Race Results
April 20-22, 2007 - Memphis, TN
| #1 Joe S. 7.95 | #1 Joe S. 8.00 | #1 Joe S. | #1 Joe S. 8.21 |
| #8 Ray G. 8.07 | #4 Jerry S. 8.29 | ||
| #5 Dave D. 8.93 | |||
| #2 Bill H. | |||
| #4 Jerry S. 8.08 | #3 Mike P. 8.05 | ||
| #3 Mike P. 8.02 | |||
| #6 Dave M. 8.23 | #2 Bill H. 7.83 | ||
| #7 Rob V. | |||
| #2 Bill H. 7.86 |
Wow…what a weekend. First off…congrats to Smokin Joe Stiles on his win in Memphis…talk about winning ugly.
The weekend was full of highs and lows for just about everybody. Rob VW’s trailer had some MAJOR issues on the way to Memphis and had to be welded back together after breaking apart in a parking lot. Lucky for everyone, it happened there and not on the road. Qualifying on Friday started out pretty slow for everyone. It was hard to get down the track. Rob’s luck didn’t improve much when he burned up some pistons. Not to fear, he flew home for some spares and was ready to go by 1pm Saturday for round 2 of qualifying. It goes without saying he was very appreciative of everyone’s help in getting him ready to go again. Unfortunately, he lost another piston during that round, but still hung on for the show…wounded motor & all. Dave Douma had a rough time in 2nd round of qualifying when he took out one of the boxes resulting in no time for him or Ray. Smoking Joe managed to pull off a 7.88 during that round giving him the #1 qualifier position and Mike Priola turned in a stout 8.02 in Q2.
Last round of qualifying their luck was a little different when Smokin Joe came “this close” to the right wall and Mike Priola totally wiped out the time box mid track. Ray had a flame up at the starting line that round so again no time for him. As luck would have it, Dave McCorkle turned in his best time ever with an 8.18 during that round. Congratulations Dave! Nice run! And Bill Houghton turned his luck around by running a clean 7.89 giving him the #2 qualifier position. That’s the way it was…one guy had a great run and the guy next to him had a rough time.
Race day round one: Joe Stiles lined up against Ray Gustafson who ran his best time ever with an 8.07. Nice job Ray! Unfortunately for him, Smokin Joe ran a 7.95 for the win. Rob lined up against Bill Houghton with his wounded motor and Bill took the win with a 7.86 @ 176mph. Mike Priola ran an 8.01 against Dave McCorkle with an 8.23 and Jerry Sevik took out Dave Douma with an 8.08 against Dave’s 8.93. I’m telling you, it was a rough track to get down straight. There was definitely some driving going on in Memphis!
Round 2 had Mike Priola lined up against Bill Houghton. Bill took the win with a 7.83 against Mike’s 8.05. Jerry Sevik faced Joe Stiles who won with an 8.00 flat @ 177mph against Jerry’s 8.29. It was practically a slip & slide out there.
The finals pitted Bill Houghton against Joe Stiles. It was looking to be quite a race with both of those guys turning in 7.83’s during the weekend. Bill’s car went WAY LEFT almost into the wall while Joe’s car tire shook pretty much the entire way down the track. Joe took the win with an 8.21.
If you didn’t make it to Memphis, don’t fear. Race day was filmed by ESPN2 and I will let everyone know when and where it will air.
May 6, 2007 - Byron, IL
| #1 Brian H. 10.45 | #8 Ed M. 9.85 | #5 Dave K. 7.86 | #2 Jeff N. |
| #8 Ed M. 7.94 | #5 Dave K. 7.90 | ||
| #5 Bill H. 7.86 | |||
| #4 Jerry S. 8.70 | |||
| #4 Dave K. 7.76 | #6 Joe S. | ||
| #3 Edwin R. | |||
| #6 Joe S. 7.91 | #2 Jeff N. 7.76 | ||
| #2 Jeff N. 7.82 | |||
| #7 Jill H. 19.85 |
OUTLAWS BRAWL IN BYRON WITH ALL 7 SECOND FIELD…
05/06/07 was a history making day at Byron Dragway. The Outlaws welcomed 4 new members, Dave Klaput, Jeff Noesen, Jill Hicks and Dewayne Holbrook.
