![]() Jeff Cameron’s “Magnolia Missile” Firebird stepped up to a 4.57 at 154 to earn a spot in the top half of ‘B’ and Steve Timoszyk’s Michigan based “Detroit Tiger” moved up to number three in the ‘A’ with a 4.19 at 171 mph. Many teams did improve in their final qualifying run including Tod Barker who put the Oklahoma based “Back in Black” alcohol burning Corvette into the number one spot in the ‘B’ field with a 4.48 at 165 mph. Their goal would now be earning as many points as possible in the ‘B’ field, which offers equal points earning opportunity. Yet again, nearly instant tire smoke and even with a wicked pedal job and 190 mph pass, their 5.17 was not enough for an ‘A’ field spot. Heading into the final qualifier Saturday afternoon, points leader Ken Singleton and team “High Risk” were yet to make it past sixty feet, struggling with a new engine combination and desperate for a full pull that would put them into the ‘A’ field. The AlkyDigger ‘B’ field was led by Joey Haas’ “Nimrod” with a 4.71 at 145 mph as teams returned to the pits to service and prepare for final qualifying and eliminations on Saturday. Nancy Matter’s Dale Pulde tuned “Guardian” posted a 4.07 at 163 to earn the number two spot and Mark McElwee wheeled the “Buzzy’s Bomber” to a 4.25 at 149 to round out the top three in the quick eight Rodak’s Custom Coffee ‘A’ field. It was time to open the gates, fill the stands, pull the wires and let the win lights do the talking with some heads up Funny Car action at “Chaos in the Cornfield 2.0”.įriday night hosted a double shot of qualifying under the lights as Allan Middendorf’s “American Outlaw” clicked off a 3.84 at 161 mph to lead the field of seventeen entries. Many of the southwest based racers who had been on tour thus far, stomping across Texas and Missouri, made the tow to Havana and were joined by a fresh crop of east coast and mid-west based teams eager for their first taste of Chaos this year. The Funny Car gods parted the skies and welcomed sunshine and temps in the low 90’s for both days of Chaos action, a much appreciated forecast for the Chaos staff and track crew who had been working for weeks in preparation for the big birthday weekend.įor teams chasing the inaugural Chaos Championship title, this event was a huge opportunity to shuffle the standings and every point was critical in their hopes to be crowned series champs. Weather had plagued CID’s season thus far, like many tracks in the area, with only three race weekends completed to this point. Gale had been running at the track since his drag racing debut in Havana in 1969 and got a well-deserved standing ovation during the opening ceremonies. series, Ozark Mountain Super Shifters, CID Top Eliminator – Quick 16 & Bikes, a nitro match race between Chuck Baird’s Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster and Jim Hidy’s AA/Fuel Altered and finally, exhibition runs by event Grand Marshal Wilmer Gale in his “True Grit” stick shift wheelstanding Camaro. ![]() Also included in the lineup was the Midwest Nostalgia Pro Stockers, Nostalgia Super Stock Inc. (W) Smith (.148 rt) 4.18 149 -vs- (L) Haas (.016 rt) 4.50 153Ĭentral Illinois Dragway in Havana, IL marked the fifth of seven stops on the 2019 Best of Texas BBQ Sauce Championship Tour presented by Red Line Shirt Club on July 26-27th! For the capacity crowd on hand, which set the single day attendance record at the facility, it was a non-stop horsepower shop featuring floppers from across the country and much more as Funny Car Chaos headlined the 50th Anniversary celebration event. Brian Cunningham (Peachland, NC) – 5.42 106 ![]() Ken Singleton (Chickasha, OK) – 5.17 190Ĩ. Jordan Ballew (Bartlesville, OK) – 4.76 146Ħ. Joey Haas (Pleasant View, TN) – 4.71 145ĥ.
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