R/C DRAG RACING Duke City Outlaw Shootout

STORY BY PAUL FIELDS EVENT COVERAGE BY BUCKYS MEDIA WORKZ

The inaugural duke city outlaw shootout took place in Albuquerque on june 24th.

Racers from all over the southwest showed up to race 3 classes. 2.7 index is a index class in which the racers have to get as close to a 2.7 elapsed time as possible.

Real street is the next step up, runs heads up and first to the finish line wins, wheelie bars and tire prep aren't allowed which makes this class very tricky.

Outlaw is the fastest class with cars reaching speed of almost 100 mph in just 132 ft.

The race started off rocky as we had to make a last second location change due to a truck and trailer parked near the starting line of the original spot. We opted to hit up the og race spot on vassar place near main event.

Things got under way quickly, after a few test hits the track surface came around fast, and the outlaw cars were seeing 1.7s and 1.8s after just a few laps. Top speed of the event was 93 mph!

Racing got under way around noon and the finals were run just after 4, with around 35-40 cars in attendance.

Chris Stringer won real street, and juan duran from Carlsbad won 2.7 index and outlaw taking home over $1000 in prize money.

A huge thanks to the following sponsors: Webb rc, shark rc bodies, maclan, pinky tuned racing, get stuck tire prep, d's upholstery, voodoo and frank greer/a to z tire conditioner

You can follow the racers and races at RC Drag No Prep NM on facebook and webb rc for the full race.

A huge thanks to Chris Horcasitas for putting the event together.

ByDavidSwope

PhotosCourtesyofStevenWilson&FunnyCarChaos

Kirk Williams and the Williams Brothers Racing Inc. TA/FC team from Glenwood, Iowa are pre-entered for the Funny Car Chaos coming to the 60th Anniversary Celebration at the Albuquerque Dragway on Friday July 28th and Saturday July 29th. Williams and his team have racked up 3 Divisional Championships over their 20+ years racing funny cars including being the reining Funny Car Chaos Champion for 2022. They will be the ones to watch with their 2002 Pontiac Firebird, powered by a 472 cubic inch Hemi.

“Coming out to New Mexico, there is going to be a little bit of a challenge because of the altitude,” said Williams. “We used to run in the altitude up in Colorado. It's going to be really interesting and it's gonna be a lot of fun.”

“I've been around racing my whole entire life. My dad and my uncle started drag racing back in 1963. My uncle went on start his own family business. With my dad and brothers, we bought a Super Pro Maverick and just build it up. We ran Super Gas in NHRA for a lot of years,” explained Williams. “My oldest brother, Randy, was the driver at the time and then he got married. That left just me, my middle brother Chris and my dad. We built a Trans Am Gas Car, ran that for a couple of years. It started getting boring. We have got to do something else. Then, we did the dumbest thing we could possibly do, we bought an Alcohol Funny Car in 1999.”

“Here we are today, 25 years later, still having fun,” said Williams with a smile on his face. “When COVID hit, we decided to find another series and get out of the NHRA after 19 years. That’s when we found Funny Car Chaos. What Chris and Tara have put together is fantastic. There's just virtually everybody racing everybody. The point structure didn't matter who was the fastest car, you just had to win your perspective field, A field, B field. The points were the same. That’s what drew us.”

Come out and meet the Williams Brothers Racing at the 60th Anniversary Celebration. Follow them on Facebook and at WilliamBrosTAFC.com.