Photos by Bob and Ginger Snyder with words by the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the promoters and racers, this year\u2019s Quaker City Nostalgia Classic & Great Lakes Funny Car Nationals – presented by Pace Performance was a hit as it continues to grow every year.\u00a0\u00a0 There were thirty funny cars on the grounds for the Memorial Day Classic at Quaker City Motorsports Park in Salem, OH, twenty-eight of them ran in competition.<\/p>\n

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For the past three years at this event, they have paired racecars up in a Midwest -VS- East format and going into the finals the East had a 12 – 11 margin… with the Midwest winning the finals – it was all tied up.
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In the blown funny car final, Ron Ooms in the \u201cStreakers Ride\u201d \u201869 Camaro (far lane) with a 6.57 going up against last years winner from the East Kim McKean in the \u201cAgent Orange\u201d Plymouth. Ooms treed McKean\u2019s Duster with a .002 light and held on for the win.<\/p>\n

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There were five funny cars in the injected class, but did not follow the Midwest -VS- East format. The two finalist were Frank Barnard in the \u201cPoison Arrow\u201d with a 7.93 against Willie Johnson (near lane)\u00a0 in the \u201cNo Money No Funny\u201d Nova who also ran a 7.93. Johnson left first as Bernard used the whole quarter-mile trying to reel him in, but came up short.<\/p>\n

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The Good Vibration Motorsports Reaction Time Award went to Bob Daly (above)\u00a0 in the \u201cWarhorse\u201d Mustang II for the injected class.<\/p>\n

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In the supercharged class Ron Ooms in the “Streakers Ride” took home the Good Vibration Motorsports Reaction Time Award<\/p>\n

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John Troxel\u2019s \u201cMopar Crazy\u201d is driven by Chris Schneider using a \u201871 Challenger body on an original Logghe chassis, that was raced by Della Woods. The alcohol funny car is powered by a 417 cubic inch Hemi hooked to a 727 Torque Flite trans.\u00a0 Troxel flew in his pal Hawaiian Roland Leong to tune the Donovan Hemi making it\u2019s best run ever in the first round of 7.61 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Newcomer Sam Eidy and his cool “Lawman” \u201870 Mustang made it\u2019s competition debut with veteran Michigan drag racer, \u201cBullet\u201d Bob Pacitto returning to the seat of a funny car.\u00a0 It\u2019s unique, running a supercharged, Blue Oval, Boss 429 Ford from Booth-Arons Racing Engines, built by master engine builder Richard \u201cTiny\u201d Mitchell.
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The rear-engined, carbureted Chevy-powered \u201cHi-Jinx\u201d Corvette (above) is owned and driven by Dustin Corn out of his Dustin\u2019s Customs in Indiana, running a respectable 8.65 and a best of 8.43 elapsed time at Quaker City Motorsports Park.\u00a0 With those kind of times, you can see why it’s a regular bracket runner.\u00a0 Yeah, that’s Dustin Corn sitting where the engine should be!<\/p>\n

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The effervescent Bret Kepner was the event announcer and his knowledgable play by play commentary made the whole event more exciting for the participants and fans, with attendance up from last year. Spectators seemed to be having a great time with all the classic funny cars in the pits and on the dragstrip.<\/p>\n

Some of the other groups racing at the event were the Ohio Outlaw AA Gassers, Nostalgic Notions, UMTR, and Southern Slingshots.\u00a0 One of the racers from the event sent us this cool YouTube video, it was a lot more than funny cars!<\/p>\n