“Who says you don’t hurt anything with a blower motor in Xtreme Street?” Was the question asked by Chuck Bartholme’s crew chief Mike Dezotell as they were pulling their ProCharged small-block for some repairs, after running an 8.29 at “only” 164 mph. Record holder, Bartholme will be tough on Sunday’s eliminations.
Car Craft Street Race driver Trina Petty had a bad crash at Super Bowl II, pretty much destroying the car. Well, the Petty’s and crew chief Lance Munden are here in Altanta with a new fox Mustang, a revamped version of Paul Petty’s old Mean Street car. So far the car has yet to get down the track cleanly, and she’s still taking her license passes, but it’s good to see these diehard racers back at it this weekend.
In Nitto Tires Super Street, Gary Rohe, who’s been driving Ed Rice’s twin turbo Mustang this year, was able to run a killer 7.09 at 216 mph during testing on Saturday morning. So far the team has yet to repeat those numbers in qualifying, but this car’s performances are definitely improving at each race, and if they can get it together, Rohe could get the gold here in Atlanta.
In the Carnivore Nostalgia Pro Street shoot-out it ended up being two of the heaviest hitters in the category, Johnny Baio versus Jeff Colletta. Colletta left first with a nice .046 to Baio’s decent .063, but about 80 feet out, Colletta got out of shape as Baio sped to a winning 7.50 at 167 mph.
In MSD Ignition True Street, Jeff Knox brought his ultra-clean ’72 Nova to Atlanta and was on his way to be crowned “The King of Georgia,” running a couple mid 8-second passes. Unfortunately a busted alternator cable, which shorted on the radiator and caused a leak, got him DQ’d. Knox runs a Ty-Tech big-block Chevy and a Matukas chassis; much like Xtreme Street champ Cameron Coble. The photo above doesn’t do this car justice, so look for a full feature article in Fastest Street Car magazine sometime this year.
09-16-2007, 08:35 AM
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