueLab Digital Fuel Delivery 372-inch smallblock Ford ‘88 Mustang but, after a sub-par 10.45 at only 101.51 mph, came back in late timed trials to produce a near career-best 9.70/139.76. Stephens completed his official NHRA Competition License runs, too…Greg “Hook ’n Ladder” Boschert qualified his nitrous-injected 333-inch smallblock Ford-powered white ’66 Mustang coupe ninth, (again), with an 11.00/124.28 on eight-inch-wide D.O.T. rear rubber…After two runners-up this season in the Super Truck Showdown with his show-quality 2002 Silverado, Ryan Hellrung finally debuted his supercharged 496-inch red ‘71 Nova and, despite major fuel delivery and electrical problems throughout the evening, still managed to make the field with an 11.45/129.44 while becoming the two hundred seventy-seventh member of the SCSS 120 MPH Club. The Chevy really is a “show car” but Ryan wants it to run with the big dogs and, so far, it’s not even close to “right” but still made power…Thomas D’Alessio earned his first Fastest Street Car Qualifier decal by putting his 2003 four-valve 281-powered Mustang Cobra into the field with a best-ever 11.99/117.87…Tim “Kirko” Kirkpatrick and his newly-turbocharged 393-inch ‘88 Mustang just missed qualifying in the top four with a 9.42/146.62 but he made up for it with a late timed trial which produced his best run ever, a great 9.30 at a booming 153.25 mph…Tom Bantle’s qualifying run of 9.40/153.07 made him the thirtieth member of the SCSS 150 MPH Club. Bantle has raced a tremendous variety of machines over the years; he first qualified for an SCSS field on October 5th, 2004!…John “Book ‘Em” Manno has competed in the Outlaw All Stars and the Battle of the Boards at GIR but qualified for his first SCSS field in style; his turbocharged ‘65 Mustang became the thirty-first member of the 150 MPH Club and the sixty-seventh inductee into the 9-Second Club…The original “Mr. Nice Guy“, Dave Steck,  pushed his sleek blue 2006 Corvette to an 11.43 at a whopping 129.78 mph to become 120 MPH Club member number two hundred seventy-six…Eighteen year-old Gary Lewis has thrashed all year on the black ‘69 Buick Skylark once campaigned by his father and has struggled to get the naturally-aspirated 455 Buick-powered classic into the mid-twelves. Something changed, though, after the High School Eliminator racer lost in the first round of HS compeition running 12.40/110.04. Lewis came back during SCSS qualifying and unloaded an 11.62/116.33 to not only earn a Fastest Street Car Qualifier decal but stun an awful lot of people…Speaking of which, Derek Allen from Waterloo (IL) High took his ‘84 355 Cutlass to a second straight victory in High School Eliminator and now leads the point championship after defeating Cheyenne Bittle in her new 340-powered ‘71 Dodge Dart racing for Belleville (IL) West High. Competition in the HS division was absolutely brutal; Allen had a “dead-on with a zero” in the semi-finals and Bittle had a 0.001 RT in round one and an incredible 0.008 “package” in the other half of the semis!…Remember the completely revised 2010 Gateway International Raceway Rules and Regulations are available at St. Louis Drag Racing.com by clicking HERE.

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Top 10 of 95 contenders as of JUNE 18th, 2010)

Pos Points Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine

1   (76)   Daryl Jauernig   St. Genevieve MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford
2   (66)   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy
3   (61)   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford
4   (35)   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy
5   (35)   Greg Boschert   St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford
6   (33)   Shane Cochran   St. Louis   MO   71   Camaro   509   Chevy
7   (30)   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10      434   Chevy
8   (29)   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy
9   (27)   Orson Johnson   House Springs MO   99   Mustang   281   Ford
10   (25)   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   302   Ford

NOTE: Points toward the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of five (5) points for qualifying in the Super Sixteen field with one (1) bonus point awarded for qualifying in the top four positions. One (1) additional point is earned for each round win during eliminations. Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SCSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SCSS season.

JUNE 17th, 2010 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Aaron Niggli, Highland, IL      2006 122 Cobalt      0.249   14.962   97.05
RU   Dylan Seger, Highland, IL         2002 213 Maxima      0.128   15.637   88.24

The St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown has produced a tremendous number of first-time finalists in 2010 and the Chevy Cobalt has become one of the most dominant models in competition thanks to a victory by another newcomer to the winner‘s circle, Aaron Niggli.

After Michael Zeller’s first-ever win at the wheel of a turbocharged 2009 version on June 1st and Brian Wallace’s runner-up on June 10th, (when Anthony Samsel earned his first title at the helm of a 2008 MazdaSpeed coupe), Niggli took his “old school” supercharged EcoTec-powered red 2006 Cobalt to the podium for a third consecutive Cobalt final round appearance. Sean Kenndy’s turbocharged 231-inch V6-motivated black ’87 Buick Grand National led the field with a career-best 12.22 elapsed time at 109.40 mph followed by nineteen-time Sport Tuner finalist Dan Harris in his nitrous-aided 232-inch V6-powered 2004 Mustang sponsored by Memory Lane Customizing at 12.34 and a best-ever 113.09 mph.

However, neither Kennedy nor Harris was able to report for the final round of competition and even first alternate Ed Morton’s 2009 Nissan 350Z didn’t respond so Niggli and his good friend, Dylan Seger, were inserted as alternates for the championship battle. Both hail from Highland, Illinois, and both are Highland High School alumni. Although Niggli qualified with a best of 14.82/98.27, his Cobalt slowed and Seger grabbed a holeshot of twelve hundredths of a second in the trophy dash. Seger’s bone-stock Nissan Maxima led until the four hundred feet mark when the Cobalt marched past for a 14.96/97.05 to 15.63/88.24 win.

