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ADRL Extreme 10.5 Battle of the Belts
Text By Danny White ~ Photos by Gena White
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| David Janes began racing XTF in the middle of the year. He went out in the first round in the battle of the belts at Ennis. |
The season ending Battle of the Belts was one to remember at the Texas Motorplex. In a battle of no rules with the equalizer being the 10.5 inch wide tire. The field was balanced with nitrous, blown, and turbo combos being run.
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| Bill Jewett's Cyclonic Performance Mustang has made vast improvement this year since Houston. |
1 1097 Mike Hill
2 890 Bill Jewett
3 865 Rodney Rosenstiel
4 819 Kenny Kneese
5 724 Steve Gorman
6 618 Michele Wilson
7 451 David James
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| Jewett performs the hardest burnouts in XTF! |
In the first round it would be Hill the Hitman facing Personett, Jewett facing Janes, Rosenstiel facing Wilson, and Kneese facing Gorman. Bill Jewett beat former Pro Stock racer David Janes in the first pair. In the closest race of the night Personett beat Hill 4.31 to 4.32. Michelle Wilson took out the little Opel and winner in Houstson Rodney Rosenthiel. Steve Gorman beat the Vette of Kenny Kneese.
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| Michelle Wilson made it to the final of XTF only to break after running 4.32 earlier. |
First Round
L Jewett (W)
R Janes
L Hill
R Personett (W)
L Wilson (W)
R Rosenstiel
L Gorman (W)
R Kneese
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| Gorman got the belt and ran a great 4.31 with one carb and a Powerglide! |
Michelle Wilson took out the blown Hemi of Bill Jewett in the first pairing of the Semi’s. Gorman took down the turbo Scion of Personett to reach the finals.
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| Our own Bret Kepner interviewing Steve Gorman. |
Semis
L WIlson
R Jewett
L Personett
R Gorman
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| The very happy Steve Gorman and crew surrounded by fans! |
In the finals it would be sure that a Texan would come away the 2007 Extreme 10.5 champion. Ironic was the finalists’ battle last year for the 2006 Outlaw Top Sportsman Championship up to the last race. Both racers have engine built by Hans Fuestal. The race was anticlimactic as Wilson had problems starting her Firebird with several fireballs coming forth from the car. This allowed Gorman to single for the win and the championship, Gorman had problems on the run shaking and getting up on the wheelie bars breaking the tires loose. Gorman ran a 4.69 on the run. H.T. Wilson, the husband of Michelle, said the problem with the car was a part on the crank trigger broke on the run. HT added it was good that it did it then instead of during the run, which could have caused serious damage to the engine. Steve Gorman was very proud for the win and glad the luck went his way tonight.
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| Kenny Nowling high fives Steve Gorman! You'll never see Steve smile this much again! |
Finals
L Broke Wilson
R 4.69 Steve Gorman (W)
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