Other than those carnivores, the round featured
Donnie Little’s “Punisher” Camaro getting
the nod over J.R. Hocking’s debuting Jerry Bickel-built
’68 Camaro in a one-sider, 4.535 to 5.201, and David
Schorr’s Ford Escort outlasting Bill “the Thrill”
Hill’s Budweiser mind-of-its-own ’53 Corvette,
which huffed the blower, 4.322 to 4.399. Former AHRA Pro
Stock standout Delon Joseph drew the curtain on round one
with a 4.280, 168.32 solo when Shawn Helfer’s sinister-looking
“Appetite For Destruction” exhibited said appetite
by breaking behind the line.
Little, the 2004 CMTS champion, guided his 728-cid-powered
’68 Camaro to a 4.265, 170.47 win over a broken Hamstra
to open round two, and Muenks bettered it at the end of
the frame when his 4.238, 171.97 bettered Joseph’s
slightly better 4.232, 173.21.
What do you figure after a round like that? David Schorr’s
Ford Escort had dropped Wilson in round two and this allowed
him a semi-final bye run into the final, so half of the
final-round suspense had been righteously snuffed. However,
interest piqued a quarter turn when Little’s Camaro
hooked up better than Muenks’ Corvette to record a
4.283 to 4.601 win.
Off of those two winning runs, lane choice went to Little,
a guy who has won more than his share of these races. Lane
choice, shmane choice, it meant nothing as Little’s
entry never really hooked up, drifting to the right and
giving him a storm trunk’s worth of hassle. Meanwhile
back at the ranch, Schorr took off to an unmolested 4.291,
167.43 win, while his foe slid to a 4.522, 136.93 loser.
Summation? A decent-enough show. I’m still at the
point where all I know performance-wise is that 4.0s in
the eighth-mile for outlaw cars are relatively hard to come
by. Still, the magic of these AA/GS/AAFA offspring remains
intact as a number of these drivers had everything to do
to keep them straight. For now and for me, that works in
spades.
