Congrats To BladeRunner Motorsports For Setting A New Track Record at Union County Dragway, 3.98
And Steve Bray For Running a Career Best 4.12 In His
Brays House Moving Mustang!

Check Out a few of the Quick 8 Outlaws at the ROCK This weekend For the ADRL Race DragStock VII

Congrats Go Out To Team BladeRunner Motorsports
Winners of The Automatic Promods At The House Of Hook

Also Congrats to the Hogfarmer and his Team For the Runner Up with a new setup. After the first round it was a Quick 8 Outlaws Event. Troy laid down some nice numbers all day long.  3.92 was low of the event but not far behind was Tommy Mauney, with a 3.97 and Dewayne Silance, 3.97 like a bracket car and Danny Blankenship 3.99. Heres how it lined up after  3rd round of qualifying.

Troy Jordan 3.93
Tommy Mauney 3.97.4
Dewayne Silance 3.97.6
Danny Blankenship 3.99
Mike Hill 4.01
Chris Rini 4.01
Robert Mathis 4.03
Rick Fleck 4.03
Steve Kirk 4.05
Craig Miller 4.11
Robbie Matthews 4.14
Clearence Cloud 4.17.3
Kerry Crosby 4.17.5
Kenny Kneece 4.19
James Liton 4.26
David Hance 4.27
Carol Long 4.29
Coby Rabon 4.33

Watch out for Rick Fleck! Got one chance to get in the show and banged out a 4.03 to get in after having troubles the first part of the day with a gear drive. The Quick 8 Outlaws are going to have a lot of Cam II Blue Blood Racing Oil 3 Second club jackets to give out at the end of the year!

Tommy Mauney & Danny Blankenship Racing Win Quick 8 Outlaws
Race at Orangeburg

(08-02-2010) ORANGEBURG, SC – Even though it took two days to finish the Quick 8 Outlaws race at Orangeburg Drag Strip no one could stop the pair of Danny Blankenship and Tommy Mauney. Danny asked Tommy to shoe his ‘40 Ford because of a family commitment. These two have proven in the past that when they are together, they are a dangerous duo.

“Everybody thinks that this car has a good tune up in the heat,” Mauney said “When we get to run this car when it cools down, it’ll really show them what it runs what it will really run. I mean this car ain’t no 3.95 car. It’s a 3.89 or 88 car and that’s with the powerglide. We’ve got a really good tune up for this car. It’s a lot like the set up that we had in Danny’s ‘41 Willys and his purple Corvette.”

With the second and final round of qualifying complete Blankenship’s red ‘40 with Tommy Mauney behind the wheel sat atop the sheet with a 3.960 at 183.29. Reigning Quick 8 Outlaws champion Troy Jordan was 2nd with a 4.060 at 180.65. The quickest Nitrous assisted Doorslammer in the field was the current point’s leader Shay Loveday with a 4.081 at 177.72 that got the 3rd spot. Quick 8 Outlaws President Ric Fleck qualified his Pro Charger equipped Corvette 4th with a 4.103 at 179.35. Coming from the 5th slot was Dwayne “the Hogfarmer” Silance with a 4.111 at 178.71. Former Quick 8 Outlaws Champion Dennis Jordan qualified 6th with a 4.136 at 1754.35. Kenny Kneece qualified the Joker’s Wild Vette 7th with a 4.160. Steve Bray put his Ford Mustang in the 8th spot with a career best 4.181 at 173.14.

Robbie Matthews who finished 2nd in points last year qualified Kip Kauffman’s Blown ‘57 Chevy in the 9th position with a 4.232 at 171.89. Coming out of the 10th spot was Shawn Jenkins with his 4.259 at 169.42. The “She Devil” Carol Long posted a 4.497 at 144.0 to get the 11th spot. The 12th qualifier was “Wild Bill” DeSoto with a 4.547 at 131.23. Chris Wooten qualified his slammed to ground ‘69 Camaro 13th with a 4.620 at 151.31. Ervin Rose posted a 5.085 at 135.91. Anchoring the field in the 15th slot was James Linton Jr with a 6.888 at 53.09.

When it was time to start the first round of eliminations, there were several cars that had a bye run. They were Tommy Mauney, Bill DeSoto, Steve Bray and Ervin Rose. Ric Fleck and Carol Long was the next pair up. This was Ric’s race from the start. He posted a 4.186 at 178.163.45. Dennis Jordan defeated Chris Wooten with a 4.131 at 176.19 to Chris’ 4.601 at 151.72. Next up was a pair of ‘63 Corvettes, Shay Loveday and Shawn Jenkins. Shawn had a problem his Nitrous while Shay posted an impressive 4.087 at 178.00. Troy Jordan and Robbie Matthews were the final pair in the first round. Robbie ran into tire shake while Troy posted the quickest pass of the first round, a 4.061 at 181.89.
That was all the racing that anyone would get to see on Saturday. The skies opened and the rain set in. Instead of calling the race the decision was made by Buddy Boozer and Faye Allan to finish up eliminations Sunday. At 12:15 Sunday the engines fired up and we were back to racing.

