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LSX Shootout 2010 Same Day Coverage

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Click here to view NMCA Finals Same Day Coverage on StreetMuscleMag [2].

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor SCT Flash.  Check out their complete line of tuning products, including the 2011 Mustang 5-liter at www.sctflash.com [3]

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It's race day here at Gateway International Raceway, and with more than 150 LSX cars here in attendance this weekend, it should make for a great day of racing action in all of our categories. Today will also see the heads-up 5th Gen Camaro Shootout, pitting the four quickest 2010 Camaro's on the property against one another. Stay tuned to LSXMAG throughout the day for all the coverage of today's activities.

Round One Eliminations

Real Street

[5]Adam Preston laid down the gauntlet in the opening round, running low ET of the weekend thus far with a stout 8.145 at 170.49 MPH to send Dustin Powell and his 9.65 effort back to Tennessee.

All Motor

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Chris Fowler sent Michelle Skyy back to Texas in the opening round with a 9.474 to 10.393 count. John Ventrecca advanced with a 9.34 over David Lazears' 10.31, and Judson Massingill went low for the round with an 8.815 trouncing of Robert Strong and his 10.31 lap.

Drag Radial

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The guys from Late Model Racecraft were ecstatic after Steven Fereday blasted to the quickest lap of the weekend on his competition single in the opening round, a 7.343 at a booming 197.31 MPH.

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In what may have been the best matchup of the day in the class, Tom Kempf left before the tree was activated, receiving no time and handing the easy win to reigning LSX Shootout champ Mike Brown.

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Mark Carlyle was the benefactor of Mark Koehlers' parts breakage in qualifying, earning a break single in round one. Carlyle and his Corvette have had everyone talking this weekend, as he grabbed the all-time IRS record away from Keith Berry in qualifying with his 8.151-second pass.

Round One Pit Notes

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What do you do when your car burns up the #6 piston during qualifying? You kick back and relax on Sunday. Such is the case for number two qualifier Mark Koehler and his crew, who didn't have the parts to make repairs overnight and was a no-show in the first round of Drag Radial eliminations.

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The students from the School of Automotive Machinists were busy making a clutch adjustment to Judson Massingill's Camaro after his opening round win in hopes of getting a better handle on the warm racing surface.

Eliminations Round Two

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The final round of Real Street will shape up just as it should on paper, as Keith Berry downed Jeff Lowry with an 8.235 at 167.36, while Adam Preston earned lane choice in the money round with a quicker 8.174 defeat of Paul Falcon's wheelstanding 12.63 that culminated in a massive oildown.

All Motor

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Judson Massingill continued his torrid pace over the rest of the All Motor field on his semifinal solo pass, getting off the starting line clean and taking it out the back gate to an 8.74 at 156.94 MPH. He'll be paired alongside Chris Fowler in the final round, who advanced with a 9.40 when opponent John Ventrecca broke at the starting line.

Drag Radial

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Steven Fereday has shown all day that if anyone wants to walk away with the Drag Radial crown, they'll have to go through him. In his semifinal matchup with Mike Brown, Fereday cracked off the second quickest LS-powered run ever, with a 7.247 at an unreal 209.30 MPH. In the final, he'll meet Mark Carlyle, who took an easy solo into the final with an 11.42.

5th Gen Camaro Shootout

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The 5th Gen Camaro Shootout pitted the four quickest 2010 Camaro's against one another, and in the final it came down to Jon Ebert and his Lingenfelter Performance ride versus Paul Murphy. Ebert got a sizable advantage out of the gate and that was bad news for the Murphy, as Ebert got the win with a 9.467 at 151.12 to a 9.842 at 144.69.

Final Round Eliminations

Drag Radial

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Steven Fereday was the class of the field all weekend, grabbing the number one qualifying spot, running low ET and top speed of the meet, and cemented it in the final round with a win over Mark Carlyle, running a little off his earlier torrid pace after losing high gear with a 7.817 at 179.11 to Carlyle's trailing 8.256 at 169.15.

All Motor

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Judson Massingill had little in the way of competition here this weekend, holding a near half second advantage on everyone from the very first qualifying session. In the final, Judson was never headed, earning the All Motor trophy with a 8.928 rout of number two qualifier Chris Fowler and his 9.307 pass in the other lane.

