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POWELL "ALIENATES" SWSC IN ROSWELL
For the second time in as many
weeks Greg Powell, Hobbs, NM, has come away with top honors in the
Southwest Superchargers.
Area 51 Dragway in Roswell, NM hosted the SWSC July 22.
Eleven blown behemoths turned out to gain a place in the 8-car
field. And the results were memorable.
After patiently waiting for the sun to go lower in the
sky, and take the mid-90 temps with it, qualifying began just
before 8:00 pm. The small block equipped machines of Ray Stringer
(Alamogordo, NM) and Greg Powell (Hobbs, NM) paired up to open the
program. At the green Powell ran a nice 7.70/178. Ray produced a
personal best 7.55/177. And away we go!
Don David's bantam (Odessa, Tx) exhibited a .001 r.t. coupled to
a 7.54/186! Julian Moody's K-B (El Paso, Tx) ran 7.64/176. Sue
Stringers big block (Alamogordo, NM) stumbled unmercifully, 11.00.
Mike Jones 23t (Lubbock, Tx) displayed a 7.50/185 vs. Jacob
Penner's dragsters (Seminole, Tx) too-quick-to-qualify 7.36/187.
Mike McCoy (Pueblo, Co) went 7.98/177 along side the Alex Clement
driven dragster of Gary Hill (Truth or Consequences, NM) which
produced a 7.91/172. Lastly, Eddie Tidwell's small block (Andrews,
Tx) ran a career-best 7.56/178.
The final qualifying opportunity for our SWSC racers
began when Jacob Penner made a nice 7.77/179 with Greg
Powell's 7.68/177 in the opposite lane. Richard Letourneau in Mike
Aton's flopper racked up a career best 8.18/153 next to Don
David's 7.96/129 (early 'chute). Tidwell captured the #1 position
on the ladder with his 7.62/175. McCoy produced a 7.83/122 in lane
2. Ray Stringer stepped up slightly to 7.52/177 vs. Moody's
7.63/175. Mike Jones ran an officially ignored 7.45/184 (!) as Sue
Stringers car runs marginally better, but not enough (bad mag).
And Clements got Hills car in with a back-on-track 7.69/179.
Just before 11:00 pm our eight qualifiers fired up for
Round #1 Eliminations. #1 Eddie Tidwell lined up with #8 Jacob
Penner as first pair. Tidwell went a sub-index 7.52/173 and
surrendered the pass to Penner's 7.54/161. #4 Don David next
paired with #5 Greg Powell. David left before the tree, no time.
Powell moved to the semis based on his 7.65/177. Mike McCoy (#9)
got in the program in the #3 position to replace a broken Ray
Stringer. McCoy ran #6 Mike Jones. Jones altered came out the
winner 7.55/188 when McCoy went WAY under 7.34/179. The last pair
was #2 Julian Moody vs. #7 Clements/Hill. Moody uncorked a .006
r.t. and won with a slower 7.65/169 to Clements quicker 7.62/180.
How close was that?
Rd #2 was initiated by #5 qualifier Greg Powell and #8
Jacob Penner. Powell moved to his second consecutive final when
Penner "bulbed" by .008 sec. Powell made a 7.48/180. #2 Julian
Moody ran #6 Mike Jones in the other half of the semis. In a
double-breakout pass, Moody advanced to the final, his 7.55/176
less of an offense than Jones' 7.53/176.
The final round of the SWSC Race 4 of 2006 was nothing
less than memorable, maybe even spectacular. Both drivers had
great reaction times (a winning .018 vs. a losing .035) and both
drivers NAILED the SWSC 7.60 index. Moody lost the pass with a
7.606 to Powell's winning 7.616! Margin of victory a scant .0069!
Outrageous! Unreal! A MOST memorable event!
Our thanks to the SWSC fans of the City of Aliens,
Roswell. We hope we've earned your attention and adulation. Come
see us again at Area 51 Dragway October 14!
Attendance 11
7-sec runs 31
180+ runs 6
Spread (fastest to slowest)
.267
Stay tuned! The SWSC next travels to Pueblo, Co on August 26!
We'll see you at the races!
Floyd
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