Cannon first in 5.70’s, first over 250 in North America
Scott Cannon, driving a supercharged Vanishing Point Race Cars-built 1970 Superbird own by Thomas Patterson and tuned by his father, the legendary Scotty Cannon, shattered the existing North American ET and Speed Record for doorslammers at the Shakedown, setting the new records at 5.738/252.71.
Australian “Tin Tops” (their version of Pro Mod) have regularly exceeded 250 mph but Scott and Scotty Cannon are the quickest and fastest in North America by a ton. Since there were no restrictions placed on the supercharged doorslammers, it is safe to assume that they could have easily been running more than the IHRA/NHRA maximum overdrive on their supercharger but that isn’t an issue as again this was a NO RULES race and it was truly ‘run-what-ya-brung”!
A big tip of the Agent’s hat to Scott Cannon, Scotty Cannon and the rest of the Patterson family for a job well done. (Todd Dziadosz photo) [10/6/2008]
Hancock crashes new car
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Last year's ADRL Pro Nitrous world champion Jamie Hancock, 19, experienced a nasty accident in testing at Phenix City, AL, on Sunday, Oct. 5. In just its 10th time down a strip, Hancock's brand-new Precision Racecraft-built '68 Firebird veered left out of the racing groove about half-track, then turned almost head-on into the right-side guardrail about 600 feet out before flipping and sliding on its roof and rolling over two or three times.
Fortunately, Hancock was uninjured in the chaos, though he was taken to a local hospital as a precaution since his helmet was cracked in the crash, which registered 6.1 negative Gs in the car's onboard computer on initial impact. Hancock said he and his father, James III, had planned on testing every weekend before heading to Dallas later this month to take part in the 4th annual ADRL World Finals. Obviously, that's not an option now, and while Hancock confirmed the chassis is too torn up for repair, he said they plan on commissioning a replacement "as soon as we can." (photos courtesy Wade Mooney) [10/6/2008]