UORS at I-22 Coverage

[mark@streetlegaltv]

The pilot race for the United Outlaw Racing Series is happening this weekend at I-22 Motorsports Park in Alabama. This will be a place to be for the fast index and heads up east coast racing.

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[Chevelle Rob]

Well here i am at I-22 after almost 13 hours on the road, what a ride. The UORS series features several index classes, 7.00, 6.00 and 5.30also Ultimate Street, which is contested on a 275 Drag Radial, Outlaw Drag Radial, True Ten Five (TT5) and Automatic Pro Mods as well as jet dragster exhibition racing.



In Ultimate Street Eric Kenward made one test pass to a 5.43.



Outlaw Drag Radial racer Randy Westmoreland was the first car out and ran a nice 4.85. They had a severe fire early this year and this is the second race with the car.


Kolivas goes 4.81 @ 159 MPH off the trailer, quickest so far in testing.





Tony Ridenour ran a 4.82, Donald "The Mayor" Long is on hand helping out the goodtimers.



Kevin Fiscus is also here, he had to pedal the car on his run earlier.



Relative newcomer to Drag Radial is Mitch Zaretsky. he has a fresh engine in the car after suffering some damage at the ORTC in May.



David Reese is running TT5 this weekend.



Some of the index classes have some interesting cars like this blown SCB powered Bug.

[Chevelle Rob]

Ultimate Street Q1

Eric Kenward 5.42 @ 129
Kevin Schrinsher 5.73 @ 131

True Ten Five

Jeff Cooner 4.69 @ 164
Eric Dillard 4.72 ! 169
Tommy Rainer 4.74 @ 165
Paul Soltz 4.95 @ 151
Kevin Scott 7.10 @ 85 (spun tires)

Outlaw Drag Radial

Kevin Fiscus 4.74 @ 152
John Kolivas 4.74 @ 163
Tony Ridenour 4.93 @ 152
Chad Henderson 5.00 @ 144
Tommy Brewer 5.26 @ 133
Randy Westmoreland 5.32 @ 119
Mitch Zaretsky 5.47 @ 125
Shane Crowden 5.50 @ 131
Shane Stack 5.6 @ 104
Jeff Reed 6.21 @ 85
Robert Culver 6.35 @ 27
007 (no name currently) 7.08 @ 62

Auto Pro Mod

Steve Kirk Jr. 4.26 @ 174
Lee Atkins Jr. 4.41 @ 174
Ben Hallman 4.54 @ 154
Wade Kelly 7.72 @ 135
Robert Mathis 8.96 @ 48

[Chevelle Rob]

From left to right Smokin Joe Zacaro, Davey Gonzoles, Jerry Ford, Harold Washington.





This is David Reese’s first time out with the new engine combo, it’s a 720 ci BBC by Buck Racing Engines with an F3 procharger. They juts fired it up today here at the track. He did not make a pass in qualifying tonight.

The Mustang being driven by Randy Westmoreland was also built and is maintained by him at Sherwood Performance. The car is owned by Ricky Dunn and is powered by a 509 BBC with Air Flow Research CNC ported 357 Magnum Heads. They hail from Hot Springs Arkansas.



Shane Stack in the house.





This awesome Willys runs out of Hallmans Body Shop Fayette Alabama, it’s got a blown 526 Hemi with a Lenco 3 speed Bruno transmission.



Shane Crowden and Larry Waldrop are in partners with this Mustang out of Olive Branch Mississippi. The engine in this car is a fresh 604 ci BBC with Brodix spread port heads.



Chad Henderson has a fresh 632 for this race. Monte Smith takes care of the engine and nitrous tune on the car.



Brady Mcnew and the Mad Man and Co have the Orange Crush here for it’s race debut, it’s a twin Procharged BBC. I’ll have more on the team tomorrow.





Eric Dillard and crew are here, and number two qualifier so far behind Jeff Cooner.

[Chevelle Rob]

Things kicked off about 12 noon today for the TNT session. Second round qualifying should start around 2 PM.




Sirius Video is here on site and streaming live video throughout the event. You can find check it out on Siriusvideo.com







I took a few shots of their production van, they have a lot of stuff, which is what it takes to do what they do.





The order of the day seems to be converter changes. Mitch Zaretsky and another Drag Radial racer were at it this morning.





here are couple shots of the crystal trophys UORS is handing out. I have to say they are very nice and will be a fine addition to a racers shelf.



Breakfast time in the Goodtimer pits with Tony Ridenour manning the grill.



Mafia Motorsports has a tent vending T Shirts and accessories.



They are still working to add grandstand space at the new facility.







Automatic Pro Mod racer Cory Raben's chute failed to open on his test hit and he ran just of the end of the track after a 4.12 @ 189 MPH, he is ok.



Shane Stack changed the valve springs on the Monte Carlo last night.



Kevin Scott put on some new skins this morning and ran a nice 4.99.



Karen Bryant UORS Race Director chatting with the Zacaro team early this morning

[Chevelle Rob]

David Reese sheared the crack keyway last night and will not be making the show with the new car. They should be able to be ready for Steel in 2 weeks.