Real Street

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Adam Preston made his presence known on Saturday morning after missing the opening session on Friday, running right with Keith Berry before laying down a succession of 8.1-second laps in eliminations. In a great final round matchup, Berry had a big backfire, possibly burning a piston in the process as he watched Preston sail to the finish stripe with an 8.178 at 169.34 for the win.

5th Gen Camaro Index

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Corey Duckett ran closer to his index in the final round, recording a 13.045 on the 13.00 index to defeat Thomas Calabrese, who was nearly two tenths off with a 12.183 on his 12.00 index.

LSX Rumble

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The LSX Rumble category saw a huge field of 104 cars competing on several different indexes between 9.00 and 15.00. After the field was whittled down, it was the '01 Camaro of Nicholas Massengale facing Kurt Anderson and his '69 Camaro. Anderson ran right on the money with a 10.502 on his 10.50 index, breaking out Massengale, who went 11.960 on his 12.00 number.

Sunday Videos

LSX Shootout Eliminations Round 1

LSX Real Street, LSX All Motor, LSX Drag Radial, and Gen 5 Shootout

LSX Shootout Saturday Update

We catch up with LSX All Motor driver Jud Massingill of SAM School to get the down low on the class.

LSX Shootout Final Round Eliminations

LSX All Motor, LSX Real Street, and LSX Drag Radial Final Round Eliminations

LSX Shootout Wild Ride Of The Event

Paul Falcon of the LSX Shootout gets the back bumper dragging.

LSX Shootout and NMCA Finals Weekend Wrap Up

A weekend recap of the race, from the NMCA Finals to the LSX Shootout.


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Click here to view NMCA Finals Same Day Coverage on StreetMuscleMag [2].

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor SCT Flash.  Check out their complete line of tuning products, including the 2011 Mustang 5-liter at www.sctflash.com [3]

Morning Pit Notes

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Tom Kempf arrived this morning with his new Drag Radial Firebird and made a lazy testing hit, rolling out about a quarter track before laying into it a little bit the rest of the way down the quarter mile.

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Keith Berry blasted to an 8.22 last night, but Keith indicated that the car spun the tires out of the gate, recording a 1.30 60ft time that is several hundredths off the normal pace. The BMF Corvette left plenty on the table with nearly 100 horsepower of nitrous not being utilized on that pass, with an 8.12 to 8.15 pass very likely later in the day.

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One of the more intriguing cars on the property here this weekend is the Honda S2000 of Naples, Floridas' Carlos Rios. Gone is the 2.0L inline four banger, replaced with an LS3 with polished heads and an F1C Procharger, producing around 720 horsepower, enough to push this short wheelbase ride into the 8's.

Round Two Qualifying Notes

Drag Radial

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Steven Fereday displayed yet another exciting wheels-up pass, carrying the nose of the car from the 60ft mark out beyond 330 feet, keeping his right foot planted all the way to the boards and to the top of the qualifying sheet with a 7.549 at 191.21 MPH.

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Tom Kempf made another fairly lazy pass, resulting in an 8.355 at 172.87, good for last in the order for the time being.

All Motor

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Judson Massingill took the SAM Racing Camaro straight to the top of the order in All Motor with a 9.118 at 155.63 effort that is well off his normal 8.6-8.7 second pace.

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Last night's qualifying leader Chris Fowler was unable to improve upon his 9.22 effort from last night and will certainly be looking for the 8-second zone later this afternoon.

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David Lazear made his opening attempt at qualifying here this weekend, but slowed to a 16-second elapsed time.

Real Street

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Keith Berry nearly matched his performance from last night in the much warmer conditions here this afternoon, running a great 8.25.

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Adam Preston didn't make a pass in last nights opening session, but came out with a bang this afternoon, running an 8.25 to give leader Keith Berry some serious competition for the weekend.

Final Qualifying Notes

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Mark Carlyle has consistently run in the lo 8's all weekend, and made his best pass thus far in the final session with an 8.151 at 172.85 MPH, good only for the final spot in the order.

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While there is clearly a lot left in the brand new car, Tom Kempf improved to a 7.755 at 184.90 effort to hold down the third spot going into tomorrows eliminations.

