Supercharged outlaws Yanks
weekend at Shakespeare County Raceway.
Sponsored by Bill
Felsted - Fester Race Cars, Romford
The Outlaws would like
to thank Bill for his continued contribution and support for
the Outlaws.
With nine cars coming
through the gates it was a healthy start to the outlaw’s season.
There were 4 Altereds,
3 Slingshots and 2 Door Slammers in attendance with the first session scheduled
for noon on Saturday. Already we had casualties during the warm ups with Brian
Gandy bending a couple of valves and with no spares this put Brian out for the
weekend. Wayne Colliver broke his starter on the 1.6 cross flow and this also put
Wayne out for the weekend.
During the warm up
there was another casualty when Alec Coe lost drive. This was traced to a
broken sprag on the pump drive in the powerglide. Following several frantic
phone calls, Andy Frost came to the rescue. The gearbox was removed from Shy Talker
and taken to Andy’s workshop where Andy replaced the broken parts and sent Alec
back to the track feeling a lot happier. Alec was back at Shakey for 8.30 on Saturday
night and Kev, Tom & Johnny Hall refitted the gearbox ready to run on Sunday
morning.
Many thanks go to Andy
Frost for his invaluable assistance and for opening up his workshop on a Saturday
evening rather than enjoying a pint at his local!!
The final casualty was
Paul Watts with the big pick up. Paul went out for an early
test run Saturday morning and the engine swallowed a small bolt through the
supercharger damaging the blower rotors. Paul did have some luck as the bolt
went through No. 2 cylinder flattening the spark plug and exiting out through
the exhaust ~ the only other damage was to the spark plug. When the wiring let
the car down, Paul decided to call it a day. I believe the car is now heading to Andy Robinson for a new
ignition system and a full rewire in time for the next round at Santa Pod.
Back to the racing and
at 12 o clock we had five cars make it to the start line. First car out was
Richard Davies with the immaculate 41 Willys who ran a 10.6 at 132mph on
a solo run.
Next out was Roy
Wilding in the Hemi Hunter slingshot. Alongside Roy was Tony Smith in the Faster
Pussycat Altered. Tony was away first at the green but by half track
Roy was powering past Roy getting to the stripe first with 8.74 at 158 mph to
Tony’s 10.08 at 127 mph.
Final pair in this
session was Lee Gallimore in the Red Mist Altered against the Wobble
car of Steve Goode. Steve was only doing a check out pass and the car sounded
really strong. Steve left on the green and shut of after about two hundred feet
and he ran 15.06 at 52.92 mph. Lee in the opposite lane was also checking out a
new combination in the rear axle ~ a half pass from Lee gave him a 9.762 at
93.86 mph which concluded the first session.
Session two was run at
4 o’clock and again only five cars made it to the staging lanes.
The first pair out was
Steve Goode against Tony Smith but unfortunately Tony’s starter let him down
and although crew man Chris Round quickly borrowed another starter, this had
the wrong battery voltage therefore leaving Steve on a solo run. Steve left the
line a lot harder this time and again was off the throttle by mid track to give
him a 12.65 at 65 mph.
Next pair out was Roy Wilding
in his Slingshot against Lee Gallimore’s Altered - Lee was back on the numbers
with this run. Lee led Roy all the way down the track with a stout 7.8 at
160.78 mph to Roy’s 8.8 at 156 mph.
Richard Davies on
another bye ran an arrow straight 10.33 at 132.35 mph.
Sunday morning dawned
a bit wet at Shakey with rain in the air most of the morning, but by dinner
time it was looking good for the slicks to be allowed onto the track. We were
finally called to the staging lanes at 2.30 where we now had 7 cars out with
Alec Coe having repaired his Shy Talker Slingshot.
First pair out this
session was to be Roy Wilding against Alec Coe - both slingshots fired up and
turned onto the track together and then produced side by side burnouts. On the
green Roy was away first but at the stripe Alec just nosed ahead with an 8.54
at 158.48 to Roy’s 9.08 at 145.28.
Next out was Richard
and the 41 Willy’s with another solo pass for Richard with a 10.19 at
133.36 mph.
Next pair up Lee
Gallimore and Tony Smith and gave strong
side by side burnouts. Unfortunately Tony was shutdown on the start line by
crew chief Chris Round which left Lee on a bye. Lee was on a mission and on the
green both front wheels clawed the air and when they returned to terra firma Lee
was heading towards the barrier but managed to steer away from trouble to give
him a shut off of 8.3 at only 117 mph.
Last car out was Steve
Goode with the wicked looking Wobble Altered. The massive engine
fired up and sounded really strong but disaster struck when Steve tried to move
forward as he had no drive and Steve had to shut down. Yours truly tried to
find out what Steve’s problem was back in the pits, but Steve was not
forthcoming and his only reply was “it’s
a simple fix - no more comment!!”
The Fester Race Cars Trophy
and a cheque for £100 went to Richard Davies and his 41 Willys. Runners up
spot went to Roy Wilding who received an inscribed tankard and £25 prize money.
Spot prizes of an inscribed
tankard and £10 went to Lee Gallimore for the lowest ET of 7.8. The final award
was the Commentators Award chosen by Barry in the Tower. In Barry’s own words “It has got to be Steve Goode - that car
frightens me just looking at it!! “Steve received an inscribed tankard and
a £10 prize.
That concludes the
first round of the Supercharged Outlaws series. We would like to thank Jerry at
Shakespeare County Raceway and all the track marshals and officials for their
hard work.
And again also thanks to
Bill Felstead for donating the winner’s trophy and the £100 winner’s prize.
The next round of OUTLAW ACTION will be at Santa Pod for
the Truck Show on28/29 June.
Tog will be a guest commentator and I will be asking him to choose the Commentators
Award for this round.
Cheers
Dave 9fuzzie) McKenzie