Street Car Super Nationals 2011 Same Day Coverage

It’s that time of the year when the weather turns cold in Las Vegas, but the track heats up for some of the fastest door slammers in the country to race at the Street Car Super Nationals. There are estimations of 50+ Pro Street/Mod cars to show up this weekend and with a big purse for the first Outlaw 10.5 car in the 5’s, you never know who might be converting for this weekend. Keep it tuned to DRAGZINE all weekend for updates and photos from Vegas.

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson Tires. Check out their fine line of wheels and tires at www.mickeythompsontires.com

This morning we shot Chris Alston's awesome Vortech supercharged Nova for an upcoming feature. Alston sits third in Outlaw 10.5W qualifying.

Eliminations Notes

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Brad Brand made history during the first round of Pro Street by being the first person to ever run a 5 second pass on 10.5Ws with a 5.97. Brad collected $7,800 for that pass from a variety of sponsors that put up the cash for the first to the 5s. Better yet, Brad can still win the $20,000 Pro Street purse if he can keep running consistent 5.9s.

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Randy Walker would have a close call when he crossed the centerline racing Randy Adler, who went on to a 6.261 win.

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There were a two holeshot victories during the first round, starting with Rod Burbage who took out Dave Hance on a 6.090 to Hance's 6.088. Burbage would have Hance by .013 at the tree, and it looks like Hance's motor was also letting go on the top end of the track

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Troy Coughlin would continue his consistency in the class and post up a 5.981 at an insane 255 mph - the fastest pass of the round. Clint Hariston would have problems with bad wheel hop the first 100 feet of his run, but was able to regain the GTO and narrowly beat out Monte Berney with a 6.529 to a 6.551.

Outlaw 10.5W

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Nearly half of the pairings in Outlaw 10.5W was a broke bye run - 6 in total. Billy Glidden would set low ET of the round on his 6.426 single run. Mike Sasina would have a hairy run in his Mustang while racing Chris Storlie. Sasina's Mustang would begin to hop and while in the midst of regaining control, got dangerously close to the concrete wall. Storlie would go on with the 7.571 win.

Extreme Drag Radial

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It was a bad round for John Wall...who ended up in the wall during the first round of Extreme Drag Radial. John was on a pass until around the 330-foot cone the Mustang got loose, cut in front of Dana Cook's Mustang, (who was able to luckily dodge Wall) went into the wall, bounced back off and then rested back onto it. Wall was reported to be ok.

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Roger Holder is going to be hard to catch in Extreme Drag Radial, as he has been the low ET of every round, dipping to a 7.095 during the second round. An interesting run between Sandi Wold and Walt Brock found Brock going up into smoke off the hit, with Wold's car shutting off at 100 feet. Brock was able to straighten the car out and beat the costing Wold to the stripe.

Hot Street

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It's been a Blankenship and DeMayo battle in Hot Street for low ET, with both Mustangs running in the teens, though it would be DeMayo with the class lowest during the first round with a 8.133.

Wild Street

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Outlaw 8.5

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If you think that an 8.5-inch tire doesn't hook, then you need to talk to Jack Avetisiam, who bounced his way down the track at every blip of the throttle. Fresh out of retirement Manny Figueroa continued his reign of terror by having the field covered by over a tenth during every round.

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In the semi final round of Outlaw 10.5 Mike Murillo would take on Chris Alston. The race was extremely close, that was, until the top end of the track with both cars suffered from significant mechanical failure. Though it was Murillo who kept his foot down and the oil spraying to edge out Alston. 'I hit the fire bottles before the chuts, I could see fire under my cowl,' said Murillo. It was an easy final round win for Glidden who simply staged and idled down the track.

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It was an amazing quarter finals in Pro Street were Gonzalez and Brand would run identical 5.942 ETs, with Gonzalez narrowly winning on reaction time. The final round was no surprise when Maggino would face off against Gonzalez. Maggino would throw everything at his Camaro, which ended up costing him on a starting line with Gonzalez grabbing the $20,000 prize.

Final Ladders – All Heads Up

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Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson Tires. Check out their fine line of wheels and tires at www.mickeythompsontires.com

Morning News From The Pits

Steve Matusek, owner of Aermotive and driver of the Aeromotive Pro Street Mustang, was seen meticulously packing his chute. Matusek sits right out of the top 32 with a 6.799 @ 229, though has been as fast as a 6.07 while running NHRA, NMCA and ADRL races. The Aeromotive team will need to run consistent low 6s to go rounds on Sunday.

