Live from the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals II

[Mike Delahanty]

Some more info from Jim Henderson and his 65 Chevelle Stocker. Jim said the car had one of the "Stahl-Bars" traction bars on it when he got it. Jr Stock fans will remember this well. Jim said it had to be removed as it was deemed to be "ballast". Jim says the car has connections to SRD and was a Modified Production car for a while. And more history about Jim - he is an ex-NHRA Tech Official. I first heard of "Pittsburgh Jim" though the late Lee Sherman who was one of the great people that helped me when I started in Stock in the early 70s. Jim recalled tossing Lee for the camshaft in his R/SA 66 Chevy at the 74 Summernationals. Jim said Lee was good with that, and he respected Jim for making the tough but right call.

Here is Jim and son Scott. BTW, this Chevelle has such a rich "I've been a race car forever" patina that makes you stop dead in your tracks to check it out and just smile. And if you want to smile too , check out Robz's video of this car at the Class Nationals.

[Mike Delahanty]

Stock Semi-Finalists waiting to run. Yago, Mike D, and Merkle. It was my lucky day (again) and I got the bye to the final.



Like last year, Race Director Nitro Joe ran a perfect show. Thanks Joe for all you do for Class Racing.

[butch8908]

Did everything finish yesterday?

[Ed Wright]

Apears Ricky Decker had a good weekend.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mike Delahanty

Some more info from Jim Henderson and his 65 Chevelle Stocker. Jim said the car had one of the "Stahl-Bars" traction bars on it when he got it. Jr Stock fans will remember this well. Jim said it had to be removed as it was deemed to be "ballast". Jim says the car has connections to SRD and was a Modified Production car for a while. And more history about Jim - he is an ex-NHRA Tech Official. I first heard of "Pittsburgh Jim" though the late Lee Sherman who was one of the great people that helped me when I started in Stock in the early 70s. Jim recalled tossing Lee for the camshaft in his R/SA 66 Chevy at the 74 Summernationals. Jim said Lee was good with that, and he respected Jim for making the tough but right call.

Here is Jim and son Scott. BTW, this Chevelle has such a rich "I've been a race car forever" patina that makes you stop dead in your tracks to check it out and just smile. And if you want to smile too , check out Robz's video of this car at the Class Nationals.

I'm pretty sure Joe DeLorenzo and Richie DeCola installed that Stahl bar when they got that car in the 80's If not Joe D would have approved! He ran them on his 57 Chevy, back in the 60's. I used my own version of them back in the 70's too.

[Bench Racer]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

I'm pretty sure Joe DeLorenzo and Richie DeCola installed that Stahl bar when they got that car in the 80's If not Joe D would have approved! He ran them on his 57 Chevy, back in the 60's. I used my own version of them back in the 70's too.

Does anyone have photos of the "Stahl" bars? I have dug pretty deep in the internet without any luck. Thanks, Don Jackson

[TOM KASCH]

I miss Lee sherman, R.I.P. my friend .

[Michael Beard]

ATI Performance Products SUPER STOCK
WIN - Ricky Decker SS/IA '94 Camaro .028 9.748 (9.72) 133.57
R/U - Matt Obertanec FGT/H '80 Volare .020 10.633 (10.65) 121.25


QuickFuel Technology STOCK
WIN - Mike Delahanty AA/SA '64 Belvedere .025 10.366 (10.38) 127.64
R/U - George Yago FS/G '15 COPO .038 9.928 (9.97) 132.39


Precision Automotive Machine NOSTALGIA/SS
WIN - Fred Rader B/NSS '63 Dodge .072 10.496 (10.50) 116.51
R/U - Doug Duell B/FX '64 Fury Wagon .119 9.469 (9.50) 141.49


S/SS Combo
WIN - Slick Rick Baehr GT/FA '85 Camaro .023 10.532 (10.51) 119.75
R/U - Mark Williams B/SA '99 Camaro -.016 10.517 (10.50) 125.01

[Michael Beard]

