Hot Rod Drag Week returned to Gateway Motorsports Park, where he passed the final stage of the five-day marathon. Events of the last day did not become a revelation to anyone and were not rich in sensations. Favorite without all the way to overcome the problems of two hundred miles, and very confidently confirmed its leadership in a series of races on a quarter mile.
The fifth day. Final
History rewritten Tom Bailey in the Pro Mod Chevrolet Camaro, showing the best average time in the absolute up to five Event — 6.7846. Basically, after the disappearance of Jeff Lutz, who failed to solve the problem with the fuel pump on the way to the second stage in Indianapolis, an event quite lost in the intrigue and entertainment. The question «Whose dregster be recognized as the fastest in the United States?» Was dropped by itself, the only thing it was worth experiencing, so it will not bring any gray-orange Chevy Camaro his master. And Chevy did not disappoint, except for the failed cylinder during one of the races in Union Grove.
The only driver who could compete with Tom Bailey Bryant Goldstone began acting in junior class Unlimited Iron. AMC Javelin Goldstone became the second of the two cars with an average of less than seven seconds — 6.9544. This is an excellent result, considering that of the five remaining participants in the fastest class Unlimited second place went to Michael Wenzler, whose Camaro'87 for almost the whole week went to the best average of seven. Third place overall won by Joe Barry, participating in the small class classroom Unlimited Iron, lags behind the Goldstone at 0.1372 seconds.
Calvin Hayward on bright pink Ford Mustang retain the fourth place in the absolute and took first place in the Super Street Small Block PA. This is truly an outstanding performance in the context of the regulations approved design changes in this class. Hayward stably without misfiring «shot out» within seven medium at all stages of the marathon and finished with an average time of 7.6148.
Tom has done a lot of noise MakGilton whose Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, prepared in the workshop Larson Race Cars, after a series of semisekundnyh races with an impressive margin from the competition, was the fastest in the category dregster Pro Street PA. And there is absolutely nothing to be surprised, because the car was built under the guidance of the legendary Larry Larson, the likes of which has not been and is not in the history of Drag Week.
James MakEntayr, despite the failure of transmission at the last stage of the event that caused the arrival frankly weak, with a margin of more than one second, won first place in the class of Pro Street NA.
Well, the final Event decoration became a duel between Thomas Chinachitto and Tim Hall. All week, both pilots set records in the class Hot Rod, traveling from the strip to the plates with a minimum difference in the final results. On the fourth day Chianchitto took the lead in the final and was able to consolidate its success, beating Hall by only 0.011 seconds, becoming the only debutant Drag Week, which managed to take with them the title.
The last marathon Hot Rod Drag Week proved to be incredibly rich in records, surprises and disappointments. And it only proves once again the incredible complexity of this event for the participants.
It is one thing — to maximize the benefits in a single race in the Quarter, knowing that in the paddock you'll get a whole team of mechanics and spare parts warehouse, and quite another — together with a partner to overcome more than a thousand miles on public roads and to demonstrate good results in five stages, It is available to a small trailer with accessories and two pairs of hands.
Hot Rod Drag Week has no analogues in the world, and here is why year after year, the participants come from all over the world to test yourself and your iron on speed and endurance.
