On September 10th, Chris & Torri ran at the GM Nationals at Pacific Raceways in the Hot Rod class to close our 2016 racing season.
Dave Stoltz captured this picture of them together during a qualifying session:
Dave Stoltz photo of Chris & Torri side-by-side at the GM Nationals during qualifying in the Hot Rod class!
Torri went out in the 2nd round when she left early, and Chris was driving very well making it to the fourth round before his electric water pump failed, causing the engine to overheat and slowed slightly after cutting an outstanding .009-second reaction time. We don’t believe we’ve damaged the 406 but will check it closely over the winter. Counting his recent win at Champion Raceway, Chris strung together nine straight winning rounds before the water pump ended his day.
Chris also ran his quickest pass this year during this event running a 10.473 @ 126.13 MPH to identically match the ’57’s best run of 10.473 @ 127.26 MPH on July 10th of this year, and the density altitude of both runs was within 10 feet! The ’57 has a slight MPH edge and we’re very pleased with the performance of our two Chevrolets this year! Can you say match race?
During this 2016 season Paul, Chris & Torri each drove their cars to a final round appearance with both Paul & Chris winning their respective final rounds and Torri earning a well deserved runner-up! Not a bad year for Edwards & Young Racing!
Now we turn to the off season, Paul has had his damaged C-4 transmission rebuilt by Village Transmission, and we also have refreshed our old Doug-Nash 5-speed which is ready to go back in the ’57. We have no major upgrades planned for the cars over the winter.
Our sincere gratitude to Kimberly & John Collecchi of Handan Trailer Repair & Sales for all their support the past two seasons! They also sponsored two of the brackets during the 2016 Nostalgia Race at Pacific! – Roger
