Tim Oswalt’s wicked Cobra! Photo by Vincent Peete of Peete Productions.

Recently, a group of racers from Alabama made an appearance on Street Outlaws: New Orleans. While the group put up a solid fight, they ultimately lost to the New Orleans crew with a final tally of three wins and five losses. The three guys who took wins for the 256 area code – Micah Colley, Mikie Smith, and Tim Oswalt – each have some very cool rides.

First up, the clean white Mustang of Micah Colley, from Birmingham Alabama. Micah’s New Edge Cobra, which took out the heavy Chevy of Shannon Poole, was built by Hawkins Racecraft for X275 duty, but has since found a niche in the no-time and street racing world. Dubbed The Outcast, Colley’s car boasts an 88mm Precision turbo force-feeding a Hawkins-assembled 390 cubic inch small-block Chevy. The powerplant features Brodix heads and intake, sourced by Travis Quillen and ported by Rodney Butler, two major contributors for a certain white Pontiac from a certain other street racing television show.

Anchoring the heart of the small-block, a Cola crankshaft slings GRP rods and Ross pistons, while a custom-ground Quillen-spec’d cam tickles the valves. A PTC converter harnesses the torque and sends it rearward through a PTC powerglide, then onward to the Hawkins-built Fab9 rearend via a PST driveshaft. Strange axles bolt to Billet Specialties wheels, while Menscer Motorsports shocks anchor the stock style suspension setup. Colley wanted to thank those companies and individuals mentioned previously, as well as Shaeffer’s Racing Oil, Diesel South Inc, and Billet Atomizer Injectors for contributing to the build.

Thanks to Vincent Peete of PeeteProductions.com for the awesome photo!

Tim Oswalt, in his wicked black Cobra, also got a win, taking out Shane Lester’s boosted Mustang. Oswalt, from Tuscaloosa Alabama, has a street-driveable twin-turbo Cobra that he also enters into Mean Street competition from time to time. Tim’s boosted hot rod relies on a Triangle Speed-built 4.6 Mod Motor with Bridge Racing ported heads and turbo-specific cams. Exhaust-driven horsepower comes courtesy of a pair of Precision 6466 turbochargers with Alky Control meth injection to cool the compressed air.

Tuning duties are handled by Oswalt himself via FAST’s XFI fuel management system. Bolted to the rear of the mighty modular is a PTC converter and Proformance Transmissions TH400 tranny, which relays the torque to Aluma•Star wheels and Mickey Thompson’s 275 Drag Radials. Thanks to Vincent Peete of PeeteProductions.com for the gorgeous shots of Oswalt’s car.

Finally, in one of the most awesome come-from-behind wins in Street Outlaws history, Mikie Smith used the top end charge of his junkyard supreme 1971 Datsun 1200 to pull an epic reel job on the Malibu of Cory Temple. To be fair, Temple’s Malibu, lovingly dubbed Moonshine, was stuck in second gear and basically bouncing off the rev limiter as Smith’s Ratsun continued to build steam and blow by right at the stripe, but the gap that the mighty mini closed was at least a couple of bus lengths!

Smith’s Datsun is surprisingly stock, riding on stock suspension all around and a host of junkyard components to maintain the fun-on-a-budget aspect. The engine is a GM 3800 yanked from a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix and fitted with a turbo sourced from a 6.5 liter Chevy diesel pickup. The lightweight import features a PTC-built TH350 transmission with a custom PTC 10-inch converter. Behind that, a Chrysler 8-3/4 inch rear end houses 3.91 gears and beefy 35-spline axles, which spin Weld wheels and Mickey Thompson 235 drag radials handle the traction. The car is very much streetable, maintaining working wipers and a radio for cruising comfort.

Smith thanked his wife Jamie, his parents, David Crouch of DC Motorsports, Eric Malone, Britt Berryhill, Ryan Morgan and the guys from the 256 Callout list for helping with the car, as well as helping make it to the hottest racing show on TV!

This trio of racers showed up and took wins for the Alabama team, and although they lost as a team, they represented Alabama well, both winning and losing with class. It was clear they respected the New Orleans crew, and the hosts returned the respect, allowing the show to go off without any scuffling or too many bleeps for cursing. Something tells us this isn’t the last we will see of these guys.