D.W. Hopkins’ T-Bolt clone picks up the wheels.

After the first two of the four races scheduled for the 2009 season, Mopar racers are dominating. Tommy Lee Mitchell, the winner of the preceding race, is still leading the championship points after the World Series race. He and his 1965 Dodge Coronet Max Wedge have accumulated 140 markers but are just 30 points ahead of Clay Kossuth’s  1963 Dodge 330.

Just 10 points behind Kossuth’s Max Wedge is the Hemi-powered ’65 Plymouth Belvedere I driven by Jim Hagenhoff with 100 points, Charlie Kuenster’s ’59 El Camino (the only non-Mopar in the top five) follows with 90 points and Wally Krueger’s ’66 Belvedere I with 80 finishes the top five.

Any of these cars and drivers has a mathematical chance of catching and passing Mitchell at the last race of the series for the championship at Kansas City International Raceway on September 13.

Across-the-line burnouts were encouraged. Jefferson City, MO’s Don Bruemmer did a nice one during time trials.

Although a combination of track conditions and running late precluded the race at the World Series from being finished, they did manage to get down to three cars and drivers. Those three cars (all Hemi-powered) were Jim Hagenhoff, Russ Berens, and Wally Krueger. The racers opted to split the points and purse of $2,600 when the race was called at Cordova. 

There was some spectacular bracket racing among the Super Stockers before the race was called. Double-Oh reaction times were plentiful.