Stine takes win at Goodyear Outlaw Drag Radial Shootout
Columbus, OH - The Goodyear Outlaw Drag Radial Shootout attracted some wild radial wearing rides to the 9th Annual Goodyear NSCA World Finals! Leading qualifying was Tim Huspen’s Dearborn , MI based ’86 Mustang. This pony is powered by 380-cubes of Windsor power with a big Procharger huffing through a carburetor. The wheel standing ride was good for a 5.220/138.06 to top the ladder. Maryland Richie Stine and Daryle Hardman took the next two slots on the ladder with a 5.392 and a 5.662 respectively while Redford , MI ’s Keith Grove’s ’81 Cutlass had technical issues and was relegated to the bottom of the ladder.
Stine fired the first shot in eliminations driving his sprayed 572-cube big block Chevy powered ’71 Chevelle past Daryle Hardman’s turbocharged 500-cube big block Chevy packing ’91 Camaro, 5.383 to a losing 5.304 thanks to Stine’s superior reaction time. Huspen ran a 5.253 for low et of the round to send home Grove’s Cutlass and set up the final. When the tree came down, it was Huspen out first but the front end shot for the moon forcing Huspen to back pedal his Stang and costing him the $2000 prize. Stine broke the top end beams with a 5.584 to win the first Goodyear Outlaw Drag Radial Shootout.
