Retired police officer Mac Sibley has taken some giant steps towards defending his Borla Street Bandit championship from last year by taking two events in a row at Norwalk and Bristol with this ex-Pro Stock car.
BRINSFIELD, SCARRY & BURTON SCORE REPEAT WINS AT FFW BRISTOL
Championship Picture Gets Clearer With Just Two Points Events To Go
Bristol has always been a favorite stop along the Fun Ford tour. For a number of racers, it became even sweeter as the 17th annual FFW Thunder Valley Nationals was the scene for some important wins in quests for the 2008 season championship.
Probe Pro saw Dale Brinsfield score his second consecutive season victory as he scored 1 6.450/219.65 win over defending champion David Schorr was forced to shut off after getting crossed up. Several new faces were competing this year as Seth Johnson and Mike Bellew made their debuts. Todd Amandus made another appearance in his camouflage colored Mustang with Dennis Lugo making the tuning calls as he sped to a 6.843.
In the opening round of eliminations, Johnson took out Amandus 7.165 to 7.623 to pick up his first career win in eliminations while Schorr battered Bellew 6.581 to 8.680. Brinsfield singled with a 6.450. Round two saw Johnson slow to an 8.162 against Brinsfield’s 6.492 while Schorr got the bye to set up another final round between the pair. Schorr, who has been in every final this season, launched hard against Brinsfield, but had to shut off when the car went sideways as Brinsfield sped to a 6.450 at 219.65 mph to grab his second win of the year.
Former IHRA racer Jerry Williams picked up his second Probe Pro career Fun Ford victory at Bristol with Dale Brinsfield behind the wheel. Their brand new Jerry Haas built 2008 Shelby Cobra has posted the quickest times ever for a nitrous car in Fun Ford history.
Performance 2-Way Communications saw Frank Mewshaw grab his first career pole and his first final round in this eighth mile Battle of the Brands, but a victory was just not meant to be, as he was unable to make it to the line. John Choate, making his second appearance of the year in Terry Taylor’s nitrous Mustang, ran a solid 4.728 at 155.96, but fell to a foul start as point’s leader Conrad Scarry ran a 4.579 at 160.65. With Mewshaw unable to make the call, Scarry dodged a bullet as a broken camshaft kept him from making a competitive run. Even so, it was another victory as Scarry appears to have clinched the season championship with just one more race to go.
Tracy Silver grabbed top honors during qualifying in True Street with this Mustang notch that ran a combined average of 9.283 seconds over three runs after completing a 30 cruise on the streets.