PRESENTED BY


Lucas Oil Class Eliminations
Stock Class Winners
Class Driver Vehicle E.T MPH
A/S Joe Martens 69 Camaro 396 12.093 79.13
A/SA Randy Wilkes 00 Firebird 350 10.108 131.04
AA/SA Jim Bailey 65 Belvedere 426 9.894 132.10
B/S Aaron Allison 98 Firebird 350 10.349 114.14
B/SA Bryan Merkle 00 Firebord 346 10.564 111.03
BF/S Terry Dye 90 Lebaron 2.5L 13.780 96.09
C/PS Aaron Russell 93 Formula 350 12.460 105.63
C/SA Carl Roberts, Jr. 62 Dodge 413 11.117 119.88
D/CM Craig Sarbaugh 65 Nova 355 10.817 123.50
D/PS Dino Allison 94 Camaro Z/28 350 12.825 103.97
D/S Doug Auxier 97 Camaro 350 10.677 124.52
D/SA Andrew Hill 70 Camaro Z28 350 10.526 124.29
E/SA Julie Biermann 68 Firebird 400 10.919 120.00
E/SA Gary Russell 67 Camaro 350 10.968 119.26
F/S Dave Walther 66 Chevy II 327 10.936 119.40
F/SA Chuck Beach 68 Barracuda 340 10.926 106.58
FS/A Kevin Skinner 14 Cobra Jet 302 14.421 88.28
FS/C Jim Boburka 15 COPO 427 9.324 142.91
FS/D Steve Novosel 15 COPO 396 9.683 137.250
FS/F Tim Roehrbeck 13 Mustang 5.0 11.133 129.68
FS/G George Yago 15 COPO 350 9.814 136.00
G/CM Harold Walton 68 Camaro 350 11.013 117.93
G/SA Tom Rambo 68 Camaro 327 11.118 116.31
H/SA George Antrobius 89 Camaro 350 11.104 118.14
I/CM Don Dimeler 73 Duster 360 11.556 113.79
I/S Donnie Beeler 91 Corvette 350 11.208 115.84
I/SA Rick Winchester 71 Camaro 350 11.724 110.72
J/CM Myron Piatek 75 Dart Sport 360 11.148 117.16
J/S Scott Henderson 65 Chevelle SS 327 11.901 108.37
J/SA Frank Ferrucci 90 IROC-Z 350 11.368 115.15
K/CM Chris Bowman 84 Mustang 302 11.938 110.63
K/S Bill Sempsrott 66 Nova SS 283 11.659 112.46
K/SA Eric Campolito 96 Caprice 350 11.839 112.21
L/SA Tim Bettinghouse 87 Cutlass 307 12.442 106.15
M/SA Tom Reese 91 Camaro 305 12.499 105.28
N/SA Steve Sullivan 88 Mustang LX 302 12.067 107.94
O/SA Alan Mackin 84 Thunderbird 140 11.982 108.34
P/SA Marty Buth 84 Mustang 140 12.229 106.84
R/SA Roy Dean 67 Belvedere 318 13.939 92.52
T/SA Brian Seibenick 84 Regal 252 13.788 94.02
U/SA John McCarty, JR 60 Kingswood 283 13.814 95.36
V/SA Ronnie Charnes 79 Malibu 200 14.770 85.92

Super Stock Class Winners
Class Driver Vehicle E.T MPH
FGT/G George Wright 90 Probe 281 10.247 131.57
FGT/H Matt Obertanec 80 Volare 5.9L 10.651 123.84
FSS/F Mike Skinner 12 Cobra Jet 330 9.344 151.02
GT/AA Larry Eagle 86 Camaro 454 17.428 n/a
GT/BA Jerry Silveus 05 Cavalier 350 9.253 141.79
GT/CA Paul Hellenberg 05 Cavalier 350 9.508 140.11
GT/DA Eugene Chipps 70 AMX 390 10.133 129.52
GT/EA Dave Dupps 08 Cobalt 350 9.932 136.46
GT/FA Kevin Panzino 92 Camaro 350 10.360 127.91
GT/G Dan Jacobs 05 Cavalier 305 9.483 140.18
GT/GA Dan Kyle 87 Firebird 350 9.798 133.91
GT/IA Dan Steed 66 Chevy II 283 10.624 121.94
GT/KA Ken Sharp 90 Eldorado 425 10.519 124.69
SS/AA Bob Marshall 65 Belvedere 426 9.452 141.50
SS/B AH Adkins 69 AMX 390 8.991 146.51
SS/C Andy Stone 69 Camaro 427 9.448 143.05
SS/CM Ernie Price 90 Beretta 310 9.207 142.81
SS/D Tony Scopa 70 Challenger 426 9.532 139.47
SS/DA Allen Wade 69 Camaro 427 9.243 142.10
SS/EM George Taylor, Jr. 67 Camaro 286 9.668 135.80
SS/FM Jon Bowman 69 Camaro 263 14.146 61.24
SS/GA Gene McBean 69 Mustang 428 13.928 n/a
SS/IA Ricky Decker 94 Camaro 350 9.500 137.54
SS/JA Ron Terrell 85 Camaro 305 9.929 134.27
SS/LA Ty Kwaiser 65 Chevy Wagon 283 11.187 117.20
SS/MA Garrett Ghezzi 69 AMX 290 10.785 121.26

[Mike Delahanty]

On Friday I spent some time bench racing with fellow Jersey-ite Dave Ley. As we were reminiscing about great D1 racers Dave pointed to the number on my wristband. The serial number was 11426. I thought the 426 part was cool and left it at that. But after the racing ended I gave the number "11" a second thought. My wife Marge is much more of a believer in "signs" and thinks it was part of my "luck package"