Ford/Stang Drag Race Weekends '05

We've got four weekends of ELIMN8U.COM Ford/Stang drag racing in the works for the 2005 season:

April 16-17 at Tri-State Raceway...Earlville, Iowa
Open Comp Race on the 17th

June 18-19 at Cedar Falls Raceway...Cedar Falls, Iowa
O/C race both days...this one is still "tentaive" at this point.

Sept. 25 at Cordova Dragway Park...Cordova, Illinois

Oct 22...at Cedar Falls Raceway for the finale.

Hope to see some of you there!!!!

Gene

CFR...Three Days!

June 17-18-19
Our Cedar Falls Raceway bash will cover three days once again with a Friday Night T-N-T kicking off the weekend!
There will be Open Comp races on Sat & Sun along with continuing T-N-T and Grudge Races too.

We may be adding October 22nd to our lineup for '05 too, if there's enough support for it.

Gene

Race Results Round One.

Round One.....Midwest OpenComp Series


The weather at the first Midwest OpenComp Races wasn't all that cooperative and may have been the reason for the low turnout.
The April 16-17 event was held at Tri-State Raceway and day one turned out to be a very wet one after two qualifying sessions were held. Saturday's race was a rain-out and there are no plans to reschedule nor were any points awarded for that days participants. The weather for day two was much drier as well as warmer and the race went off without a hitch for the four entrants:

NAME.........................CAR..............HomeTown.......INDEX

1...Gene Hinders.......79 Fairmont......Hudson, IA.......10.43
2...Steve Tisdale........72 Torino........Boscobel, WI....10.64
3...Mark Weerheim.....87 Mustang......Rochester, MN..11.45
4...Eric Sloan..............86 Mustang.....Boone, IA.........14.10


ROUND ONE (semi-finals)

Name..................CAR........RT....INDEX.....ET......MPH

Gene Hinders.....79 Fairmont .042 10.43 10.489 122.48
Mark Weerheim..87 Mustang .089 11.45 11.496 114.61

Eric Sloan...........86 Mustang .196 14.10 14.100 97.65
Steve Tisdale.....72 Torino .245 10.64 10.749 124.78

FINALS

Gene Hinders.....79 Fairmont .154 10.43 10.515 115.87
Eric Sloan...........86 Mustang .195 14.10 14.208 97.36

The Semi-Finals pitted the 2004 OpenComp Champion, Mark Weerheim, against the 2003 Champion, Gene Hinders, and it was another classic close race between these two and this time around it was Hinders who took the win.
After a weekend of thrashing on the big Torino Steve was welcomed into O/C racing by Eric Sloan (Top Twenty Finisher in '04) and his RIGHT-ON 14.100 on a 14.10 Index!! This was a first in Midwest OpenComp race history I believe...a perfect run!
If Eric could have duplicated this feat in the finals he may well have had the "upset" of the day...neither Eric or Gene had a very good reation time in th finals and it came down to Gene and his "FlashBack" Fairmont being able to run closer to the index that was the deciding factor in Gene taking the win for the first race of the season.
One more "shout-out" to Matt Connelly who was running qualifying with us on Saturday but couldn't stick around for Sundays race...He had just gotten back from a year in Iraq and his buddies had finished getting his Mustang running for him while he was defending our freedoms. Nice to meet ya man!!! Hope you'll get some more opportunities to race with us in the future!

Next Event......June 17-18-19 at Cedar Falls Raceway.

Any of the StangNet faithful planning on attending the Cedar Falls Raceway event..
Hope to see a few of you there!!
OpenComp Racing...Test&Tune...Grudge Races....

Results From Round Two and Three

Round Two & Three.....Midwest OpenComp Series


The turnout for round three and four of the Midwest OpenComp Series was fantastic the weekend of June 18-19 at Cedar Falls Rcaeway.
With well over 100 cars in attendance for the Ford Shotout Weekend we had sixtenn entries for the Saturday OpenComp race...Sunday's attendance was about half of that...I don't know if that's because it was Father's Day or if alot of folks just don't want to stick it out for a two day race?

Saturday's field was led by the fast and beuatiful 87 T-Bird of Mike Hinsch at a 8.90 and bookended by the equally beautiful but not quite as fast 95 Mustang that belonged to Lori Simpson at a 15.07 index.

