PSCA Spring Break Super Show 2011 Same Day Coverage

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Sunday Eliminations

Fine weather, a gentle breeze to clear away the burnout smoke, and a density altitude in the 1900’s greeted racers as eliminations began on Sunday, making for a near-perfect start to the 2011 PSCA season. To see the full round-by-round results for each class, scroll down past the final round recap below.

Once again, special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson. Check out their great line of wheels and tires at www.mickeythompsontires.com ^[2].
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Outlaw 10.5

^[5]The headlining Outlaw 10.5 class took three rounds to get down to the final between Greg Seth-Hunter and Ron Weems; Seth-Hunter began the day with a competition bye thanks to the odd-numbered field, which he ran out to a lifting 7.529. Number 5 qualifier Chris Kephart was up next, and despite giving up a huge .102-.019 holeshot to Kephart, Seth-Hunter easily made it past Kephart’s faltering 8-second effort. The semi-finals posed a real challenge, with last year’s points runner-up Rick Snavely in the other lane. Again, Seth-Hunter gave up the leave, but Snavely’s 6.770 wasn’t quick enough to stay ahead of Seth-Hunter’s 6.690.

On the other side of the ladder, Weems had made short work of Gary Soulages in the opening round with a 6.906, then caught an unexpected single thanks to neither Mark Luton nor Johnny Coleman making the first round. That let him take an easy hit into the semi-finals, where he would receive a competition bye thanks to being #3 on the qualifying list.

With the final pair set, Weems once again put the holeshot on Seth-Hunter, .073 to .122, and once again the big Nova powered past, winning with a 6.821 to Weems’ 6.933.

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Extreme Drag Radial

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As we predicted yesterday, the race to watch in the 3-car XDR class was the first round matchup between Bill Dunaway and Dana Cook. Cook was off first with a .068 to Dunaway’s dead-late .293, and if you only saw the first 60 feet you would have thought it was over. But past the first set of reflectors, Cook had to pedal, and Dunaway was suddenly back in the running. Down-track, it was a chaotic battle to see who’s troubles would slow them the least, and at the stripe with the crowd on its feet, Dunaway’s 9.098 had gotten him past Cook’s 9.629.

The final between number one qualifier Jimenez and Dunaway was just as weird – once again, Dunaway waited for an engraved invitation to leave the line, giving up a three-tenths advantage against the black Camaro. Jimenez, who ran a 7.739 in qualifying, struggled to get up to speed and only managed an 8.147 to Dunaway’s victorious 7.736, running out of track before catching the Nova despite carrying a massive 13mph trap speed advantage.

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Hot Street

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Number one qualifier Victor Brum bookended his weekend at Fontana with a trip to the finals in Edelbrock Hot Street, cruising past Craig Gustafson in the opening round, then getting a free pass into the deciding race when George Mitchell couldn’t make the call for the semis. On the opposite side of the ladder, Bryan Cobbett was working his way through the field to meet him, getting a freebie thanks to a no-show from #2 qualifier Tony Aneian in the first round, then another thanks to a big redlight from Daniel Bott in round two.

When the tree dropped on the Hot Street finals, Cobbett had the holeshot, .034 to .103, but on the fast end of the track the SS was pulling hard and edged past, giving Brum the win, 8.287 to 8.548.

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Wild Street

^[11]Wild Street was all about attrition; number one qualifier Artis Houston wouldn’t even break the beams for his first round bye, and Chico Coleman, Ryan Jones, and David Schwarz were also no-shows for the opening pairs. The only race in the first round of WS was between Kevin Young and Armen Maghdessian, and even that wasn’t technically a race, with Young finishing ten seconds ahead.

The chaos in round one meant Jeff Young got his #2 qualifier ladder bye, but Robert Thompson got one too, while Casey Vantol and Kevin Young fought to advance – Vantol got the nod when Young could only manage a half-pass under power. That gave Vantol the third and final bye in the semis, and Jeff Young and Thompson paired up. Again, it was a case of just getting down the track, and Young did while Thompson didn’t, setting the final.

