Brian Carner
October 17th, 2005, 12:08 PM
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Dukin’ it out, LS1 style – The bad boys out of Michigan were at it again at this weekend’s World Street Nationals. The Hardcore Racing team, who put their LS1-powered Trans Am into the sevens last winter in Bradenton were back with a new car and a new mountain to climb.
Hardcore owner Ronnie Duke had his team construct a new 2005 Pontiac GTO early this season with the express purpose of cracking the six-second barrier, again with an LS1-powered, single power-adder car. They knew the machine, driven by Jason McNeil, was capable of running the number, but they were expecting to have to wring the new piece out before their goals were realized.
As a testimony to their new in-house engine program, however, the new car ran a solid 6.955, 202.65 during qualifying on Saturday, opening the door to Duke’s plans to take the car Pro Mod racing next season.
“We now officially have the first single power-adder equipped, LS1-powered car into the sixes, so we’re going to move on with our Pro Mod program,” Duke said. “We’ll spend a lot of time testing over the winter in Bradenton with an eye to getting down into the 6.40s.” Won’t a 375-cubic-inch small block-powered car in Pro Mod raise some eyebrows among the traditional big-motor crowd?
News & Photo Source: Competition Plus (http://www.competitionplus.com)
Dukin’ it out, LS1 style – The bad boys out of Michigan were at it again at this weekend’s World Street Nationals. The Hardcore Racing team, who put their LS1-powered Trans Am into the sevens last winter in Bradenton were back with a new car and a new mountain to climb.
Hardcore owner Ronnie Duke had his team construct a new 2005 Pontiac GTO early this season with the express purpose of cracking the six-second barrier, again with an LS1-powered, single power-adder car. They knew the machine, driven by Jason McNeil, was capable of running the number, but they were expecting to have to wring the new piece out before their goals were realized.
As a testimony to their new in-house engine program, however, the new car ran a solid 6.955, 202.65 during qualifying on Saturday, opening the door to Duke’s plans to take the car Pro Mod racing next season.
“We now officially have the first single power-adder equipped, LS1-powered car into the sixes, so we’re going to move on with our Pro Mod program,” Duke said. “We’ll spend a lot of time testing over the winter in Bradenton with an eye to getting down into the 6.40s.” Won’t a 375-cubic-inch small block-powered car in Pro Mod raise some eyebrows among the traditional big-motor crowd?
News & Photo Source: Competition Plus (http://www.competitionplus.com)