“It’s really nothing special”, said Niggli about his Cobalt during trophy presentations in front of the main grandstands. “It has a GM Peformance exhaust header and a little bit of a tune but it is still mostly stock. I knew the Cobalts were doing well the past few weeks but I didn’t expect to be getting the trophy tonight. The car was really consistent and that helped win it more than anything”.

JUNE 17th, 2010 ST. LOUIS DRAG RACING.COM SUPER TRUCK SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Andrew Rhodes, Hannibal, MO   1982 406 S-10      0.447   10.663 130.27
RU   Jimmy Price, Godfrey, IL         1984 455 El Camino   0.005   12.346 108.70

Andy Rhodes encountered another bump in the road to what is already a great season when, during the June 10th event, his gorgeous maroon and silver ‘82 S-10 fell to, of all things, a flat tire in the pits. He quickly returned to his previous pace, however, to win his fourth title of 2010 in the St. Louis Drag Racing.com Super Truck Showdown.

Rhodes ran without nitrous oxide injection through the qualifying rounds when it appeared his early 11.57/117.05 was enough to stay ahead of second qualifier Jimmy Price, who was returning to competition with his unique 464 cubic inch Buick-powered ‘84 El Camino. Price debuted a new paint scheme and a new tuning combination to qualify with a 12.39/108.57. Unfortunately for Price, those numbers came on his first effort in the worst conditions of the event and, as the “air” improved, his El Camino slowed on every pass. “I’ve finally decided to go back to what I know”, said Price before the final round with Rhodes. “I changed to a different temperature spark plug and it should come right back to where it was”. Meanwhile, Rhodes used timed trials after qualifying ended to verify the new fuel he was using was conducive to his nitrous set-up and ran an impressive 10.40/130.36 before the final. In the title bout, Price’s El Camino did, indeed, clock its best run of the night at 12.34/108.70 and the run was initiated by a brilliant 0.005 Reaction Time. However, Rhodes chose to “spray” on the pass and, even after a staging miscue which caused him to leave the line at a dead idle, shot past Price just before the 330-feet mark to a 10.66/130.27 for another victory in his fifth final round of the season. “The flat tire last week was just one of those things you never expect”, said Rhodes while accepting his fifth winner’s trophy of the year. “This week, things were a little more predictable and, actually, the 10.40 was quicker than we expected to run in this air. It was a good night!”.

Photos of the June 17th Street Car Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.
 

Tim “Little Moose” Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL     1968 565 Camaro

Ray Arthur, Edwardsville, IL              1967 555 Camaro

Aaron Niggli, Highland, IL                               2006 122 Cobalt

Dylan Seger, Highland, IL             2002 213 Maxima

Andrew Rhodes, Hannibal, MO                   1982 406 S-10

Jimmy Price, Godfrey, IL                          1984 464 El Camino

This Super 8 film was shot at St. Louis International Raceway during 1970 and Alton Dragway during 1971. Dave Koch, now an employee of the American Drag Racing League, (ADRL), attended these events with his father, the legendary “Indian Rich” Robinson. The SLIR footage is located from the start of the video to 1:37 and from 6:06 to 8:13. It’s important to note SLIR was an eighth-mile track at the time.

Disregard the placard at 6:05 which mentions racing at Wentzville; there is no footage from MAR in this clip.

For those who thought drag racing four-abreast was something new, check the four-wide Super Stock match race at 6:43 and 7:33; both rounds were won by current GIR Hall of Famer Bill Rowe, Sr., in the Speed Factory ’65 Mustang!

How many SLIR/GIR stars can you spot? There’s at least one more Hall of Famer in there.

Thanks to Brent Stille for assembling the final product.

These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and final round contestants at each of the
Street Car Shootout Series events held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association each Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during the two official qualifying or championship rounds. The first official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:00 PM with sessions continuing until 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations advancing two winners to the championship final round. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by Gateway Raceway.com. Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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 St. Louis Drag Racing.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

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES TRACK RECORDS

Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Steve George, Arnold, MO 71 Nova 634 Chevy 7.648 03/30/2010
RWD Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 67 Corvette 565 Chevy 186.61 04/20/2010

TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 8.881 09/15/2009
TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 150.73 09/15/2009

4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.039 10/14/2008
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007

6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 9.667 10/06/2009
6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 139.63 10/06/2009

DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007

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

AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 141.50 7/22/2008

FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008

JUNE 17th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 12  06/17/2010

1   Daryl Jauernig      St. Genevieve   MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford     8.602   160.54
2   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy     8.735   157.98
3   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy     9.074   154.09
4   Tom Bantle, Jr.   Lemay      MO   92   Mustang   427   Ford     9.134   153.07
5   Tim Kirkpatrick   Troy      MO   88   Mustang   393   Ford     9.428   146.62
6   John Manno      St. Louis   MO   65   Mustang   417   Ford     9.556   152.97
7   Vincent Heuer      Granite City   IL   69   Corvette   468   Chevy   10.381   125.61
8   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford   10.457   101.51
9   Greg Boschert      St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford   11.006   124.28
10   Rodney Singleton   Brighton   IL   78   Firebird   400   Pont   11.262   119.97
11   Dave Steck      Ballwin   MO   06   Corvette   364   Chevy   11.433   129.78
12   Ryan Hellrung      O’Fallon   MO   71   Nova      496   Chevy   11.450   129.44
13   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy   11.573   117.05
14   Gary Lewis      St. Ann   MO   69   Skylark   455   Buick   11.628   116.33
15   Thomas D’Allessio   Glendon   PA   03   Mustang   281   Ford   11.990   117.87
16   Michael Thompson   St. Louis   MO   79   Malibu      350   Chevy   12.057   112.25

