It must have seemed like Déjà
vu all over again for Lynam when he pulled into the staging
lane and, second consecutive ADRL final, saw Quain Stott’s
black-primer painted, skull and crossbones adorned ’63
Vette in the other lane. And, just like the previous meeting,
Lynam was a prohibitive favorite as Stott had never run a
three during qualifying or eliminations and was considered
the underdog.
For the second straight race Stott put a holeshot on the
ADRL champ and drove away for the win. Stott ran the fastest
speed in ADRL history in defeating Lynam, charging to a 189.34
speed on his 4.01 winning lap while in the other lane Lynam
overpowered the track, shook hard and managed only a 4.62,
although the champ did drive his ‘Vette out the back
door. The win put Stott at the top of the points list for
the 2006 ADRL Battle for the Belt.
PRO NITROUS
Dan Parker
More than a dozen Pro Nitrous racers from all over Texas and
the South came to Kennedale for the ADRL Pro Nitrous Showdown.
Initially the odds-on favorites to take home the ADRL "Eagle"
as Showdown winner were Shannon Jenkins and Dan Parker. However,
that’s not how it went down as Parker only ran his ‘Vette
on Friday and he left for Georgia right after clinching the
2005 Pro Nitrous Championship belt that night. Jenkins opted
to compete at the Orlando World Street Nationals, so that
meant that the Saturday Quick Eight affair would be wide open.
Even after a couple of Outlaw Nitrous cars were sent home
for not having an engine diaper, there were still 10 cars
vying for the eight open slots. Seven Texas-based cars and
three from Alabama made up the qualifying field. As the last
nitrous fumes drifted into the cool Texas air, the pride of
Dothan, Alabama, Keith Baker, was on the pole with a 4.178/175.37
lap closely followed by Kennedale regular Ken Thomas whose
’97 Pontiac ran a 4.194/172.94.
Ken Thomas
In eliminations Keith Baker’s ‘Vette whose massive
738 inch engine is equipped with Sonny Leonard’s Hemi-Chevy
cylinder heads ran a 4.151 lap which was the quickest lap
of eliminations. Thomas, who had conventional wedge heads,
couldn’t go as quick.
In the final, which was run at almost midnight, Kennedale’s
right lane that had been so good for two straight days began
to show the effects of several serious oil-downs. Thomas just
couldn’t coax another 4.20-something out of his Pontiac
and, after the tires shook, could only watch Baker steam to
a 4.308/151 pass as he shut off and coasted to 6.108/76.32
lap.
Keith Baker
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