Sick Week 2023 Day 2: Racing from Bradenton, Florida

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Who may have suspected that Bradenton, Florida would develop into a wild racer haven? Between the drag racing motion that the Southeast is understood for and a sure particular YouTuber that has turned manic automotive pleasure into an automotive media juggernaut, Bradenton is among the greatest locations that the racers of Sick Week 2023 may drive to. Between Orlando and the drive to Bradenton, nineteen automobiles discovered themselves out of competition.

For the remaining 332 racers, the ambiance was precisely what they hoped for: practically sea-level circumstances and a superbly prepped observe meant that massive numbers have been going up on the board. Alex Taylor’s 1955 Chevy and Steve Morris’s “Increase Grasp” Chevy wagon clicked off a side-by-side six-second rip down the strip, with Brett LaSala ripping a 6.55-second lap at 215 MPH within the “Snot Rocket 2.0” Mustang. However when you needed to see a battle, you wanted to search for the Swedes within the group.

Robert Williams is within the warmth of the Tremendous Avenue class along with his 1977 Chevrolet Nova that he’s dubbed “Weapon X”.Cole Reynolds

Michael Westberg’s S-10 and Stefan Gustafsson’s C4 Corvette have additionally been buying and selling six-second lap occasions. Westberg’s 6.40-second run at 210 MPH gave the truck solely the slightest of leads towards Gustafson, who managed to blow the passenger-side door clear off. With the latch part of the door nonetheless in place and a gap the place the latch ought to be in what was left of the door, the [email protected] MPH timeslip (a brand new private greatest) was at greatest, bittersweet.

Talking of bittersweet, Tom Bailey was preventing a shedding battle along with his Camaro’s transmission, Stick Shift competitor Chad Fegley would blow the heart clear out of his C6 Corvette’s transaxle after laying down the quickest stick-shift move in drag-and-drive historical past, Steve Morris’s wagon is out attributable to a broken driveshaft, and James Taal and the Godzilla-powered “McFlurry” Mustang wound up on the facet of the freeway with a nasty knock within the engine. What number of extra will wind up within the “didn’t end” report on the 300-something-mile drive north to South Georgia Motorsports Park?

Aaron Shaffer is main the Sick Avenue Race class in his 1998 Camaro SS. His [email protected] lap at Bradenton backed up his [email protected] lap at Orlando properly. He’s acquired competitors from Dustin Trance’s 2005 Mustang and Brian Acton’s 1970 Nova isn’t far behind.Cole Reynolds

Day Two Class Leaders:

Limitless: Michael Westberg, 1991 Chevrolet S-10, [email protected]
Limitless Iron: Steve Morris, 1993 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon, [email protected]
Modified: Brett LaSala, 2012 Ford Mustang, [email protected]
Professional Avenue: Clark Rosenstengel, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, [email protected]
Tremendous Avenue: Eric Yost, 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, [email protected]
Stick Shift: Richard Guido, 1965 Pontiac GTO, [email protected]
Naturally Aspirated: James McEntire, 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, [email protected]
Rowdy Radials (1/eighth Mile): Jordan Tuck, 1993 Ford Mustang, [email protected]
Sick Week Freaks: Tony Niemczyk, 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse, [email protected]
Sizzling Rods vs. Beetles: Lary West, 1941 Willys, [email protected]
Avenue Race 275: William Lujan, 1990 Ford Mustang, [email protected]
Sick Avenue Race: Aaron Shaffer, 1998 Chevrolet Camaro SS, [email protected]
Professional DYO: Nick Wiegand, 1976 Pontiac Trans Am, [email protected]
DYO: Rajveer Ahuja, 1967 Oldsmobile 442, [email protected]
Problem: Robert Sharp, 2019 Dodge Charger, [email protected]