The Hemi Wars heat up..5 of top 10 spots at Reading..

[Hammer]

Check this out Hemi fans... .

Right off the heels of a Stellar field of SS/AA Hemi shootout cars at the US Nationals they come east and teach the SS/GT guys who is the fastest superstockers.

Here is the top 10 of the final qualifying order,5 of which are Hemi's.....



1 312 SS/AA Mike Smith, Sandyville WV, '68 Barracuda 8. 699 10. 00 -1. 301

2 1880 GT/EA Steve Sweitzer, Jersey Shore PA, '92 Fireb 9. 749 10. 95 -1. 201

3 1990 SS/AA David Barton, Robesonia PA, '68 Dart 8. 826 10. 00 -1. 174

4 1798 SS/AA Bucky Hess, Bunker Hill WV, '68 Barracuda 8. 877 10. 00 -1. 123

5 311 SS/AA Eddie Smith, Sandyville WV, '68 Barracuda 8. 936 10. 00 -1. 064

6 1447 GT/TD Joe Scott, Sunbury PA, '03 Starstruck 10. 539 11. 60 -1. 061

7 1979 SS/AA John Baughman, York PA, '68 Dart 8. 956 10. 00 -1. 044

8 1150 SS/TB Bill Leber Jr. , Tonawanda NY, '03 S-10 9. 208 10. 25 -1. 042

9 1778 GT/IA Joseph Santangelo II, Marlborough CT, '90 10. 459 11. 50 -1. 041

10 1977 GT/FA Michael Iacono, Wading River NY, '89 Camaro10. 060 11. 10 -1. 040

 

[mcoleman]

Love watching those cars run at the NHRA events. The current world record holder in Super Stock is a Buick Grand National owned by John Gallina and powered by a V6. He is running either 8. 0s or 8 teens I can't remember which. I get tired of watching all of the front wheel drive converted to rear wheel drive cars race. It's nice to watch the cars in the original configuration run. I've watched Bucky race for years.

 

[mcoleman]

I looked it up. John Gallina ran a 8. 17 at 170+ mph to set the record of the worlds fastest Super Stock and his wife Marka also does very well in the stock class with an 89 Pontiac Trans Am also powered by a Turbocharged Buick V6. She runs 10. 80s. They have some fast cars but they sure don't sound like Bucky's car going down the track.