Billy Glidden was servicing the transmission on his Mickey Thompson backed Pro Street Mustang. Glidden has been struggling with his setup and will be changing from Pro Street to Pro Outlaw 10.5 for the remainder of the weekend.

Mike Maggino is going to be the man in Pro Street to beat this weekend as he currently leads the Pro Street crowd with a 5.915 @ 249 mph pass. Not only does Maggino lead Pro Street, he has also ran a 5.9X every run this weekend. After the first round of qualifying the team opted to add weight to their ride and in exchange has been able to turn the blower up, which has been paying off.

It doesn't get much closer to a 5 second pass than Troy Coughlin's number four qualifying attempt with a 6.001 run. Though Coughlin noted, "Being consistent is more important to us than running a 5...though we think we will need to be in the low 5.9s to be a contender during eliminations."

Qualifying Round 3 Notes

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It is going to be a long third round of qualifying this morning as we have already had two oil downs in four pairs of cars. First up was Dave Hance who let something go on the top end of the track. Then it was Rod Burbage who was leaking oil at the line so when he hit it, the Corvette immediately went into wheel spin, pitched to the left and slid across the middle of the track 100 feet out. They are currently cleaning this up as of 10:45 AM PST.

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Kelly Bluebaugh's Monte Carlo started dumping cylinders about half way down the track during qualifying round three this morning. Bluebaugh was sitting on the Pro Street bump coming into round three with a 6.602

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There were many improvements in the third round of qualifying, starting with Marc Meadors bump to the second qualifying spot in Pro Street with a 5.933 @ 244.25 mph. One guy trying like hell to get into the 5s on 10.5Ws is Brad Brand, and he almost did it with a 6.001 pass. Shannon Jenkins jumps to fourth with an improving 5.960 pass, making him the fourth car in the 5s here this weekend. A couple that made a big bump was Steve Matusek with a 6.034 (the fastest that car has gone ever) put him in 8th, Randy Walker from 50th to 16th with a 6.145, and Dave Hance to a 21st 6.230.

Outlaw 10.5W

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Steve Nicholson had a nitrous powered ejection seat mounted right under his hood scoop and set it to fire when the tree went green, sending his scoop 50 feet into the air

Looking at this shot you probably thought Mike Murillo blew up his engine somewhere down the race track. While Murillo did have some engine problems last night, what you see here is some oil that was still in the intake from the rebuild. After launch everything cleared up and Murillo blasted to the number two qualifying spot with a 6.571 @ 206.39.

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Billy Glidden's switch to Outlaw 10.5W was a good one, as he got his Mustang sorted and at the top of the Outlaw 10.5 qualifying sheet with a lifting 6.543 @ 193.10 mph pass. Chris Kephart finally got his Impala sorted and jumped from 17th to 10th with a 7.135, while Dwyane James drastically improved from 19th to 9th with a 7.122 @ 195 mph.

Extreme Drag Radial

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During the final round of Extreme Drag Radial Roger Holder was able to edge out Josh Lindsay for the number one spot by upping his previous 7.286 pass to a 7.088. Dave Bowmann put down a pass after his first attempt went up in smoke with a 7.619 to hold the 7th spot. Bobby Frye made his first pass of the weekend and ended up in 9th with a 7.644, while Levi Hanna improved from 22nd to 11th in his '73 Camaro with a 7.747.

Eric Peterson had a HARD crash during the last round of Extreme Drag Radial. The car got loose in the left lane, hit the wall and came into the opposite wall head on. Peterson's throttle then became stuck and the car was sitting stationary with the tires spinning when the engine started to catch on fire. Peterson has been reported OK by the track. Due to the extensive clean up, this has ended the fourth round of qualifying.

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Hot Street

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Hot Street went largely unchanged from the previous round of qualifying - simply a few small shuffles in the qualifying order. Tony Aneian moves from 8th to 5th, Al Alguire moves from 12th to 10th, and Darrell Shaffer in his '87 Mustang joined the crowd.

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Wild Street also maintained a similar field from their first round of qualifying. Kevin Young managed to jump from the 11th spot to 3rd with a 7.694, Brian Brooks moved from 6th to 4th, Rod Oxford completed his first pass of the weekend with a 7.751 in the 5th spot

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The final round of heads up qualifying started at sunset and only got as far as Extreme Drag Radial before Eric Peterson crashed half way through the round. The cooling track temperatures made traction tricky and caused a few mishaps, though only one resulted in damage when John Scialpi scraped his '57 Bel Air on the wall after getting out of the groove on the top end of the track. Clint Hariston was able to get qualified on his final round by ending up in 12th with a 6.068. Dan Myers was one of the unlucky that got bumped from the top 32 ladder and 23 other Pro Street cars will be going home early. It's not often when you see a 6.452 not get you into the top 32. This has been the fastest Pro Street class in SCSN history.

