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Sunday A.M. Update: As the weatherman predicted, rain showers have moved into the area as we were in the midst of index eliminations this morning, putting a halt to the racing action. We’re expected to have a several hour window to get some racing completed this afternoon. Track drying is underway with hopes of getting back underway in the next couple of hours.
After a several hour rain delay, racer are beginning to unload their machines with plans to get back underway at around 1:30.
Not long after we got underway with bracket action, this Dodge pickup absolutely obliterated a transmission right at the drop of the green, sending shrapnel through the floor and dash of the truck and striking the driver in the leg. As you can see in the images below, there’s quite a mess on the starting line, which will take some time to clean up.
Team Green team owner Dan Green and his son,
Josh, will lead the Pro Mod field into eliminations for the first time this afternoon, thanks to their stout 5.93 blast on Friday evening.
This is certainly no routine maintenance this afternoon, as Brandon Carter’s team is doing some extensive work to replace a broken lifter before Street Outlaw eliminations begin.
Six hours after the planned start to heads-up eliminations, we’ve (finally) completed the first round just before 7 p.m. here in St. Louis.
Josh Green laid down low elapsed time of the opening round of Pro Street on his competition single, carding the only five-second pass with a 5.99.
Jason Hamtra (left) ran a 6.19 to dispose of Jennifer Green, and will meet Jeffrey Cummins' '67 Shelby in round two. Cummins will have lane choice, after he threw the kitchen sink at it and went a clean 6.16. Billy Glidden (right) made his best run of the weekend with a 6.04 to take down Clint Hairston, and will meet Bob Rahaim (who went 6.00 in his first round win) in the next round.
In a battle of the Don’s, Don Baskin ousted Don Bowles on a holeshot in the first round of NA 10.5, his 8.36 defeating the quicker 8.34. Michael DeMayo had low elapsed time with his 8.10 and will meet Baskin in the semifinals. Dwight Ausmus advanced with an 8.19 and will take the bye into the final round.
David Hutnick (left) went 7.92 in his opening round Xtreme Street win over Alton Clements and will meet John Warren in the second round. Steven Wardlow (right) put together a strong 8.02 to oust a slowing Bill Trovato, and will meet Dewey Bastin in the next round. Eric Kenward kept his class-leading pace going, running 7.94 on his competition single.
Dwayne Barbaree and Phil “Corndog” Smith will meet in the final round of Street Outlaw this evening, Barbaree taking lane choice with his 7.110 at 199 to Smith’s 7.39.
Mike Hupp (left) punched his way into the second round with a 4.52-second defeat of Willard Kinzer in Radial Wars, and will take on Keith Berry, who went 4.32 on his opening round shot, in the next round. DeWayne Mills (right) went 4.44 on his break single and will take a competition single into the semis later tonight.
Round Two Updates:
Pro Mod
Jason Hamstra (6.83, 170 MPH) def. Jeffrey Cummins
Jimmy Keen (5.98 236 MPH) def. Steve Summers (6.22 243) — Summer is all over the race track but hangs with it
Bob Rahaim (5.96 240 MPH) def. Billy Glidden (6.02 230)
Jeff Naiser (6.06 236) def. Josh Green (5.97 239) on a HUGE holeshot
Nitrous Pro Street
Don Baskin 7.28 181) def. Kevin Parent (7.51 184)
Skip Baskin (7.28 189) def. Andy Vogt (7.39 189)
Street Outlaw – final
Dwayne Barbaree takes the Street Outlaw hardware back to Arkansas, blasting to a 7.13 at 198.70 MPH as Phil Smith is dead-late and just cruises off the starting line to an 11.86 elapsed time.
Radial Wars
Mark Woodruff rolls to another 4.2X, going 4.25 at 185.33 MPH to oust Brand Carter, who blew the tires off at the hit and we never in it
Mark Micke cards a 4.317 at 184.60 to take the growling ProCharger Mustang of Enzo Pecchini, who went 4.50 in the other lane
Dwayne Mills is straight and true to a 4.354 at 189 MPH on his competition bye
Keith Berry takes out Mike Hupp, 4.326 at 182.16 to Hupp’s 4.649 at 145.64.
Xtreme Street
Steven Wardlow makes his best run of the weekend with a 7.97 at Dewey Bastin hangs the nose WAY up there and nearly collects the wall after touch-down
After being double-bulbed by David Hutnick, John Warren straps a holeshot on Hutnick’s Camaro and takes the stripe, 7.95 at 172 to a much quicker 7.88 174
Eric Kenward keeps the freight train rolling, running 7.945 as TJ Strange slows early in the run and can only watch
NA 10.5
Don Baskin is way late off the starting line and Michael DeMayo, who has been the quickest car all weekend, was not, and that’s all she wrote, as DeMayo runs 8.06 at 172 for the win and punches his ticket into the finals. DeMayo will face Dwight Ausmus with lane choice, as Ausmis shuts it down around 900 feet and coasts to an 8.62 at just 128 MPH
DeWayne Mills laid it down in the semifinals of Radial Wars, running 4.23 at what we’re calling an unofficial 202 MPH to take out Keith Berry and advance into the final.
(Left) Jason Hamstra did his job on the starting line in the semifinals of Pro Mod, getting well out on Bob Rahaim, but he rattled the tires just past the tree and could only watch as Rahaim sailed to a 6.049 at a slowing 209 MPH. Rahaim's mount appeared to be eating itself up in the lights, so there may be some work ahead before the final tonight. (Right) Jimmy Keen uncorked his best run of the weekend, a 5.93-second shot, to take down Jeff Naiser, who got out of the groove but hung in there to the stripe with a trailing 6.03. Keen will take lane choice into the all-nitrous finale.
In a matchup of good friends and Missouri residents, top qualifier Mark Woodruff cruised into the final with a 4.26, as Micke struck the tires early and slowed to a 5.23.
John Warren and Eric Kenward will square off in the Xtreme Street final coming up a little later this evening, with Kenward taking lane choice with the quickest lap of the weekend, a 7.877.
Michael DeMayo took down Dwight Ausmus in the NA 10.5 final, running 8.05 to Ausmus’ 8.10.
In a father-son battle in the Nitrous Pro Street final, Don Baskin showed son, Skip, how it’s done, nailing him to the tree and taking a holeshot win, 7.33 at 190.32 to a quicker 7.29 at 189.60.
Final Rounds
Xtreme Street
With bracket-like consistency, Eric Kenward rolled to another identical 7.877 in the final round and was never headed by John Warren, who had problems and slowed before reaching the 100-foot mark.
Pro Mod
Jimmy Keen had trouble firing his ’63 Corvette in the Pro Mod final, and long after Bob Rahaim had done his burnout and backed up behind the starting line, Keen got the bright orange machine fired and performaned a short burnout, but when the tree dropped, Rahaim blasted into the darkness, running 5.952 at 242.63 MPH for the win while Keen never left the starting line.
Radial Wars
DeWayne Mills saved his best run for last in Radial Wars, blasting to a 4.171 at 194.91 MPH to take down Mark Woodruff and his 4.292 at 181.67 MPH in a spectacular side-by-side drag race.
