RPM Magazine September 2018

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SMACKDOWN 2

10 9 most cases. The 28-inch tall tires were definitely the limiting factor for the horsepower being applied as most racers were driving their hot rods on every pass Saturday night! First-round pairings saw Luc

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Ricard and his brand new single turbo SBF combo (and first time on 28s) take out Mark Azevedo’s beautiful ’68 Chevelle. Nick Kokkas and his ultra-consistent ’88 Mustang beat newcomer Roger

Paridis’ ex-Pavlov ’80 Malibu in an all small block nitrous match-up. In a battle of Pro Tech Racing teammates, Ian Hill’s Booger ’84 Mustang took out Darcy Cummings’ x275-legal ’84 Camaro, Eric

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Phillips and his sleek black Mustang was taken out by Adam Bastarch and his bright blue 2004 Cobra Mustang while Vince Melao pulled the odd-numbered stick and took the bye run into

second round. Round two and Ricard blasted to a win over Kokkas, Melao took out Bastarch and in the bye run Hill turned it up to show off a midtrack 150-foot power wheelie to go into the semis.

9: Noel Borg and his hardlaunching Outlaw 10.5 car showed up to try to take the big money shootout win. Borg runs a 455inch BBC with aluminum Donavan block, Big Chief heads and F3R-136 ProCharger. 10: OGW front man Ian Hill was the eventual Limited Outlaw runner-up in his 84 Mustang, “The Booger”. Booger is powered by an RCR 430inch SBF with 88mm pro mod turbo backed by an ATI Powerglide.


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