LYNCH HITS 6.96/207 ON 10.5-INCH TIRES!

Tim Lynch, the Woodstock, Georgia Outlaw 10.5 superstar fresh off his record-breaking 4.546-second eighth-mile blast at the ORSCA World Finals at Hunstville (AL) Dragway, rocked the Street Car racing world with the first 6-second run in the 10.5-inch tire ranks during the Shakedown Street Car Shootout at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ.

Lynch opened the event's qualifying period with a wild, sideways ride which indicated to 2003 Fun Ford Weekend Street Outlaw Champion to drop the power for the remaining qualifying attempt. After a relatively slow 1.21 60-feet time, Lynch's twin turbo 417-inch 2000 Mustang rocketed to a 4.64 eighth-mile ET and a 7.007-second blast at 207.22 mph for the pole position. In the event's opening round, Lynch obliterated opponent John Ullman's New York '93 Mustang, Who had qualified on the 16-car bump spot with a 7.60), by unleashing an historic 6.966/207.43. Although the run was initiated with a 1.157 60-feet ET, the eighth-mile ET on the pass was a 4.605...still six hundredths slower than his Huntsville mark! The run earned a $2,000 from event organizer David Hance, who qualified his own New York Motorsports Mustang thirteenth with a 7.49.The closest any competitor came to Lynch's record pace was a 7.16/193 effort from second qualifier David Sexton's mega-inch nitrous-aided '66 Nova. Unfortunately, E-Town's season-ending event was marred by heavy fog which forced a late start on raceday and eventually kept any rounds beyond the first from being completed. Competitors agreed to split the $5,000-to-win purse among the eight remaining qualifiers. BK. Photo Ian Tocher [11-22-04]

ORSCA HONORS 2004 CHAMPS

Randy Conner (l), crew chief for Outlaw 10.5 champ Jack Barfield, accepts a plaque and $100 check from DRO's Ian Tocher after being named 2004 ORSCA Drag Racing Online Crew Chief of the Year.

Wrapping up its inaugural season, the Outlaw Racing Street Car Association (ORSCA) held its racer banquet Nov. 20, at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon.

In addition to clinching the Outlaw 10.5 championship by winning the final race at Huntsville Dragway two weeks earlier, Jack Barsfield was named ORSCA's Man of the Year. Joining Barsfield at the winner's podium was his crew chief, Randy Conner, who was named Crew Chief of the Year in an award sponsored by Drag Racing Online. Other class winners were Shannon Ragsdale in Limited Street, Scott Taylor in EZ Street, Jody Voyles (6.0), and Dennis Smith (7.0).

PSCA FINALS RAINED OUT

On the other side of the country, meanwhile, the Pacific Street Car Association's World Finals at the Strip in Las Vegas was washed out after qualifying ended with Ed Thornton's turbo '57 Belair on the Pro Street pole at a tremendous 6.51/220. The decision was made to complete the final race of 2004 at the opening PSCA event of 2005 (!) leaving all undecided eliminator championships hanging for another three months. Ironically, many west coast racers making a return to southern California were stopped in their tracks by a freak snowstorm which virtually closed Interstate 15 in Victorville, CA! [11-22-04]