Won $400 in the Street Stock class at Raceway Park's Street Survival Series #3 event.
Domestic SS vs. Import SS each round. Like usual, by the 3rd round I was racing Points guys & their domestics as we knocked most of the imports out by then. I again was trying to get used to running the car shallow-staging and it took a few rounds (and some bad lights) to get comfortable.
Due to an aforementioned bad Reaction Time, multi-time winner Jack Cogliano just edged me out at the finish line by a few thousandths in the Quarter Finals but broke out while I stayed just over my dial. Next round (Semis) my opponent Harrison went red trying to cut a tree on me. In the Finals I went dead on my dial (.004 over) and treed him with a 0.028 to his 0.046 RT.
(I think I found my spot on the tree)
Another big trophy, another gold sticker, and enough $ to recoup the rest of my season's expenses and still have money left over for next Spring.
That's 2 consecutive event wins in a row. Not a bad way to end the season. And it brought my total winnings on the year to $1,050. Too bad they ended up pro-rating some of the earlier purses or else I would have won even more $.
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OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP RACEWAY PARK
Englishtown, N.J. (Nov. 16)
BF Goodrich Tires presents Street Wars 3
Street Stock (15.00 & Slower)
W: Mitch Speert ('93 Daytona) — 16.924, 80.78 (16.92 dial). R/U: Walter Olt ('94 Buick) — 16.646, 78.51 (16.67 dial). Semi's: John Iacono ('89 Mustang); Harrison Widelitz ('01 Malibu).
Street Tuner (14.00-14.99)
W: Michael Spina ('02 Mustang) — 15.281, 78.38 (14.25 dial). R/U: John Narog ('67 GTO) — foul. Semi's: Andrew Elgert ('93 Civic); LeRoy Sensenig ('65 Plymouth).
Street Modified (13.00-13.99)
W: Chuck Render ('81 Malibu) — 13.291, 89.92 (13.38 dial). R/U: Bill Doczi ('68 Camaro) — 12.857, 100.88 (13.00 dial). Semi's: Lucas Moyer ('06 Charger); Brian Ettienne ('73 Nova).
Street Outlaw (12.99 & Quicker)
W: Raymond Jones ('06 GTO) — 12.844, 102.77 (12.62 dial). R/U: Rick Steininger ('94 Supra) — 11.161, 126.98 (10.30 dial). Semi's: Bill Fischer Sr. ('01 Corvette); Rob Farley ('98 Corvette).
Old School Pro Import Shootout (7.00-11.99)
W: Albert Soto ('82 Starlet) — 10.749, 118.82 (10.20 dial). R/U: Jaime Colon ('81 Corolla) — 9.612, 117.40 (8.60 dial). Semi's: Anderson Belgrave ('73 RX2); Ansel Rivera ('82 Starlet).