Summit Motorsports Park was enveloped with energy and excitement as drivers from around the globe delivered nonstop action for fans during the Summit Racing Equipment Shakedown at the Summit presented by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels, Sept, 18-20, 2015.

On the table was a guaranteed shared purse of $119,000, as well as a set of brass knuckles and cigars tucked inside of a wooden display box featuring the park’s logo.

The fields were large, as nineteen drivers showed up to show off in Pro Line Racing Outlaw Pro Mod. Among them was Steve Summers, who drove his 70 ½ Camaro to a 5.70 and 263 mph, which simultaneously landed him in the top qualified spot and ceremoniously re-set the track’s Outlaw Pro Mod record. But in the end, it was Paolo Giust and his ’15 Corvette and Derek Hawker and his ’68 Firebird who met in the final, and Giust coasted through the traps for the win when Hawker had an issue and couldn’t complete the run.

Speedwire Systems Outlaw Limited Street saw fifteen drivers, and veteran driver DeWayne Mills flat-footed his ’68 Camaro to a 4.04 and 201 mph to find himself in the top qualified spot. He kept his momentum and lined up against Enzo Pecchini and his ’88 Mustang in the final, and in the oh-so-close race, Mills turned on the win light with a 4.00 at 202 mph while Pecchini was right there with a 4.02 at 196.

Precision Turbo and Engine Outlaw 10.5 attracted twenty-three drivers for a sixteen car field, and Jerry Mitrovic took top qualifying honors in his ’68 Camaro with a 4.04 and 188 mph. He was determined in his driving, and in the final round defeated last year’s class winner Frank Pompilio and his ’67 Mustang with their 4.04 at 188 mph and 4.05 at 196 mph race.

Wiseco Performance Products X275 saw twenty-two drivers vying for a spot in the sixteen-car field, and Jamie Stanton drove his ’02 Camaro to a 4.51 and 158 mph for the top qualified spot. He kept with it until the end, and earned the event win over Martin Connelley and his ’90 Mustang in a 4.49 at 159 mph versus 4.56 at 157 mph matchup.

“It was a tuners’ weekend in terms of trying to figure out the car and what the car wanted, but it was also a great weekend,” said Stanton.

Sixteen drivers filled the Callies Pro Street field, and last year’s winner, John Fisher drove his ’69 Camaro to a 4.32 and 178 mph for the top qualified spot. He went on to become this year’s winner, too, as in the final, he recorded a better reaction time than Tom Tarsia did in his ’70 Camaro, and Fisher won with a 4.31 at 179 mph to Tarsia’s 4.29 at 172 mph.

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In Team Z Motorsports Ultra Street, Alex “Calypso Kid” Hays positioned his ’92 Mustang in the top qualified spot in the eleven car class after trapping a 4.94 and 140 mph, but it was veteran driver Butch Kemp who stood in the winner’s circle with his ’98 Mustang after defeating class regular Jeff Kinlser – who Kemp referred to as a “great sportsman” – and his ’68 Firebird in a 4.91 at 141 mph to 4.96 at 142 mph battle.

“Kurt Johnson, Bill Bader, Jr. and the entire staff did an excellent job running the race and the track was phenomenal,” said the ever-focused Kemp, who kept busy during the weekend changing rear gears, pulling his transmission to access the converter for an adjustment and tracking down a miss in his ignition with support from his parents, Dan and Janice Kemp, son, Cameron Kemp, and fellow racers and friends Shawn Pevlor, Keith Engling, Tim Oakes, Darren Hilterbran, Van Geibel, Patrick Barnhill, Dean Marinis and Rick Dodge. “I had a great time.”

A whopping sixty-four drivers entered Holbrook Racing Engines Top Sportsman in hopes of making the thirty-two car field, and Fred Dejonge showed he was determined to take the top qualifying spot in his ’08 Cobalt, and he did with a 6.23 and 242 mph. In the end, though, it was Mike Sowards, who dialed a 6.78 in his Camaro and lifted to a 6.93 and took the stripe after recording a better reaction time than Boyd Beyer, who dialed 6.34 in his Mustang and trapped an off-pace 7.37.

Seventy hardcore drivers showed up for Trick Flow Open Comp, but it was Ryon Berkel and his Firebird and Cary Tiburzi and his Chevy II in the final. Berkel dialed 10.36 and was ready on the tree with an .011, and he grabbed the win at the get-go when Tiburzi, who was dialed 8.81, turned on the red.

Five drivers opted to forego a qualifying run in order to take part in the Resolution Racing Services and GForce Race Cars The Money Shot to see if they could be the fastest car on the property, and in the end, ProLine Racing Outlaw Pro Mod driver John Stanley drove his killer Cadillac to a whopping 5.72 at 233 mph to earn the $5,000 prize.

It was the U.S Fastest Street Car feature which prompted Rick Trunkett to bring out his ’72 Duster. The car, powered by a small-block Mopar engine amped up by a turbo, ran a best of 8.61 at 162 mph, and he took the win.

In the Summit Racing Junior Dragster Shootout at the Shakedown, Taylor Zietlow defeated Courtney Grisez in Advanced, while Ava Lawson defeated Michael Crowell in Intermediate and Zach Smith defeated Zachary Doell in Novice.