JUNE 17th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Tim Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL   1968 565 Camaro      0.334   31.251   38.25
RU   Ray Arthur, Edwardsville, IL      1967 555 Camaro                Could Not Appear

Tim Mallicoat, Junior, whose father is the winningest driver in series history, finally scored his first event title in the Street Car Shootout Series held in conjunction with the NHRA Drags Street Legal Style presented by the American Automobile Association at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Mallicoat, at the helm of the three-time season championship-winning M&M Automotive/Dale Huff Motorsports “Hellraiser” ‘68 Camaro, earned his team‘s first victory of the season in a battle which included rampant carnage and saw Mallicoat cruise to the winner’s circle with the slowest elapsed time in SCSS history. In fact, the event almost had no winner!

For a third consecutive week, weather conditions were anything but enticing. Rain washed out the traditional Tuesday night event and the twelfth event in the series was completed on Thursday evening. As in the previous sixteen days, the temperature was near ninety degrees when gates opened and barely touched the seventies by the end of the program. Humidity levels approached the ridiculous, (86% during the final rounds), and the track surface temperature ranged from 133 to 92 degrees! The corrected elevation started at 2616 feet above sea level and never got better than 1950 feet.

The event started with a wild ride for Jeff Cannon’s 540 cubic-inch yellow 1969 Chevelle. During the first qualifying session on a blazing surface in the worst “air” of the event, Cannon’s low ten-second Chevy launched relatively well but dumped liquid under the left rear tire at half-track and went into a wild sideways slide at one hundred miles per hour! Cannon held on as the car crossed lanes and barely tagged the right-side wall. Cannon was uninjured and his machine suffered only superficial damage.

In fact, Rodney Singleton’s 400 cubic-inch silver ‘78 Firebird led the Super Sixteen field all the way to the third qualifying session with an 11.26-second, 119.97 mph effort as most of the more powerful entries waiting for some decrease in track temperature. It was current SCSS point championship leader Daryl Jauernig who decided to test the waters first with his Mustang Muscle/Matheis Race Cars nitrous oxide-injected smallblock Ford-powered ’89 Mustang, (back on 315 series D.O.T. rear rubber), and, after a cautious 1.35-second elapsed time for the first sixty feet, suffered tire spin one hundred feet after the launch and was forced to feather the throttle to a 9.22 at 152.36 mph. Tom Bantle launched his refurbished black ’92 Mustang with a fantastic 0.003 Reaction Time and the turbocharged 400-inch Ford produced a tremendous 9.40/153.07 career-best pass. John Manno, whose renowned bronze ’65 Mustang coupe is a regular contender in other GIR programs, made his first qualifying attempt at an SCSS event and pounded out a 9.55/152.97 best-ever with his turbo’d 417-inch smallblock Ford.

As the sun headed for the horizon, the “big cars” came out and the qualified order was reshuffled with almost every pair. Mallicoat made his first and only qualifying attempt. With his father, forty-three time SCSS winner “Moose” Mallicoat supervising, the eighteen year-old launched with a tremendous 1.28-second “sixty” and rocketed to an 8.73/157.98 to steal the pole position from Jauernig. Tim “Kirko” Kirkpatrick returned from his wild ride of two weeks ago to push his green turbo’d 393-inch ‘88 Mustang to a run only five hundredths of a second slower than his best pass clocking a 9.42/146.62. In the very next pair, Ray Arthur‘s nitrous oxide-injected 555 cubic-inch ”Suspicion” ’67 Camaro posted a 9.07 at a near-best speed of 154.09 mph. At the very end of the fourth qualifying session, Jauernig returned with cooler conditions and a better track surface for his nitrous Mustang. Leaving the line with a fabulous 1.26-second “sixty”, Jauernig never wavered en route to a stout 8.60/160.54 to secure the low qualifying spot. At that point, most teams were satisfied to stand pat with their best runs and the only significant change in the final qualifying session came from Bantle’s black beauty which improved from a 6.17/120.92 eighth-mile to a 5.83/123.78 (!) and then shut-off early to a 9.13 at a coasting 132.18!

All four top qualifiers reported in front of the main grandstands for the opening round of eliminations and that’s when things went south. The opening match was scheduled to include Jauernig’s point-leading Mustang against his closest rival in the season championship, Ray Arthur. However, just as the Ford pilot was given the signal to “fire up”, he noticed a problem under the hood which needed to be rectified. Jauernig jumped out of his black Mustang to effect repairs but, with his opponent already fired up, simply ran out of time to enact the fix. Arthur was sent on a 9.24/148.79 single run for the victory but the Chevy pilot’s problems were just starting. As he made the turn-off at the top end of the track, Arthur watched nervously as his oil pressure gauge needle fluttered between “little” and “nothing” and he immediately shut the car down and coasted to a stop to wait for his crew rather than drive the car back to the pits. Meanwhile, young Mallicoat watched as Bantle first redlighted by thirty-six thousandths of a second and then simply “blew the tires off” in a futile attempt to find traction. The naturally-aspirated 565-inch ”Hellraiser“ Chevy put up an 8.72/157.91 to Bantle’s 11.14/90.99 but the fun didn’t end there. As Mallicoat turned off the track, Arthur, (still awaiting his crew), noticed a plume of smoke from under the black Camaro. “I bent down to look under the car for oil and realized Moose’s car was on fire!”, related Arthur after the run. “I told the kid to get out of there and he yelled that he thought something was wrong because his feet got really hot! In between me laughing and him hopping around on the top end, we got the fire out. It ended up just doing a little bit of fiberglass damage to the fender”.

