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| Outlaw 10.5 winner Bill Rimmer Jr. (fourth
from right) says his racing is a family affair. |
The Outlaw 10.5 final also featured the top two, as number-one
qualifier Robin Stackpole's 1970 Nova went after the $2,000 win against
the 2002 Mustang of Bill Rimmer Jr. The Bowtie vs. Blue Oval battle
saw the Nova leave first, but Rimmer quickly reeled it in with a 4.945
at 150.00-mph performance, while Stackpole went 4.980 at 147.61 mph.
Rimmer wasn't happy with his car's raceday performance,
but he was thrilled with the results. "We probably shouldn't have won
today, but we'll take anything we can get," he said. "I wasn't really
surprised that we won, but I was surprised that slow of a time won."
"ORIGINAL OUTLAW" CRASHES
In the third and final round of Outlaw Pro Mod qualifying,
Hugh Scott had a scary ride that prematurely ended his weekend.
After posting a respectable sixth-place 4.218 at 174.85
mph pass in the afternoon session (the third fastest speed behind only
Mauney and Jenkins), the "Original Outlaw" was looking to move up in
the cooler evening air. Unfortunately, immediately upon launching, a
floater in the rearend of his ex-Scotty Cannon 1940 Willys broke and
the car took a hard left, lifting both left-side wheels off the track
and threatening to flip it over.
Only the extra wide headers that acted like training wheels
kept Scott upright as sparks flew and the car veered from the right
lane across the track and broadsided the left guardrail. Fortunately,
Scott was on a single pass so no one else was involved and the only
damage beyond the broken rearend was a snapped-off left header and some
body breakage.
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