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In the semis, Robinson left with more than
a tenth advantage off the line, then went 4.722
at 153.69 while Wilder posted another sub-par
5.15 at 145.54 mph. The Marietta, GA-based driver
wasn't surprised, however, as his team discovered
a broken clamp on the distributor that allowed
it to move and throw the engine's timing off.
"They saw it when we started the car for that
last pass, but there was nothing we could do
about it then," Wilder said. "At least we know
what's wrong and can fix it. We rode that horseshoe
as far as we could."
Low e.t. during 10.5 eliminations was posted
by Terry Robbins, from Mooresboro, NC, with
a 4.696 at 154.32 in his 1967 Nova, and top
speed honors went to Steve Kirk when he went
4.734 at 161.98 mph in the second round with
his 2000 Camaro. Clint Goethe, from Smoaks,
SC, drove his '98 Mustang to the Outlaw Quick
8 win over Monroe, GA's Kirk to close out Saturday
night's qualifying action.
Joey Martin, from Milton,
FL, performs all the work on his '03 Mustang
himself -- right down to the eye-catching paint
job.
The $2,500 Limited Street final-round win went
to Keith Szabo in a '93 Mustang over the '95
Corvette of Shannon Ragsdale, and Ron Hardy,
from King's Mountain, NC, won $1,000 as the
EZ Street winner. Jason Richards earned $1,200
as the 6.0 class winner, while Bobby Michard
converted a holeshot victory to a $750 payday
in 7.0 action.
With race number one in the books, ORSCA's
Fenn left Carolina Dragway feeling upbeat and
confident about the future. "It went great.
We have a beautiful facility here and we had
the baddest cars, so I expect we'd have a great
race," he said. "There were a couple of glitches,
but what race doesn't have them? If we can have
every race half as good as this one, we'll have
a great season. I really believe that."
Michael Robinson digs
in on his way to winning the inaugural ORSCA
Outlaw 10.5 race at Carolina Dragway.
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