Chandler Santa Clothes Club
Saturday Night Shootout
(at Chandler Motorsports Park)
July 16, 2011
By Bob Wilkiewicz
Nostalgia Super Stock National Association
Chandler, IN – Mick Alles of New Albany, Indiana held off a strong Chevrolet challenge from Darrell Walker of Paducah, Kentucky to win the sixth annual Chandler Saturday Night Nostalgia Super Stock Shootout presented by The Duell Family’s Mazda/Volvo/Kia dealership to benefit the Evansville-area Santa Clothes Club charity in hot and steamy weather last week.
Alles, driving a 1964 Plymouth on the NSS/C eighth-mile index of 7.00, posted a 7.0349@97.40 mph to overcome an .0122 starting line deficit and whiz past Walker, who after running strong all night slowed to 6.791@102.32 on his NSS/B 6.65 standard.
An NSS veteran, Alles steadily worked his way to the final through the 24-car field, reduced to 21 cars for the first round due to mechanical malfunctions and driver fatigue caused by mid-90’s temperatures and dew points of almost 80 degrees.
Alles’ attack included a near-perfect 7.0001 pass in the second round despite having to tune at density altitudes above 4,000 feet at times.
In a 1966 model, Walker was wheeling one of four Chevrolets. One Ford, a 1967 Fairlane owned by Earl Hayes of Dix, Illinois, was entered in the race.
While not winning, however, the Chevrolets did manage to break the many MoPars dominance in two categories.
Kenny Gresham from Granite City, Illinois was the No.1 qualifier at 7.004 in his 1962 bubble-top Stovebolt. Also in qualifying, Bill White set low elapsed time of the event at 5.833 in a 1965 Chevelle running on a 5.90 requirement in A/FX.
Each finalist received the benefit of a bye run, Walker in the second round after Alles had almost incinerated his index, and then Alles in the semifinal.
Tommy Sedlock and his 1964 Plymouth from Benton, Kentucky, was one of six NSS/A (6.35) entries and the other semifinalist. Sedlock slipped into the second round with a broken single and then sailed along until getting sidelined by Walker’s 6.6870 to a breakout 6.3490.
In the The Duell’s Hyundai Second Chance Race, Evansville’s Joe Ewing prevailed after missing the first round of the first field because of a cracked and leaking transmission cooler line.
Ewing was able to make the needed repair to his 1963 Dodge and defeat Bob Muehlenbein, also from Evansville, 6.6912@96.76 with an .0439 to .1260 reaction time advantage, negating Muehlenbein’s mighty good 7.3010@93.14 NSS/D effort.
With a stout 6.6520 on the NSS/B 6.65 standard in the first round of the second chance, Ewing earned a bye into the final.
That heads-up race was the best of the evening as Ewing eked out an edge over Kentucky’s Andy Warren, (.0350) 1.4180; 6.6520@102.75 to (.0410) 1.4180; 6.6479@103.46 as Warren wheeled the 1967 Plymouth of host and current National Muscle Car Association NSS champion Doug Duell.
Duell, who was defeated by Alles in the quarterfinals, said more than $3,500 was collected for the Santa Clothes Club, which changes the steamy summer cash into cold weather clothing for needy children.
Roster
Car No./Driver/Car/Class
