While Chad was running his mouth at the worlds hottest Goodguys autocross this past weekend in Columbus Ohio, John Jackson from Not Stock Photography was taking killer photos and lent us a few to help tell the story. Not only was the competition at the Goodguys 15th PPG Nationals fierce, but BangShift sponsors were out in force, and still own the points lead. The Columbus Goodguys event features all kinds of cool events within the event, including the Optima Batteries Street Machine of the Year Competition, Goodguys Autocross Sponsor Shootout, and Sunday’s Street Rod, Truck, Street Machine, and Pro Autocross Shootout. We even have video of the Final round in the Sponsor Shootout on Saturday at the bottom of the blog item.

On Friday we saw all the Street Machine of the Year competitors flogging their junk out on the autocross course, where most take it easy and some don’t give a crap. But Saturday’s Sponsor Shootout was the big deal highlight that most folks were waiting for and the morning started off hot. With temps in the 100 range by 11am, racing was the only thing that kept people out in the heat. Each competitor got a few laps during the 30 minute practice session and then had two laps of qualifying. With 12 competitors in the shootout, we set up a ladder where each pair ran and the best time moved onto the next round.

Bret Voelkel in the Ridetech ’33 Ford , Cheryl Herrick in the Jet Hot ’67 Chevy II, Rob McGaffin in the Rocket Racing Wheels ’65 Olds, and Curt Ukasik in the AFCO ’62 Chevy II, all represented the BangShift family of sponsors well, and had to battle it out hardcore with Rob McGregor in the No Limit Hurst Shifters C10, The Detroit Speed Gang, The Roadster Shop, Summit Racing, BFG, and Optima.

Ultimately the crazy cool, and creative, SBC Racing (Summers and Son’s) ’70 C10 Pickup took home the Sponsor Shootout win with Brad Coomer behind the wheel. Coomer, in the same truck, also took home the Truck category win for the weekend and is now in the PRO category for the rest of 2012! Danny Popp took home the win in Street Machine in his bitchin 1972 Corvette, and Brian Finch took home the PRO Class win on Sunday. If you are confused, you are not alone. There were so many things going on it was hard to keep up!

Full results from Columbus, including current PRO Class points standings are below. Note that Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel is CRUSHING the Competition this year and we couldn’t be happier for him. Major kudos to the Ridetech Crew. Also of note. Brit Marolf, driving the Ridetech 48 Hour Camaro, has won two of the last three events and was the quickest guy in competition on Sunday but a GM fuel pump failure took him out of competition in the last round of qualifying so he was in the show but couldn’t make it to the first round.

Congrats to all the competitors! We’ll see you all again at the Goodguys show in Kansas August 31-September 2.

Thanks again to John Jackson from Not Stock Photography for letting us borrow some of his great photos. Click here to visit NotStockPhotography.com.

 

Goodguys 2012 Sponsor Shootout AutoCross Results!

 

12 car ladder, single elimination format:

 

Final Round

Winner: Brad Coomer, Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, Summers & Sons ’70 Chevy Pickup, 33.459

Runner Up: Brian Finch, BF Goodrich, ’71 Chevy Camaro 33.708

 

3^rd round

Brad Coomer, Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, Summers & Sons ’70 Chevy Pickup  (bye run)

Brian Finch, BF Goodrich, ’71 Chevy Camaro 33.475

-defeated-

Ryan Mathews, Detroit Speed, ’66 Mustang, 33.512

 

2^nd  Round

Brad Coomer, Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, Summers & Sons ’70 Chevy Pickup, 33.474

-defeated

Jimi Day, Optima Batteries, ’69 AMC, 34.624

Ryan Mathews, Detroit Speed, ’66 Mustang, 33.896

-defeated-

Stacy Tucker, Auto Meter, ’69 Camaro, 34.893

Brian Finch, BF Goodrich, ’71 Chevy Camaro 33.379

-defeated-

Rob McGregor, Hurst Shifters, ’69 Chevy Pickup 34.819

 