Congrats to Eric Kenward and TRZ Motorsports, during todays test session he had a stellar 1.19 60', which is the quickest to date for a Modified/Ultimate Street car on a 275 radial. TRZ Motorsports had just installed a new rear housing with a new design back brace. The 330' time indicates the car could run a 5.19 but they are experiencing some excessive converter slip this weekend.



Steve K irk is taking care of a minor issue in the pits before qualifying today.



Team Controlled Chaos is here to do a stunt bike exibition. I will have some pics of that up later.

[Chevelle Rob]

Q2 Sirius Designs Ultimate Street

Neil Hawkins 5.34 @ 135
Eric Kenward 5.35 @ 130
Marty Tubbs 5.45 @ 129
Kevin Schrinsher 5.73 @ 131
Kirk Hatley 6.05 @ 122
Jody Voyels 12.52 @ 57













Voyels had a wild ride and did a great job of keeping his Camaro off the wall.



Hawkins came out hard and took the top spot after kicking the tires off last night.

Q2 Patriot Performance TT5

Eric Dillard 4.66 @ 171
Jeff Cooner 4.67 @ 164
Tommy Rainer 4.74 @ 165
Paul Soliz 4.82 @ 159
Clay Seliz 4.98 @ 151
David Reese 4.93 @ 151
Kevin Scott 4.94 @ 152
Justin Martin 5.01 @ 149
Shane Parker 5.40 @ 123



Dillard takes the top spot from Cooner by .01.











Tommy Rainer pulled the wheels up and held it out but had to abort the pass when it got out of shape after the wheelie.



Reese is back in a borrowed car.

Q2 Hawkins Racecraft Outlaw Drag Radial

John Kolivas 4.73 @ 162
Kevin Fiscus 4.74 @ 152
Tony Ridenour 4.84 @ 157
Randy Westmoreland 4.86 @ 157
Tommy Brewer 4.86 @ 144
Chad Henderson 5.00 @ 144
Robert Culver 5.05 @ 143
Shane Crowder 5.16 @ 141
Shane Stack 5.23 @ 104
Walter Wilhelm 5.37 @ 137
Mitch Zaretsky 5.37 @ 136
Keith Bell 6.06 @ 102
Jeff Reed 6.21 @ 85
Brad Wedlock 8.42 @ 65



Kolivas is number one now after laying down a nice 4.73



Ridenour changed the converter back to what the know will go down and picked up to a 4.84.









Shane Stack got into a wheelie and had to lift.

Q2 Hilltop Materials Automatic Pro Mod

Lee Adkins Jr 4.14 @ 177
Steve Kirk Jr 4.19 @ 152
Ben Hallman 4.51 @ 161
Wade Kelley 4,72 @ 135
Coby Rabon 5.89 @ 82
Steve Dozier 6.14 @ 120
Robert Mathis 7.40 @ 60
Ronnie Davis 7.56 @ 79



Number one Qualifier Lee Adkins Jr.







Several of the Pro Mods were having problems getting down the track in this session.

Steve Kirk Jr had quite a bit of smoke on the top end.







The guys from Controlled Chaos

[Chevelle Rob]

Kirk Jr. had burned two pistons in round two, they trashed to make the repairs and are buttoning things up now.

[Chevelle Rob]

Ultimate Street E1



Hawkins 5.40 bye



Voyels over Tubbbs



Kenward had a bye, 5.35 and low ET, also another 1.19 60’, they are getting it done for sure.



Schrinsher over Hatley

Outlaw Drag Radial



Kolivas will face Culver in the next round, Chad Henderson will go home early today.





Westmoreland 4.99 and the win over Wilhelm, he will face off with Tony Ridenour in round two.



Fiscus had a bye, he will face Bell in the next round after he got around Crowder.





Shane Stack got low ET with a 4.71 and will run against Tommy Brewer next, he ran a 4.93.

TT5

There were all bye runs in TT5 for this round after Parker broke and could not make the call against Soliz.
The run order will be, Dillard vs Martin Soliz vs Seliz, Cooner vs Reese and Rainer vs Scott.



Pro Mod



Davis got by Adkins with a 4.60. Steve Kirk Jr set low ET after replacing two pistons between rounds with a stellar 4.09, they will run each other next round.


Rabon took out Dozier with a 4.65 and will line up with Mathis who ran a 4.32 to get around Wade Kelley

[Chevelle Rob]

TT5

Dillard over martin, 4.69, he also has the 10.5 track record with a 4.66.

Soliz takes the win over Seliz with a personal best 4.77.

Cooner takes out Reese with a 4.74

Rainer over Scott, 4.81.

Outlaw Drag Radial

Kolivas wins his match with Culver.

Westmoreland gets around the lifting Ridenour with a 4.76

Fiscus over Bell, 4.83

Brewer takes out Stack with a 4.90 as Stack was forced to pedal on the top end.

They are running out of order now until the rest of the classes are to the semis. 7.00 is running now, then Pro Mods then ultimate Street.