Sam Gottier set the pace in Outlaw Heavy Street at 7.17, winning class in the process with a 192 MPH blast on a final-round bye.
Bill Futch was on a string, running in the 6.60's during Friday's testing, Saturday qualifying, and in the first round, but in round two of the eliminations against Mark Kimmis, he slowed to a 6.71 as a connecting rod ventilated the block. This gave the go-ahead final round to Blackmon in his Steve Petty-tuned ‘92 Trans Am.
Steve Petty assists Jimmy Blackmon Sunday, on the way to his event win and a $10,000 payday.
There were eight cars in Outlaw Heavy Street. Sam Gottier took the number one spot with a 7.17 in his Connecticut-based Chevelle. "Dangerous Dave" Beeson brought his freshly painted Nostalgia Pro Street Camaro from Baton Rouge to play and wound up number three in the field. Carlton Thompson held down the number two spot and top mile per hour at 205, but didn’t make it past first round.
Spiro Pappas had two cars out. The second car is driven by Nick Scavo and powered by a twin turbo hemi-head BBC. That is one sick looking ride.
Rickie Smith brought out his new ride and topped the Outlaw Pro Street field qualifying with a 6.37. During Friday's test session, he’d run a 6.33 at 220 on the car's maiden voyage. Randy Eakins sat in the number six spot in his twin turbo Mustang with high MPH for the event at 223.
With 5G’s on the line in Drag Radial, you know these guys weren't going to leave a crumb on the table. The track wasn’t quite there, so Team Yeager took some power away from the front half to get down the track. On a good surface, the car goes regular 4.80's, but his best this weekend was a 4.97 (1.35-second 60-foot).
Number two qualifier was Rick Fleck in the Flex Racing ProCharged 2000 Camaro. The 6.50 he ran in round one wasn’t enough to overcome his red light against George Landis. Landis (lead photo) was later disqualified for showing up late for his second round bye when the team couldn’t quite get the blower studs pulled on their previous run fixed in time.
On Saturday, Tony "Sandman" Williams had been having issues with the throttle linkage on the new setup, but he got it straightened out and made the finals against Ricky Smith. Alas, he spun the tires, giving Smith the easy win with a 6.41 at 219.