Different car; same story.

Tim Lynch absolutely dominated the 8th annual ADRL.us Shakedown at E-Town this past weekend at Englishtown, New Jersey, winning from the number-one qualifying slot to become the event’s first two-time Outlaw 10.5 champion.

Driving a new, twin-turboed, Skinny Kid-built 2010 Corvette, Lynch covered the quarter mile at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in a record 6.26 seconds at 232.51 mph on Saturday night to secure the top spot and set low ET and top speed of the meet for the class.

“We actually left some on the table,” the Woodstock, Georgia-based driver claimed. “At the YellowBullet race (in Maryland last month), we went 1.07 to the 60 (foot marker) and we only went 1.10 with a nine on that run, so we were actually about four hundredths slower than we could’ve been. I think it might have been a low .20 if we’d had another run at it.”

Ironically, it was the performance of his previous ride that inspired Lynch and crew chief Steve Petty to pick up the pace after T.J. Kasper, driving the duo’s old ’03 Mustang at E-Town, placed second in the first qualifying session with 6.39 to Lynch’s 6.38-seconds effort.

Different car; same story.

Tim Lynch absolutely dominated the 8th annual ADRL.us Shakedown at E-Town this past weekend at Englishtown, New Jersey, winning from the number-one qualifying slot to become the event’s first two-time Outlaw 10.5 champion.

Driving a new, twin-turboed, Skinny Kid-built 2010 Corvette, Lynch covered the quarter mile at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in a record 6.26 seconds at 232.51 mph on Saturday night to secure the top spot and set low ET and top speed of the meet for the class.

“We actually left some on the table,” the Woodstock, Georgia-based driver claimed. “At the YellowBullet race (in Maryland last month), we went 1.07 to the 60 (foot marker) and we only went 1.10 with a nine on that run, so we were actually about four hundredths slower than we could’ve been. I think it might have been a low .20 if we’d had another run at it.”

Ironically, it was the performance of his previous ride that inspired Lynch and crew chief Steve Petty to pick up the pace after T.J. Kasper, driving the duo’s old ’03 Mustang at E-Town, placed second in the first qualifying session with 6.39 to Lynch’s 6.38-seconds effort.

“That’s when we thought, ‘Whoa, we need to step it up here,’” Lynch said, though they needn’t have worried, as Kasper’s .39 was as close as anyone came to him all weekend.

Lynch backed up his qualifying shot with another stellar 6.28 blast at exactly 231 mph in the opening round of eliminations to easily handle New Jersey racer Bill Mitchell and his ’96 S-10 pick-up. The quick times were the result of excellent track prep by Eddie Krawiec (yes, he of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle fame) and the E-Town track crew, Lynch said.   

“The track was actually better Sunday morning than it was for the qualifier Saturday night. We actually pulled power out and it slowed down a lot less than we thought it would; we were actually looking for a mid-.30 on that run.”

After an over-anxious Harry Jarvis deep staged in round two, then left before the tree was activated, Lynch remained consistent with a 6.30 at 230.45 mph.

“There was cloud cover all day, so we pretty much left the same tune-up in it,” he said.

Lynch’s performance fell off a little in the semis with a 6.47 run at 223.76 mph, but the win was never in jeopardy as Toronto’s Jerry Mitrovic and his ’03 Mustang crossed the center line behind him.

“We kind of got held on the tree there and I think the tranny fluid got really, really hot and it rattled the tires a little and sent it toward the center line, so I had to pedal it to make sure it didn’t cross over,” Lynch explained.

Waiting for Lynch in the final was number-seven starter Joe Newsham of Sicklerville, New Jersey, courtesy of wins over Anthony DiSommo, Shawn Zubler and Rob Wells in the preliminaries.

“We’ve raced each other quite a bit and in this type of racing you never know for sure what the car is going to do and he’s beat us a few times, so we never take him lightly,” Lynch said of Newsham. “We felt like we had him covered if the car went A to B like it’s supposed to, but a lot of times that doesn’t happen.”

Newsham left first with a .041 advantage, but his ’92 Camaro quickly entered tire-shaking territory while Lynch concluded his victory trip with another 6.30-second pass at 226.43 mph.

Later, he credited Pro Line Racing Engines, Rossler Transmissions and Davis Traction Control for their support and performance while touting the tuning abilities of Petty and thanking Shakedown Dave Hance and his “Lynch Mob” teammates for the successful weekend.

Finally, Lynch delivered some bad news for his rivals.   

“I don’t want to say there’s a lot left in it because I don’t want people getting scared away, but there is some still there, that’s for sure.”

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