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It is the final hurrah for the NMCA in 2010, as they move to their final points event and the final major race that will occur at Gateway Raceway before its closing. St Louis is a crowd favorite for locals as they watch the final points battles for the year unfold all weekend. Stay tuned to Street Muscle all weekend for both video and editorial coverage from the NMCA Finals.
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Saturday Morning News from the Pits
Welcome to Saturday at the NMCA Finals and LSX Shootout. This morning starts the second round of qualifying and then one more round later this evening. Stay tuned all day!
BIll Lutz jumped in his car last night and headed back to Ohio to repair the cylinder head on his Super Street Camaro. 2.5 seconds into the record run, the rocker and surrounding metal of the cylinder head pulled right out. Despite all that, they still ran the record pass last night. Bill will be jumping on a plane this morning with the head as his carry on to fly back and get it running by the third round.
Charlie Buck took Chris Rini's head yesterday to reshape the combustion chamber due to yesterday's engine problems. Charlie worked on the head for about 12 hours and finished the head at 6 am this morning. They had to swap the transmission in the car too with the old motor. The new engine will be back in for qualifying round three. Got to love the look on Chris' face.
Qualifying Round 2 Notes
Troy Coughlin made it out for the second round of qualifying, though did not make a complete pass and sits in the second to last (4th) qualifying spot. The rest of the ladder sits the same from last night
Rick Blaisdell went out for his second qualifying pass and somehow the right parachute popped out in the staging lanes. Then the car wouldn't do a burn out so they pushed it back out of the lanes.
Jimmy Robbins improved his qualifying effort in Super Street from tenth to third with a 6.801 @ 203.77 mph pass. Tony Nesbitt also jumped from ninth to fifth.
The Xtreme Street class is also very similar to the first round. Bob Kurgan moved up from 12th to 7th with a 8.250 @ 157.12 mph pass.
Mike Fratena sits at the top of the Street Radial class with his record 8.544 pass from last night. Heath Shemwell gets a complete 8.749 pass after his first round wheel stand and Jessie Carter joins the mix with a 9.015.
Final Qualifying Updates
Troy Coughlin was able to get his Pro Street G6 GXP dialed in during the third round of qualifying by posting a solid 6.275 @ 225.60 mph pass. Rick Blaisdell also got his 'Vette sorted and took over the second spot with a 6.406. Putneny Sullivan moved up from last to third with a 6.434 @ 206.45 mph pass.
Frank Mewshaw was also able to get a handle on his combination and run a 6.779 @ 218.94 mph pass for the number three qualifying spot.
The entire Nostalgia Pro Street field stays exactly where they were from the previous round with David Beeson in first, Chuck Demory in second, and James Jarrett in third.
The two Bobs in Xtreme Street moved up their qualifying efforts with Kurgan taking over the number fourth spot with a 8.062 @ 170.71 while Curran stepped up to fifth with a 8.104 @ 172.87.
Mean Street, Street Radial, and Pro Stock qualifying order all remain the same going into tomorrow's eliminations.
Bill Lutz just can't catch a break. Bill came back with the repaired head and then the team went to work on prepping the right side of the engine when they realized a spark plug was damaged. They then pulled the head off and this is what one of the pistons looked like inside. When I left, they were in search of another big block Chevy piston.
NMCA Finals Qualifying Round 3 Part 1 of 2 – Pro Street, Super Street, and Nostalgia Pro Street
NMCA Finals Qualifying Round 3 Part 2 of 2 – Xtreme Street, Pro Stock, Street Radial, and Mean Street
Final Qualifying Order
Compulink StarTrak Scorpion Perf Pro Street Qualifying for 5 entries
Low ET 6.275 1 Troy Coughlin
Top Speed 225.60 1 Troy Coughlin
1 PS ’09 Pontiac GXP Chev 864 Troy Coughlin Delaware OH 6.275 225.6 225.6
1963 PS ’63 Vette Hemi 526 Rick Blaisdell Algonquin IL 6.406 219.33 219.33
1492 PS 68 COLT AMC 408 PUTNENY SULLIVAN Macom TN 6.434 206.45 206.45
1010 PS ’07 Stratus Hemi 747 Chris Rini Carmel NY 6.435 214.76 214.76
1003 PS ’69 Camaro Chev 526 Tony Williams Millington TN 6.582 213.7 213.7