At long last, Wild Street saw a real drag race in the deciding round, with both Young and Vantol slow off the line but close together. Down-track, it was the Camaro ahead of the Nova, with Jeff Young taking the win, 7.706 to Vantol’s 7.924.

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Limited Street

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Mark Washington rode his #1 qualifying spot to a win in Limited Street, posting the quick time of the round in the opener against Gary Brant, Jr., then taking his competition single in the semi-finals. Meanwhile, Erick Aldrich was taking care of Jack Avetisyan in the first round, 8.550 to 9.284, then driving around a little bit of a holeshot from Mike Orban in the semis.

With Washington and Aldrich paired up to see who would get the big trophy, both drivers cut near-identical good lights, and the cars were side-by-side all the way down-track. At the stripe, the nod would go to Washington, who ran 8.365 to Aldrich’s 8.365.

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Street Challenge

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Steve Fullgham began the defense of his 2010 title in Street Challenge with top qualifier honors in Fontana, earning him a single in the opening round. Round two paired the champ with Rick Hatch, who went down 10.302 to 9.882. That set up a semi-final match between Fullgham and Ron Shaw that was not to be – a broke bye delivered Fullgham directly into the finals, where he would square off against #2 qualifier Mike Gitned.

Gitned started Sunday off with a 10.631 to 11.916 win over Joseph Braasch, then followed up by driving around a massive holeshot from Eric Outland, running 10.122 to Outland’s way-off-pace 12-second pass. The ladder delivered a competition bye in round three for Gitned, so the last Street Challenge pair of the weekend was set.

At the tree, both drivers eased out of the hole, with a .07 second advantage to Fullgham. He needed every fraction of it too – in what turned out to be the closest heads-up final of the weekend, Fullgham squeeked out the win on the strength of that tiny holeshot, with his slower 9.726 just enough to stay ahead of Gitned’s 9.689.

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Super Street

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Quick Street

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Mean Street

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Open Comp

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Mustang Maddness

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Street Muscle

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Saturday Qualifying

Overcast skies clearing to a warm spring afternoon greeted racers at the PSCA Spring Break Super Show in Fontana, California. The class turnout was greatly improved from what was hinted at by Friday’s test and tune, but the day was plagued with long breaks for cleanups. Still, as the sun slipped below the horizon, everyone had gotten a chance to make their three hits in preparation for eliminations tomorrow.

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson.  Check out their great line of wheels and tires at www.mickeythompsontires.com ^[2].

ACCUFAB OUTLAW 10.5

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With the Pro cars not running for points (though a few of the quieter ones are here to make test passes), the marquee class for the season opener is Outlaw 10.5. After three passes, top honors went to Greg Seth-Hunter with a diabolical 6.666-second pass, followed by Rick Snavely’s 6.812. Ron Weems and Mark Luton rounded out the six-second club, with a total of nine cars in the field.

1. Greg Seth-Hunter 6.666 @ 211.56
2. Rick Snavely 6.812 @ 211.69
3. Ron Weems 6.817 @ 200.86
4. Mark Luton 6.991 @ 205.04
5. Chris Kephart 7.032 @ 199.46
6. Gary Ross 7.155 @ 200.41
7. Johnny Coleman 7.227 @ 199.11
8. Gary Sougales 7.577 @ 195.68
9. Scot Slotten 11.108 @ 74.80

MAGNAFUEL EXTREME DRAG RADIAL

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With only three cars in the qualified XDR field, it will basically be Bill Dunaway and Dana Cook squaring off in round #1 to see who gets to run Al Jiminez in the final, but so far neither driver has shown they’re within shouting distance – the race to watch tomorrow will be that first pairing.

