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Great Lakes Funny Cars Rock Kil-Kare
By Dennis Salzwimmer
Photos by Richard Waters
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| Blown Money |
(May 15, 2010) - The GLNFCC headed to Kil-Kare Dragway in Xenia, Ohio for our first event for the season. This was to be an eight car show head lining the GLNFCC.
First pair out was the Solid Rock 71 Mustang taking on the Blown Money 69 Nova. Both cars put out some good smoky burnouts and Rocky tried his hand at a few dry hops. Once the tree was lit the Nova took off first but shortly after that one of his chutes deployed. The Mustang took the win but the Nova still ran a respectable 4.81 with the chute out the whole run.
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| Old & Fuelish |
Second pair out was the Snakebite 79 Mustang and the Old & Fuelish 78 Corvette. As usual John DeCort in the Corvette did a killer burnout. Mike Klontz in the Snakebite was off first but shortly became sideways several times. The Corvette took the win.
Next up was a pair of hemi’s. Lance Good in the Sharkeys Machine Omni sporting new graphics for the season, taking on The Damn Yankee Vega. Both cars left hard and made two great runs. The Vega took the win with a 4.55/154 to a 4.77/135.
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| Monty Stotz |
Last pair was Jerry Streb in The Dazed & Confused 69 Camaro taking on a new member, Monty Stotz in the Blue Thunder 69 Camaro. We had Monty at this race as a fill-in and when The Detroit Thunder could not make the call The Blue Thunder stepped up. Both cars took off for the burnout with the Dazed and Confused Camaro just filling the track with tire smoke, but the car shut off during the burnout and would not start so The Blue Thunder made a single run.
Second round came under the lights. First pair was The Snakebite taking on Sharkeys Machine. Lance knew he would have to have the Omni running strong if he expected to beat the bigger cubic inch Snakebite. Lance was trying hard and turned on the red light, but that was the least of his worries. Somewhere about halftrack the Omni was all over the track. As it seem to settle down the car took a hard right taking out a few blocks and just narrowly missing the Snakebite car.
Second pair was the Old & Fuelish Corvette taking on the Solid Rock Mustang. Again the guys put down two powerful burnouts. The Corvette was out first on the mustang but appeared to have some mechanical problems as it slowed at half-track. The Mustang took the win.
Last pair up was the Blown Money Nova and The Damn Yankee Vega. Both cars did short burnouts with the Nova trying a few dry hops. The small block Nova took off first and held on the best he could 4.64/148. But the hemi powered Vega caught him at the stripe.4.589/157.
The Blue Thunder Camaro made a single to close out the show.
The reaction time award went to Mike Klontz in the Snakebite with a .436 reaction.
We would like to thank the Kil-Kare staff for giving us a great racetrack and allowing us to bring our traveling funny car show to their track.
We would also like to thank Good Vibrations and Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & wheel for supporting The GLNFCC.
Next Up Beaver Spring on May 29th for an eight-car show. Plus we have a four car show scheduled at Sky View Dragway also on May 29th. As part of their Old School Night.
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