7354 Richard Duvall Jr., 1963 Plymouth, NSS/D (7.30); 1 Doug Duell, 1964 Plymouth, C/FX (6.20); 7777 Andy Warren, 1967 Plymouth, NSS/B (6.65); 3700 Donnie Wilson, 1965 Dodge, NSS/B (6.65); 7834 Mike DeChicco, 1965 Dodge, NSS/A (6.35); 1964 Scott Bourell, 1964 Dodge, NSS/C (7.00); 8040 Bob Muehlenbein, 1964 Dodge, NSS/D (7.30); 7817 Reese Smith, 1964 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00); 7602 Dallas Schultz, 1965 Dodge, NSS/A (6.35); 7017 Joe Ewing, 1963 Dodge, NSS/B (6.65); 7410 Mick Alles, 1964 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00); Q361 Kurt TeVault, 1965 Plymouth, NSS/A (6.35); 7251 Bill White, 1965 Chevelle, A/FX (5.90); 6209 Kenny Gresham, 1962 Chevrolet, NSS/C (7.00); 7304 Dave Isom, 1965 Plymouth, NSS/A (6.35); 7068 David Munsterman, 1964 Dodge, NSS/A (6.35); 7266 Darrell Walker, 1966 Chevrolet, NSS/B (6.65); 6014 Mike Furgye, 1963 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00); H236 Kevin Miller, 1965 Dodge. NSS/E (7.60); 757 Earl Hayes, 1967 Ford, NSS/C (7.00); P63 Dave Leslie, 1964 Plymouth (-); A330 Tommy Sedlock, 1964 Plymouth, NSS/A (6.35); 7572 Gabriel Ray, 1965 Chevelle, NSS/C (7.00); 1274 Bob Durling, 1963 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00)
Qualifying Order
1. Gresham 7.004; 2. Walker 6.656; 3. Muehlenbein 7.307;
4. DeChicco 6.3511; 5. Durling 7.016; 6. Alles 7.025; 7. Sedlock 6.377; 8. Warren 6.677; 9. Ewing 6.681; 10. Duvall Jr. 7.340; 11. Schultz 6.395; 12. Smith 7.095; 13. TeVault 6.45; 14. Ray 7.108; 15. Wilson 6.762; 16. Isom 6.503; 17. Munsterman 7.490; 18. Duell 6.19; 19. Miller 7.583; 20. Bourell 7.239; 21. White 5.833
NSS Eliminator Results
Final
7410 Alles (.1490) 1.5500; 7.0359@97.40 win
7266 Walker (.1368) 1.4853; 6.791@102.32
Semifinals
A330 Sedlock (.1570) 1.3640; 6.3490@107.90
7266 Walker (.1589) 1.4620; 6.6870@102.96 win
7410 Alles (.0939) 1.552; 7.0259@98.07 bye
Quarterfinals
7354 Duvall Jr. (-.0151) 1.6149: 7.3260@93.77 red
7266 Walker (.1269) 1.4132; 6.6141@102.50 win
A330 Sedlock (.1647) 1.3824; 6.3611@108.99 win
7572 Ray (-.0151) 1.5129; 6.9691@98.04 red
1 Duell (.1150) 1.3419; 6.2010@110.56
7410 Alles (.0309) 1.5621; 7.0500@97.19 win
Round Two
A330 Sedlock (.1520) 1.3789; 6.3619@108.66 win
6209 Gresham (.1460) 1.5150; 7.0460@95.74
7354 Duvall Jr. (.0589) 1.6152; 7.3761@91.25 win
1274 Durling (.1260) 1.5650; 7.0409@96.39
7410 Alles (.1289) 1.5283; 7.0001@96.34 win
7251 White (.0441) 1.4447; 6.2857@112.96
H236 Miller (.0700) 1.6209; 7.5640@86.70
7572 Ray (.0851) 1.5251; 7.0208@97.41 win
1 Duell (.1239) 1.3381; 6.2950@98.26 win
Q361 TeVault (.1570) 1.4141; 6.4391@107.61
7266 Walker (.0341) 1.4178; 6.6169@102.97 bye
Round One
7817 Smith (.0300) 1.6021; 7.1832@97.13
7266 Walker (.1049) 1.4261; 6.7052@94.08 win
7834 DeChicco (.0250) 1.3479; 6.3439@101.58
7572 Ray (.0810) 1.5178; 6.9969@97.46 win
7410 Alles (.0449) 1.5252; 7.0150@93.95 win
7304 Isom (.1669) 1.4562; 6.5211@103.90
7602 Schultz (.1009) 1.3560; 6.3139@108.73
7251 White (.0930) 1.3279; 5.9899@115.68 win
1964 Bourell (.0451) 1.7799; 7.3658@91.43
7354 Duvall Jr. (.0350) 1.6160; 7.3549@92.97 win
8040 Muehlenbein (-.0441) 1.5612; 7.3271@92.95 red
Q361 TeVault (-.0088) 1.4038; 6.4087@107.67 win
1 Duell (.0468) 1.3430; 6.1932@110.83 win
7777 Warren (.0608) 1.4142; 6.6083@103.22
H236 Miller (-.0242) 1.6152; 7.5532@89.60 broke single
1274 Durling (.0462) 1.5317; 6.9958@98.29 broke single
A330 Sedlock (-.0700) 1.3849; 6.3879@108.48 broke single
6209 Gresham (.0680) 1.4859; 7.0061@95.94 bye
Second Chance Eliminator
Final
7017 Ewing (.0439) 1.4229; 6.6912@96.76 win
8040 Muehlenbein (.1260) 1.5479; 7.3010@93.14
Semifinal
8040 Muehlenbein (.1311) 1.5538; 7.3340@92.77 win
7834 DeChicco (.1390) 1.3478; 6.3390@107.95
7017 Ewing (.1230) 1.4341; 6.6679@102.97 bye
First Round
8040 Muehlenbein (.1631) 1.5477; 7.3127@92.77 win
7817 Smith (.0298) 1.5482; 7.1960@97.24
7017 Ewing (.0350) 1.4180; 6.6520@102.75 win
7777 Warren (.0410) 1.4180; 6.6479@103.46
7834 DeChicco (.0490) 1.3600; 6.4969@92.05 win
7304 Isom (.3341) 1.4060; 6.4248@106.89
