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.

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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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Hot Street

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.

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

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

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