1st  Round:

Brad Coomer, Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, Summers & Sons ’70 Chevy Pickup, 33.615

-defeated-

Roger Burman, Summit Racing Equipment, ’70 Camaro 33.845

Ryan Mathews, Detroit Speed, ’66 Mustang, 33.707

-defeated-

Bret Voelkel, Ridetech, ’33 Ford, 34.322

Rob McGregor, Hurst Shifters, ’69 Chevy Pickup 33.706

-defeated-

Phil Gerber, Roadster Shop, ’70 Chevy Pickup, 33.878

Stacy Tucker, Auto Meter, ’69 Camaro, 35.411

-defeated-

Robert McGaffin, Rocket Racing Wheels, ’65 Olds, 37.041

Jimi Day, Optima Batteries, ’69 AMC, 34.930

-defeated-

Curt Ukasik, AFCO, ’62 Chevy II, 48.181

Brian Finch, BF Goodrich, ’71 Chevy Camaro 34.285

-defeated-

Cherryl Herrick, Jet Hot, ’67 Nova, 36.100

 

 

Class	Name	Year	Make	Model	Best Time	Points
PRO	Brian Finch	1971	Chevy	Camaro	33.228	11
PRO	Ryan Mathews	1966	Ford	Mustang	33.298	10
PRO	Kyle Tucker	1970	Chevy	Camaro	33.457	9
PRO	Britt Marolf	1967	Chevy	Camaro	33.355	8
PRO	Roger Burman	1970	Chevy	Camaro	33.623	7
PRO	Rob MacGregor	1969	Chevy	C-10	33.678	6
PRO	Phil Gerber	1970	Chevy	C-10	33.758	5
PRO	Jimi Day	1969	AMC	AMX	33.983	4
PRO	Stacy Tucker	1969	Chevy	Camaro	34.129	3
PRO	Bret Voelkel	1933	Ford	Coupe	34.378	2
PRO	Kevin Miller	1969	Chevy	Camaro	34.746	1
PRO	Tim McGilton	1970	Chevy	Camaro	35.258	0
PRO	Steve Fuhman	1966	Chevy	Chevelle	35.531	0
PRO	Cheryl Herrick	1967	Chevy	Nova	35.668	0
PRO	Robert MaGaffin	1965	Olds	Cutlass	37.31	0
SM	Danny Popp	1972	Chevy	Corvette	33.757	PRO
SM	Ken Edwards Sr.	1966	Ford	Mustang	33.883
SM	Josh Leisinger	1970	Chevy	Camaro	33.466
SM	Mark Rife	1963	Chevy	Corvette	33.424
SM	Mike King	1963	Pontiac	Tempest	34.881
SM	Ken Edwards Jr	1966	Ford	Mustang	34.947
SM	Mike Hawley	1971	Chevy	Camaro	35.134
SM	Tom Farrington	1966	Chevy	Chevelle	35.292
SM	Mark Turner	1970	Chevy	Nova	35.35
SM	Bob Bertelson	1971	Chevy	Camaro	35.567
SM	John Kundrat	1964	Chevy	Corvette	35.736
SM	Michael Merritt	1967	Ford	Mustang	35.859
SM	Al Noe	1967	Chevy	Camaro	36.085
SM	David Forry	1968	Chevy	Camaro	36.155
SM	Ray Thompson	1968	Chevy	Camaro	36.168
SM	Albert Melchior	1970	Pontiac	Formula	36.426
SM	Tommy Lumley	1969	Chevy	Corvette	36.631
SM	Curt Ukasik	1962	Chevy	Nova	36.723
SM	Jim McDaniel	1968	Pontiac	Firebird	36.731
SM	Jody Parker	1967	Chevy	Camaro	36.846
