The NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing was largely a forgettable weekend for Joseph Welch — the Long Boat Key, Florida racer qualified atop the Factory Super Cars field with a stellar 8.02 in his supercharged Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, earning him a competition single in the opening round of eliminations. But that’s where it all went sour for Welch.
NMRA NMCA Super Bowl Saturday Replay 6Joe Welch goes for a wild ride in his Drag Pack Challenger at the Super Bowl! Special thanks to Race Day Replay sponsor Strange Engineering!
Posted by SpeedVideo on Sunday, July 29, 2018
In the opening stanza, Welch’s Challenger launched with the wheels hiked high and upon touch-down — already out of the groove by this point — it too an immediate turn across the racetrack, spinning around as it slammed passenger-side-first into the guardrail. The damage, of course, was significant enough to take Welch to of competition for the remainder of the weekend.
Joe Welch CrashJoe Welch, who was the number one qualifier in the Holley EFI Factory Super Car class, had this wild ride in his first round elimintion bye run here at Route 66 Raceway.
Posted by NMCA on Saturday, July 28, 2018
With late model Chrysler Hemi power from Mike Moran, Welch has had a breakout season, winning twice — in back to-back races — in the NHRA SAM Tech Factory Showdown, at Bristol and Norwalk. Welch currently leads the Factory Stock Showdown points race, and that fact will have he and his crew burning the midnight oil to make repairs to the Challenger in time for the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis in less than a month’s time.