Champion Speed Shop » Chevrolet http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:51:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Champion takes Small Block Chevrolet to 2012 March Meet, takes 1st Round http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/2012/03/03/champion-takes-small-block-chevrolet-to-2012-march-meet-takes-1st-round/ http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/2012/03/03/champion-takes-small-block-chevrolet-to-2012-march-meet-takes-1st-round/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:00:53 +0000 champion http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/?p=535
Autoclub Famoso Raceway
 
In a last minute move, Bobby McLennan decided to take the small block out of retirement and take on the ”new quickies” in Top Fuel.  The class has seen some incredible times in the last two races, times in the mid 5.50s is not uncommon now. The Champion Speed Shop crew put the small block in contention the first time out, with a respectable 5.78 during qualifying and a huge first round win over Terry Cox running a 5.79.  So far, it has been a good outing for the Champion Team,  Tomorrow they are paired up with Mendy Fry for the second round of eliminations at noon.
Watch the races tomorrow on www.BANGshift.com

In the pits before round #1 eliminators

In the pits before round #1 eliminations

 

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The Champion Speed Shop Special is set to run the March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. The 51st running of the premiere nostalgia drag racing event will mark the official end of a six year hiatus of the legendary nitromethane powered Chevrolet dragster from the nostalgia AA/FD drag racing ranks.

The latest incarnation of the Champion Speed Shop Special continues the tradition of lightweight small block Chevrolet powered dragsters set in motion by Jim McLennan in 1953, and carried on by son Bobby McLennan into the modern era. The Champion Speed Shop Special will be driven by Adam Sorokin, whose own father Mike Sorokin drove The Surfers front engine top fuel dragster in the sixties.

While the small block Chevy is itself an anachronism in the hemi fueled AA/FD field, the Champion Speed Shop Special furthers the innovative evolution of the front engine top fuel dragster with a streamlined carbon fiber canopy that envelops the cockpit.

“The genesis of the car started long ago with cars like the Glass Slipper and other streamliners. If the engine had stayed out front, this is where the class may have gone”, said Bobby McLennan.

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