After being towed to the pits, Arthur immediately walked out in front of the crowd and told Mallicoat the ”Suspicion” Camaro was out of the show. “No way am I going to run my car now, Moose”, said Arthur, “so just go up there and make your single for the win”. As easy as it sounded, it looked like an impossible task. Mallicoat surmised a drain on the power system had caused the electric fuel pump to slow down which, in turn, caused the engine to “run lean”. The senior Mallicoat admitted, “The spark plugs look bad”, and, when he went to start the engine to check the voltage in the system, the motor refused to crank at all! At that point, Mallicoat went to GIR chief starter Chuck Westcoat and asked for a clarification of the rules for staging the car. “Chuck told us that we could push it to the line real close to the staging beam but the car has to actually stage under its own power”, said “Moose” after the meeting and, after discussing it with his son, decided to use the starter motor in the car to move forward and stage, a trick occasionally used in Pro Stock racing. However, Arthur was aware this method might still not produce a winner and posed the question, “What if?”. Mallicoat replied, “Let’s just wait and see if this works”.

A few minutes later, Tim Mallicoat was pushed to the starting line and, when the crew had removed their hands from the car, all held their breath to see if the car could be staged. Incredibly, when the young Mallicoat hit the starter, the 565-inch big block came to life and he was able to stage the machine and idle down the track to his first event title in 31.25 seconds! Although it was Tim’s first SCSS title as a driver, he’d previously won in GIR’s High School Eliminator and has appeared in multiple final Super Truck Showdown final rounds since earning his driver’s license. Tim summed up the evening with the statement, “It’s not really how I hoped to win it but….what a night, huh?”.

NOTES FROM THE SCSS: One of the event‘s biggest shockers came from Vince Heuer and his 468-inch yellow ’69 Corvette Stingray which just missed its career-best while qualifying with a strong 10.38/125.61. However, Heuer came back for a timed trial after the official qualifying sessions had concluded and, for the first time ever, the ‘Vette didn’t spin, bog, cough or stumble. The result was an incredible 9.68 at 131.14 mph which proves the car can be an SCSS contender from here on…Michael Thompson’s all-black ‘79 350 Malibu has come close to qualifying in the Super Sixteen on multiple occasions but the unsuspecting Chevy, a true “sleeper”, finally made the show on the bump spot at 12.05/112.25. Moreover, he came back in late timed trials and posted an 11.98/112.79!…Corey Stephens qualified for the program again in his blue Fessler Racing Engines/Midwest Trailers/FueLab Digital Fuel Delivery 372-inch smallblock Ford ‘88 Mustang but, after a sub-par 10.45 at only 101.51 mph, came back in late timed trials to produce a near career-best 9.70/139.76. Stephens completed his official NHRA Competition License runs, too…Greg “Hook ’n Ladder” Boschert qualified his nitrous-injected 333-inch smallblock Ford-powered white ’66 Mustang coupe ninth, (again), with an 11.00/124.28 on eight-inch-wide D.O.T. rear rubber…After two runners-up this season in the Super Truck Showdown with his show-quality 2002 Silverado, Ryan Hellrung finally debuted his supercharged 496-inch red ‘71 Nova and, despite major fuel delivery and electrical problems throughout the evening, still managed to make the field with an 11.45/129.44 while becoming the two hundred seventy-seventh member of the SCSS 120 MPH Club. The Chevy really is a “show car” but Ryan wants it to run with the big dogs and, so far, it’s not even close to “right” but still made power…Thomas D’Alessio earned his first Fastest Street Car Qualifier decal by putting his 2003 four-valve 281-powered Mustang Cobra into the field with a best-ever 11.99/117.87…Tim “Kirko” Kirkpatrick and his newly-turbocharged 393-inch ‘88 Mustang just missed qualifying in the top four with a 9.42/146.62 but he made up for it with a late timed trial which produced his best run ever, a great 9.30 at a booming 153.25 mph…Tom Bantle’s qualifying run of 9.40/153.07 made him the thirtieth member of the SCSS 150 MPH Club. Bantle has raced a tremendous variety of machines over the years; he first qualified for an SCSS field on October 5th, 2004!…John “Book ‘Em” Manno has competed in the Outlaw All Stars and the Battle of the Boards at GIR but qualified for his first SCSS field in style; his turbocharged ‘65 Mustang became the thirty-first member of the 150 MPH Club and the sixty-seventh inductee into the 9-Second Club…The original “Mr. Nice Guy“, Dave Steck,  pushed his sleek blue 2006 Corvette to an 11.43 at a whopping 129.78 mph to become 120 MPH Club member number two hundred seventy-six…Eighteen year-old Gary Lewis has thrashed all year on the black ‘69 Buick Skylark once campaigned by his father and has struggled to get the naturally-aspirated 455 Buick-powered classic into the mid-twelves. Something changed, though, after the High School Eliminator racer lost in the first round of HS compeition running 12.40/110.04. Lewis came back during SCSS qualifying and unloaded an 11.62/116.33 to not only earn a Fastest Street Car Qualifier decal but stun an awful lot of people…Speaking of which, Derek Allen from Waterloo (IL) High took his ‘84 355 Cutlass to a second straight victory in High School Eliminator and now leads the point championship after defeating Cheyenne Bittle in her new 340-powered ‘71 Dodge Dart racing for Belleville (IL) West High. Competition in the HS division was absolutely brutal; Allen had a “dead-on with a zero” in the semi-finals and Bittle had a 0.001 RT in round one and an incredible 0.008 “package” in the other half of the semis!…Remember the completely revised 2010 Gateway International Raceway Rules and Regulations are available at St. Louis Drag Racing.com by clicking HERE.

