We're used to having the Dallas Super Chevy Show on the flat, but we're getting tired of the wet. Not that we can do anything about it but we have to vent a little, right? For the car show entrants, the racers, and the spectators, Saturday was a total loss (cancelled at about mid-morning) but Sunday was a great comeback day. Tons of great machines rolled in to show, shine, and race, and we had all the action we usually expect only compressed into one fine day.
Because of the weather we converted our Nitro Coupes into eighth-mile cars and Dan Nickelson, Nitro Champ for the last two seasons, proved he could win at any distance. Dan's team took the final with a 4.150-second e.t. at 177.79 mph over Gary Irving who had to back out of the throttle on his run. Earlier, Gary had set low elapsed time of 4.067 seconds and best speed of the event at 178.74 mph. We don't relate as much to eighth-mile times for Nitro Coupes but it is remarkable to go that fast and that quick in 660 feet!
We met the family of a fine young man from Waco, Isaac Blount, who was killed in a crime at the age of 21 years while attending the University of Nevada Las Vegas. His family finished Isaac's pickup as a salute to him and brought it to the show where it drew many admiring looks. Don't miss the photo.
As you look through the Editor's Choice Drag Race Top Ten Award winners photos, realize that these were the racers who had their cars out of the trailer, even in threatening weather. If we couldn't see the car, we couldn't give it an award so cars in trailers, worthy as they might have been, were out of the running.
| Sunday Awards |
| Class Winner |
| BIG CAR (Includes Impala, Biscayne and Caprice) Sponsored by A&M SoffSeal, Inc. |
| 1949-1954 | Jackie Satar, Royce City, TX, '54 Chevy |
| 1958 - 1989 | Mike & Becky Watkins, Sanger, TX, '61 Chevy |
| 1990 & Newer | Tom Reynal, Garland, TX, '96 Chevy |
| CAMARO - Sponsored by Rick's First Generation Camaro |
| 1967 - 69 | Tom Pitts, Rockwall, TX, '69 Camaro |
| 1970 - 1981 | Rick Smith, Plano, TX '71 Camaro |
| 1982 - 1992 | Tim Lane, Pearland, TX, '88 Camaro |
| 1993 & Newer | Bill Rowland & Son, Needville, TX, 2002 Camaro |
| CHEVELLE - Sponsored by Original Parts Group |
| 1964 - 1967 | Dennis Kuykendall, Boerne, TX, '66 Chevelle |
| 1968-newer | Jerry Bunker, Hays, KS, '70 Chevelle |
| CORVETTE - Sponsored by TrimParts, Inc. & Vette America's Favorite Corvette Magazine |
| 1953 - 1964 | Henry & Carol Vloedman, Woodward, OK '62 Vette |
| 1965-1967 | Bob Burch, Porter, TX, '66 Vette |
| 1968 - 1982 | Bill Farr, Southlake, TX, '80 Vette |
| 1984 & Newer | Victor Breting, Spring, TX, 2001 Vette |
| CONVERSION - Sponsored by Meguiar's Inc. |
| Pre 1940 | Ronnie & Tonda McComic, Yantis, TX, '36 Dodge |
| CHEVROLET 1955-56-57 - Sponsored by Danchuk Manufacturing, Inc. |
| 1955 Only | Richard Stokes, Rockwell, TX |
| 1956-1957 | Bob & Caryn Burch, Parker, TX, '57 Chevy |
| EARLY CHEVROLET - Sponsored by Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
| 1900 - 1935 | LeRoy & Sandy Dyke, Cooperville, MI, '33 Chevy Coupe |
| 1936 - 1948 | Jim Wyninegar, Naples, TX, '40 Chevy p/u |
| EL CAMINO Sponsored by Parts Unlimited, Inc. | Raina Jeffalone, Thornton, CO, '71 El Camino |