Two racers got bye runs into the semifinals do to their competitors not being able to make the call. First was Tommy Mauney because Bill DeSoto hurt his engine. Ric Fleck got the bye run because Steve Bray couldn’t stay and run on Sunday. Ervin Rose had the tough task of taking on Shay Loveday. Shay posted the quickest time of this round with a 4.069 at 178.00 to Ervin’s 5.033. Next up it was the battle of the Jordans, Troy and Dennis. Dennis got the win light with a 4.118 at 176.12 to Troy’s 4.137 at 178.00.

In the sport of drag racing the quickest car doesn’t always win. Ric Fleck used a hole shot to get the win over Dennis Jordan. Ric left the line first with a .047 light to Dennis’ .054 and his 4.183 at 176.82 was enough to hold off Dennis’ 4.147 at 160.77. Setting in the staging lanes behind Dennis and Troy was Tommy Mauney and Shay Loveday. It was a classic Nitrous vs. Blower race. Shay had lane choice and stuck to the same lane that he had been running all day, the left lane. Shay left the line first but he didn’t have enough to hold off the Blown Ford. Tommy got by Shay with 4.025 at 181.31. Shay posted a 4.100 at 176.74.

The final round was set. Tommy Mauney driving Danny Blankenship’s Blown ‘40 Ford and Ric Fleck in his twin Pro Charged Corvette. After the two did their burnouts, their teams put them on the line. The tree activated and it was Ric with a slight advantage. Ric put up a 4.139 at 178.00 but Tommy posted the best time of the race with a 3.9600 at 183.90 to get the win.

Ric Fleck was very gracious in defeat and said, “We got another runner-up but we are right on the edge of getting a win. We are taking baby steps right now. We finally got the car working, got the chassis working to where we could get a little bit of power out of the motor. Now we’re going back to the chassis to see if we can get more out of it. We have a lot left on the table. This motor is making tons of power. We ran a 4.09 a couple of weeks ago and the car has been consistently running in the low teens since then.”

“I want to thank Darrel Makins from Under Pressure Paerformance,” continued Ric “He has been doing a great job tuning the car. Also, I want to thank Pro Charger for their support. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t be able to do this. I also want to thank Cameron at Cameron’s Torque Converter Service. He does an awesome job on our Powerglides and Converters. I want to say thanks to my crew chief Devin Barrick, my crew, Mike Ellis, Chris Krug and Charley Dooley. My family was all down here with us today. My brother n law Dave Eddy and his son Dane were down her all week helping us work on the car. We had to change a blower in between rounds and they all pitched in and helped. It’s a team effort. The Quick 8 Outlaws are a heck of a group and I am very happy to be part of them. Congratulations to Danny and Tommy for the job that they did all weekend. A 3.96 with a powerglide in the heat of the day is very impressive. A .960 sixty foot in the heat of the day is getting it done. So hats off to those guys and that gives us something to shoot for.”

“Well we closed the deal and got us a win today.” Blankenship said “We’ve had the car to beat several times this year with the Ford and Willys and something always happened. We’ve put up a lot of strong numbers all year and today we saved the best for last. We ran a 3.960 in the heat in the finals. I guess that this car loves the heat. When it’s super hot outside it seems to perform best. I want to thank Tommy Mauney for building a great race car and driving for me this weekend. Also, a big thanks to my crew Jimmy Lee, Robbie Sapp, Bruce Woodcock, Chris Wooten and my whole family. I am very glad to see my son Patrick back helping me. I want to thank Buddy Boozer, Faye Allan and Bob and Gina Myers. With out them we couldn’t do this.”

“I appreciate Danny letting me drive his car,” commented Tommy “The Quick 8 Outlaws have a good club and put on a good show. I’ve been to a couple of them and it is always good. Thanks to all the guys that Danny has working him for doing a good job. It’s just a good deal. I want to thank my wife Karen for letting me do this all these years. She and Chris and have put up with this for a lot of years.”

For more information on the Orangeburg Drag Strip visit obdragstrip.com. For more information on the Quick 8 Outlaws visit q8outlaws.com. To see a full photo gallery visit prestagephotography.com.