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Top 10 of 95 contenders as of JUNE 18th, 2010)

Pos Points Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine

1   (76)   Daryl Jauernig   St. Genevieve MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford
2   (66)   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy
3   (61)   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford
4   (35)   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy
5   (35)   Greg Boschert   St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford
6   (33)   Shane Cochran   St. Louis   MO   71   Camaro   509   Chevy
7   (30)   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10      434   Chevy
8   (29)   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy
9   (27)   Orson Johnson   House Springs MO   99   Mustang   281   Ford
10   (25)   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   302   Ford

NOTE: Points toward the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of five (5) points for qualifying in the Super Sixteen field with one (1) bonus point awarded for qualifying in the top four positions. One (1) additional point is earned for each round win during eliminations. Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SCSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SCSS season.

JUNE 17th, 2010 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Aaron Niggli, Highland, IL      2006 122 Cobalt      0.249   14.962   97.05
RU   Dylan Seger, Highland, IL         2002 213 Maxima      0.128   15.637   88.24

The St. Louis Street Racing.com Sport Tuner Showdown has produced a tremendous number of first-time finalists in 2010 and the Chevy Cobalt has become one of the most dominant models in competition thanks to a victory by another newcomer to the winner‘s circle, Aaron Niggli.

After Michael Zeller’s first-ever win at the wheel of a turbocharged 2009 version on June 1st and Brian Wallace’s runner-up on June 10th, (when Anthony Samsel earned his first title at the helm of a 2008 MazdaSpeed coupe), Niggli took his “old school” supercharged EcoTec-powered red 2006 Cobalt to the podium for a third consecutive Cobalt final round appearance. Sean Kenndy’s turbocharged 231-inch V6-motivated black ’87 Buick Grand National led the field with a career-best 12.22 elapsed time at 109.40 mph followed by nineteen-time Sport Tuner finalist Dan Harris in his nitrous-aided 232-inch V6-powered 2004 Mustang sponsored by Memory Lane Customizing at 12.34 and a best-ever 113.09 mph.

However, neither Kennedy nor Harris was able to report for the final round of competition and even first alternate Ed Morton’s 2009 Nissan 350Z didn’t respond so Niggli and his good friend, Dylan Seger, were inserted as alternates for the championship battle. Both hail from Highland, Illinois, and both are Highland High School alumni. Although Niggli qualified with a best of 14.82/98.27, his Cobalt slowed and Seger grabbed a holeshot of twelve hundredths of a second in the trophy dash. Seger’s bone-stock Nissan Maxima led until the four hundred feet mark when the Cobalt marched past for a 14.96/97.05 to 15.63/88.24 win.

“It’s really nothing special”, said Niggli about his Cobalt during trophy presentations in front of the main grandstands. “It has a GM Peformance exhaust header and a little bit of a tune but it is still mostly stock. I knew the Cobalts were doing well the past few weeks but I didn’t expect to be getting the trophy tonight. The car was really consistent and that helped win it more than anything”.

JUNE 17th, 2010 ST. LOUIS DRAG RACING.COM SUPER TRUCK SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Andrew Rhodes, Hannibal, MO   1982 406 S-10      0.447   10.663 130.27
RU   Jimmy Price, Godfrey, IL         1984 455 El Camino   0.005   12.346 108.70

Andy Rhodes encountered another bump in the road to what is already a great season when, during the June 10th event, his gorgeous maroon and silver ‘82 S-10 fell to, of all things, a flat tire in the pits. He quickly returned to his previous pace, however, to win his fourth title of 2010 in the St. Louis Drag Racing.com Super Truck Showdown.

Rhodes ran without nitrous oxide injection through the qualifying rounds when it appeared his early 11.57/117.05 was enough to stay ahead of second qualifier Jimmy Price, who was returning to competition with his unique 464 cubic inch Buick-powered ‘84 El Camino. Price debuted a new paint scheme and a new tuning combination to qualify with a 12.39/108.57. Unfortunately for Price, those numbers came on his first effort in the worst conditions of the event and, as the “air” improved, his El Camino slowed on every pass. “I’ve finally decided to go back to what I know”, said Price before the final round with Rhodes. “I changed to a different temperature spark plug and it should come right back to where it was”. Meanwhile, Rhodes used timed trials after qualifying ended to verify the new fuel he was using was conducive to his nitrous set-up and ran an impressive 10.40/130.36 before the final. In the title bout, Price’s El Camino did, indeed, clock its best run of the night at 12.34/108.70 and the run was initiated by a brilliant 0.005 Reaction Time. However, Rhodes chose to “spray” on the pass and, even after a staging miscue which caused him to leave the line at a dead idle, shot past Price just before the 330-feet mark to a 10.66/130.27 for another victory in his fifth final round of the season. “The flat tire last week was just one of those things you never expect”, said Rhodes while accepting his fifth winner’s trophy of the year. “This week, things were a little more predictable and, actually, the 10.40 was quicker than we expected to run in this air. It was a good night!”.

Photos of the June 17th Street Car Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.
 