Pro Outlaw 10.5W

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Chris Alston Jr. rocketed into the third spot in Pro Outlaw 10.5W, substantially improving on his 7.001 with a 6.653 pass. Ray Jaso in his Mach 1 also improved from 8th to 5th.

Final Qualifying Ladders

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Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor Mickey Thompson Tires. Check out their fine line of wheels and tires at www.mickeythompsontires.com

Notes From The Pits

Unfortunately this morning's test session didn't start off on a good foot. Rick Snavely lost control of his GTO at the 1000 foot marker, caught air and went over the wall where it tumbled end over end. Rick had to be cut out of the car and transported to the hospital. We hope he is ok and will update you on his condition when we can.

Last weekend Dave Hance went 5.79 at MIR, letting people know he can be a contender in Pro Street. Unfortunately Hance had engine problems yesterday, and had to take their power plant to Brad Anderson's shop for a repair. The team was finishing up the install of the motor to get ready for the first round. There are a bunch of manufactures putting up cash for the first in the 5s for Outlaw 10.5, and Hance could win up to $7,800. After their first round shakedown on the big tires, they will be strapping on the 10.5Ws

Larry Larson is here with his beautiful, Drag Week championship winning Nova. Last night Larry went a 7.13 with some clutch slipping problems on the first run and then on the second pass, tightened it up too much and had an aborted run. Larry plans to cruise the Las Vegas strip this weekend, as he usually does, in true Pro STREET style.

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Mike Murillo is looking to defend his SCSN Outlaw 10.5 title in 2011. Murillo has been on a hot streak this year by taking both the NMRA and NMCA Outlaw 10.5W championships this year.

Qualifying Round 1 Notes

Pro Street – Q1 and Q2 (rest are Q1 only)

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It was an action packed (and long) first round of Pro Street with 46 cars in the class. At the top of the class is Jose Gonzalez in his '06 GTO with a record breaking 5.955 @ 248 mph pass. Up second is Mike Maggio who ran consistent 5.9s between yesterday's Pro Street Shootout and the first round of qualifying

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Joe Barry is another one of those real Pro Street cars that was going to take a ride down Las Vegas Blvd with Larry Larson tonight...that is until he chucked out the driveshaft 100 feet into his run.

One of the last runs of Pro Street round two was Mike Maggio, who bumped Joe Gonzalez off the number one spot with a 5.915. Top 8 cars are running 6.09 or quicker, top 16 is 6.18 or quicker and the current bump spot 6.65.

Outlaw 10.5

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Ron Weems, always a dominant force on the west coast PSCA series races in Outlaw 10.5, was the only car of the first round to run in the 6s with a 6.811 @ 202.94. Out of the 20 cars currently qualified in the class, Dale Moznik in his monstrous 833ci Fulton-powered '68 El Camino came in as the top racer in the 7s and second on the ladder with a 7.024 @ 201.25 mph pass.

Extreme Drag Radial

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There is a strong showing in Extreme Drag Radial this weekend with 28 cars in the first round of qualifying. Josh Lindsay sits at the top of that ladder with a 7.272 @ 197 mph. Al Jimenez is back after his crash earlier in the year and sits strong in fourth with a 7.479 @ 178.64 mph.

Hot Street

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The NMRA/NMCA naturally aspirated cars are dominating Hot Street this weekend so far with NMRA champion Robbie Blankenship at the top of the ladder with a 8.126 @ 165.40 mph. Most might be thinking though 'How are these guys running two tenths faster than at NMRA races?' Well, among the rule differences is less weight and no spec fuels. Michael DeMayo sits at a close second with a 8.168 and Don Bowles in third.

Wild Street

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Jeff Kyle takes the number one spot in Wild Street with a 7.641 @ 189.39 mph pass. Artis Houston in his blue Nova keep with the Wild Street mantra by pulling a wheel stand to the 60 foot cone, bouncing down and then back up again, though the pass was aborted and sits in 10th.

Outlaw 8.5

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Manny Figueroa was making his nitrous-assisted Mustang work during the first round of Outlaw 8.5 where he bested Mike Orban with a 5.296 @ 136.29 mph to Orban's 5.431 @ 137.05.

Street Challenge

Qualifying Round 1 Sheets

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Qualifying Round 2 Sheets

The only classes that ran a second round was Outlaw 10.5W and Pro Street. There is a memorial service at the track for the track announcer who died last week.