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Wescott Jr. Goes 8.30s in SS/AH Shootout at Dutch Classic
By Brian Lohnes Posted 10/27/08
There are titanic runs, and then there are titanic runs. Qualify Charlie Westcott’s laps at the recently completed Dutch Classic as the latter.
The existing national record in SS/AH going into last weekend was 8.51. Westcott went 8.38 twice and lived in the low 8.40s for most of the weekend. The runs were made in his familiar camouflage painted War Fish '68 Barracuda.
Westcott’s dad, Charlie Sr., who runs a stick-shift version of the same car was the mph king, topping out at over 150 mph during the weekend.
What was the biggest factor in the quickest-ever weekend of Hemi Super Stock racing? The atmospheric conditions. Westcott Jr’s 8.38 was run in literal mineshaft air, weather stations were reading 212 feet below sea level. That’s nature’s way of saying it’s time to haul ass.
Despite the string of runs that will forever be remembered in the already colorful history of these cars and these dedicated Hemi Shootouts, it was not Westcott leaving with the trophy or the cash. Those honors went to Jim Daniels, who upended Westcott in the semifinal round. Daniels scampered to an 8.477 second lap and the bragging rights as the baddest man in the land, for the time being.
There will come a point that these cars simply cannot go quicker in their current configuration and the masses seemed to believe we were getting close to that point. Charlie Westcott proved that there’s still gold in them thar Hemi hills. You just need to get into a mine to find it.
212 feet below sealevel is incredible atmosphere and remember these cars weigh over 3300 lbs:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: Below is one that made over 900 horsepower on the dyno!
By Brian Lohnes Posted 10/27/08
There are titanic runs, and then there are titanic runs. Qualify Charlie Westcott’s laps at the recently completed Dutch Classic as the latter.
The existing national record in SS/AH going into last weekend was 8.51. Westcott went 8.38 twice and lived in the low 8.40s for most of the weekend. The runs were made in his familiar camouflage painted War Fish '68 Barracuda.
Westcott’s dad, Charlie Sr., who runs a stick-shift version of the same car was the mph king, topping out at over 150 mph during the weekend.
What was the biggest factor in the quickest-ever weekend of Hemi Super Stock racing? The atmospheric conditions. Westcott Jr’s 8.38 was run in literal mineshaft air, weather stations were reading 212 feet below sea level. That’s nature’s way of saying it’s time to haul ass.
Despite the string of runs that will forever be remembered in the already colorful history of these cars and these dedicated Hemi Shootouts, it was not Westcott leaving with the trophy or the cash. Those honors went to Jim Daniels, who upended Westcott in the semifinal round. Daniels scampered to an 8.477 second lap and the bragging rights as the baddest man in the land, for the time being.
There will come a point that these cars simply cannot go quicker in their current configuration and the masses seemed to believe we were getting close to that point. Charlie Westcott proved that there’s still gold in them thar Hemi hills. You just need to get into a mine to find it.
212 feet below sealevel is incredible atmosphere and remember these cars weigh over 3300 lbs:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: Below is one that made over 900 horsepower on the dyno!
