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We have a little under an hour left to go before the start of heads-up qualifying here at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, so stay tuned for photos, results, and news in just a bit… in the meantime, click through to see yesterday’s test and tune coverage to whet your appetite for some LSX racing!
Qualifying Round 1
JE Pistons Drag Radial
Holley EFI Real Street
Yeah, just a little bit of a timing system glitch there…
ERL All Motor
The “opening ceremonies” actually kicked off at about 2:30 in the afternoon after first round – the Georgia National Guard was on hand to take care of Color Guard duties.
The car show was packed with interesting cars. This 2002 Camaro SS uses twin Turbonetics 62mm turbos strapped to the 383 stroker mill to produce over a thousand horsepower to the tires. Traction would seem to be a problem, though, with a claimed quarter mile time of just 10.3 at 139 on low boost...
There’s quite a bit of between-rounds maintenance required for cars equipped with ‘slider’ clutches…
LS power shows up in all sorts of unusual places, like this roadster...
Qualifying Round 2
Drag Radial
Real Street
All Motor
It wasn't just straight line competition today - the autocross is in full swing as well. Many a cone died a valiant death that day...
Speaking of orange things getting slaughtered, All Motor racer Danny Niceley creamed a reflector block when he got loose and crossed the centerline during round 2 of quals. He was back in action for round 3, no worse for wear – there’s a reason why they make those out of foam!
Here's another awesome twin turbo from the car show today - in this case a 1991 C4 Corvette with Precision 61mm whirly mufflers force feeding 434 cubic inches, backed by a 4L80E automatic and a Ford 9-inch solid rear end conversion.
Final Qualifying
Drag Radial
Anthony Manna leads the Drag Radial field going into tomorrow’s eliminations. Mike Brown and Ray Litz round out the top half of the six-car field, and all three are piloting ’98 F-bodies. Coincidence? Yes. Definitely.
Real Street
Adam Preston holds a two-tenths lead on the rest of the Real Street field – thanks to the 9-car ladder, he’ll get a competition bye in round 1 of eliminations tomorrow.
All Motor
Jud Massingill continues to be the man to beat in LSX All Motor competition, qualifying the SAM Camaro on the pole with better than a tenth and a half cushion on the number 2 spot.
LSX Rumble
5th Gen Challenge
That’s going to do it for us tonight – see you again tomorrow for more updates, results, and photos. Speaking of photos, be sure to click through to the gallery page to see all the shots we’ve posted so far.
