JONES CLEANS
UP @ SWSC
SEASON
CLOSER
The
Southwest
Superchargers
held their
2008
season-ending
event Nov 1
at Lone Star
Dragway in
Denton, TX.
The "Voodoo
Child"
altered of
Mike Jones
(Lubbock,
Tx) took
home top
honors.
Eleven SWSC
faithful
showed for
the all-run
field.
Qualifying
for the 4.70
index 1/8
mile
commenced
as Don David
(bantam
altered) ran
a nice
4.6899/149.
Bill Norman
(funster)
went
5.0585/122.
Jacob
Penner's
dragster
showed a
decent
4.7289/151.
Andy Mears
(dragster)
made a
4.7346/149.
Sue Stringer
(R.E.D.) ran
5.3087/131.
Chris
Stoffer went
5.3291/95 on
the maiden
voyage in
Carl
Meador's new
slingshot.
Jack
Bartlett
(R.E.D.) got
a 4.6968/147
time slip.
L.H Newlin
(altered)
limped to a
6.1930/96.
Greg Powell
showed a
4.5850/150
on the
scoreboard.
Ken
Ryerson's
stubby (but
beautiful)
slingshot
ran
5.9374/129.
And Mike
Jones
altered went
4.9654/150
out of the
box.
In
Rd 2
Qualifying
Sue Stringer
improved by
1/10 sec or
so after her
best 60'
ever (1.06).
Don David
got closer
to the index
with his
spectacular
4.7090/150.
Bartlett
slowed vs.
Q-1,
4.8223/147.
Likewise
Powell's
funster,
4.9468/137.
Stoffer
stepped up
with his
5.1214/139.
Reierson
also
improved,
5.5507/141.
Eliminations
kicked off
with #1 Jack
Bartlett
taking a bye
run (11 car
field) to a
nice
4.7112/147.
Next #6 Mike
Jones
garnered a
win on a
competition
bye (#7 Bill
Norman/Norman
Bros/Fat
Boys Racing
no-show)
with his
4.6919/152.
#2 Andy
Mears met
#11 L.H
Newlin and
Mears
advanced
4.7549/139
vs
4.8924/149.
#3 Jacob
Penner won
with his
4.7577/133
over #10 Ken
Ryerson's
5.4116/141.
#4 Don David
met #9 Sue
Stringer in
Rd 1 and
David took
the win
4.8656/125
over Sues
puny 9.2558.
Finally #5
Greg Powell
advanced
when Chris
Stoffer's
ride broke
after the
burn out,
4.8237/126.
Elim. Rd 2
saw Don
David's
altered
succumb to
Jacob
Penner,
4.7053/151
to
4.9887/145.
Greg Powell
advanced by
virtue of
his
4.8845/140
when Andy
Mears bulbed
and went
sub-index
4.6867/149.
Mike Jones
took a soft
win
(4.9075/149)
because Jack
Bartlett ran
under
4.6883/147.
In
the
semi-final
round, Jack
Bartlett was
reinstated
as Quick
Alternate to
fill out
the field
per SWSC
rules. But
he just as
quickly fell
away with
his
4.9558/147
surrendering
to Greg
Powell's
winning
4.8064/147.
Mike Jones
went to the
SWSC final
courtesy of
Jacob
Penner's
.395 r.t.
and
4.6602/143
e.t. to
Jones
5.0628/134.
The
Southwest
Supercharger
Final Final
of 2008 was
#5 Greg
Powell vs.
#6 Mike
Jones.
Powell's
third
consecutive
final
yielded a
runner-up
finish on
his 4.80 e.t.
opposite
Jones
superior
4.72 on the
4.70 index.
A great
side-by-side
SWSC
final...and
a first win
for Mike
Jones!
Congrats,
Nice Job!
The SWSC
2008 Season
comes to a
close after
a
spectacular
10-race
series
ranging from
Denton, TX
on the
eastern edge
of our range
to Tucson,
AZ on the
western
side. Only
one rain out
(Midland #2)
and one
postponement
due to
Hurricane
Ike (Abilene
#2). And the
points
shuffled at
Race
10 Denton.
Greg Powell
secured #2
Points
position
just by
making a
qualifying
pass. And
Mike Jones
moved from
#6 to #4 by
winning the
last event,
jumping over
Sue Stringer
and
Andy Mears,
squeezing
him out of
the Top 5 by
ONE
POINT!
Julian Moody
won the SWSC
2008
Championship
for an
outrageous
fifth
straight
year. By
winning
seven out of
ten races,
Moody and
Team were
virtually
unreachable
by Race 8
Tucson/SIR.
Way Cool!
Thanks for
staying with
us through
2008. We
hope
you enjoyed
us as much
as we
enjoyed
doing it.
Stick
around, 8.
to 10 race
dates are
already shaping
up for the
SWSC in
2009,
including
Hobbs,
Albuquerque
and El Paso!
Mears Mazda
Best RT of
Elims
Law
Motorsports
Best Package
Jacob
Penner .1524
rt + 4.7053
= .1577
Lil Rat
Rental of
Hobbs
Perfect Pass
Jacob
Penner
4.7053
(.0053)
