Midwest Open Comp Series

Round One '09 MWOC

Due to the highwinds we ran the race on the 1/8 mile. The turnout for the day was a bit light even with the T&T / The 10.5 Race / and our Open Comp race there were only around 60 cars in the pits.

Eight cars were in the field and it shook out like this:

Round One
Name Car Index ET MPH
John Miller 70 Nova 6.47 6.542 92.71 W
Eric Youngblood Mustang 7.76 8.033 90.04 L

Tom Fangman Chevelle 5.90 6.059 111.90 W
Jim Ketels Camaro 7.41 7.507 89.86 L

Tim Ketels Camaro 6.56 6.598 102.42 W
Corey Herman 79 ElCamino 6.43 6.446 105.60 L

Gene Hinders 79 Fairmont 6.44 6.496 101.24 W
Bill Lehman 68 Mustang 6.18 6.243 108.42 L

Round Two Semi-Finals
Gene Hinders 79 Fairmont 6.44 6.493 101.04 W
John Miller 70 Nova 6.47 6.494 104.28 L

Tim Ketels Camaro 6.56 6.586 102.90 W
Tom Fangman Chevelle 5.90 5.986 114.57 L

FINALS
Tim Ketels Camaro 6.56 6.602 102.45 W
Gene Hinders 79 Fairmont 6.44 6.470 103.63 L

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Even with a lower than expected car count we managed to outdraw the 'Headliner" class so we felt good about our turnaout in comparison...not sure where everyone was, it was cool and windy but not anywhere near unbearable.

The racing was as close as ever with margins of victory as close as .0012 at the finish!
The finals were decided by .0047 of a second and I came up on the shortend of that one to a good racer and friend Tim Ketels.
Round one had John Miller from Waterloo's wheelstanding Nova taking the win against West Lafayette, Indiana's own Eric Youngblood.
Another impressive wheelsup win was Tom Fangman from Dundee, Ia in his Chevelle taking out Waterloo's Jim Ketels very nice early-model Camaro.
Next up was the closest race of the day as Dyersville's own Tim Ketels won by a mere .0012 over the ever tough Corey Herman's El Camino out of Minnesota.
The final pair in round one was Gene Hinders (me) out of Hudson, Ia taking the win over Boone, Ia racer Bill Lehman in his vintage 68 Mustang Fastback.
The semi-finals was a squeeker of a win for Gene's Fairmont over John's Nova as both racers ran a 6.94 elapsed time and it was a hole-shot that gave Gene the win.
In the other pairing it was Tim taking the win over Tom as Tom jumped the gun and fouled away any chance of winning.
The final round was determined by .0047 of a second with Tim's holeshot covering Gene's pass and his 6.60 pass off of his 6.56 index held off Gene's 6.47 pass off of his 6.44 index.

The next event will be June 13th at Cedar Falls Raceway don't forget to check out the Midwest Open Comp Series sponsors:

Glory Days Racing
Tags-N-More
Arnold Motor Supply
Phoenix Specialty Coatings
FireCore50 Ignition Wires
Roeder Performance Machine
Roush / Yates Performance Parts
Weber & Hazlet Automotive
Diamonds Body Shop
Bill Colwell Ford

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Event #2 Midwest Open Comp Series


Round One

NAME--------------------CAR------------Index-----ET---MPH
Corey Herman-------79 ECamino---10.45---10.830 94.41 W
Kari Neshiem--------03 Mustang---14.05---14.247 97.87 L

Dave Senderhauf----89 Mustang---9.70----9.749 127.61 W
Jason Neshiem------70 Mustang---10.86---10.975 121.83 L

Gene Hinders-------79 Fairmont----10.38---10.492 116.28 W
Dan Tebbe---------72 Chevelle-----11.82---11.887 111.23 L


SEMI-FINALS

Dave Senderhauf------89 Mustang---9.70---9.858 139.63 W
BYE

Gene Hinders----------79 Fairmont---10.38---10.428 125.63 W
Corey Herman---------79 ElCamino---10.45---10.536 123.73 L

FINALS

Gene Hinders----------79 Fairmont----10.38---10.398 128.70 W
Dave Senderhauf-------89 Mustang-----9.70----9.785 141.22 L

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A little light on the turnout as we had some drivers with 'car issues' before qualifying had started. We had some new old-faces join the ranks once again and we had some new new-faces as well.

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Round One had the ever tough Corey Herman in his '79 ElCamino take the win over Kari Neshiem's super-clean '03 Mustang with the reaction time being a key in the victory. Dave Senderhauf and Jason Neshiem put their 89 and 70 Mustangs through the paces with a couple of very close reaction times posted by each driver...Dave was a bit closer to the index at the stripe and took the win despite the slight disadvantage at the start. Gene Hinders rode the holeshot to the finish for the win in his '79 Fairmont despite Dan Tebbe being closer to his index on that pass in his immaculate 72 Chevelle.

Round Two had Dave Senderhauf recieving the bye due to his being the #1 quailifyer and took a nine second solo trip to the final round. Gene Hinders and Corey Herman squared off in a very close race as the indexes were 10.38 and 10.45 respectively. Gene took a slight advantage at the start and carried it all the way to the stripe and was slightly closer to the index as well...it's always a close race when the Ford / Chevy pair line up against one another!

The Final Round was a close race as well....
Dave Senderhauf took the slight advantage at the start (.031 to .039) but had some tire spin at the hit and lost a little ET...Gene Hinders 60ft wasn't off near as much and Gene's 10.393 pass off of his 10.38 index was good enough to hold off Dave's hard charging Mustang that ran a 9.785 at 141.22 off of his 9.70 index.

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"The air was abit off of where it had been and we knew that the ole FlashBack wasn't going to run anything better than a 10.38 under these conditions, so when we hit that 10.48 qualifying pass I was sure happy with that pass!"
Gene

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The next event will be July 18th at Cedar Falls Raceway don't forget to check out the Midwest Open Comp Series sponsors:

Glory Days Racing
Tags-N-More
Arnold Motor Supply
Phoenix Specialty Coatings
FireCore50 Ignition Wires
Roeder Performance Machine
Roush / Yates Performance Parts
Weber & Hazlet Automotive
Diamonds Body Shop
Bill Colwell Ford
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