Friday October 9th Engine Masters Challenge Finals Updates and Results Sponsored by Rottler

2009 JEG's Engine Masters Challenge - Friday, October 9, 2009 Sponsored by Rottler

Final Standings

1st - Team #5 Jon Kaase Racing (Almost Kaase)/Ford - 2,632.8

2nd - Team #10 B.E.S Racing Engines/Chevy - 2,631.4

3rd- Team #2 Hot Heads Research/Gene Adams Performance/Chrysler - 2,598.2

4th - Team #17 Performance Crankshaft, Inc/Chevy - 2,598.0

5th - Team #4 School of Automotive Machinists (Entry #2)/Ford - 2,585.4

6th - Team #1 Jon Kaase Racing/Ford - 2,583.2

Going into final eliminations we got much of what we intended with the new format - probably the widest variety of engine we have ever seen in final eliminations. That list in reverse order of qualifying position included the Kaasse Boss Ford big block, the School of Automotive Machinists 400M Cleveland, the Hot Heads / Gene Adams early Chrysler Hemi, BES Racing's LS Chevrolet, and the Kaase Cleveland. With fuel injection made legal for the first time, along with the inclusion of late model domestic V8's and muti-carbs, we had the wildest show ever. Interestingly, in the inaugural year for fuel injection, we had an all-carb line-up in final eliminations, with Tom Habrzyk's APE entry making the best showing for EFI. Opening the door to multi-carbs resulted in a wild array of systems, from the single four barrel system used by Tony Bishchoff, the impressive Hot Heads / Adams quad webber-style carbs, and the variety of tunnel rams run by the other competitors.

In eliminations we run the qualifying engines from lowest qualifier to the top finisher, leading to the top qualifier. In last year's event we made a change to keeping the score silent right up through the elimination field, so competitors have no idea of the outcome until the final engine has run. Without knowing the number to beat, each team is giving it all they have vying for the title of "Engine Master." When all the dust settled, Jon Kaase Racing inched out a victory by just a fraction, taking top honors over second place finisher BES Racing by just 1.4 points! The rest of the field fell in line in the same order as qualifying, with Hot Heads / Gene Adams Performance finishing third, Performance Crankshaft in fourth, the School of Automotive Machinists in fifth, and Jon Kaase's Boss in sixth position.

Team #1 Jon Kaase Racing/Ford

Team #4 School of Automotive Machinists (Entry #2)/Ford

Team #17 Performance Crankshaft, Inc/Chevy

Team #2 Hot Heads Research/Gene Adams Performance/Chrysler

Team #10 B.E.S Racing Engines/Chevy