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Super Chevy Show In Ohio - Only In Ohio

We're Never Bored Here, Because It's The Way California Ought To Be.
September, 2007
By Johnny Hunkins
Photography by Johnny Hunkins
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Gary Triplett (Columbus, Ohio)... 
   
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Gary Triplett (Columbus, Ohio) gets a lot from his '69 Firebird, including major wheelstands and low-11-second ETs on pure cubes from a healthy 10:1 355-inch small-block Chevy.
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The manufacturer's midway... 
   
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The manufacturer's midway is a great place to meet friendly people like John Byles of Badlands Automotive (left, of Belmont, Ohio) and Mike Stasko of the Mr. Gasket Company.
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We caught 1-year-old Maddox... 
   
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We caught 1-year-old Maddox Tanzillo red-handed, as he tried to carjack his dad's '79 Trans Am.
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Everything was going fine... 
   
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Everything was going fine for Tracy Blevins and his '71 Nova until about 8 seconds after this photo was snapped, when the hood blew off at the 1,000-foot mark. (Look hard, and you can see the hood pins are missing.)
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Gina Marion poses with her... 
   
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Gina Marion poses with her Lemans Blue big-block '69 Chevelle SS 396, which has a rare column-shift bench-seat option.
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Up, up, and away! Mike Laferty... 
   
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Up, up, and away! Mike Laferty is a line mechanic at Hatfield Hyundai in Columbus, so by Friday afternoon, he's pretty sick of under- powered imports.
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Only in Ohio can you see a... 
   
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Only in Ohio can you see a street-legal '59 Corvette with an alcohol-fed big-block do wheelies en route to low-9-second quarter-mile ETs.
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The cars in the Jeg's Bracket... 
   
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The cars in the Jeg's Bracket 2 class primarily have trans-brake-equipped Powerglides-but not Robert McDonnough's '67 Camaro.
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Girls know their car junk,... 
   
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Girls know their car junk, too. Here's Kelly Downs from Medina, Ohio, a 31-year-old bartender with a small-block '33 Willys at home.
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Long-haul truck driver Bill... 
   
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Long-haul truck driver Bill Moore (49) got a Super Chevy Top 10 Editor's Choice Drag Race Award; we think it's partly because of Bill's nice '72 SS Nova, but also because he's a really fun guy.
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Legendary Auto Interiors of... 
   
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Legendary Auto Interiors of Newark, New York, is most well known for its Mopar interiors (they do '68 to '74 AMX and Javelin as well); but Chris Robbins (30) of Legendary told us they just introduced a complete line of bench and bucket seat interiors for '68 to '72 GM A-bodies, including Chevelles.
BRACKET 1
Name RESULT Reaction ET MPH
Tony "Sandman" Williams winner .035 6.520 218.94
Larry Sinke runner-up .113 10.750 81.32

Procharger Bracket 1 Brawl
Name RESULT Reaction Dial-in ET MPH
Bill Webb winner .020 7.75 7.972 138.39
Ted Vanderpool runner-up foul 9.75 9.792 137.89
Jeg's Bracket 2 Battle
Name RESULT Reaction Dial-in ET MPH
Mike Rehl winner .110 10.34 10.400 129.59
James Bailey runner-up foul 10.28 12.905 85.24
DOT Street Fight
Name RESULT Reaction Dial-in ET MPH
Branden Elam winner .085 13.93 13.992 89.38
Mike Snider runner-up .151 13.40 13.444 97.35

EDITOR'S CHOICE TOP 10 DRAG CARS
Driver: Hometown: Car:
Bill Moore Grove City, OH '72 Nova
Mike Rehl Newark, OH '85 Monte Carlo
John Amick Indianapolis, IN '67 Chevelle
Bob Wymer Pataskala, OH '62 Bel Air
Danny Johnson Columbus, OH '57 Chevy
Andy Burns Mechanicsburg, OH '55 Nomad
Alicia Burns Mechanicsburg, OH '91 Camaro RS
Tim Jenkins Springfield, OH '57 Corvette
Tim Boggs Fayetteville, OH '67 Nova
Mike Conner Plain City, OH '84 X-11 Citation

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