Door Car Shootout at Sacramento

Meadors two-peats at SRP’s Door Car Shootout

Words and photos by Michael Henry

 
Marc Meadors with his “Pure Hell 2” was the repeat winner in the Pro Slammers Door Car Association’s Pro Mod class at Sacramento Raceway Park’s 2nd Annual Door Car Shootout on June 1-2. The Tim McAmis-built  ’69 Camaro swept all honors, running low elapsed time (6.174) and top speed of the meet (246.45), and taking the win over the track record-holder Bret Williamson in the final round.
 
Williamson seemed to have the early edge, qualifying #1 at 6.249/234.57 with Meadors a few clicks back at 6.288/216.93.  In the run for the money, Meadors left first (.070 to .091), but Williamson never flinched, pressing for the lead. The track had cooled dramatically from the prior round and Meadors had trouble keeping the potent Camaro stuck and had to caress the pedal several times from mid-track on.

In the opposite lane, Williamson was ready to say, “See ya” when the blower belt came off, leaving the bewildered driver helpless. He was later heard wondering when he was going to win one of “these things.”

In contrast to the Pro Mod class, no such clear-cut domination exists in the 7.60 and 6.90 Pro Slammers classes. In the three events contested so far, no one driver has been able to dominate or win more than one race.