World Fuel Altered Nationals

Text by "Rapid" Randy Baker ~ Photos by Al Booton 

Shades of the old 554 coupe, but on the East Coast thus the 334 coupe!

Kevin Newberg and Randy Baker started off the action with Newberg winning with a 4.22 to Baker's off pace 4.87.

The first ever WORLD FUEL ALTERED NATIONALS was completed this past Saturday at Eddyville Raceway Park in Oskaloosa, Iowa. 14-cars from all over the United States made the trip to see who would be the king of the hill at the end of the weekend.

The 334 Coupe.

"The Boogie Man" Fiat featured an early style Chysler Hemi.

The Friday night qualifying session was rained out. Saturday brought cloudy skies and cool temperatures. There were a few mini-showers off and on throughout the morning and into the middle of the afternoon. At 3:00PM it became evident there was no way to get in a complete elimination ladder. The drivers meeting was held and decided to run a modified Chicago style format. There would be 1-qualifying session. The 4-quickest cars would come back for the 1st round. The final pair would advance to the final.

Check out the weird headers on this Chevy powered altered!

Jack Heslink's Mike Bos built car made the trip from Texas but did not make the final four.

1st qualifier.

RT/ ET/ MPH

Kevin Newburg .0691 4.2228 157.62
Randy Baker .0281 4.8753 140.85

D. Dunphy .1180 5.1927 134.41
D. Shaffer -.0209 4.9346 141.82

J. McDonald .0700 4.9120 139.93
A. Leigh .2931 4.7653 144.37

R. Wilson .1939 4.5419 158.01
S. Belt .1633 7.4224 74.05

Travis Bouchey's AA/FA ran 4.67.

"The Slayer" of hemis from Oklahoma, Gary Wheeler, only ran 4.89 in the qualifying round.

T. Bouchy .1998 4.6786 127.55
J. Heslink .4363 4.9503 161.06

T. Hay .1460 4.3963 166.73
G. Wheeler .1206 4.8920 114.91

J. Dunn .1424 5.1292 128.87
H. Knowles -.0100 4.4062 137.95

Low ET {Newburg} 4.22 Top MPH {Hay} 166.73

Best Reaction {Baker} .0281

Tim Hay's vintage 70s chassis and all iron AA/FA won the war this weekend!

Harold Knowles showed with his AA/FA wedge called "Cheaper than Therapy." Knowles ran a best of 4.40.

1st round of Eliminations

T. Hay .0967 4.2976 169.36
R. Wilson .1215 5.1359 155.93

K. Newburg .1896 3.9526 174.42
H. Knowles .0404 4.6572 115.03

Low ET {Newburg} 3.95 Top Speed {Newburg} 174.42

Tim Hay is not affraid to show he tips the can!

Kevn Newbaugh set low ET with an amazing 3.95 in his transformer AA/A called the "Heckler."

Best Reaction {Knowles} .0404

Final Round

T. Hay .0488 4.2096 172.06
K. Newburg .0625 7.9527 57.26

Low ET {Hay} 4.2096 Top Speed {Hay} 172.08

Best Reaction Time {Hay} .0488

You should have been there!!!

Rapid and Iowa Al