Midwest Open Comp Series 2010

The 2010 MWOC races are held at Cedar Falls Raceway in Cedar Falls, Iowa www.cfraceway.com

These are mainly laid back lowbuck deals that are mainly promoted on the Ford/Stang sites that we stop by.

We do allow all brands to enter the races and theres more info on the rules, etc at:
www.elimn8u.com
www.mustangcentral.net
www.cfraceway.com

Race dates:

May 22
June 12
Aug 7
Sept 25
Oct 16

Stop by if your in the area!

Gene

Getting a little response here and there on the races...like I said, these are pretty low key deals, more for 'fun' than money for sure...just wanted to make that clear for anyone thinking about headed out.
Gene

One week away and the forecast looks great!!
Mid 70's and sunny!!

Hope to see ya there!

Gene

Thanks people:

Glory Days Racing

Tags-N-More

Diamonds Body Shop

Bill Colwell Ford

Weber & Hazlet Automotive

Arnold Motor Supply

Andersen's Automotive Service

Roeder Performance Machine

Roush-Yates Performance

CustomWireSets / FireCore 50

Quick Fuel Technology

Race One MWOC 2010

Qualifying Order
Gene Hinders................79 Fairmont............0.026
Jim McConeghey............86 Camaro.............0.043
Bill Lehman...................68 Mustang............0.045
Jason Neshiem..............70 Mustang............0.048
Corey Herman...............79 ElCamino...........0.054
Eric Youngblood............02 Mustang............0.057
Brian Davis...................69 Chevelle............0.269
Eric Sloan.....................86 Mustang...........0.283
John Miller....................70 Nova...............-0.009


Round One
NAME............... RT....... Index........ ET....... MPH ........W/L


Jim McConeghey...0 .045-- 9.45---- 9.624--- 116.07------ W
Eric Youngblood....0 .067 --12.07 ---12.332 --113.64------ L

Jim McConeghey's holeshot aided in his win over Eric Youngblood in the first race of the first round.
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Jason Neshiem ...0.003 ---10.69 -----10.856----- 124.38 ------W
Eric Sloan ...........0.265 --13.64 -----13.419----- 105.82 ------L

Jason Nehiem's near perfect reaction time in his winning run didn't leave any room for error for Eric Sloan as both racers were a bit off their indexes.
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John Miller.......0 .036 -----10.32------ 10.401----- 123.59 ----W
Corey Herman ..1.61------ 10.20------ 10.201 -----131.87 -----L

Corey Herman's nearly dead-on pass still missed the mark as John Miller's holeshot aided pass was too much to overcome.
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Bill Lehman.....0 .449---- 10.22 ------10.313------ 119.67 ------W
Brian Davis ----Foul -----12.62------- Broke --------------------L

Brian Davis's wild day ended against Bill Lehman who cruised on to an easy pass after Brian redlit at the start.
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Gene Hinders....0 .034--- 10.39----- 10.391 ------129.47 -------W

As #1 Qualifier Gene Hinders recieved the bye-run due to the odd number of cars and ran a near dead-on pass, missing it by .001 of a second.


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QUARTER FINALS
NAME...... RT .............INDEX....... ET.......... MPH....... W/L


Jason Neshiem ....0.033 ---10.69 ------10.818 ----124.03 ----W
Gene Hinders.......0.173 ----10.39 -----10.378----- 127.28 ----L

Jason's good reaction and Gene's bad reaction time sealed the race for his
'70 Mustang as Gene was forced to 'break-out' trying to run down Jason.

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Bill Lehman .......-.102 ---10.22 -----10.115------ 132.23 ----W
John Miller........ -.003--- 10.32 -----21.278 -------52.71 -----L

John's redlight came first and gave the win to Bill even though Bill's light was worse it didn't matter at that point....advantage to being the quiker car.
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Jim McConeghey...0 .026---9.45 ----9.418-------- 143.84---- W

Jim made a nice pass on his bye-run and was able to see where his car was really at.
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SEMI-FINALS
NAME......... RT........... INDEX..... ET ..........MPH....... W/L

Jim McConeghey..0 .101 ---9.45---- 9.418 -----143.41------W
Jason Neshiem ...-.018----10.69 ---10.872----- 123.87 -----L

Jason's redlight handed the win over to Jim who laid down a run identical to his previous pass, even though he was under his index the win was his due to Jason's foul start.
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Bill Lehman...........0 .032 --10.22 ---10.116 ----124.67 ---W

Bill also used the bye-run to gauge where his car was at, he'd need to slow it up a bit for the finals so as not to break-out.

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FINALS
NAME.......... RT....... INDEX..... ET ...........MPH .........W/L

Jim McConeghey....0 .138 -9.45 --9.480 -----123.76------ W
Bill Lehman...........0 .007 -10.22 -10.173 ----122.74 -------L

Bill had a huge advantage at the start via the .007 reaction time but his pass was too quick off of his index and Jim's 9.48 off of his 9.45 index was the winning pass.

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It was good to get back out to track finally for the first round of the Midwest Open Comp Series, the day was a bit hectic as the track had alot on the schedule despite it being billed primarily as a Test&Tune day.

