Powerfest at Moroso

Photos by Adam Cranmer and courtesy Moroso Motorsports Park
3/7/03

he Street cars made their first race of the season Feb. 22-23 at Florida's Moroso Motorsports Park with Pat Musi (above) dominating the performances at Moroso's Powerfest.

PRO OUTLAW

Musi took home the Pro Outlaw champion title along with $3,000, the low e.t. of the event (6.664) and the top speed of the event (215 mph). As always, Musi put on a great show in his 707 c.i. '69 Camaro.

James Clark from Laurel, MS, was Pro Outlaw runner-up, but broke on the line. The '97 Monte Carlo's best run of the event was a 6.675 at 212 mph. (Adam Cranmer photo)

Larry Nadeau's 525 c.i. 2002 PT Cruiser qualified #5 with a 7.586/184.72, but shattered a wheel bearing in the traps, nearly colliding with opponent Scott Davis and sending him into the grass past the finish line. Nadeau was unable to fix the damage before the second round. (Adam Cranmer photo)

HEAVY

Wade Gullett from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, got to the semi's in Heavy Street but broke on the line, losing to Russ Jung of Ft. Lauderdale.

Felix Garcia's 592-inch Camaro qualified #4 with an 8.902/132.52 but was defeated in the first round. (Adam Cranmer photo)

Richard Sweeney's Camaro was quickest (7.648 in the final) and fastest (182.29 in the semi) and the Heavy Street winner. (Adam Cranmer photo)

SUPER PRO

Wade Lanier of Palm Beach Gardens, FL won the Super Pro Bracket race on Sunday in his '67 Camaro. It was a great door-car vs. dragster match-up in the final round. He ran against Bruce Liberman from West Palm Beach and they both got great lights -- Lanier had a .505 to Liberman's .502. Lanier dialed-in a 9.42 and ran a 9.440 at 136 mph. Liberman's e.t. was 7.894 with a dial-in of 7.82 at 166 mph.

OUTLAW DRAG RADIAL

Armando Navarro from Miami took runner-up in the Outlaw Drag Radial Class when he red-lighted in the final round to Troy Pirez of Seffner, FL. There was a bit of controversy after this race as Pirez's Chevy blew up at the long end and was leaking fluids all over the track. He was put on the tow truck and taken back to his trailer, and therefore he was never weighed. After speaking with track officials, the win light in Pirez's lane stood.

Bill Futch's turbo Camaro was defeated in the second round by Jeff Shaweur. Shaweur's 7.783/180.21 in the final was the quickest and fastest of the class.(Adam Cranmer photo)