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Action has kicked off here at Summit Motorsports Park for day two of the NMCA World Street Finals.
John Caricini usually runs Outlaw 10.5 with his Corvette and is here trying to get some testing in Pro Mod at the World Street Finals. The car actually blew through the converter last night on his 4.43 pass and expects the car to run in the low 4 second range today.
Number two qualifier Richard Holt and his team switched to a screw blower for this weekend and will be putting some heat in the tune-up for the second round of qualifying today in Pro Mod.
Tom Stringer was a late arrival last night and will be making his first qualifying attempt to make the field in Pro Mod this morning.
David Roemer had a small thermal event last night during the first round of qualifying in his Camaro. The issue was due to a computer issue and didn’t do any serious damage to the car.
Keith Berry is doing everything he can to crash the Radial Wars title picture this weekend. Berry went number one last night during qualifying running a 4.09 at 188mph.
David Adkins had a huge wheelstand on his first qualifying attempt last night in Radial Wars. His Impala only had minor damage from the air show, but also broke the ring gear during the pass that was not related to the wheelstand. This is Adkins third time on radials and they are still trying to figure the car out.
John Snyder usually runs his all-motor GTO in Ultra Street at small tire events on the East Coast. This weekend Snyder decided to throw some slicks on his Goat and try his luck in NA 10.5 for the first time. The car spun pretty hard so he will be moving some weight around to try and get the car planted better for the second qualifier.
Travis Esseuman qualified number two in Radial Wars, but had to make repairs this morning. The 1989 Corvette broke a valvespring on the pass but did not hurt anything else and will be in the lanes for the second qualifier.
Gary Nash qualified number four in Nitrous Pro Street with his 632 cubic inch powered 1992 Camaro. The 632 cubic inch motor knocked the tip off a spark plug on the pass.
Michael DeMayo is working towards locking up the NA 10.5 title after his number one qualifying effort last night. The team plans on only doing some minor changes to the car, and getting it ready to go rounds in the extremely hot conditions that are expected the rest of the weekend.
Jonas Adler made a big move in Pro Mod jumping to the number two spot in round two of qualifying with a 3.87 pass in his blown Corvette
David Roemer recovered nicely from his first round issues and moved into the number 3 qualifying spot after running a 3.96 in round two of Pro Mod qualifying.
Kevin Skinner is challenging Chuck Watson hard for the Factory Super Car title here at the World Street Car Finals. Skinner ran a 8.39 to move into the number one qualifying spot ahead of Watson.
Jeff Rudolf was the big mover this round of Nitrous Pro Street, going from not making a pass in last night’s session of qualifying, to the number one spot with a 7.48 pass.
Joe Buravo capitalized on Jennifer Brooke Rice not making this round of qualifying and keeping his title hopes alive. Buravo ran another solid 7.49 pass and staying in the number three spot.
Dwayne Mills and Daniel Pharris both looked to be on big passes in their second attempts in Radial Wars until they each went into big power wheelies down track.
Keith Berry remained number one in Radial Wars after the second qualifying session when nobody bettered his 4.09 pass from last night.
Former Street Outlaw champ Phil Hines made his first qualifying attempt of the weekend, but kicked the tires just past the 60’ foot cone on the warm track surface.
Andrew DeMarco was one of the few Street Outlaw competitors who made a clean pass in the second session in his ProCharged Mustang.
Chevy Performance Challenge Series Drag Radial points leader Mark Carlyle ran a solid 4.74 pass even as his Z06 Corvette began to power wheelie.
Camren Massengale set the Real Street class record with a booming 7.54 pass during round two of qualifying.
Louie Filippides and Eric Kenward remained number one and two during the second session of Xtreme Street qualifying. Kenward will need to try and use the final qualifying session to seal the class title.
Martin Connelley made a big jump to the number three spot in Xtreme Street in round two of qualifying in his fox body Mustang.
Dwight Ausmus was unable to run quicker than his seven second pass last night with a 8.07 in the heat of the day during the second qualifier in NA 10.5, so he remains behind DeMayo on the qualifying ladder.
The 2015 NA 10.5 champ Lenard Long posted the second best time of the round with his 8.07 pass.
The biggest news of the second NA 10.5 qualifier was that Michael DeMayo had mechanical troubles and did not make a pass. If he can’t make the third qualifier and Ausmus is able to go to the number one spot it will make it difficult for DeMayo to win the title.
Thomas Jones spent the time between Pro Mod qualifier two and three chasing a performance issue with his Shelby Mustang. It appears there was a problem with ignition of the car that caused it to only fire on six cylinders. Jones things they solved the issue by repairing the cap on the distributor and should now be able to run in the .80 range in the third session.
Randy Adler still remains on the top of the Pro Mod qualifying sheets after two sessions. The team has been working on making sure the car will be consistent when the track will be hot and the air not ideal during Sunday’s elimination rounds. Adler doesn’t have any plans to make major changes in the tune-up of his blown Chevy going into Q3.
William Houghton has been fighting issues all weekend with his 1968 Barracuda in Radial Wars qualifying. During the first session the car rode a giant wheelie and lost traction at almost half-track. In the second qualifier the car launched hard, but Houghton had to pedal it down track after the car started to push towards the left. Houghton has made adjustments to the suspension so the Mopar will track straight when the boost comes in.
Jackie McCarty was noticeably absent from the second session of Street Outlaw qualifying today. According to McCarty since they are still sitting number one, and the conditions were so hot they decided to save the car for the Q3.
Street Outlaw racer Phil Smith decided to freshen up his 632 cubic inch nitrous huffing mill after some ominous smoke appeared during the second qualifier. Their plan is to put fresh pistons and rings in the motor before tonight’s final session.
NA 10.5 racer John Langer has been creeping up on the tune-up of his Pontiac this weekend. Since the start of racing here at Norwalk, Langer has tried several different converters and rearend gears to dial the car in. He is pleased with the progress so far and hopes the final set of changes made before Q3 will help more.
James Noel went from number one to number four in Nitrous Pro Street after the second qualifying session. The plan for Noel is to make some small changes in his 1969 Mustang so it will stay consistent for the remainder of the event since the track will continue to be tricky.
The line to meet Discovery Channel Street Outlaws star “Daddy Dave” Comstock was pretty long most of the day. Since taking down Birdman at Outlaw Armageddon last weekend and damaging the engine in his Nova, Dave already got it repaired, and made an appearance at Edgewater Dragway racing some locals. Dave will be making exhibition passes in Goliath 2.0 at different times throughout the weekend.
Mother Nature decided to ruin the drag racing run for the day here at Norwalk. The plan is for racing to begin at 8:30 am with Open Comp on Sunday.
