Byron, Two Wheel Sunday w/ Super Comp, Midwest Index Shootout and Buick Club

Joe Robbins

Sunday was the second day of the Two Wheel weekend. The bikes were joined by the Midwest Index Shootout, Buick Club, second day of Super Comp and a Test and Tune.  Above is Cameron, Wi's, Joe Robbins.  Joe had a phenomenal day by winning both 890 Bike and SS Bike 950.  In 890 Bike, he was up against Dave Spears. While Dave ran closer to the 8.90 DI with a 9.387 to Joe's 9.421, however he couldn't overcome a .238 light compared to Joe's .060.

In SS bike 950, Joe was up against Saturday's 950 winner Larry Sargis. Joe (.066) and Larry  (.073), both, had good lights and they pushed each other to a double breakout.  Joe with his 9.421 was closer to the DI than Larry's 9.387.

In the Street Bike ET class, there was three rounds of eliminations before Ted Thompson, Rockford, Il, and Leon Robinson, Mapleton, Il,  met in the Finals. Ted Thompson took the win (.097/12.31/12.338) when Leon had a -.047 redlight. This was Ted's second weekend win in Street Bike ET.

Ted Thompson

Next up was Drag Bike. Like Street Bike, there were three rounds of eliminations. In the Final, it was Tom Ewig, Oak Creek, Wi, against Bill Baker, Sherrard, Il. This was a great race with Tom having a slightly better response time, .056 to Bill's .058. At the line, it was eyelash victory with Tom running at 9.056 on a 9.03 DI to Billl's 8.853 on a 8.82 DI. Tom has previously represented Division 3 at the Pomona championships.

Tom Ewig

In the runoff race between Tom Ewig and Ted Thompson, Ted nailed the light .014 to Tom's .057. However Tom ran an ET of 9.018 on a 9.00 DI to Ted's 12.33/12.402 to take the overall win.

Here is a little of the day's Bike racing.

The Buick Club was on hand this Sunday with a club competition. After two rounds of eliminations it was  Dan Weiland driving his '70 Skylark against Jim Peterson's '66 Special. Jim had the better light, however at the stripe he was a little too fast and broke out giving the win to Dan.

Dan Weiland

The Midwest Index Shootout is a group of "doorslammer" racers, who on this day, competed in six classes.  I am only going to go into the finals of each class:

Street Brawler

This was race was between Jen Rosendahl and Tracy Reeder. Both were close with their response times and pushed each other to a double breakout. Jen came closer to her Dial-in to take the win.

Jen Rosendahl (foreground)

Street Intimidator

It was Jeff Smith vs Trevor Beer. Both were close on the light but at the stripe Trevor pushed it just a little too hard and broke out giving the win to Jeff.

Jeff Smith (foreground)

In Street Heat, there were two elimination runs leading to the final. DJ Jones took the win in a double breakout, running closest to his dial-in.

DJ Jones

Street Limited

Again there were two rounds of eliminations with Bob Disch, Verona, Wi, against Byron's Emma Ballard. Bob was quicker at the  light, however Emma was a little quick getting to the stripe, breaking out, giving the win to Bob.

Bob Disch

Pro Avenger

This class went three rounds to get to the finals. It was Roselle's Lee Kapustka against Jimmie Moore. Both had good lights and pushed each other to a double breakout where Lee took the win. Jimmie, in his Vega, did have some of the best wheelstands all day.

Lee Kapustka

Pro Dominator

This class also ran three rounds of eliminations. In the Final it was Lenny Anderson, Genoa, against Shannon, Ilinois', Kevin Lancaster. While Kevin had a quicker RT, he broke out at the stripe giving the win to Lenny.

Lenny Anderson

In between the various series, a contingent of various cars were making Test & Tune runs.

The last series to report on, is Midwest Super Comp. Overnight one car was added to the field, Randy Etheridge, for a total of 19 cars. There were four rounds of eliminations until the Final. Jeff Spierling of Streator would be in his second final in two days along with Jesse Smith, Elkhorn Wi. Jeff had a great light, .011 and ran 8.906 on 8.90 index to take the win, Jesse also had a great run, .053/8.912. This was a great race to end the day.

Jeff Spierling

There were a lot of different cars and classes that ran Sunday. Like Saturday, there was a lot of variety for every drag racing fan. It was a great day of racing.

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