1. Al Jiminez 7.739 @ 142.13
2. Bill Dunaway 8.395 @ 175.98
3. Dana Cook 8.812 @ 161.69

EDELBROCK HOT STREET

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The all-motor Hot Street class drew a full ladder of 8 cars in qualifying today, with Victor Brum at the head of the class with an 8.159. Tony Aneian was a full tenth behind, and Daniel Bott was the better part of a tenth behind him to round out the top three. Of course, with as sensitive as these cars are to how good (or bad) the air is, anything can happen on Sunday, and close trap speeds show that there are plenty of cars making competitive power.

1. Victor Brum 8.159 @ 164.75
2. Tony Aneian 8.269 @ 162.84
3. Daniel Bott II 8.337 @ 163.51
4. George Mitchell 8.413 @ 160.10
5. Doug Broaddus 8.477 @ 162.92
6. Chris Madsen 8.500 @ 153.96
7. Bryan Corbett 8.530 @ 158.73
8. Craig Gustofson 15.189 @ 64.11

MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES WILD STREET

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A nine-car field will make for a strange ladder in Wild Street tomorrow, but at least Artis Houston can count on a first-round competition bye thanks to a class-leading 7.651 that edged out #2 qualifier Jeff Young’s 7.688. Kevin Young, David Schwarz, Robert Thompson, and Ryan Jones all had a seven-second run to their credit today, making for a close field going into eliminations.

1. Artis Houston 7.651 @ 182.28
2. Jeff Young 7.668 @ 185.10
3. Kevin Young 7.724 @ 184.40
4. David Schwarz 7.819 @ 178.45
5. Robert Thompson 7.874 @ 186.61
6. Ryan Jones 7.963 @ 174.35
7. Casey Vantol 8.019 @ 174.64
8. Armen Maghdessian 8.358 @ 170.73
9. Chico Coleman 9.998 @ 133.71

K&N FILTERS LIMITED STREET

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Limited Street saw one of the closest-fought battles in qualifying among the heads-up classes today, with Mark Washington barely nosing past Erick Aldrich, 8.343 to 8.351. Washington has a slight trap speed advantage, and both racers are clearly showing the rest of the field their taillights, with Mike Orban a half-second behind in third, and the rest of the six-car field scattered through the high eights to high tens.

1. Mark Washington 8.343 @ 165.01
2. Erick Aldrich 8.351 @ 163.41
3. Mike Orban 8.882 @ 159.32
4. Dana Westover 8.993 @ 159.64
5. Jack Avetisyan 9.224 @ 144.77
6. Gary Brandt Jr. 10.873 @ 123.81

VORTECH STREET CHALLENGE

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For a class that has struggled more often than not in its short history, the true-street-tire Street Challenge category is doing great here in Fontana this weekend. 11 cars are in the field, and if you had plans on being in the top four, a single digit pass was going to be mandatory. Steve Fullgham had the best timeslip with a 9.544, and you’d have to go all the way down to the #8 spot before you found your first 11. A very healthy, very fast field for this unique class…

1. Steve Fullgham 9.544 @ 150.50
2. Mike Gitned 9.629 @ 148.89
3. Ron Shaw 9.786 @ 145.47
4. Jeffrey Cagle 9.808 @ 142.06
5. Anthony Smith 10.085 @ 118.62
6. Jimmy Grace 10.204 @ 137.22
7. Rick Hatch 10.205 @ 137.27
8. Eric Outland 11.116 @ 128.51
9. Bryan Broadous 11.243 @ 121.90
10. George Gitmed 12.057 @ 138.94
11. Joseph Braasch 12.299 111.40

SCE GASKETS SUPER STREET

1. Alex Silva 8.601
2. Frank Coscareli 8.603
3. John Brumbaugh 7.605
4. Andrew Berry 8.607
5. George Chatterton III 8.607
6. Doug Crumlich 8.608
7. Dick Krieger 8.611
8. Mel Leforbes 8.612
9. John Mehovitz 8.614
10. Wes Anderson 8.617
11. Randy Keresey 8.618
12. Ryan Rabe 8.619
13. Troy Willilamson 8.626
14. Michael Boner 8.635
15. Steve Faller 8.658
16. Leon Youngblood 8.682
17. Eric Chesleigh 8.714
18. Glenn Jefferson 8.887
19. Chris Biggerstaff 8.899
20. Kevin Stokesberry 9.900
21. Paul Wiechman 11.150

