In Street Muscle, a.k.a. Bracket 2, there were 51 entrants, which meant seven round-wins to earn the Wally. Working through one side of the ladder was Jeff Interliccia in his low-eleven-second 1966 Dodge Coronet who paid the price of admission to the final round in the form of six round-wins. On the other side of the ladder, Randy Wilson was wielding his mid-nine-second 1972 Chevy Nova like an extension of himself and ending up in the final facing Interliccia. Interliccia chopped down the tree like a lumberjack in the final, allowing his 11.232 on an 11.17 dial to take the win over Wilson’s 9.705 on a 9.69 dial. 

Brian Rock (far lane) beat Mike Nordahl in the final of the West Coast Shootout; a special heads up race, featuring the 16 quickest TREMEC True Street racers.  (Donna Bistran photo)

The Nitto Tire West Coast Shootout was populated by the quickest sixteen drivers from True Street and run heads up on a sportsman ladder. Brian Rock, the True Street overall runner-up, worked through his side of the ladder, taking two broken singles into the semis, where he advanced, thanks to a mondo redlight by Norm Knox. On the other side of the ladder was the True Street overall winner, Mike Nordahl. Nordahl got a single in the first round, defeated Jason LeFrenz in the second, and Nita Clein in the third to meet Rock in the final. As the tree dropped, Nordahl had the advantage, but Rock unleashed his quickest run of the weekend to get around Nordahl, 10.07 to 10.18.

In True Street, Mike Nordahl took the overall win with a 10.25-second three-pass average and the first-ever Wally offered in TREMEC True Street competition. Brian Rock took the runner-up spot with a 10.52-second average ET. Jacorie Gray took the 11-second win with an 11.81 second average, and Nita Clein took the 12-second class-win with a stellar 12.004-second average. Norm Knox prevailed in the 13-second category, with his 13.15 average, while Joseph Alcala won in the 14-second bracket with a 14.35 average effort. Gregory Anderson took the 15-second class win with a 15.22-second three-pass average.

The Racers Against Street Racing Media vs. Manufacturers True Street Challenge was won by Steven Rupp, whose 1968 Camaro averaged 11.58 seconds over the course of three passes. John Megann secured the overall runner-up spot with an 11.87-second average ET, while Will Baty took the 11-second win with an 11.16-second average ET. Evan Smith took the 13-second title, averaging 13.08 seconds, and Kevin Macintosh took the 14-second win with a 14.12-second three-pass average. Taking the 15-second title was Dave Wallace Jr., whose passes averaged out to a 15.998.