Name..........................Car............Homet own...................Index
1. Mike Hinsch..........87 T-Bird......??????????......................8.90
2. Josh Knudsen......79 Stang......Itontenac,MN...................9.50
3. Steve Olson.........79 Stang......New Richmond,WI...........9.82
4. Bill Lehman..........68 Stang......Boone,IA..........................9.83
5. Paul Burkland......88 Stang......InnerGroveHeights,MN...10.43
6. Gene Hinders......79 Fairmont..Hudson,IA......................10.50
7. Phil Tenney..........62 Fairlane..???????????....................10.68
8. Tim Kroneman......72 Pinto.......Austin,MN.......................10.74
9. Jason Neshiem.....70 Mach 1....Mazeppa,MN..................11.45
10. Mark Weerheim..88 Stang......Rochester,MN................11.65
11. Jeff Biddle...........89 Stang......???????????..................11.74
12. Jim Winters Sr.....65 Falcon.....ClearLake,IA.................12.41
13. Erik Lawson.........81 280ZX.....Winona,MN...................12.53
14. Eric Sloan.............86 Stang......Boone,IA......................14.30
15. Frank Haaland......95 Stang.....???????????..................14.39
16. Lori Simpson.........95 Stang.....???????????..................15.07

ROUND ONE

NAME.....................RT..........INDEX........ ...ET............MPH

Steve Olson-------.067---------9.82-------9.910------127.39
Jeff Biddle---------.155---------11.74-----12.318------114.98

Phil Tenney-------.087---------10.68------11.168-------97.71
Frank Haaland-----.640---------14.39------14.591-------97.86

Josh Knudsen----.054-----------9.50-------9.528------145.44
Mark Weerheim--.053----------11.65------11.620------109.59

Jason Neshiem---.064---------11.45------11.471-------118.28
Mike Hinsch------.032----------8.90-------8.979-------153.33

Tim Kroneman----.060----------10.74------10.938------102.28
Lori Simpson------.696----------15.07------15.054-------90.55

Bill Lehman-------.037-----------9.83---------9.893----135.50
Jim Winters Sr----foul-(-.001)---12.41--------12.450----105.41

Gene Hinders----.189-----------10.50-------10.524------123.01
Eric Sloan---------.300-----------14.30-------14.166-----96.78

Erik Lawson------.084-----------12.53-------12.586------111.45
Paul Burkland------BROKE---------------------------------BROKE


ROUND TWO

Phil Tenney-------.008-----------10.68----10.801-----120.77
Steve Olson------.096-------------9.82-----9.911-----137.37

Jason Neshiem---.117------------11.45----11.575-----109.20
Erik Lawson-------.069-----------12.53----12.836-----106.79

Bill Lehman--------.040------------9.83-----9.955-----130.89
Tim Kroneman----.111------------10.74----10.820-----122.98

Josh Knudsen-----.004------------9.50-----9.658-----129.93
Gene Hinders-----.153-----------10.50----10.487-----128.73

Semi-Finals

Jason Neshiem-----.083---------11.45------11.491-----118.14
Phil Tenney---------.086--------10.68------10.806-----126.58

Josh Knudsen------.235---------9.50--------9.951-----111.94
Bill Lehman---------foul-(-.025)-9.83--------9.927------135.40

FINAL ROUND

Josh Knudsen-----.006----------9.50--------9.665------129.13
Jason Neshiem----.230---------11.45-------11.486------118.19




Sundays's event wasn't quite as large but the racing was no less intense as Bill Lehman's 68 Mustang led the way with a 9.72 and Ed Stettin brought up the rear in his "back-up" Mercury Sable at a 16.04 (the new transmission for his 'lil coupe was stuck at a UPS depot).


NAME.....................CAR..............HOEMTOWN .................INDEX

1. Bill Lehman.........68 Stang.........Boone,IA.......................9.72
2. Gene Hinders.....79 Fairmont.....Hudson,IA...................10.41
3. Jason Neshiem...70 Mach 1........Mazeppa,MN...............11.35
4. Mark Weerheim..87 Stang..........Rochester,MN.............11.50
5. Wade Poyner.....80 Firebird........Waterloo,IA................11.91
6. Jim Winters Sr....65 Falcon..........ClearLake,IA...............12.29
7. Mat Peirce.........03 Lincoln..........Davenport,IA..............15.44
8. Ed Stettin..........03 Sable............Ames,IA......................16.04


Round One

NAME..........................RT.............INDEX ........ET............MPH

Mark Weerheim---------.071---------11.50-----11.810-----92.23
Ed Stettin--------------.418---------16.04-----16.180-----86.35

Jason Neshiem----------.112--------11.35------11.626----103.22
Mat Peirce--------------.708--------15.44------15.647-----89.96

Bill Lehman-------------.078--------9.72--------9.873-----136.48
Wade Poyner-----------foul(-.004)-11.91-------11.879-----114.13

Jim Winters Sr--------.017---------12.29-------12.378-----104.81
Gene Hinders---------.178---------10.41-------10.365-----129.98

Semi-Finals

Mark Weerheim-------.073---------11.50------11.497-----115.17
Jim Winters Sr--------foul(-.022)---12.29------12.433-----106.59

Jason Neshiem------.065-----------11.35------11.461-----118.25
Bill Lehman-----------.032-----------9.72-------9.909-----135.93

FINALS

Mark Weerheim-----.038-----------11.50-------11.535-----107.19
Jason Neshiem------.186-----------11.35------11.448-----119.26



A few words of thanks to the staff at Cedar Falls Raceway for hosting the event, to Tags-N-More for the racer awards, to Mat of MustangCentral.Net and to everyone who showed up to race or just to spectate.