BRANDT RACING QUICK STREET

1. Don McDavittt 9.602
2. Hank Pramov 9.608
3. Charles Jackson Jr. 9.623
4. Don Dombrowski 9.626
5. Greg Peterson 9.626
6. Brian Strange 9.633
7. Bill Unruh 9.634
8. Ryan Chesleigh 9.648
9. Wayne Carrol 9.650
10. Mary Baltzell 9.705
11. Paul Wolfe 9.714
12. David Bevers 10.046
13. Eddie Prenerdst 9.548
14. Tom Gibby 9.518
15. Kenny Yount 9.262

ROSS RACING PISTONS MEAN STREET

1. Lori Dodes 10.600
2. Mike Matrange 10.602
3. Paul Stanley 10.609
4. Ron DeHoop 10.622
5. Greg Scott 10.625
6. Mike Nordahl 10.627
7. Tom Easterday 10.661
8. Scott Dool 10.673
9. Cody Bennett 10.701
10. Matt Loutsenhizer 10.705
11. Ron Danly 10.719
12. George Mattie 10.719
13. Don Ellebracht 10.763
14. Jerry Snow 10.804
15. Brad Menet 10.816
16. Trey Sommers 10.593
17. Brian Clark 10.586

FORD RACING MUSTANG MADNESS

1. Daniel Marciano .406
2. Dan Hale .411
3. Cal Gordon .417
4. Gary Moreno .429
5. Scott Dool .455
6. Paul Wolfe .462
7. John Ohnemus .467
8. Paul Huizenga .468
9. Tony Toro .470
10. Anthony Filatov .472
11. Kyle Thore .486
12. Justen Spencer .497
13. Stephen Porcho .512
14. Javier Rivas .557
15. Luis Fonseca .568
16. Cesar Rivas .580
17. Terry Anderson .587
18. Jeorge Espinosa .605
19. Jerome Citrolo .674
20. Mike Fenn .712
21. Willis Holiman .714
22. Dan Ellebracht .746
23. Robert Chavez .903

GOODYEAR RACING OPEN COMP

1. Mike Matranga .404
2. John Guin .406
3. Ron DeHoop .412
4. Monte Lafrenz .412
5. Mike Nordahl .414
6. Chris Biggerstaff .414
7. Doug Crumlich .416
8. Daniel Marciano .419
9. Dan Hale .421
10. Steve Mundy .428
11. Steve Faller .429
12. Kevin Stokesberry .438
13. Charles Jackson Jr. .439
14. Shawn Bevers .440
15. Doug Carter .441
16. Brian Strange .448
17. Joe Bennett .449
18. Kelly Bailey .452
19. Paul Dalool .453
20. John McKindley .456
21. Steve Pramov .457
22. Jordan Jahnke .467
23. Don McDavit .467
24. Wayne Carroll .469
25. Greg Scott .471
26. Tony Galindo .482
27. Kenny Yount .485
28. Jimmy Golden .514
29. John Kindred .524
30. Lori Dodes .626
31. Jim Losquadro .647
32. Eric Andrews .702
33. Ryan Jones .743
34. Jerry Brost .854