Story by Buddy Trivette
Photo by Matthew Trievtte
 

Blade Runner Motorsports Troy Jordan Wins Darlington!
With Temps in the mid and upper 90's and track temps in the mid 140's Bill Wilson and His staff
at Darlington Dragway had the track in great running condition. First round of Qualifying Troy Jordan took the number 1 spot with a 4.07 at 183mph. In the finals it came down to Troy and
Dewayne Silance who had ran like a bracket car all day with 4.08  07 and 09. With both cars tuned for a mean finals just over half track both got a little loose and with Dewayne having to lift. Troy drove threw with a 4.12 for the win. Troy also won the DJ Safety Equipment $100 gift certificate for best reaction time of the event Thanks to www.djsafety.com

Also
The First Blue Blood Racing Oil 3 Second Club Jacket has been Won

Danny Blankenship First Jacket Winner 3.98 With a Glide
Congrats To The Blankenship Team!


Results

Final Round of Qualifying

1.#.#PX1 Danny Blankenship 4.01 @ 183.18
2.#4002 Troy Jordan 4.07 @ 183.07
3 #4120 Dewayne Silance 4.12 @ 179.74
4.#.#101 Shay Loveday 4.16 @ 173.07
5.#1212 Rick Fleck 4.20 @ 176.12
6.PM 53 Dennis Jordan 4.21 @ 176.26
7.#57 Robbie Matthews 4.25@174.04
8. #1946 Kenny Kneece 4.297 @ 170.22
9.#1101 Steve Bray 4.299 @ 172.08
10.#1953 Ervin Rose 5.00 @ 139.75
11.#2974 Carol Long 5.14 @ 100.06
12.#1969 Chris Wooten 11.72 @ 34.18

Danny Blankenship - Bye 3.98 @ 183.67

Troy Jordan - Bye 4.08 @ 181.85

Dwayne Silance - Bye 4.09 @ 180.00

Shay Loveday - Bye 4.13 @ 175.84

W - Rick Fleck - 4.14 @ 178.42
L - Steve Bray - N/T  Left the line hard and got out of shape

W - Robbie Matthews - N/T Took the win at the line
L - Carol Long - Broke  Car rolled threw the beams

W - Dennis Jordan - 4.63 @ 161.43
L - Ervin Rose - 5.00 @ 139.83

W - Kenny Kneece - 4.22 @ 174.89
L - Chris Wooten - Broke  Chris was fighting a electrical problem

FINALS

Winner  Troy Jordan 4.12
R/U Dewayne Silance  (HAD TO LIFT)

CONGRATS TO TEAM BLADERUNNER ON THE WIN !!!
AND TO TEAM SILANCE FOR THE RUNNER UP.

Thanks To Bill Wilson and All The Staff at Darlington Dragway for a Great Track!

And on another note!

Watch Out For Rick Fleck and His Team! They have got the Dragon on a roll and tamed!
Shake down pass 4.09 and was down the track all day starting with a 4.20, 14, 11 then 09!
He just keeps getting Faster!
Great job guys!

VIEW PHOTO GALLERY HERE FROM DARLINGTON HERE



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This Weekend At Piedmont Dragway Chris Rini & Team ATI
Wins Quick 8 Outlaws Race 4

Congratulations to Team ATI, Chris Rini and Crew!
Congratulations also to Travis Harvey and Crew on their Runner-up!
2 New Quick 8 Outlaw Members and What a way to start it out.
The Quick 8 Outlaws would like to Thank Mr. Bob Harris and his staff for providing an excellent race facility, and a great track surface for the race. We really enjoyed ourselves on our first trip to Piedmont Dragway.
After final round of qualifying They Lined up like this.
 

First Round

Round 2

Round 3

Final Round

Congrats to Chris Rini and The ATI Team!
 

Shay Loveday and Team Eagle Performance Win Coastal Plains

Shay Loveday and his Eagle Performance 63 Vette Was on a roll this Saturday at Coastal Plains
in Jacksonville NC.  They got down the track every round but 1 when they had transmission problems.
After a quick change it was right back to work.
In the final Round it came down to Shay and Troy Jordan in the Blade Runner Motorsports Blown Vette.
Classic Nos vs Blower.  Both cars leave together on the line and Troy has Transmission Problems and it blows threw the bands while Loveday goes a 4.13 after a transmission change.
All the teams were working hard on getting their cars down the track but the Eagle Performance Team came out on Top!  Congrats To Shay and his crew.
More Results Here
 

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I uploaded a new look last night for the website.
The links to all pages on the site are above the scrolling sponsors and at the bottom of the header.
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Kauffman Motorsports Wins Union Race.

After a Final Round Wreck at Kinston Their Back!
Kip Kauffmans New Team Punisher Racing!
After a final round wreck at Kinston for race 1 of the 2010 Quick 8 Outlaws racing season and 2 weeks of thrashing in the shop all the work paid off.
Taking the Win at Union could not have been any sweeter!
Also Just joining the club this weekend and Runner up Stephen Braden in his SBE Trucking Nos Powered GTO. Congrats Guys!


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Wild Bill Desoto Wins 2010 Season Kick Off At KDS