Compulink StarTrak Mickey Thompson Super Street Qualifying for 11 entries
Low ET 6.683 2967 Bill Lutz
Top Speed 218.94 2840 Frank Mewshaw
2967 SS ’67 Camaro Chev 540 Bill Lutz Canal Winchester OH 6.683 216.72 216.72
2200 SS 93 STANG 550 MIKE MURILLO SAN ANTINO TX 6.717 217.84 217.84
2840 SS ’88 Trans Am Chev 509 Frank Mewshaw Palm Bay Fl 6.779 218.94 218.94
2995 SS ’69 Camaro Chev 650 Jim Robbins Yorkville Il 6.801 203.77 206.95
2069 SS ’91 camaro Chev 510 Nick Scavc chicago il 6.815 214.48 214.48
2030 SS ’02 camaro Chev 540 Kevin Mitchell booneville ms 6.837 211.83 213.37
2999 SS ’02 Corvette Chev 732 Tony Nesbitt Lombard IL 6.853 205.16 205.16
2327 SS 07 CHEV VETTE CHEV 648 STEVE GEORGE ARNOLD MO 63010 6.995 195.03 198.44
2009 SS ’98 Mustang Ford 430 David Laurer Batavia NY 7.09 199.49 199.52
2799 SS ’71 Camaro Chev 704 Jeff Andre Parker Co 7.106 194.27 194.27
2023 SS ’03 Mustang Ford 632 Jim Brown Ofallon MO 7.553 142.97 142.97
Compulink StarTrak ARP Nostalgia Pro Street Qualifying for 9 entries
Low ET 7.168 3003 David Beeson
Top Speed 196.04 4 Jeff Colletta
3003 NPS ’78 Camaro GM 68 David Beeson Baton Rouge LA 7.168 192.99 192.99
3112 NPS ’68 Mustang Ford 640 Chuck Demory JR Geneva IL 7.189 187.52 187.89
3228 NPS ’69 Camero BES 639 James Jarrett St Clair MI 7.3 188.1 188.1
4 NPS ’00 Camaro Chev 640 Jeff Colletta Walker LA 7.318 194.55 196.04
3240 NPS ’67 Camaro Chev 632 Rob White Streamwood Il 7.403 184.72 187
3090 NPS ’65 Fairlane Ford 638 Pete Ricart Pickerington OH 7.463 183.47 183.47
3201 NPS ‘ Nova Chev Skip Baskin Covington TN 7.502 184.09 184.45
3919 NPS ’90 Trans Am Chev 500 Andy Vogt Des Plains IL 7.537 180.89 180.89
3000 NPS ’69 Nova Chev 528 Kevin Parent Rochtester Hills Mi 8.149 111.57 111.57
Compulink StarTrak Vortech Xtreme Street Qualifying for 13 entries
Low ET 7.888 4177 Bill Trovato
Top Speed 176.24 4019 Jamie Stanton
4177 XS ’78 Olds Starfire Olds 403 Bill Trovato Rochester NY 7.888 173.41 173.54
1 XS ’92 mustang Ford 365 Chris Singleton Marengo Il 7.963 175.02 175.02
4019 XS ’02 Camaro Chev 525 Jamie Stanton Lakeport NY 7.986 176.19 176.24
3 XS ’86 Mustang Ford 364 Bob Kurgan Houston Ga 8.062 170.71 170.71
4005 XS ’96 Corvette Chev 399 Bob Curran Bartlett IL 8.104 172.87 174.71
4442 XS ’81 Olds 442 Chev 523 Scott Guiler Salem OH 8.116 168.87 168.87
4078 XS ’69 Nova Chev 523 Dan Kroll Long Grove IL 8.152 169.87 169.91
4664 XS ’72 Nova Chev 523 John Warren Vine Grove KY 8.199 167.47 167.47
4321 XS ’79 Camaro Chev 525 George Rumore Mooresville NC 8.264 168.32 168.32
4419 XS ’85 Firebird Chev 525 Phil Smith Granger TX 8.348 166.29 166.29
4000 XS ’91 Mustang Ford 363 Brandon Owen Alton Il 8.601 159.38 159.99
5 XS ’70 Nova Chev 525 Steve Cagle Huntsville Al 9.821 98.77 98.77
4100 XS ‘ LSX 364 Dave Roemer Lyons Ny DQ 0 0
Compulink StarTrak Comp Cams Pro Stock Qualifying for 4 entries
Low ET 8.475 1 Skip Baskin
Top Speed 157.34 3 Greg Delaney
1 P/STK ’67 Chevy II Chev 420 Skip Baskin Covington TN 8.475 155.49 155.49
3 P/STK ’10 Camaro Chev 420 Greg Delaney Covington Tn 8.48 157.34 157.34
5116 P/STK ’89 Mustang Ford 360 Max Gross Cattaraugus NY 8.596 157.03 157.03
4 P/STK ’72 Mavrick Ford 420 Don Bowles Madisonville Ky 8.661 155.6 156.52
Compulink StarTrak BF Goodrich Street Radial Qualifying for 5 entries
Low ET 8.544 6101 Mike Fratena
Top Speed 165.27 6101 Mike Fratena
6101 SR ’89 Camaro Mike Fratena Indialantic FL 8.544 165.27 165.27
6007 SR ’62 Chevy II Chev 360 Jay J. Canella Bristol Wi 8.708 156.06 156.81
2 SR ’89 Mustang Ford 308 Brad Schehr Ft Myers FL 8.733 156.66 156.66
6000 SR ’94 Camaro Chev 395 Heath Shemwell Trenton Ky 8.749 154.6 154.6
6342 SR ’95 MUSTANG FORD 370 Jessie Carter Clarkson MI 8.988 152.21 152.21
Compulink StarTrak Drag Racer Mag. Mean Street Qualifying for 8 entries
Low ET 9.923 1 Don Baskin
Top Speed 132.57 8 Jeremy Gillam
1 MS ’66 Chevy II Chev 360 Don Baskin Covington TN 9.923 132.35 132.35
2 MS ’79 Mustang Ford 347 Alan Von Ahnen Pennsville NJ 9.956 132.49 132.49
8 MS ’91 Mustang Ford 348 Jeremy Gillam Schererville In 10.004 132.57 132.57
10001 MS ’93 Mustang Ford 311 David Hill Casselberry FL 10.201 131.15 131.15
10066 MS ’89 Mustang Ford 311 Amy Sherwin Joliet Il 10.273 131.59 131.59
3 MS ’85 Camaro Chev 353 Gary Duncan Olive Branch MS 10.273 128.51 128.57
4 MS ’99 Mustang GT Ford 350 Doug Johnson Joliet IL 10.617 126.27 126.27
10020 MS ’96 Ford Ford 310 Jarrod Richards Troy Mo 63379 10.979 125.42 125.42
