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Following two evenings of qualifying under the lights here in St. Louis, it’s time to go racing and crown some champions of the third annual Street Car Super Nationals: Anarchy at the Arch.
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For the second year, a whole host of old school racers with the Midwest-based Nostalgia Drag Racing League here are as part of the Street Car Super Nationals.
Kentucky native Marty Stinnett got the radial tire world talking during qualifying when he unloaded a 3.929 at 188.94 mph from his small-block powered Mustang, which ultimately held on for the top qualifying spot in Radial vs The World. Stinnett is running the 440-inch mill out of his 275 Radial car that was damaged in a crash and has paired it with a set of 94mm turbos. Stinnett says he and his team have been working to line out the combination and came into this weekend with a goal of running in the low-4.0’s, so naturally he was grinning ear to ear when the car went 3.97 on Thursday night. Stinnett says he received a call from fellow small-block runner Keith Berry to confirm that his number is now the small-block radial tire world record, by just under a hundredth of a second.
"Wild Bill" Devine has what's believed to be the only "The World" car here in Radial vs The World, as he's running on the 10.5W slick tire against a field of 315 drag radial cars. Devine's Bullseye Power Turbochargers-backed Mustang is powered by a 427-inch Ford mill and is easily the most attention-getting car on the property when it goes up on the chip. Devine goes into eliminations in eighth with a 4.19 best at 175 mph.
The trio of Carl Stevens, Jr. and Sr. and Californian Terry Barkley have made quite a statement in just one weekend of competition together. Barkley, who had never been faster than 180 mph in his life, jumped into the Xtreme Racing Engines Camaro and made a 400-foot shutoff pass in testing, and in only a handful of runs since, has been in the threes four times and exceeded 216 mph twice. The team is already threatening the PDRA Pro Boost record with their 3.76 here this weekend, and Stevens, Jr. is plenty confident they can take both ends of the record at the PDRA event at Galot Motorsports Park in a couple of weeks. “I don’t think people out here realize just how green Terry is at driving a car like this, but he’s done a great job so far,” Stevens, Jr. says. “When we went testing, I told him to drive it as far as he was comfortable and I thought he’d lift a couple hundred feet out, but he went 400-feet and went a 3.89 on the very first pass.”
Scott Palmer drove into violent tire shake in his opening round match with Duane Rister and fishtailed all over the lane, ultimately shaking the passenger door open. Palmer slowed and could only watch Rister drive to the round win.
Steve Petty tuned Andrew Alepas' Kevin Fiscus-driven Corvette to its best run of the weekend with a 3.95-second win in the first round of Radial vs The World.
Krusty Ramsey was a dead-late .667 on the tree in the opening round of Outlaw 8.5/MX235, but had enough to outrun Shane Halleman with a steady 4.74.
Torque converter manufacturer Marty Chance punched his ticket to the second round of 275 Radial with a 4.70 to 4.90 victory over Joey Kenville.
Jason Scruggs ran low elapsed time of the weekend in an opening round win over Jon Stouffer, uncorking a 3.67.
Eliminations Round One Results
Unfortunately, Terry Barkley’s debut weekend in a Pro Modified car came to the must unwanted of ends in the second round, when he lost control of his twin turbo Camaro near the finish stripe. The car shot across the centerline on two wheels and struck the guardrail nearly head-on in a huge fireball, eventually sliding to a stop on its wheel in the shutdow n area, still ablaze.. Barkley says he isn’t certain what caused the car to make an abrupt move, but was in good spirits despite the significant damage to his race car.
Brandon Lewis knocked off Duane Rister in the second round of Outlaw Pro Mod in a 3.71 to 3.76 matchup and will get the honor of taking on (and having lane choice over) Jason Scruggs in the finale.
Kevin Fiscus took down Jim Whiteley in the semifinals of Pro Nitrous vs Pro Boost, 3.80 to a 3.88. He’ll take on former teammate Jim Bell, who ousted Justin Shearer with a 3.82, in the final round.
Josh Klugger got a break single in the semifinals of Radial vs The World after Marty Stinnett incurred major damage in the previous round, rolling to a 3.98 to take lane choice in the final over Mark Micke, who posted a 4.03 winning effort over Brandon McBride.
Jason Scruggs reeled off low ET of the weekend in the Outlaw Pro Mod finale, defeating Brandon Lewis in an excellent match. 3.61 to 3.67.
Marty Chance (left) had used consistency to work his way through the first two rounds of 275 Radial, going a weekend-best 4.69 to upset top qualifier Odie Sturgeon. He'll take on Shane Fisher in the semis, while Cecil Whitaker will take a competition bye into the money round. Jim Bell (right) advanced into the Pro Nitrous vs Pro Boost finale on Kevin Fiscus' red light in their semifinal match.
Jacob Gier advanced into the semis of Outlaw 8.5/MX235, but his run there came to an end opposite of Krusty Ramsey’s 4.73. Jason Collins and Justin Cyrnet comprised the other side of the ladder, with Cyrnet taking the win with a 4.72.
Top qualifier Matt Bell went low ET of the weekend in the first round of Limited Drag Radial with a 4.26 and despite slowing to a 3.38 in the semifinals, had enough to outpace Craig Ondrick and his 4.50. Mike Jon ousted Gary Tripp on the other side of the ladder with a 4.43 and will meet Bell in the final.
Final Round Eliminations
