Buckeye S/SS @ Kil Kare results
 

The 2021 Gathering of the Geezers event at Kil Kare Dragway in Xenia , Ohio featured Buckeye Stock/SuperStock Drag Racing Series races on both Saturday August 21st and Sunday August 22nd.
Saturday there were 60 drivers that came to race. With the turnout the payout was bumped up to $2000 to win and $1000 runner up. Semi Finalists received $350.
The winners were as follows:
Saturday Winner - Mark Sanders , PK Race Cars Chevy Cobalt GT/EA
Runner Up - Al Ross , 2010 Challenger C/SA
Semi Finalist _ Bill Sempsrott '67 Chevy II F/S
Andy Kronnenbitter Cobalt GT/FA
BK Beverage #1 Qualifier - Jeff Ross .0000 Reaction '74 Cuda
Mid Ohio Paving Dial for Dollars - Dave Batta 11.722 on a 11.72 dial J/SA Firebird
Parsons & Myers Best Losing First Round Package- Rob Holmes J/SA Firebird with a .062 pack.
KB Trailers Buckeye Bounty Hunter - Randy Taylor K/SA Camaro defeated Jeff Jones N/SS Belvedere II (Jones was our last winner at Quaker City).
Columbus Joint & Clutch Dead on Zero - Al Ross C/SA Challenger ran 10.450 on his 10.45 dial.

Sunday had a few racers leave and a few come and we had 54 cars for the race. payout was again $2000 to win.
Sunday's winners were as follows:
Winner - Matt Antrobius H/SA Camaro
Runner Up - Josh Rose '69 Nova SS/EM
Semi-Finalists:
Eric Campolito J/SA Impala
Craig Michael SS/EA Belvedere
BK Beverage #1 Qualifier - Vic Holley .0045 reaction
Mid Ohio Paving Dial for Dollars - Bryan Merkle B/SA Firebird ran 10.651 on a 10.65 dial.
Parsons & Myers Best First Round Losing Package - Jeff Ross F/SA '74 Barracuda with a .036 pack.
KB Trailers Bounty Hunter - Casey Fauss Johnson '66 Belvedere N/SS defeated the Saturday winner Mark Sanders Cobalt GT/EA

A huge Thank You to all the racers who endured the heat and humidity as well as the track management and staff. Also a tip of the hat to Ed Crowder that organizes and promotes the Gathering of the Geezers event. It's always great to race in front of a large group of spectators and racing fans.
Our next event will be at Dragway 42 on September 11th and 12th for another double race weekend.

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Sundays #1 BK Qualifier was Vic Holley, Is that Vic Holley from Fortville Indiana ? I didn't know he was still racing haven't seen him in a hundred years if to was Congratulations Vic ! Glad you guys had a good turn out!


Jerry
Retired 3490 3492 STK SS SST

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I am pretty sure It was him . Real nice Firebird too. Rick.

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Thanks Rick

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"...Mid Ohio Paving Dial for Dollars - Dave Batta 11.722 on a 11.72 dial J/SA Firebird
Parsons & Myers Best Losing First Round Package- Rob Holmes J/SA Firebird with a .062 pack..."


My Old School Pontiac detector just went off ! :)

IIRC, I read on this site that the Dave Batta Bird is the High Performance Pontiac Magazine car that Mark Yacavone & his wife raced, a few years back. If not, somebody please correct me. Anyhow, congrats to Dave.

Nobody likes to lose, especially in the first round. But hey, at least Rob got something, for his losing effort. And, Rob's "Kemo Sabe" Bird is Pontiac powered. I assume both cars are running the same '77 400 Pontiac combo. As always, if I'm wrong, somebody please post the correct info.

Don't have any recent pics of the HPP car, since Dave has been running it. Would appreciate it if somebody would post one or more good ones I can download to my files.

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You found him, there is only one Vic Holley …..LOL. ….

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Yes- both are 400 Pontiacs. I sold the Pontiac High Performance/Yacavone bird to Dave. Super nice guy!

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The Holmes 'bird is yet another former Bob Michael ride.

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Yeah, that Bird has run strong for a long time. Decided to check the 2004 Indy Stock Q-list. Don Holmes was #13. Only K/SA car quicker was Bob Mulry's '74 Formy. There were quite a few strong running Pontiacs on that list.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=2312

Don was #4, in '05.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2005#indextop

Wonder how many competitive Pontiac powered Stock & SS cars Bob has built & sold ? He's another one of my Pontiac heroes ! :)

Got another Bird question for ya'll. I'm sure some of ya'll remember the white '77 Bird that Tibor Kadar drove, a few years back. I've read that he was #2 in Stock points in 2006, IIRC. I read that the car was powered by a 350 Pontiac engine, back then.

I have another pic of it, with a div 7 number on it, which I have labeled as 2010, still being driven by Kibor.

Well, if my info is correct, Tommy Pettigrew has now owned the car for a few years. I've been posting it as still being a Pontiac powered '77 Bird.

But, I just read the Stock pre-entry list for Indy. There is a car listed with the name Thomas Pettigrew. The listing says the car is a '78 model & is Chevy 350 powered.

https://www.nhraeventreg.com/ListEve...II1&cc=8&rn=17

Since the car is easily converted to a '78 model, & a 350 Chevy engine is legal for a '78 Bird, I'm thinkin he may have switched the Bird over to Chevy power.

SO, anybody here know Tommy Pettigrew & the car well enuff to know what year & engine he's now claiming ? :confused:

I hate to post bad info, as I'm sure most others do. And since I'm not makin the circuit, I have to sometimes ask active racers for info about certain cars.

So, I'm askin for help with which engine is being run in this car.

Thanks ! :)

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350 Chevy ,…with HELP from Monte Howard ….