CALVERT STREET MUSCLE

1. David Maynor .501
2. Grian Fortune .501
3. Jimmy Golden .502
4. Dal Trubey .505
5. Marvin L. Roles .506
6. Gary Rohan .508
7. John Gazon .509
8. Kevin Cox .509
9. Ryan Chesleigh .510
10. Brian Dickey .511
11. Jay Frye .511
12. Taylor Strange .514
13. Ed Drucker .514
14. Ed Colvin .515
15. Doug Derry .520
16. Ryan Johnston .521
17. Broc Broaddus .521
18. Mark Meier .522
19. Brandon Clark .522
20. Ronald Kyles .523
21. John J. Calvert .524
22. John McKindley .526
23. John Brooks .528
24. Tom Kuenzi .529
25. Shane Simmons .530
26. Donnie Hughett .531
27. Mike Nordahl .536
28. Dave Nassimbewe .538
29. Brent Calvert .542
30. Nathan Broaddus .552
31. Ross Thorpe .554
32. Charlie Allen .558
33. Erik Carlstedt .561
34. Anthony Valentino .563
35. Onney Trujillo .563
36. Chris Davis .565
37. Randy Chen .566
38. Jim Yanders .567
39. Enrique Avendano .569
40. Dave Meigde .578
41. Greg Peterson .582
42. John Bechter Jr. .582
43. John Miller .583
44. Jeff Williams .587
45. Randy Guitar .595
46. Brian Clark .600
47. Jim Losquadro .616
48. Joseph Werkheiser .622
49. Jeff Paulin .627
50. Shannon P. Ellis .630
51. Jeff Lintott .634
52. Eric Haensly .636
53. John Gibson .637
54. George Matt .639
55. Jim Hastings .649
56. Bill Bebrend .679
57. David Martin .705
58. Michael Tarango .733
59. Jesus Tostado .815
60. Eric Chesleigh .843
61. Steve Caulkins .912
62. Joe Jocoho R-0.033

DEEDS PERFORMANCE BRACKET 1

1. Dave Meigide .502
2. Michael Villegas .503
3. Bobby Cottrell .507
4. Corey Leclari .513
5. Broc Broaddus .513
6. Dal Trobey .513
7. Gary Rohan .516
8. Scott Carpenter .516
9. Marvin Roles .518
10. Larry Haas .519
11. Pat Van Dusen .519
12. Bryan Broaddus .519
13. Mike Holmes .522
14. John Brooks .522
15. Chuck McCarthy .523
16. Joy Linehan .525
17. Mike Conway .525
18. Mike Nordahl .530
19. Steve Gray .533
20. Rob Goode .535
21. Richard Risica .537
22. Justin Klotz .537
23. Robert Strong .538
24. Dave Nassimbene .540
25. Steve Cox .544
26. Jake Tynes .549
27. Jim Yanders .555
28. Dick Krieger .570
29. Robby Klostriech .580
30. Vic Hobbs .590
31. Ryan Kelly .592
32. Brian Trinchern .598
33. Matt White .602
34. Joe Jacho .604
35. Dennis Sniff .640
36. Rodney Scarlett .659
37. Ken Ferguson .671
38. Troy McConas .691
39. Randy Chen .696
40. Joseph Werkheiser .709
41. Alex Stanley .724
42. Noah Penright .823
43. 6665 .931
44. Chris Stock 1.032
45. LIC1 1.529
46. Bob Pringle 1.841
47. LIC 2 2.243

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It is the first race of the PSCA season right here in sunny southern California. The initial season opener was suppose to happen in Las Vegas, though it was canceled due to weather. This race will not have the Pro Street class in attendance as local noise ordinance laws has forced Fontana to build a sound wall and it will not be ready until the next PSCA Fontana race. Keep it tuned to DragZine for updates all weekend.

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson. Check out their great line of wheels and tires at www.mickeythompsontires.com ^[45].

Test and Tune update coverage starts Friday evening and racing coverage starts Saturday.

Friday Notes:

The weather promises to be sunny and warm for the de-facto season opener for the 2011 PSCA calendar, with the usual Fontana winds kicking up late in the Friday afternoon test session. Attendance so far is light in the heads-up classes, but the index and bracket racers are already out in force. Here are a few photos from today’s test and tune:

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That’s it for this lazy Friday afternoon at the track. Qualifying begins at 9am tomorrow, and if you’re in SoCal and you’re looking for something loud and fun to do, come down and join us at the PSCA Spring Break Super Show…