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Steven Fereday has had troubles all weekend keeping the nose of the car from climbing skyward in the front half of the track, and in the final session, carried the wheels out more than 200 feet before getting out near the wall, forcing Steven to lift and rest on his 7.54 from earlier in the day.

All Motor

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Judson Massingill stepped up considerably from his earlier qualifying attempts, laying down a stout 8.763 at 156.37 to solidify his stranglehold on the category.

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Danny Niceley made his only qualifying attempt in All Motor in the final session and powered to a 9.759 at 140.39 for the fourth spot going into eliminations.

Real Street

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Things are beginning to heat up atop the charts in Real Street, as Keith Berry, who looked to be the runaway leader in the class, got some competition from 19-year old Adam Preston and his '83 Camaro. In the final session, Adam improved a little to an 8.227 at 168.98, just .002 of a second off of Berry's pace. Later, Berry stated "we think we've got something for them and we're going to pill it up for tomorrow, but it looks like it's going to come down to whoever gets off the starting line first."

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Dustin Powell ran a 9.59 at 141.68 in his '99 Camaro, a little off his earlier 9.42 pace that placed him fifth in the order.

LSX Shootout Qualifying Round 3


Final Qualifying Order

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It’s the largest event of the year for LSX-powered cars as the LSX Shootout takes center stage at the NMCA Finals at Gateway International Raceway near downtown St. Louis. This years’ Shootout will feature three exciting heads-up categories, along with index and True Street classes. Stay tuned here to LSXMAG throughout the weekend for coverage of this once-a-year celebrations of all things LSX.

Click here to view NMCA Finals Same Day Coverage on StreetMuscleMag [2].

Special thanks to our event coverage sponsor SCT Flash.  Check out their complete line of tuning products, including the 2011 Mustang 5-liter at www.sctflash.com [3]

Friday Morning Pit Notes

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The Late model Racecraft crew, with driver Steve Fereday, is always a force to be reckoned with in the Drag Radial category with their twin turbocharged LS2 Trans Am, pumping out upwards of 50 pounds of boost.

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This may be the only view that the Drag Radial field gets of defending event winner Mike Brown and his '98 Trans Am this weekend. The car, powered by an LS2 fed by a 114mm turbocharger and backed with a Rossler TH-210 transmission is the second quickest LS-powered Radial car in history at 7.27 seconds and 202 MPH.

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Chris Fowler, from Keller, Texas, is back competing in the All Motor category after missing last years event in Memphis. His '90 Camaro sports a 430-inch powerplant with LS7 cylinder heads making in the neighborhood of 850 horsepower. Chris and the Xtreme Horsepower team have put a new Neal Chance torque converter in the car and will be making their first pass this afternoon with the new drivetrain setup in hopes of some high 8-second laps.

Afternoon Testing Notes

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The Late Model Racecraft team brought their supercharged 2010 Camaro out for the Camaro Shootout. This car has been in the 9.50's and went a 9.77 t 135 MPH early in the going during testing.

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Mike Brown made a nice smooth hit with a soft launch and sailed through to a 7.820 at 185.41.

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On his second hit of the day, Steven Fereday laid down a great 7.691 at 184.67. Mark Koehler has the quickest lap thus far in testing with a slightly quicker 7.63 at 171.

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Mark Carlyle powered his gorgeous Drag Radial ZO6 to an 8.754 at 167 MPH.

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Justin Keith brought his very clean 2002 Camaro over from nearby Kansas City, Missouri to compete in the LSX Index category. His car is powered by a forged LS3, sporting ported LS3 heads, a Victor Jr. intake, and a 300 horse nitrous setup. The combination is all new and both of Justin's passes today resulted in some high altitude wheelstands, thus leaving him unsure of just how quick the car is capable of running. Justin typically competes in the VAMP Series at KCIR in Kansas City.

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Dustin Powell brought his Premier Auto Sports '98 Camaro up from the former site of the LSX Shootout, Memphis, TN, to try his hand at thew new-for-2010 Real Street heads up class. Dustin's Camaro is motivated by a stock LS2 short block with Trick Flow 225 heads, a Virginia Speed spec camshaft, an out-of-the-box Victor Jr. intake, and Fast 40 150mm throttle body, and utilizing a 175 shot of nitrous. Dustin indicated the car has run as quick as 5.90's in the eighth mile, which would equate to somewhere around 9.25 at the boards.

