Part 2 of our extended Scheid coverage continues…
Ben Miller and Double Overtime didn’t suffer as much of a suspension issue this year while making a 308-foot run that was good enough for 4th Place in Super Stock. The Top 10 results for each class are below:
101 Trucks tried to qualify in 2.6 (top 26 made finals)
2.6 Class Sled Pull (Finals)
1st Daniel Musselman ’96 Dodge 341.08 feet
2nd Scott Amos ’95 Dodge 335.05 feet
3rd Kevin Glover ’01 Dodge 334.11 feet
4th Matt Gainer ’02 GMC 334.09 feet
5th Wesley Wade ’06 Dodge 333.07 feet
6th Terry Martin ’01 Dodge 331.10 feet
7th Craig McElfresh ’03 Chevy 329.01 feet
8th William Chambers ’02 Dodge 327.01 feet
9th Eric Beverly ’99 Dodge 326.02 feet
10th Adam Lott ’98 Dodge 323.08 feet
53 Trucks tried to qualify in 2.8 (top 26 made finals)
2.8 Class Sled Pull (Finals)
1st Matthew Williams ’95 Dodge 329.10 feet
2nd Troy Wakeman ’02 Chevy 328.03 feet
3rd Wesley Kusilek ’03 GMC 326.07 feet
4th Ric Scrimager ’06 Chevy 321.09 feet
5th Carl Sugg ’97 Dodge 321.09 feet
6th Tony Burkhard ’05 Chevy 318.10 feet
7th Justin Mosley ’99 Dodge 315.10 feet
8th Joe Wiltse ’97 Ford 314.11 feet
9th Chris Webb ’97 Dodge 314.09 feet
10th Chris Muhs ’98 Dodge 313.00 feet
23 Pro Stock (3.0) Trucks competed
3.0 Class Sled Pull
1st Dan Painter ’03 Ford 306.04 feet
2nd Brad Ingram ’96 Dodge 305.09 feet
3rd Rod Tarr Dodge 301.05 feet
4th Nathan Thornley ’03 Chevy 299.04 feet
5th Kevin Cole ’98 Dodge 297.02 feet
6th Jeremy Denson ’96 Dodge 293.07 feet
7th Ryan Whalen ’02 Dodge 293.05 feet
8th Bill Heyen ’02 Dodge 290.10 feet
9th Ladell Weaver ’95 Dodge 289.10 feet
10th Russell Dionne ’96 Dodge 289.08 feet
11 Super Street (Modified) Trucks competed
Super Stock Class Sled Pull
1st Corey Atley ’08 Ford 322.01 feet
2nd Kent Crowder ’08 Dodge 319.08 feet
3rd Faith Miller ’96 Dodge 311.07 feet
4th Ben Miller ’08 Ford 308.10 feet
5th Shane Kellogg ’97 Dodge 308.06 feet
6th Erik Stacey ’06 Chevy 297.08 feet
7th Calvin Miller ’02 Dodge 294.11 feet
8th Roger Straley Dodge 289.06 feet
9th Robert Miller ’06 Dodge 268.05 feet
10th Clint Cannon ’06 Chevy 254.01 feet
Jimmy Smith’s truck, now driven by Seth Sullivan was on display along vendor row on Saturday. And sitting right behind it all day was TS Performance’s Caged Fury. The trucks are two of the most serious Pro Street drag race rigs in the sport, and helped hype up the anticipation of the drags that were to follow the next day.
Although Dan Scheid wanted to see Bo Layne pilot the dragster to a 4.40-second eighth-mile pass, the 4.95-second one we saw seemed entertaining enough for the big crowd attending Sunday’s drag races.
The bracket classes at drag racing events are always fun to watch. This 6.0L Power Stroke-powered cargo van clicked off several mid-to-low 9-second passes.
This crew traveled from Pennsylvania to see three non-stop days of the best diesel performance money can buy, which the Scheid event is known for providing. They were not disappointed.
Brandon Miller’s Cummins-powered S10 could not find traction…at all in the Super Street class, but did manage to click off consistent low 8-second passes throughout the day. We think that with all the bugs worked out, and a set of slicks, a lot more of its true potential will be unleashed.
Here’s another angle of Jerry Frey’s Duramax-powered Camaro on its way to another 7-second run down the eighth.
Dennis Perry and the TS Performance crew kept the drag racing action flowing smoothly throughout the day. Notice who’s sitting in the drivers’ seat of Team Green’s Dodge?... None other than Earl Stuckey himself.
Doh! We snapped off this photo of Darren Morrison’s Pro Modified S10 jumping the gun (red-lighting) against Dr. Performance’s Alex Laughlin.
This was one of the more anticipated races we were able to snag a photo of on Sunday: TS Performance’s Caged Fury vs. Stuckey Racing. Team Green’s obvious weight advantage helped it take the win, and proceed to take top honors in Pro Street. We should also note that, not long after this, Caged Fury ran a 9.48-second quarter-mile at 141 mph at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. How’s that for a 5,600-pound truck!
You could say the burnout contest yielded a fair amount of white smoke mixed in with black. A Duramax took the cake this year.
This Super Duty’s brakes were a little on the hot side after the driver held both the go and stop pedals to the floor throughout his Power Stroke’s 45-second burnout.