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We had a little rain delay this morning so the qualifying is a bit behind schedule. We are set to head into heads up qualifying here shortly and will be here all weekend providing same day coverage through to the end here at Stang TV.
Number two in Pure Street points going into the NMRA finals is Derek Downs who was runner up in Ohio earlier this year. He does his own work on the car with some help from Vamp Racing with dyno time at their shop in Green Valley Missouri and is based out of Kansas City. He runs a G-Force 101A transmission behind a 4.6L 2 valve engine.
Travis Akins is running the Turbo Coyote Shootout this weekend with a 2012 5.0 powered by a built MPS short block with stock heads tuned by Justin Jordan remotely at Bear Lynch's Dyno Pro and a single front mount Borg Warner from Forced Induction turbo backed by a TH 400 trans and PTC Converter. The hot and cold side of the turbo system was fabricated by PTS Fab Performance Systems. The car sits on Weld 77 series wheels with full UPR Suspension with QA1 Coilover shocks out front and Vikings out back. He is active duty Airforce stationed in and formerly had the car set up for road course racing and took two year built to make the conversion. This is the first race for the car which was just finished and his first NMRA event and showed up with no testing coming in but ran an 9.8 at 155 on Thursday.
Justin Jordan from Jordan Performance and Racing down in Riverview, Florida runs the Turbo Coyote Shootout and is also planning to run in the debut of Outlaw True Street class this evening. He runs an MPR built 302 with twin Precision 64 MM turbos with a Hellion kit backed by a Trans Specialties trans and converter. Sponsors include MBPR Exhaust, Helion Turbo, AEM Infinity, Mustang Parts Fast, and Gulf Fuels who sponsored the E90 fuls this weekend. The car runs out of the Pro Fab Performance Plus show who just installed MMR carbon fiber wing and a carbon decklid. He has run 7.70's and made some changes since then so is looking for improvements in that departments this weekend.
Street Outlaw racer Alan Felts is her this weekend and has been to eight events between the NMRA and NMCA this year and also runs select events in X275. Power comes from a Jeff Burns Racing Engines 408 inch Windsor base engine with Brodix Neal heads and a Precision 85 MM turbo this weekend. The car was built by Jesse Coulter here in Bowling Green with assistance from Southern Speed in Tupelo, Mississippi. Felts runs RC Components wheels wrapped in Mickey Thompson rubber.
Troy Messamore out of Madisonville, Kentucky is back for some True Street action this year after a DQ in 2014. The car was purchased from Chris Gish just before the 2015 Finals and Troy has done a few changes since then. He is also planning to race the Outlaw True Street class tonight which should prove popular with the faster cars in True Street and bring other similar cars out of the shadows that don’t quite fit the True Street rules of No Prep Racing through the south.
Round One Qualifying Results
Manny Buginga leads VP Racing Street Outlaw after one qualifying session with a 4.39 at 168 MPH.
Phil Hines is sporting a new car this weekend and he sits third in class with a 4.46 at 164.
Brad Medlock from North Little Rock, Arkansas landed seventh in the seventeen car field with a 4.70 at 162.
John Urist’s first pass on the new Turn 14 sponsored S550 landed him in fourteenth position with a 5.38 at 104 MPH and is sporting a Mod Motor for his new combination.
Adam Arndt leads Edelbrock Renegade with a 7.52 at 178 with fourteen cars showing for round one qualifying.
Wilmington, Delaware based Dom DiDonato pulled a 7.65 at 177 earning second place in Edelbrock Renegade.
Valerie Clements sits third in Renegade with a 7.70 at 177 MPH.
The Henchman Racing Turbo Coyote Shootout number one qualifier so far is Bret Stabler out of Royal Palm Beach, Florida and the only car to run in the four second zone so far. He put up a 4.96 at 145 MPH for this round.
Ronnie Reynolds brought his 2014 Mustang from Baltimore and landed second in TCS with a 5.04 at 146 MPH.
John Kauderer took the top qualifier this round in Procharger Coyote Modified with a 7.81 at 170 MPG in his SCT sponsored 2014 Cobra Jet.
American Racing Headers Factory Stock racer Dan Ryntz pulled a nice wheel stand on his way to a 10.71 at 122 landing third in class so far.
Michael Washington broke his Factory Stock car and it’s doubtful he will return after getting towed off the track by the flatbed.
Stephanie Davies’ and mentor Brent White, owner of Brenspeed, were out at this year’s event racing her ROUSH Performance supercharged Coyote swapped Fox body in the Ford Muscle class. After a great first half of the season with Brent mentoring Davies, she was able to make her first ever pass in the car, qualifying with a 10.70 at 128 MPH – and that was only on 7 pounds of boost, too. The car has tons of potential, and we can’t wait to see how fast she goes this weekend.
TJ Lapinski was able to put down a clean first pass down the track here at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He clocked in a 9.232 at 145.59 MPH. Not bad for the first hit of the weekend! Remember, Lapinski is shooting for 9s in his nearly 1,000 RWHP turbocharged Coyote swapped New Edge Mustang GT. We have full confidence in him!
Brad and Nina Gusler came out to compete in the Livernois EcoBoost class at this year’s event. They’re currently number one in the lineup with a solid pass of 10.833 at 122.62 MPH. Not a bad run for making their first pass of the day if you ask us! We hope to see them in the mid-to-low 10s tomorrow.