| MONTE CARLO - Sponsored by WorkMat.net | Allen Graham, Tulsa, OK, '82 Monte Carlo |
| NOVA - Sponsored by Wheel Vintiques Inc. |
| 1962 - 1967 | Shawn & Stacy Farris, Red Oak, TX, '66 Nova |
| 1968 & Newer | Scott Fitzgerald, Odessa, TX, '69 Nova |
| PRO ENGINEERED | Laverne Kelley, Enid, OK, '69 Camaro |
| PRO STREET | Laverne Kelley, Enid, OK, '68 Camaro |
| PICK UP TRUCK - Sponsored by WorkMat.net |
| 1949 - 1972 Two Wheel Drive | Billy McSwain, Rockwall, TX, '58 Chevy p/u |
| 1973 - 1987 Two Wheel Drive | Sheryll Walker, Burkburnett, TX, '85 Chevy p/u |
| 1988 & Newer Two Wheel Drive | Eric & Scott Clark, Arlington, TX, 2002 Chevy p/u |
| Full Size & Mini Sport Utility Vehicle | Pete & Doris Reighard, Elizabethtown, TX, 2002 Chevy |
| 4X4 Full Size & Mini Pickup 4X4 | Henry & Carol Vloedman, Woodward, TX, 2002 Chevy |
| CONVERSION GOLD CLASS | Caryn Burch, Parker, TX, '37 Ford |
| CONVERSION GOLD CLASS | Mac Bernd, Arlington, TX, '37 Ford |
| EL CAMINO GOLD CLASS | John Bedendender, Mt. Vernon, TX, '66 El Camino |
| EARLY CHEVROLET GOLD CLASS | Mike Stephens, Baytown, TX, '38 Chevy |
| CAMARO GOLD CLASS | Robert Routt, Flower Mound, TX, '73 Camaro |
| 1955-57 CHEVY GOLD CLASS | Cotton Tanner, Waco, TX, '56 Chevy |
| 1955-57 CHEVY GOLD CLASS | John Sadler, N. Little Rock, AK, '55 Chevy |
| BEST '55 - '57 Sponsored by Danchuck Manufacturing, Inc. | Richard Stokes, Rockwall, TX, '55 Chevy |
| BEST BIG CAR Sponsored by A&M SOFFSEAL, Inc. | Mike & Becky Watkins, Sanger, TX, '61 Chevy |
| BEST CAMARO Sponsored by Rick's First Generation Camaros | Tom Potts, Rockwall, TX, '69 Camaro |
| BEST CHEVELLE Sponsored by Original Parts Group | Terry Bunker, Hays, KS, '70 Chevelle |
| BEST CONVERSION Sponsored by Meguiar's | Ronnie & Tonda McComic, Yantis, TX, '36 Dodge |
| BEST CORVETTE Sponsored by Trim Parts & Vette, America's Favorite Corvette magazine | Henry & Carol Vloedman, Woodward, OK, '62 Vette |
| BEST EARLY CHEVY Sponsored by Kimberly-Clark Scott | Jim Wyninegar, Naples, TX, '40 Chevy p/u |
| BEST EL CAMINO Sponsored by Parts Unlimited, Inc. | Raina Jeffalone, Thornton, CO, '71 El Camino |
| BEST MONTE CARLO Sponsored by WorkMat.net | Allen Graham, Tulsa, OK, '82 Monte Carlo |
| BEST NOVA Sponsored by Wheel Vintiques, Inc. | Shawn & Stacy Farris, Red Oak, TX, '66 Nova |
| BEST PRO STREET/ENGINEERED | Laverne Kelley, Enid, OK, '69 Camaro |
| BEST TRUCK Sponsored by WorkMat.net | Billy McSwain, Rockwall, TX, '58 Chevy p/u |
| CLUB PARTICIPATION AWARD | BFE, Emory Texas |
| BEST PAINT GOLD CLASS Sponsored by WorkMat.net | Mike Stephen, Baytown, TX, '38 Chevy |
| BEST DETAIL GOLD CLASS - Sponsored by WorkMat.net | Cotton Tanner, Waco, TX, '56 Chevy |
| BEST ENGINE GOLD CLASS Sponsored by WorkMat.net | John Bedenbender, Mt. Vernon, TX, '66 El Camino |
| AUTOSTAR PRODUCTIONS, INC. PARTNERSHIP AWARD | Jerry Bunker, Hays, KS, '70 Chevelle |
| TREMEC TRANSMISSION BEST IN SHOW AWARD | Caryn Burch, Parker, TX, '37 Ford |
| SOFFSEAL "ATTENTION TO DETAIL" AWARD | Bob & Caryn Burch, Parker, TX, '57 Chevy |
| MEGUIAR'S "MEDALLION AWARD" FOR OUTSTANDING BODY APPEARANCE | Jay Youngblood, Longview TX, '66 Vette |
| WORKMAT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE | Bob Burch, Parker, TX, '66 Vette |