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 With
mid-season weight revisions in BFGoodrich Factory
Stock, all eyes were on the dual between the
pushrod and modular cars. Modular cars had won
all four races leading up to KCIR, and Bob Cosby
(above) made it five for five, but he had to
work for it. Defending class champion Mike Washington
was in the other lane, and left with a perfect
light, a .000-second reaction time! Unfortunately,
he suffered a little bit of tire spin, and that
allowed Cosby to get around him and win with
a nasty 11.43 at 117 mph to Washington's 11.91
at 114.
Vortech Modular Muscle had 15 cars on the ladder,
led by Roxanne Shepard and her "Tweety" '99
Mustang. Shepard went out in the second round,
however, and the finals came down to two other
NMRA veterans, Rick Doern and Shane Williams.
Williams got the better leave, cutting a .015
light (to Doern's also-good .025), and he kept
the lead the length of the track. The bad news
is that he went too fast and broke out, giving
Doern the win.
As expected, Toyo Tires Open Comp had the biggest
turnout, with 22 cars making up the field. The
fastest of them all was Pete Ricart and his
wicked, big-block '65 Fairlane that ran 9.32
at 151 mph. Ricart used sub-.100 reaction times
to go all the way to the final round, his first
in NMRA competition, to face Robert Jones' Maverick
(above). Ricart and Jones both nailed the tree,
but Ricart's car slowed from its 9.30 pace while
Jones stayed on track and won with a 10.254
on a 10.21 index to take the win. That's the
first Maverick to win a non-bracket class in
the NMRA!
DynoMax Truck & Lightning had a diverse selection
of trucks, including Lightnings, Rangers and
even a Lincoln Blackwood. The finals came down
to the two Rangers of Robert Johnston and Scott
Sexton. It was all Johnston, with a holeshot
and a 10.245 on a 10.10 index, to Sexton's 9.549
on a 9.13.
Hedman Hedders Wild Street had 10 cars entered,
including the cool '66 Cobra of Francis Rose.
Dan Shipley's '93 Mustang had the quickest average
at 11.123, but the car actually had two passes
in the mid-10's and a slower 12-second pass
to skew the average up. Dan Herman's '92 Mustang
was the runner-up, with Darin Wilson won the
12-second bracket and Marshall Banks was closest
to a 13.00-second average.
In the Superchips bracket classes, Keith Jahn
beat Mitch York in the Pro Ford, Bruce Waddle
got past John Hickok in Super Ford, and Bill
Beck won Street Ford, with Chris Hall coming
in runner-up. The SLP Burnout Contest was won
by Sean Fling, while the UPR Top Qualifier awards
went to Don Walsh and Jim Blair. 
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