Tim “Little Moose” Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL     1968 565 Camaro

Ray Arthur, Edwardsville, IL              1967 555 Camaro

Aaron Niggli, Highland, IL                               2006 122 Cobalt

Dylan Seger, Highland, IL             2002 213 Maxima

Andrew Rhodes, Hannibal, MO                   1982 406 S-10

Jimmy Price, Godfrey, IL                          1984 464 El Camino

1. NHRA tech rules apply. The car must pass tech AT ANY TIME. If a car makes a pass and gets kicked out, it’s a disqualification for that vehicle, no points awarded for that run.

2. There will be NO cruise. ………….Did I mention there is NO cruise?

3.All teams will assemble outside the north gate along the outer road at 6:30 pm for pre-entry and set up before the main gates open. You MUST have a ticket to get in at that time.

4 Inside, ALL race participants should pit along the fence just north of the staging lanes using a second row if necessary.

5. Once you have arrived at the track, brackets will be set, tech cards handed out and and cars teched in. After that, the cars will await until 30 minutes before the first round at which time the cars will come down the road in front of the grandstands along the track single file paired up for racing round one scheduled for approximately 10 pm.

6. ALL TEAMS MUST HAVE A FINAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS TURNED IN ON THE MONDAY BEFORE THE EVENT.

7. After each race return to the pits. All cars running in the next round must be trackside paired up and ready to run 15 minutes before the next round. There will be a minimum of 30 mintues between rounds barring weather complications.

8. Rounds will be run at approximately 10, 11, 12 with the final at 12:30.

9. NO Whining!

Racers will get free entry and tech card plus one free entry for a crew person per car. Each team captain will make arrangements to get tickets to their teams. Each team will be allotted tickets for 4 cars plus one alternate.

. Any questions or clarifications should be directed to me or through your team representative before that time. Hookandladder15@gmail.com

RACE RULES:

16 CAR Field. Random draw placing 4 teams in each quarter bracket. No teams will race each other until possibly the third round unless there are fewer than 4 teams.

2 points per round win.
1 point for top ET of event
1 point for top speed of event.

Break rule: Loser comes back for the next round if the winner cannot make the call. No point for a loss, but comeback can earn more points for their team, and place in bracket counts for team ladder position.

Tiebreakers: 1> Most team cars farthest on ladder
2> Fastest team car ET
3> Fastest team car Speed

30 minute minimum turnaround time between rounds. Time starts at the completion of last matchup of preceding round.

3 minute stage rule. You have 3 minutes to make staging or be disqualified from that round. Time starts when you are called to the line to race from the trackside staging area.

Worst or first disqualification.

500 PRO TREE – Heads UP.

Round One lane choice> First on Bracket. Later rounds to faster ET. Then speed.

Winners

Plaque or trophy to Single car elimination winner and runner up.

Plaque or trophy to team amassing the most points and runner up.

In 2008, a Weather Parameters mandate was adopted into the GIR rules:

E2a. Gateway International Raceway’s weather-mandated gate policy will cancel any daylight event in GIR’s regular weekly series programs if the forecasted temperature for the day of the event, (as issued by the National Weather Service twenty-four hours in advance of gates opening for the event), is less than 40 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 99 degrees Fahrenheit. For evening events, the minimum forecasted temperature for safe competition will be a forecasted high temperature on the day of competition of 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
 

Gates open at 5 PM with qualifying and times trials beginning at 6 PM. As always, check Gateway Raceway.com for details and updates.

Round One:
The first pair up were two cars from Lethal 1320. John Manno in his 65 turbo mustang carded a 10.25 at a coasting 97 mph for the win over Ben Nunster’s immaculate orange 69 camaro which posted an 11.16 @ 129.
Matt Bungenstock representing STL-Speed pushed his 01’ TA to a 12.39 @ 111 in the next pairing to take the win over Rocky Fox of STL-Mustangs and his 02’ Mustang running a 14.86 @ 96 mph.
Gary Tripp of Lethal was the lucky first round bye winner, but wanting lane choice for round 2 pounded out a stout 9.96 @ 137.99 to move on to round 2.
The next pair turned into a solo pass. Ben Craven for STL-Speed who suffered overheating problems during the cruise had the problem reoccur and was pushed to the side and had to watch Derek Fox representing STL-Mustangs and his 02 mustang move on with a 13.61 @ 103 effort. Despite his elimination, Craven later ironed out some of his bugs and ran a exhibition pass which featured copious amounts of tire smoke and pedaling on his way to a 10.49 carded ET.
May BOTB semi-finalist Jeremy Heizer for STL-Speed took the win light next with his 91’ GTA running an 11.02 @ 124 to put fellow teammate Chad Duckworth’s 05’ GTO running a 14.20 @ 108 out of the contest.
Next up, Joe Britton for STL-Mustangs against Dan Schell for Lethal 1320. In a David vs Goliath contest, Schell was too quick at the line and went -.087 red wasting a 10.11 @ 121 run from his 93 mustang and sent Britton’s 85’ mustang and his 14.02 @ 101 run into round 2.
The first of the final two pairs in round one featured one half of a husband and wife racing combo, with each of them on different teams. Jill O’toole for STL-Speed brought her 03 cobra to the line to face Brent Sansoucie of Lethal 1320. At the hit O’Toole found herself chasing as Sancoucie jumped out to a 6 tenths lead off the line. Down track her 11.25 @ 125 ran out of real estate as Sansoucie’s 11.81 @ 114 held her off and took the holeshot win.
Next up Ken O’Toole for STLMustangs hoped to fare better than his wife when he took on teammate Eric Hulsey. Neither driver had a stellar light, but O’Toole’s spinning 10.97 @ 133 was enough to hold off Hulsey’s 11.96 @ 118 run.