Round One Qualifying Notes

Drag Radial

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Mark Koehler, who made the best run in the category during testing, struggled to get down the race track on his opening qualifying hit, winding up third with an 8.264 seconds, 151.36 MPH effort.

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While certainly well off the pace that he expected, especially given the excellent late evening conditions ripe for record-setting performances, Mike Brown went to the top of the leaderboard after the first round with a 7.934 at 182.87 pass.

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Steven Fereday came out of the gate like gangbusters and powered into a wheelstand out to near the 330-foot mark before slamming back to earth, the underside of the car making contact with the racing surface and leaving a shower of sparks behind. Fereday holds down the bottom spot in the order with the shutoff 9.95 pass.

All Motor

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Chris Fowler grabbed the early lead in qualifying in the high-winding All Motor class with a 9.226 at 146.97.

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John Ventrecca drove his sharp looking 433 cubic inch '99 Camaro to the second spot in the order with a 9.356 at 145.69 pass.

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Robert Strong and his 398-inch LS-powered '87 Monte Carlo holds down the third spot with a 9.931 at 136.19.

Real Street

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Keith Berry, who already held the world record for IRS-equipped Corvettes, lowered the mark in the opening session with a crushing 8.225 at 168.35 MPH and 5.30 to the eighth mile that put more than a full second on everyone else in the category.

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Paul Falcon from Durham, NC holds down the fourth spot on Real Street with his '01 Firebird Formula with a 9.686 at 143.98.

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Stephen Wells' '02 Corvette from Westfield, NJ sits at the bottom of the order after one round with a 9.950-second, 136.21 MPH effort.

Qualifying Round One Order

Compulink StarTrak LSX Drag Radial Qualifying for 4 entries
Low ET 7.934 303 Mike Brown
Top Speed 182.87 303 Mike Brown
303 LSX-DR ’98 Trans Am Chev 427 Mike Brown Huber Heights oh 7.934 182.87 182.87
301 LSX-DR ’07 Vette Chev 427 Mark Carlyle Hillrad oh 8.178 172.74 172.74
302 LSX-DR ’00 Trans am Pont 440 Mark Koehler Liberty Tisp 8.264 151.36 151.36
548 LSX-DR ’95 Firehawk Pont 427 Steven Fereday Houston TX 9.566 106.52 106.52

Compulink StarTrak LSX All Motor Qualifying for 4 entries
Low ET 9.226 402 Chris Fowler
Top Speed 146.97 402 Chris Fowler
402 LSX-AM ’90 Camaro Chev 440 Chris Fowler Keller TX 9.226 146.97 146.97
405 LSX-AM ’99 Camaro Chev 433 John V entrecca Miss On 9.356 145.69 145.69
403 LSX-AM ’87 Monte Carlo Chev 398 Robert Strong Pensacola Fl 9.931 136.19 136.19
404 LSX-AM ’00 Trans Am Chev 346 Michelle Skyy Arlington Tx 10.645 127.57 127.57

Compulink StarTrak LSX Real Street Qualifying for 5 entries
Low ET 8.225 705 Keith Berry
Top Speed 168.35 705 Keith Berry
705 LSX-RS ’02 206 Prol 428 Keith Berry Clermont IA 8.225 168.35 168.35
704 LSX-RS ’00 Trans Am Chev 365 Jeff Lowry Glen Derty MD 9.361 144.98 144.98
702 LSX-RS ’98 Camaro Chev 364 Dustin Powell Bartlett TN 9.426 142.94 142.94
701 LSX-RS ’01 Formula Pont 383 Paul Falcon Durham NC 9.686 143.98 143.98
711 LSX-RS ’02 Vette Chev 427 Stephen Wells Wastfield NJ 9.95 136.21 136.21

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Jay McCardle brought his ultra-quick Corvette out to compete in the Index class, also with sights set on claiming the overall title in True Street this weekend. On the cars' very first full shakedown pass, the motor went lean and pushed out a head gasket, doing damage to the cylinder head in the opening round of qualifying on the 8.8-second lap. Jay and the East Coast Supercharging team were on the hunt for a replacement head or a welder to patch it up, and will surely have a late night ahead of them to get it repaired or replaced in time for tomorrows action.