Unfortunately for Lott, the truck class was
a bracket affair and his .459 light to his
opponent Johnny Lightning's (yeah sure, that's
his real name) .199 doomed his 11.74 breakout
to failure. Interestingly, Lott's .459 light
wasn't his worst. He had an 11.016 reaction
time on a bye run. Lightening went on to win
the class when the New Providence, PA trucker
ran 16.011 on a 16.01 dial to get the class
win over Willie Figuerog's F-350 truck that
recorded a 14.47 on a 14.53 dial.
Evidently these
guys don't know that Ford has their share
of import cars in their line. |
David Schorr heats
the tires in his unique Ford Escort ZX2 with
an EFI 815- inch mountain motor under the
hood! Saaay, isn't an Escort technically an
import or does it just look like one?
CONCLUSION
This race may be open to Fords only but that
doesn't affect its attraction for spectators.
It combines all of the elements of traditional
heads-up, Pro Street racing with some entertaining
unique classes like the showroom stock classes
and the diesel trucks, and even offers classes
for bracket racers. It is one of the very
few races (Carl Weisinger's World Street Nationals
at Orlando, FL being the other) where fast
doorslammer fans can see blower vs. nitrous
vs. turbo-powered cars compete in a heads
up race. That fact alone makes this race a
must attend. Where else on the planet can
you see eleven-second diesel fuel-burning
trucks bracket race and six-second door cars
at the same event? 
