NMCA Milan, MI 2009 SAME DAY Coverage

[Myles]

Man, all of the racers are running very fast times in all of the classes.

Thanks,
Myles

[mark@streetlegaltv]

Qualifying Round 2 Video Coming in the Morning

[Tom@StreetlegalTV]

Sorry for the delay, the internet went out at the hotel last night, so we were not able to update this thread.

Here are some notes from the pits after Q1.



Mike Demayo’s car left hard to the left on his run. Thankfully he doesn’t think it is anything wrong with the car, just that he was lined up a little out of the grove. Still, he is going to switch to a lighter weight oil and play with the shift point to get ready for Q2.



Steve Cagle’s Vortech Xtreme Street car lost power about 10 times throughout his run. Everything form the MSD, to the computer on the car went out. They think it was a nitrous solenoid that shorted out. Not being able to pull any usable data from the car, they are going to run the same set up for Q2.

[Tom@StreetlegalTV]

Qualifying Round 2







Interviews



Vinny Demieri On Car Camera



Special thanks to Vinny Demieri and his crew for sharing the on car footage with us!

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[Tom@StreetlegalTV]

Chris Rini has been having a rough weekend. Currently sitting 7th on the Pro Street Qualifying Sheet, he has been struggling to put the power down all weekend. Rini really just seemed at a lost about the whole thing. He says the team and himself will be tearing through the car threw the night to find out what the problem is.



Jim Blair is having a rare off weekend. He says the car is pulling right “violently” to the point where he is out of the gas by the 60 foot cone. They had the car up on the loft checking the rear suspension to make sure they didn’t have something adjusted wrong. They will also be checking shocks, but the team seems to think it has something to do with the tire, as that is the only thing they have changed sense zMax. They will pull the tires off and check the runout on them to be sure.



Tony Coughlin’s team was busy doing some general work on the car. You wouldn’t guess by the photo, as the team has the rearend and the transmission out. Overall they have had a good weekend, the car slowed down a little in Q2, but only because Coughlin slightly short shifted and the car didn’t like that one bit he said.



If anyone had luck on their side in Q2 it was Vinny Demieri. Check out the plug the team pulled from the number three cylinder, nice and toasty. Thankfully Demieri was able to shut the engine down just in time to prevent any damage to the engine.



Now all they have to swap out is the one spark plug.



Chris Singleton and his crew was busy fixing a small oil leak on the rear of the oil pan on his car. It was just a small crack so they will just patch it up and move on to E1.



They are looking for more than just the win this weekend, they also are here to break the record for Xtreme Street. They already ran faster than it, now they just have to back it up. Don’t believe me, check out number 14 on the to do list.

[Tom@StreetlegalTV]

Well it's Sunday and this has been a great weekend so far. We've seen some great wheel stands, fast times and overall great racing from the NMCA guys and gals.



Thanks again to SCT Flash for sponsoring this event coverage, with out them none of this would be possible. Check them out at www.sctflash.com

Officials of the NMCA decided not to run a third round of qualifying, so we will roll right into eliminations today.

[Tom@StreetlegalTV]

In Pro Street, Scott Johnson had a rough outing last run. He told us the shift light never turned off all the way from 3rd to 5th gear. The team adjusted the suspension on the rear of his Trans Am for a little less bite off the line, and a little more down the track. They are also going to take a little power out of the car to help keep the tires hooked.



Chris Rini and his team spent the night going through their car. They found a problem with the Shock Box on the car. They are going to run their electric shocks in manual mode as they do not carry a spare and were unable to track one down.

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[Tom@StreetlegalTV]

Pro Stock



Skip Baskin lined up with Greg Delaney for the first race in heads up eliminations. Delaney had a problem keeping the front wheels down and his time suffered. Baskin spun the tires off the line a few times, but gathered it up and ran it out at a 8.520 @ 154.65 MPH to advance.



Next up was Jason Russell and Don Bowles. Bowles was sleeping at the light with a .162 RT over Russell’s .067 RT. But Bowles pulled him on the top end with all the ROUSH power under the hood of his Maveric. Bowles advances with a 8.542 @ 155.13 over Russell’s 9.277 @ 147.14.



Making it a good round for ROUSH cars, Ben Mens in the Lucas Oil Mustang knocks out NMRA Hot Street champ Robbie Blankenship with an 8.523 @ 158.79 over a 9.153 @ 158.28 from Blankenship.



The right lane continued to dominate so far, this time with Andy Schmidt earning the win light with a 8.558 @ 158.44 to send Ed Zebrowski home. Zebrowski looked like he missed the setup on his car. It left nice, but just wasn’t pulling the entire length of the track like it should have been.



Mike Konigshofer’s crew lined him up just right against Mike Demayo. He went a 8.679 @ 156.75 to knock out the number one car. Demayo gave it his all after spinning the tires off the line ending with a 8.983 @ 156.63.



Butch Kemp had a bye run and decided to take full advantage of it. He took the lights and the team pushed the car back, saving it for the next run.

Xtreme Street



Adam Sailor and Don Culbertson lined up next in eliminations. Both cars left at almost the same time, but it Sailor who flat pulled Culbertson down the track with a 8.684 @ 146.90 to over an 10.707 @ 100.84.



Bob Curran advances over Jason Lee. Lee’s car didn’t wanna stay on all four wheels, and his ET suffered when he didn’t bother getting back into it. Curran ran an 8.267 @ 170.47 over Lee’s 11.144 @ 86.02.



Aaron Stapleton sent Kevin Connolly home. Connolly gave it his best shot running an 8.455 @ 168.59. But it was no match for Stapleton’s 8.105 @ 172.91.



Andy Mays won on the come back after a .102 RT to Dan Kroll’s .041. Kroll was even faster to the 1000 foot mark, but as we all know only the last coe really counts and Mays got first with an 8.870 @ 164.73 over a 8.954 @ 148.96.



Steve Cagle and Bill Travato were another pair of cars that nailed a good RT off the line. But it was Cagle who just drove away from Travato right after that. Cagle ended with an 8.182 @ 167.21 over Travato’s 8.690 @ 161.87.



David Heister enjoyed a free run when Scott Guiler failed to make it to the eighth mile after his car broke. Guiler left hard, but the car back fired and slowed to a stop. Heister ran an 9.025 @ 131.18 after shutting it down early.



Mark Mathews was sent home by Bob Kurgan. Mathews cars was broke after the 60 foot cone and stoped pulling as he costed to an 11.606 @ 81.33 MPH. Kurgan advances to the next round with a 8.622 @ 138.98.



Jamie Stanton’s nitrous assisted Camaro will advance to the next round after Tim Hendricks got out of shape and crossed the center line taking the 330 cone with him.



Chris Singleton ran a bye run to the next round. He shut it down early running an 9.412 @ 145.35.

You can see the rest of E1 in our videos going up later tonight!