SUPER CHEVY SHOW WOWS MMP
Tue, 2008-05-20 07:28
The O'Reilly Super Chevy Show had its run at Montgomery Motorsports Park
with beautiful weather, large crowds and great racing.
Ken "The Kid" Walsh from Purcellville, VA won the Aeromotive Nitro Coupe
Challenge in a close final over 2007 champ Jerry Rhodes of Southside,
Alabama.
Rhodes had qualified ahead of Walsh, but Ken found a problem in his
supercharged beast of a power plant which had limited his power. He came out on
race Sunday with what amounted to a new Nitro Coupe and a good attitude. He
marched through the field until he met Rhodes in the fianl. Walsh had an .062
light and roared to a 4.082 at 179.3 mph. Rhodes could only manage a 4.811 as
he had traction issues and shut his '64 Vette Aeromotive Nitro Coupe off
early.
Ken "The Kid" Walsh from Purcellville, VA won the Aeromotive Nitro Coupe
Challenge in a close final over 2007 champ Jerry Rhodes of Southside,
Alabama.
Rhodes had qualified ahead of Walsh, but Ken found a problem in his
supercharged beast of a power plant which had limited his power. He came out on
race Sunday with what amounted to a new Nitro Coupe and a good attitude. He
marched through the field until he met Rhodes in the fianl. Walsh had an .062
light and roared to a 4.082 at 179.3 mph. Rhodes could only manage a 4.811 as
he had traction issues and shut his '64 Vette Aeromotive Nitro Coupe off
early.
Timmy Smith of Roanoke, AL rose to the top of the heap in a tough
ProCharger Bracket 1 (electronics) class. Smith met fellow young gun Cole
Cousins of Wetumpka, AL in the finals and came away with the win. Smith's
dragster went 4.958 on a 4.97 dial at 139.06 mph in the final. Cousins ended
things on the starting line with a -.004 red light and then ran a 6.563 at
103.85 on his 6.57 dial. Rodney Byrd was the only semi-finalist.
"Bad" Brad Ford of Gardendale, AL took the Jeg's Bracket Two
(non-electonics) battle, defeating Rick Justice of Wetumpka in the finals. Ford
took his 1972 Nova to a 6.461 run on his 6.40 dial at 104.15 mph. His .049
light gave him a big starting line advantage over Justice, who ran 5.663 on his
5.66 dial at 120.72 in his 1937 Chevy roadster.
Fort Walton Beach, FL racer Brian Bogen took the NitroPlate DOT class win
over Kevin Tolliver of Wetumpka, who ended the contest on the starting line with
a red light,. Bogten took his '06 Pontiac GTO to a 13.142 dial on a 13.17 dial
(1/4 mile) at 109.82 mph. Tolliver ran a 10.486 at 128.44 miles per
hour.
The Aeromotive Jr. Dragster final was a sister act, with Kayla McClain of
Andalusia, AL facing off against little sister Mary Ella McClain. Kayla scored
an .079 light and a 8.311 on her 7.95 dial at 81.66 mph. Mary Ella turned on
the reds to end the contest but ran a 8.985 on her 8.91 dial at 74.60 mph.
Big Bucks racing returns to MMP on June 6-8 when the Mullis Super 7 Series
come back to town. During this event, some lucky racer will win a brand new
Mullis dragster. For entry information on the Mullis Shootout, call Jim Howard
at 205.515.8360 or Troy Williams, Jr. at 941.915.6881
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