There was NO doubt Street Machine National's would be the Midwest’s event of the
year. Thursday nights test and tune lived up to all the hype and anticipation
when a prepped and ready for take off TYDO wagon came to life in Limited 10.5.
The wag showed promise early with a 5.20 on its third pass and followed on Saturday
with a 5.15 and 5.10. The fans got what the came for on the second pass with a
legendary TYDO wheelie from Mark.
Unfortunately, the new car gremlins showed
their face and a D.Q ended the wagons day. It seemed the gremlins were not finished
in the Tydo camp when Tim Slaven's Outlaw Camaro broke a piston and John Slaven's
Camaro in Drag Radial car kicked a rod, ending their big weekend.
Jake
Gier, posting a 5.38 in drag radial qualifying, wasn't without his share of trouble
when his Mopar broke a transmission Friday night. Saturday he suffered a few bruises
from a monster wheelie that stopped his run. The Drag Radial finals saw David
vs. Goliath with the small block powered Luv truck of Donnie Davidson against
the new track record holder Kieth Zimmerly and his impressive 79 Malibu with a
632. Davidson beat Goliath when Zimmerly had transmission problems that handed
the win to the little truck.
So Peanut (James Davis) and Mike Kimmis were
left to carry the Tydo load. Peanut, still working on the new turbo combo lost
against the #2 qualifier and veteran Kerry Davis. Marty Chance was eventually
crowned the winner in a tuff Limited 10.5 brawl that didn't see the finals till
5am. Mike Kimmis, who’s been fighting all year with his Trans Am, found the reason
for his glitch and blasted down the 1/8th mile to set a new record of 163mph.
He eventually went on to take the win over Jeremy Taylor in the finals in Outlaw
10.5.
A big thanks to all the friend's and fans for there support along
with Wes Phifer and the Ozark crew for putting on a great race! We had an amazing
time. Also Thanks to mild to wild grafix for the new roof sticker, it was a big
hit. We can't forget Rikki Kelley from TopDogracnpics for the great photo. We
are off to Tulsa, race fans, see you there. Congrats to all the winners C. Barklage,
Outlaw Big Tire M. Kimmis, Outlaw 10.5 M. Chance, Limited 10.5 D.Davidson, Drag
Radial
