Patrick Jacobsmeyer's white '91 Eagle Talon continued to post amazing numbers as the quickest 4-cylinder machine at the meet, running nonstop 1.72-second 60 Feet ETs and hitting a best of 12.51/107.70. The speed barely beat Reiner Timbas' St. Louis-based '92 Plymouth Laser, (also sporting a 122-cubic inch DSM turbo engine in an All-Wheel-Drive chassis), which clocked 12.92/106.09.

Doug Sluss earned the honors for the quickest Front-Wheel-Drive pass with a 13.73/101 from his Granite City-based '04 Neon SRT, while Ray Connolly took his 122-cubic inch '94 Volkswagen Golf to the fastest FWD speed at 13.90/105.64!

Members of the Gateway Z Club appeared at the event with a variety of Nissan's finest and several produced some exceptional runs. Preston Bentley's St. Louis-based '03 350Z, using a 214-cubic inch V6 in the Z's RWD chassis, reeled off a best of 12.93 at an amazing 116.47 mph, followed by Scott Pauloson's similar '03 350Z from Manchester, MO, at 13.14/108.83!

The "full moon effect" made for some bizarre events, including a multitude of drivers who recorded elapsed times which would have qualified had they been clocked either later or earlier in the event. Jeremy Lane's Granite City '98 346 Camaro ran 12.17/111 before qualifying began but could run no quicker than 13.04 during the official qualifying period. The same occurred for William Page, whose Gillespie, IL, '87 turbo V6 Regal ran 12.06/110 before qualifying but no quicker than 12.41 thereafter.

Of course, there were several drivers who found the required performance only minutes after qualifying ended. Tony Huff's beautiful black '67 Camaro from Collinsville, IL, was stuck in the 13-second zone before pounding out a 12.27/111 just after the 9:30 PM cut-off. Rob Nolan's '87 Regal, meanwhile, waited until thirteen minutes after qualifying had ended to run a career-best 11.26/120 that would've qualified for the final round and reset his own ET record!

And then there was Shaun McCauley, whose Dodge Vipers, (both of them), have made some astounding passes at inopportune times throughout the 2004 SCSS Series. This time, the St. Louisan took his red '98 Viper GTS down the track at 9:39 PM....only to run 10.65 at 130.96 miles per hour!

With only three events remaining in the 2004 SCSS Series, Autenrieth's win has allowed Chevrolet to regain the lead over Ford in the Manufacturers' Championship, 10.5 to 9.5.

SCSS SHOOTOUT RESULTS -- SEPT. 21, 2004

WIN:	Lance Dudley, Waterloo, IL, 1971 337 Chevelle, 0.460, 10.133, 131.77
RU:	Rob Nolan, Granite City, IL, 1987 231 Regal, -0.016, 11.376, 121.16

Lance Dudley avenged his May 11th runner-up to become the fourteenth different winner of the nineteen completed events in the 2004 Southside City Speed Shop Street Car Shootout Series. A tremendous field of entries made for the fifth largest event of the season while incredible weather conditions produced more new series records.