#1 qualifier Brian Hicks started the show with an unbelievable wheelstand and a 7.782 ET. That’s right….first run breaks the OSSA ET record held by Jerry Sevik. With a 19 car field, there were lots of personal bests. Edwin Robles grabbed the #2 qualifying position with his 7.83 run. He was bumped to #3 when Jeff Noesen turned in a 7.787. What? TWO 7.78’s in qualifying! This was going to be a fast field. Bill Houghton took #4 with a 7.84. Dave Klaput took #5 with a pair of 7.85’s. Did somebody tell him this was bracket racing? Joe Stiles was #6 with a 7.88. Rookie Jill Hicks was #7 with a 7.92 and Ed Moore was the bump at 7.95. Wow! Several drivers did not qualify with 7.97’s and a 7.98. This was the first race in OSSA history with an all 7 second field.
Round one had Bill Houghton lined up against Dave Klaput. Bill red lit, but Dave turned in a 7.76! What?!! Another OSSA record ET! Ed Moore lined up against Brian Hicks who looked like he couldn’t be beat, but had a major problem mid-track and Ed took the win. Joe Stiles faced Edwin Robles who also had a fire mid track and Joe took the win. Finally Jeff Noesen faced Jill Hicks who had trouble at the line and Jeff took the win with a 7.82.
Semi Finals pitted Ed Moore against Dave Klaput who ran a clean 7.90 to take the win. Jeff Noesen had a bye run with a 7.76 against Joe Stiles who broke and did not run. Another 7.76 run! Holy cow, this was a record setting day.
Finals were Dave Klaput against Jeff Noesen with the win going to Jeff with ANOTHER 7.76 run against Dave’s 7.86. Congratulations Jeff on not only taking the win at Byron, but being the NEW OUTLAW SUPERSTOCK RECORD ET HOLDER
May 19, 2007 - Joliet, IL
| #1 Bill H. 7.80 | #1 Bill H. 7.90 | #1 Bill H. 7.85 | #1 Bill H. |
| #8 Jim I. 12.51 | #5 Joe P. 7.91 | ||
| #5 Joe P. 7.91 | |||
| #3 Jerry S. 8.46 | |||
| #4 Mike P. 7.96 | #3 Jerry S. 7.89 | ||
| #3 Jerry S. 7.81 | |||
| #6 Ed M. 7.89 | #7 John B. | ||
| #2 Joe S. | |||
| #7 John B. 10.45 |
All Seven Second Field AGAIN…and some MORE personal bests. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather and a great crowd on hand. We welcomed 2 new members to our group, John Baio and Rory Cook with the only Ford in the group. The day was filled with fast cars and some monster wheelies.
#1 qualifier Bill Houghton with a 7.81 wowed the crowd with an unbelievable wheelstand and picked up an extra $100 from the Match Race Mania announcers who picked his wheelie as the best one at the 4pm qualifying run.
Round one had Mike Priola (#4 with his personal best 7.93) facing his brother Joe (#5 with a 7.946). Joe took the win with his own personal best 7.91. 2nd up was Jerry Sevik (#3 with a 7.89) facing Ed Moore (#6 with a 7.949). Jerry took the win with a 7.81 against Ed Moore’s personal best 7.89! The 3rd pair up turned into a solo run for John Baio (#7 with a 7.974) when Joe Stiles (#2 with a 7.87) had a starter issue under the tunnel. By the time Joe’s car was running and ready to go, John was already staged. He ran a 10:45. The last pair up was Bill Houghton against Jim Irving (#8 with his own personal best 7.979). Bill won with a 7.801…
Congratulations to ALL of you for those personal bests. It was very impressive. In qualifying, Dan Priola also had his own personal best with an 8.11 and Rory Cook had an 8.14.
The semi finals had John Baio facing Jerry Sevik. This writer understood John’s nick name of “boom boom” when he had a major explosion mid track. Jerry took the win with a 7.89. The race to watch though was the run featuring Bill Houghton and Joe Priola. Even though it wasn’t the finals, this was the kind of racing that makes the Outlaw Superstocks so great. Both cars did MONSTER wheelies and it was side by side the whole track. When the lights came on at the end of the track, Bill had the win with a 7.90 against Joe’s 7.91. Talk about close. Thanks for the great race you guys! That’s what this is all about.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time to run the finals between Jerry Sevik and Bill Houghton. We’ll do that at Byron on Sunday May 27th.
See you then…