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As we make our way to the second race in the NMCA WEST event series, we find ourselves at the world famous Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. Stay tuned all day Saturday and Sunday for same day race results.
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Saturday Morning Pit Notes
DragZine’s Project BlownZ is in the house with our brand new (and hard to keep clean) 3M flat white wrap with carbon fiber racing stripes. This is only the second race on a virtually brand new combination. Even new for this race is a redesigned Wilson intake manifold that will help provide better cylinder-to-cylinder air/fuel distribution.
Mike Maggio is here testing his Pro Mod that is also sporting a new wrap. Yesterday during the heat of testing, Maggio managed to click off a questionable 5.46 at only 254.52 mph. We will be keeping an eye on Maggio this weekend to see if he can really break the Pro Mod record in the 100 degree heat.
Rick Snavely crashed his 10.5W Mustang pretty hard at the last NMCA WEST event in Fontana. Luckily, Bothwell Motorsports, in conjunction with Turbos Direct, have been building a new Pro Street Camaro since January. Now, you might be thinking this is the same Camaro that made test hits during the NMCA WEST Bakersfield finals last year, but it's not. A business decision put the Bothwell team in a position to build a brand new car this year. Due to the recent tragedy with their 10.5 Mustang, the Bothwell team stepped it up to get the new twin turbo Camaro ready for this race.
(Left) Up from Outlaw 8.5 to Street Outlaw this year is Ryan 'Toaster' Jones and his staple, red '65 Nova. Toaster was one of the few in Street Outlaw that was able to get down track during yesterday's first round, with a number one qualifying 7.63 at 184.22 mph. (Right) Scott Oksas and his '70 Camaro sits atop the Pro Mod charts heading into round two of qualifying with a 6.044 at 253.56 mph.
An unusual True Street vehicle has made its way to the second race is this McLaren MP4-12C. This amazing supercar runs consistently in the 10.6-10.8s.
Qualifying Round 2 Results
Exhibitionist Mike Maggio showed the Pro Mod class how to get down the track with a huge 5.84 at 256.80 mph.
A rather uneventful round two of qualifying in Pro Mod as Scott Oksas still sits on top of the class with his round one 6.044 at 253.56 mph. Greg Seth Hunter improves slightly with a 6.651 at 215.96 mph pass to put him in seventh, while most of the crowd remained in the same qualifying spot as their first attempt. The Bothwell crew has been dealing with tire chattering issues that has been violent enough to deploy the parachutes on both passes.
True 10.5 got their second round tuneups figured out and Roger Holder came away with a stout 6.78 at 228.54 mph pass to put him in the number one qualifying spot. The MMR mastermind Mark Luton with teammate Dana Cook rounded out the top three with a 6.94 and 7.45, respectively.
Eric Gustafson put the Street Outlaw class on notice by breaking the ET and MPH record with a 7.20 at 196.93 mph. We will see if Eric can back it up during round three of qualifying. Armen Maghdessian ran his personal best time in his '57 Chevy with a 7.75 at 181.72 mph. Our own Team BlownZ continued to struggle in the second round and currently sit sixth.
Bryan Cobbett bumped up to second in qualifying with a 8.35 at 164.55 in NA 10.5 while Brad Udell in his '67 Nova sits in third after his first qualifying attempt of a 8.52 at 154.00 mph.
George Raygoza improved slightly on his number one qualifying effort in Outlaw 8.5 with a 5.32 at 140.18 mph, while Stevo Fulgham slid up to fourth with a 5.937 at 130.43 mph pass.
Qualifying Round 3 Results
A few minor shuffles took place in the final qualifying round in Pro Mod, but it was the smallest engine in the class the ex-Aeromotive Mustang piloted by John Mihovetz that jumped to the second qualifying position with a 6.04 at 253.56 mph.
Kevin Young made the biggest move up the Street Outlaw qualifying list with 7.70 at 188.78 mph run, putting Kevin in third.
Randy Jones made is way to the second qualifying spot in NA 10.5 with a 8.31 at 164.79, and Joe Keurjikian slid jumped from the bottom to fourth with a 8.41 at 157.39 mph run.
Qualifying Ladders