Round Two:
John Manno was first up against Matt Bungenstock and he carded a coasting 11.49 @ 86 mph for the win over Bungenstocks game but losing 12.44 @ 111.
First round bye recipient Gary Tripp took his favored left lane and lead wire to wire. His slowing 10.45 @ 126 was enough to overcome Derrick Fox’s 13.63 @ 104.
Jeremy Heizer motored on again carding a 11.06 @ 123 to take out a traction impaired 14.90 @ 97 mph run by Joe Britton.
The final round 2 pair saw half of the husband/wife O’Toole team move on yet again. Ken O’Toole solved his traction problems from the previous round, and with nearly identical reaction times at the line made sure Brent Sansoucie would not pull another holeshot win. O’Toole’s 9.95 @ 137 over Sansoucie’s 10.68 @ 127 sent him to round 3.

Round 3:
First up, a pair of Lethal 1320 cars bidding for a final round appearance with John Manno facing off against Gary Tripp. In previous rounds Manno had been able to coast to wins, but with dialed-in Gary Tripp in the other lane the ante had been raised and he knew he would have to turn up the wick. Unfortunately, Manno turned it up a bit too far. At the hit Tripp carded a stellar .003 light, and .272 seconds later Manno went into instant tire smoke. Despite the handicap he pedaled the car and gave chase, ending up running an 11.09 at a blazing 149 mph which proved to be top speed of the night. It wasn’t enough, Tripp led the whole way and made his best pass of the night, a 9.75 @ 138 that sent him into the finals.
The other final round spot was filled by Ken O’Toole. He parlayed a .172 starting line advantage and the quickest pass of the night, a 9.62 @ 141, into a final round berth taking out Jeremy Hiezer’s 10.14 @ 134.

Round 4:
The final round match-up proved to be the race of the night. With a storm front moving in and lightning appearing on the horizon both racers did a quick turnaround in 15 minutes and pulled to the line. Ken O’Toole had lane choice, but it wasn’t factor because both racers were in their preferred lanes. Tripp, in the left lane, had sorted out his round 2 troubles and was dialed in the high 9 range with the potential to go lower and had chopped down the tree on his opponent in his previous round. Meanwhile, O’Toole in the right lane had been getting faster with every pass and had carded the fastest run of the night the previous round. As they staged it was even money as to who would take the win. At the hit, Tripp gained a .046 advantage, but by the 1/8 mile Ken O’Toole’s machine had cranked it up and caught him. At the stripe Ken O’Toole had pulled away with his 9.62 @ 138 besting Gary Tripp’s 9.81 @ 139, a distance of 27 feet and the win.

With the win, Ken O’Toole drew STLMustangs level in points for the race with Lethal 1320, but Lethal still took the team title by having the most cars the farthest in the brackets with 2 cars in the semi-final round.

Final Stats:

Points: Lethal 1320- 12 STLMustangs- 12 STL-Speed- 6

Single Winner- Ken O’Toole (STLMustangs)

Board Winner- Lethal 1320.com

Best ET- Ken O’Toole (STLMustangs) 9.622

Best MPH- John Manno (Lethal 1320) 149.07

All vehicles compete utilizing Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires. All other modifications are permitted. Tuesday SCSS Track Records can be set during the two official qualifying or championship rounds. The first official Street Car Shootout qualifying period begins at 6:00 PM with sessions continuing until 9:00 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 9:20 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations advancing two winners to the championship final round. Each of the Top 16 qualifiers receives a “Fastest Street Car Qualifier” decal. The SCSS trophies and decals are presented by Gateway Raceway.com. Additionally, the two quickest Sport Tuner drivers, (open to all passenger cars except Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles with engines of eight 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 St. Louis Drag Racing.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

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES TRACK RECORDS

Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
RWD Steve George, Arnold, MO 71 Nova 634 Chevy 7.648 03/30/2010
RWD Mark Woodruff, Arnold, MO 67 Corvette 565 Chevy 186.61 04/20/2010

TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 8.881 09/15/2009
TRK Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL 91 S-10 434 Chevy 150.73 09/15/2009

4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 9.039 10/14/2008
4CYL Jon Huber, St. Louis, MO 79 Mustang 178 Ford 152.16 10/16/2007

6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 9.667 10/06/2009
6CYL Tony Shoaff, Mechanicsburg, IL 87 Regal 231 Buick 139.63 10/06/2009

DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 9.875 9/25/2007
DSL Chris Calkins, Union, MO 70 C-10 403 Chevy 139.41 9/25/2007

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

AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 10.234 9/11/2007
AWD Adnan Omerovic, St. Louis, MO 95 Talon 122 Eagle 141.50 7/22/2008

FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 10.989 05/06/2008
FWD Adam Corbitt, St. Charles, MO 85 Golf 123 Volks 134.87 05/06/2008

JUNE 10th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date

EVENT 11  06/10/2010

1   Daryl Jauernig      St. Genevieve   MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford     8.673   161.88
2   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10      434   Chevy     9.281   145.85
3   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy     9.447   146.53
4   Tim Mallicoat, Jr.   Collinsville   IL   68   Camaro   565   Chevy     9.782   143.75
5   Tony Buffo      Granite City   IL   69   Nova      496   Chevy   10.099   133.61
6   Vincent Heuer      Granite City   IL   69   Corvette   468   Chevy   10.519   124.66
7   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy   10.529   129.18
8   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   302   Ford   10.739   132.96
9   Chris Stauffer      S. Roxana   IL   83   El Camino   355   Chevy   10.948   126.41
10   Stanley Rideout   Pacific      MO   63   Savoy      440   Plym   10.984   122.56
11   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford   11.063   125.13
12   Kegan Hagedorn   Rhineland   MO   69   Chevelle   355   Chevy   11.271   120.41
13   Joe Rogers      Wentzville   MO   94   S-10      400   Chevy   12.004   117.34
14   John Gerst      St. Louis   MO   64   Nova      350   Chevy   12.032   116.42
15   Chris Garcia      St. Louis   MO   79   Camaro   355   Chevy   12.034   114.96
16   Mark Yehling      Granite City   IL   97   Corvette   346   Chevy   12.141   113.40

