BYRUM BEATS FIELD @
AMARILLO DRAGWAY
The
Southwest
Superchargers most
recent appointment was
at the New Amarillo
Dragway Amarillo,
Texas. Fourteen
superchargerd hopefuls
hauled their equipment
north for the meet.
Qualifying for our
SWSC racers and crews
began under pleasant
skies with warm temps
and potent but
managable breezes.
Bill Norman/Norman
Bros/Bennett & Oliver
debuted for the day
with a 7.7751/173.59.
Clay Cunningham/Waynes
World Racing went
7.7069/177.08. Brittny
Blakelys mount
performed well with a
7.7781/174.46. Lyle
Byrums ATI Racing car
ran a nice
7.6761/173.59. Recent
winner Julian Moody/Pipeliner
team made a
7.8047/172.58. Mike
Jones/Voodoo Child
first SWSC pass of
2010 was a
7.6662/182.96.
Showtime Racings Doug
Meshirer went
7.8508/162.47. Buck
Woolen ran a very nice
7.6309/176.50. Andy
Mears Banzai Racing
team ran a great
7.6062/173.59. The
Quick Thrill Gary Hill
rattled the Goodyears
and displayed a
8.1640/170.42. Sue
Stringers Twisted
Sister team ran a soft
8.2409/152.01 on their
new horizontal Enderle
f.i. But Jacob Penner
(Just For Kicks
Racing) topped out
with his
7.5959/180.63. Marvin
Boyle (slingshot)
didn't run, Don David
(U.S. Army backed)
lost oil pressure, and
Gilbert Tejeda was a
no-show in Q-1.
In the
second round of
qualifying for the
SWSC, Andy Mears ran
an SWSC-ignored
7.3732/187.32. Julian
Moody improved to a
7.5321/177.22. Clay
Cunningham went
7.5881/176.34. Sue
Stringer went too fast
(7.4282/172.48) when
her tuner missed the
mark widely. Brittny
Blakely ran an
excellent
7.6058/177.93. Mike
Jones Q-2 pass was
7.6392/182.87. Bill
Norman went
7.6821/179.37. Gary
Hill made his
Goodyears stick to the
Amarillo surface for a
7.7263/173.61.
Donnie Powells computer
showed the qualifying
ladder to be #1 Jacob
Penner (.0041 off
index) #2 Brittny
Blakely (.0058) #3
Andy Mears (.0062) #4
Clay Cunningham
(.0119) #5 Buck Woolen
(.0309) #6 Mike Jones
(.0392) #7 Julian
Moody (.0689) #8 Lyle
Byrum (.0761 off).
Outside the 8-car
qualified field was #9
Bill Norman
(.0821...7.6821 on a
7.600 index) #10 Gary
Hill (.126) #11 Doug
Meshirer (.2508) and
#12 Sue Stringer
(.6409 off index).
Round 1 SWSC
Eliminations started
with Lubbock neighbors
#3 Andy Mears and #6
Mike Jones flogging
their drive trains
into racing condition.
In a close 7.6249 to
7.6371 pass Mears
"Banzai" team took the
win on a holeshot with
the slower e.t., .0549
to .0771, a final win
margin of just .010
sec, a Southwest
Supercharger pass!
Next #1 Jacob Penner
and #8 Lyle Byrum
heated the tires to
get ready for their
duel. Penners car fell
off to a 7.8622/155.10
and #8 Lyle avanced to
the semi-final on his
7.7660/171.21. #4 Clay
Cunningham and #5 Buck
Woolen next
advanced from bleach
box to starting line.
Bucks 7.7131/173.71
was out-run by Clays
7.6610/162.49. And
Buck had the best r.t.
of the round with his
.0139. The last pair
of Rd 1 was #2 Brittny
Blakely vs. #7 Julian
Moody. Julian came out
with a 7.6983/163.08
but had to concede
this round to Brittnys
superior
7.6428/171.07. Good
Job!
The SWSC
semi-final round
commenced with #3 Andy
Mears facing #2
Brittny Blakely. Mears
left the Amarillo
starting line
first...but it was
.029 before the green
light disqualifying
his 7.8038/172.54 in
favor of Brittnys
spot-on 7.6069/176.48.
The other half of the
SWSC final would be
either #4 Clay
Cunninghem or #8 Lyle
Byrum. Clay put up a
nice 7.6941/167.22 but
Lyle dominated with
his 7.6282/166.60.
Now the SWSC
final was shaping up
to be a burner. Both
competitors sport
motors in the 600-inch
range. Both also run
the competitive Top
Dragster class
regularly. And this
was the first SWSC
final for both
drivers. After a
respectable r.t. by
both, Brittny got to
the stripe first...but
too soon on an
under-index pass of
7.5709/173.25 to Lyles
winning 7.6300/177.08.
A grand SWSC
Congratulations to
first time winner Lyle
Byrum & CC Bobby Brown
& the ATI Racing team.
And "kudos" to the
runner-up team of
Brittny Blakely & Paul
& Lisa Blakely. Great
Job, All!
Winning team Lyle
Byrum
Runner Up Brittny
Blakely.
Special thanks to the
new owners/operators
of the New Amarillo Dragway for
contributing and extra
$500 from ticket sales
to the John Wayne
Cancer Fund and
another $100 out of
their personal pocket
on top of that. Our
sincere appreciation.
We understand you
liked our show. Hope
to see you again next
year.
Now pay
attention as the SWSC
next returns to
Midlands Desert
Thunder raceway June
26. The points race is
heating up and the
racing is tightening
up! See You at the
Races!
For the Amarillo
Dragway fans the
Southwest
Superchargers made:
18 passes on-index
7.60s
12 passes off-index
7.60+
8 passes under-index
31 passes over 170
mph!
Mears Mazda #1
Qualifier Bonus to
Jacob Penner
Mears Mazda #2
Qualifier Bonus to
Brittny Blakely
Mears Mazda #3
Qualifier Bonus to
Andy Mears
Sunset Racecraft
Progressive Qualifier
Bonus to #9 Bill
Norman
Good Vibrations Quick
Lite Award goes to
Buck Woolen .013 r.t.
rnd 1.
Jerry Norman Driver
Bounty to Jacob Penner
for out-leaving Lyle
Byrum in Rd 1 .0817 to
.1238
FRiS
