Holley LS Fest - LS Fest Beats The Rest - Event

The folks at ERL, no doubt, were also happy that David Childress took the overall True Street win with a 9.611 average in his Trans Am with a turbocharged Superdeck I.

Erik Cederberg of Torq in Miramar, Florida, was one of those previously mentioned that literally ran the tires and brake pads off his 2010 Camaro SS. Check out the sparks coming off that rotor. Erik was a lot of fun to watch on the autocross and Speed Stop, and seemed to have a blast doing it.

Brian Nutter of Wiseco took second place with an 8.86 in addition to dominating the autocross, making some respectable dragstrip passes in the SPEC Corvette Shootout, and in the process taking second overall in the Grand Champion standings (7 points behind Mark Steilow's '69 Camaro).

Driving the SAM '98 Camaro, David Saunders was the 10-second winner in ERL Performance True Street with a 10.33 average. The ERL Superdeck II 500-cid all-motor combo ran well all weekend.

The folks at Holley showed everyone how it's done in their '67 Chevy "shop truck" during the Baer/Popular Hot Rodding Speed Stop, which became one of the most popular and fun-to-watch events. The cleverly disguised LS3 easily got up to speed, eased on the disc brakes around the first cone, and came to a halt in the "box" just past the second timing light. The winners were decided by who made it between the two timing lights the fastest without crashing through the cones at the end of the "box."

Allan Miller of BMR Fabrication was easily one of gutsiest at the Speed Stop, and it paid off by winning the ABS Comp Tire class with a time of 7.56 seconds.

Matt Lawrence and the Mayhem Motorsports crew were the easy favorites in the Corvette Shootout with their low 9-second nitrous C6. A 9.30 at 145 mph made him the #1 qualifier. Unfortunately an injector O-ring broke loose at the starting line, which got him a DQ. The crew at Beech Bend was quick to get it cleaned up and re-prep the track. In fact, all weekend they did a tremendous job (despite the rain Friday and Saturday).

Those of you who caught the November issue should be very familiar with Rodney Massengale's ProCharged C6 Z06. He lowered his best e.t. by a tenth on the sticky Beech Bend track, but a 10.31 at 109 is all he needed to win in the finals of the SPEC Corvette Shootout. The RPM Transmissions owner says this may be one of the last outings with the stock LS7, as he has a built 427 and larger blower on standby.