JUNE 10th, 2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Daryl Jauernig, St. Genevieve, MO    1989 351 Mustang      0.055     9.222 135.04
RU   Tim Mallicoat, Jr., Collinsville, IL      1968 565 Camaro   (foul)  -0.032     8.713 158.41

2010 STREET CAR SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Top 10 of 88 contenders as of JUNE 11th, 2010)

Pos Points Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine

1   (70)   Daryl Jauernig   St. Genevieve MO   89   Mustang   351   Ford
2   (59)   Raymond Arthur   Edwardsville   IL   67   Camaro   555   Chevy
3   (56)   Corey Stephens   Wentzville   MO   88   Mustang   372   Ford
4   (33)   Shane Cochran   St. Louis   MO   71   Camaro   509   Chevy
5   (30)   Greg Boschert   St. Louis   MO   66   Mustang   333   Ford
6   (30)   Kevin Autenrieth   Bethalto   IL   91   S-10       434   Chevy
7   (30)   Andrew Rhodes   Hannibal   MO   82   S-10      406   Chevy
8   (27)   Orson Johnson   House Springs MO   99   Mustang   281   Ford
9   (25)   Philip Carl      Winfield   MO   91   Mustang   302   Ford
10   (25)   Mark Yehling      Granite City   IL   97   Corvette   346   Chevy

NOTE: Points toward the 2010 Street Car Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of five (5) points for qualifying in the Super Sixteen field with one (1) bonus point awarded for qualifying in the top four positions. One (1) additional point is earned for each round win during eliminations. Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SCSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SCSS season.

JUNE 10th, 2010 STLSR.COM SPORT TUNER SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Anthony Samsel, Wentzville, MO   2008 133 Protege      0.483   12.413 114.93
RU   Brian Wallace, Arnold, MO         2009 122 Cobalt      0.151   13.299 110.79

JUNE 10th, 2010 ST. LOUIS DRAG RACING.COM SUPER TRUCK SHOWDOWN FINAL ROUND

Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH

W   Kevin Autenrieth, Bethalto, IL   1991 434 S-10      0.178     9.244 146.15
RU   Joe Rogers, Wentzville, MO      1994 400 S-10      0.516   12.038 116.79

1. The car must have current Registration/Tags/Insurance

2. The car must pass tech AT ANY TIME. If a car makes a pass and gets kicked out, it’s a disqualification for that vehicle, no points awarded for that run.

3. There will be a short cruise. 10 laps on the GIR Road course, about 15 miles. A pace car will lead the cars around. If you pass or are passed by the pace car you will be disqualified.

4. Once you have arrived at the track, there will be a driver meeting and Tech.
After the cruise the cars will come down the road in front of the grandstands to await the first round of eliminations. In front of the grandstands will be a closed hood policy. The hood can only be opened if observed by a BOTB supervisor for visually checking equipment. There will be no underhood changes made in the trackside area after the cruise is completed. Your car MUST be in its form as you will pull to the line to race…the only adjustments are tire pressure and installing nitrous bottles. Laptop tuning changes are allowed.

5. Heads-Up racing on a .500 Pro Tree.

6. ALL TEAMS MUST HAVE A FINAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS TURNED IN ON THE MONDAY BEFORE THE EVENT.

7. After each race you must return in front of the grandstands changing NOTHING under the hood. You MAY swap nitrous bottles in between rounds in front of the grand stands or adjust tire air pressure.

8. NO Whining!

Racers will get free entry and tech card plus one free entry for a crew person. Each team picks their own racers, but they have to be current members with at least 1 month of registration. Each team gets 4 racers with 1 alternate(who also must make the cruise and pass tech). Alternates that do not run eliminations will get a pass after round two. All racers should line up outside of the North gate for entry at 6:30. DO NOT line up at the main entrance, use the south gate. (For info purposes, the South gate can be accessed by turning right at the main entrance and driving north on the outer road)

There will be a meeting at the track before the cruise for final questions and information. Any questions or clarifications should be directed to me or through your team representative before that time. Hookandladder15@gmail.com

RACE RULES:

16 CAR Field. Random draw placing 4 teams in each quarter bracket. No teams will race each other until possibly the third round contingent on 4 teams.

2 points per round win. Goes to team represented by the car.

Break rule: Loser comes back for the next round if the winner cannot make the call. No point for a loss, but comeback can earn more points for their team, and place in bracket counts for team ladder position.

Tiebreakers: 1> Farthest team on ladder
2> Most team cars farthest on ladder
3> Fastest team car ET

30 minute minimum turnaround time between rounds. Time starts at the completion of last matchup of preceding round.

3 minute stage rule. You have 3 minutes to make staging or be disqualified from that round. Time starts when you are called to the line to race from the trackside staging area.

Worst or first disqualification.

500 PRO TREE – Heads UP.

Round One lane choice> Bracket Place. Later rounds to faster ET. Then speed.

Winners

Plaque or trophy to Single car elimination winner.

Plaque or trophy to team amassing the most points.