Let’s start at the beginning.
Congradulations to Valerie and Jim McCombs! Valerie went to the finals in Thompson’s Friday night gambler’s race and took home the runner up MONEY!!!!
348/409 shootout - Truely a
348/409 Shootout this year!
This year the track wanted to run our event a little differently from the past. You will remember, in the past, they put our cars in Hot Rod 1(HR1) or Hot Rod 2(HR2) based on the car’s E.T. 10.99 and quicker were HR1 cars and 11.00 and up were HR2. This year they wanted to put all 348/409 powered cars in the same class. We were able to sort cars in the staging lanes by the dial in on the window so we were able to keep a 9 second from running a 15 second car until the final “King of Hill” race.
Round 1 –
First race –
Brian Fugate drew the bye run and went through with an 11.57 at 115.67 mph.
Dave Mills wins against Jim MacKenzie with Dave running 9.94 at 133.67 mph to Jim’s 9.81 at 144.74 mph When Jim lit the
red bulb.
Allen George out ran Me with a 10.55 at 124.40. Allen got to the end of the track and had no oil pressure so neither car returned to the competition.
Denny Ford Fouled against
Jim Carniato who ran a 10.37 at 127.93 mph Denny’s 10.92 at 104.91.
Ray Lehberger beat out George Reynolds with a 10.36 at 130.14 to George’s 11.37 / 120.23 mph
Valerie McCombs won over Ray Barnhart when ray’s car shut off on the starting line. Valerieran a ran an 11.07 at 109.60 mph.
Bob Walker in his 65 409 recorded a 13.07 at 106.64 to win over Lou Terra when Lou recorded a
red light running 11.51 at 121.10 mph.
Merle Whited ran a 12.80 at 81.97 to win over Brian Labombard when Brian broke out of his 12.69 index with a 12.48 at 108.43mph
Al Loy won with a 13.17at 106.89 mph when Marv Bookman broke out of his 13.09 index with a 12.50 at 106.52 mph. Someone has to post a picture of Marv’s car. This is a really cool car! (See the green car in Ian's post below this one)
Shan Daley fouled when running a 12.42 at 112.35 giving
Mark Steel the win with a 15.72 at 91.38
Kevin McCauley won with a 14.65 at 84.41 mph to Bob Walla’s 13.61 at 81.81 mph.
Tom Truppo’s 348 powered GMC pickup won with14.51 at 92.17 mph over Joel Schneeweis’ 13.56 at 101.19 mph. Someone needs to post a picture of Tom's truck also!
Round 2 –
Jim Carniato ran a 10.37 at 127.93 mph over Brian Fugate’s 11.75 at 112.46.
Bob Walker
fouled with a 12.46 at 110.70 giving the win to
Davy Mills’ 9.99 at 132.88 mph.
Ray Lehberger ran a 10.44 at129.51 to retire Valerie McComb who ran 11.06 at 117.32 mph.
Al Loy
fouled when running a 13.36 at 105.01 giving
Tom Truppo’s 14.51 at 91.55 mph.
Mark Steel won with a 16.81 at 88.90 mph over Merle Whited’s 14.03 at 72.04 mph.
Kevin McCauley got the bye running a 14.71 at 96.32
Round 3 –
Dave Mills beats Ray Lehberger with a 10.00 at 131.70 to ray’s 10.42 at 129.85 mph.
Jim Carniato draws a bye running 10.43 at 126.48 mph.
Mark Steel wins with a 27.30 at 62.64 mph when Kevin McCauley fouls while running a 14.92 at 91.73 mph.
Tom Truppo draws a bye running 14.49 at 91.83 mph.
Round 4 –
Jim Carniato wins with a 10.37 at 124.85 mph when Dave Mills fouls while running 10.00 at 132.07
Tom Truppo wins with a 14.92 at 78.40 mph over Mark Steel’s 17.56 at 87.84 mph.
Finals –
Tom Truppo takes home bragging rights as 348-409 shootout “King of the Hill” and first place money put up by Gasser Wars Magazine with a 14.54 on a 14.48 index at 91.24 mph when Jim Carniato runs a 10.34 at 126.97 mph breaking out by .0171 to take home the runner up money put up by Gasser Wars Magazine!
Congratulations to Tom Truppo and his 348 powered GMC pickup and Jim Carniato, Jim Comeau, Winston and the Phantom 409 for a great show!!!
Many thanks to Thompson Raceway, Ken, Jim, Larry, the raceway staff and Gasser Wars Magazine for a great event!!!