SM	Tony Ramos	1969	Chevy	Camaro	37.487
SM	Cole Quinnel	1966	Chevy	Chevelle	37.53
SM	Mike South	1968	Chevy	Camaro	37.593
SM	Brian Kellisen	1964	Pontiac	GTO	37.745
SM	Lloyd Gaskins	1957	Chevy	Bel Air	38.619
SM	Jay Mellis	1968	Pontiac	Firebird	38.996
SM	Steve South	1970	Buick	Skylark	39.068
SM	Stever Smith	1966	Chevy	Corvette	39.081
SM	Richard Giesey	1971	Chevy	Camaro	39.648
SM	Russ Urban	1971	Chevy	Chevelle	39.907
SM	Jeff Betz	1969	Chevy	Wagon	40.221
SM	Chuck Church	1964	Chevy	Nova W	40.56
SM	Clayton Bond	1966	Chevy	Chevelle	41.163
SM	Lynn DenLinger	1972	Chevy	Camaro	41.44
SM	Jason Varney	1965	Ford	Mustang	41.714
SM	Bill Howell	1969	Ford	Mustang	41.788
SM	JR Nicewarner	1965	Ford	Wagon	41.832
SM	Don Figliozzi	1961	Buick	Sedan	42.132
SM	Greg Beetz	1965	Ford	Cobra	42.167
SM	Dustin Bowers	1971	Lincoln	Mark III	44.167
SM	Sam Matchett	1955	Chevy	Bel Air	51.511
SM	David Wendell	1966	Pontiac	GTO
SM	Greg Heinrich	1957	Chevy	Bel Air
TRK	Brad Coomer	1970	Chevy	C-10	33.319	PRO
TRK	Jason Brady	1970	Chevy	C-10	34.017
TRK	Brad Granger	1965	Chevy	C-10	36.217
TRK	Kevin Bapst	1968	Chevy	C-10	36.221
TRK	Diz Demes	1972	Chevy	El Camino	37.323
TRK	Dave Gould	1955	Chevy	PU	38.819
TRK	Nick Weber	1946	Chevy	PU	41.662
TRK	Mike VanErt	1965	Chevy	El Camino	41.152
TRK	Tom Tomlinson	1967	Chevy	C-10
SR	Eric Wise	1933	Ford	Sedan	38.921	PRO
SR	Bob Presta	1946	Ford	Convet	39.706
SR	Ray Kittelstad	1947	Ford	Coupe	41.75
FUN	Calvin Andrews	1970	Chevy	C-10
PRO	Name	Points
PRO	Bret Voelkel-RideTech	57
PRO	Britt Marolf-RideTech	29
PRO	Stacy Tucker-Detroit Speed	28
PRO	Mike Maier	22
PRO	Ryan Mathews-Detroit Speed	21
PRO	Jimi Day-Optima	20
PRO	Kyle Tucker-Detroit Speed	19
PRO	Dennis Russell	18
PRO	Cheryl Herrick-JetHot/HPC	16
PRO	Rob MacGregor	16
PRO	Roger Burman	16
PRO	Phil Gerber-Roadster Shop	15
PRO	Brian Finch	11
PRO	Mary Pozzi	10
PRO	Jim Sheridan	9
PRO	Donny Freise	7
PRO	Mick Hochegsang-RideTech	6
PRO	Steve Fuhrman-RideTech	5
PRO	Kevin Miller	1
PRO	Tim McGilton-JetHot	0
PRO	Rob Phillips	0
PRO	Erik Hansen	0
PRO	Brandon Carter	0
PRO	Brian Hobaugh	0
PRO	Peter Orlowski	0
PRO	Craig Dolan	0
PRO	Bob Rotondo	0
PRO	Taylor Sewald	0
PRO	Dan Jetter	0
PRO	Chris Jacobs	0
PRO	Tyler Gibson	0
PRO	Angela Freise	0
PRO	Danny Popp	0
PRO	Brad Coomer	0
PRO	Eric Wise	0