LINDLE'S LUMINA WINS DRO/WORLD SERIES OF DRAG RACING QUICK 8

By Jeff Burk. Photos by Jeff Leonard.

The World Series of Drag Racing played host to the first annual DRO-backed Quick 8 heads up race. The race was put together by Cordova track owner Scott Gardner and DRO editor Jeff Burk with idea of giving racers attending the 48th annual World Series of Drag Racing a chance to race the way they did when this race first began. It was a true drag race. The quickest eight cars in qualifying would make up the field. There were no limits imposed on the cars or their powerplants, no minimum elapsed time and no breakout. The only restriction was that none of the professional class cars from the UDRA circuit were allowed to compete.

The winner was Scott Lindle driving his Lumina 'slammer which was neither the quickest nor fastest car qualified for the race -- which proved that in heads-up, no break out, no mercy drag racing anything can happen and usually does. It was drag racing at its very best.

QUALIFYING

There were two rounds of qualifying and they were entertaining to say the least. Don Speer led all qualifiers driving his blown, big-block powered Spitzer dragster to a lap of 7.089/188.81 that got him the Top Speed and low ET bonus money and set him up as the odds on favorite to win.

St. Louis street racing legend Bill Weckman brought his 3600-lb street driven 'Vette to the World Series just to run the DRO quick 8. The 65 'Vette is powered by a blown, alky-burning, nitrous oxide injected, rat motor backed by a turbo-400 trans. Weckman drove the 'Vette to a best pass of 8.370/164.61 that qualified him in the six hole.

Dennis Maudsley brought his blown '48 Fiat Coupe and did what you should at a quick eight. He literally ran the guts out of his car trying for the number one qualifying spot. Maudsley ran the blown Fiat so hard on his second qualifying pass that he lifted a head off of the big block, belching fire and parts on his opponent. It was quick eight qualifying at its best.

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