It was definitley a warm and muggy day but everyone had the same conditions to deal with. You could tell it was the first race of the season based on the wide range of reaction times everyone was dealing with...we had a great turnout for the race and hopefully a few others will join the fray at the next event.

Brian Davis was the winner of one of the 25.00 Gift Certificate that Quick Fuel Technology has donated for each one of our five races...we had planned on handing these outto each events #1 Qualifier but being that I (Gene Hinders) was the #1 qualifier and that I am a dealer for and sponsored by QuickFuel I decided that since that was the case we'd put the other eight drivers names into a hat and have the CFR track personel draw one name to recieve the certificate.

Round Two will be June 12th at Cedar Falls Raceway...Hope to see ya there!

Race 2 MWOC Results June 12 2010

Qualifying:
NAME----------------CAR--------------------RT
1. John Miller-------70 Nova-----------------.006
2. Gene Hinders-----79 Fairmont-------------.020
3. Corey Herman----79 ElCamino-------------.057
4. Mark Weerheim---87 Mustang-------------.071
5. Tyler Gardner-----62 Nova----------------.080
6. Jim McConeghey--86 Camaro--------------.080
7. Eric Sloan--------86 Mustang-------------.134
8. Bill Lehman-------68 Mustang-------------.008-

Round One
NAME--------CAR---------RT-----Index-----ET-----MPH
John Miller*****70 Nova**.008***10.55**10.592**112.73 W
Tyler Gardner**62 Nova**.008***11.72***11.798**113.98 L

Great reaction times by both racers, but first time O/C racer
Tyler Gardner was a bit off his index and John Miller took the win.
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Corey Herman****79 ElCamino**.088**10.27**10.324**120.44 W
Eric Sloan*******86 Mustang**.219**13.50**13.497**103.96 L

When Eric refinds his spot on the tree he's going to be killer as
he's always close on the index, but Corey had the better reaction
on this pass and cruised on for the win.
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Bill Lehman******68 Mustang*.021**10.14****10.177**130.97 W
Mark Weerheim***87 Mustang*.090**11.59****11.585**113.94 L

Bill Lehman's reaction time was the key in his round win overformer
champ Mark Weerheim, who was out for his first race in quite some time.
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Gene Hinders*****79 Fairmont**.045**10.44**10.462**124.96 W
Jim McConeghey**86 Camaro***.132***9.43**9.434****143.12 L

Both Gene Hinders and Jim McConeghey were close on their
indexes but the reaction time was the difference once again as
Jim was a bit late at the start.
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SEMI-FINALS
NAME--------CAR------------RT---INDEX----ET-----MPH
Gene Hinders***79 Fairmont**.031**10.44**10.469**123.54 W
Corey Herman**79 ElCamino**.137**10.27**10.276**130.63 L

Once again both racers were right on their indexes but the reaction
times spelled out the outcome as Gene Hinders light was slightly better
than that posted by Corey Herman.
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John Miller****70 Nova******.047**10.55**10.584**119.16 W
Bill Lehman****68 Mustang***.021**10.14**10.260**130.34 L

A change as the better reaction time of Bill Lehman couldn't hold
off the closer to his index pass posted by John Miller.
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FINALS
NAME--------CAR----------RT----INDEX----ET----MPH
John Miller****70 Nova*****.005**10.55**10.514**118.81 W
Gene Hinders**79 Fairmont**.059***10.44**10.397**128.77 L

The reaction time posted by John Miller (a near perfect lite) was
too much for Gene Hinders to overcome and both racers actually
"broke-out" running under their indexes.
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The next race (Round Three) is scheduled for August 7th at
Cedar Falls Raceway and with the top four in points seperated
by six points it's not only the weather that's gonna be hot!

August 7th 2010...Round Three...& Points Update

A great hot summer day of Open Comp racing at Cedar Falls Raceway:

Qualifying:

1. Gene Hinders*****79 Fairmont******.016
2. Mike Allen*******71 Vega*********.033
3. Alex Harken******82 Camaro*******.045
4. Mark Weerheim****87 Mustang******.057
5. Corey Herman*****79 El Camino*****.064
6. Ryan Ladeberg*****79 Capri********.116
7. Bill Lehman********62 Falcon*******.294

It was good to see a few new faces show up as some of the regulars had prior commitments, hopefully the newcomers will be back and the final two races will have more competitors as we've been trying to build the class back up to prior years numbers.

Ryan Ladeberg, Alex Harken, and Mike Allen were the new faces that joined in with regulars Bill Lehman (who was in attendance but with a new car as his regular '68 Mustang was having some head-gasket issues but he rolled in with a sweet little Falcon "Ranchero" to compete with) Mark Weerheim, Corey Herman, and Gene Hinders.

With an odd number of cars the #1 qualifier (Gene Hinders) would receive the bye-run for the first round.

ROUND ONE
Name---------Car---------Index-------RT-------ET------MPH--W/L
Alex Harken***82 Camaro***10.01*****.082*****10.066**134.85--W
Ryan Ladeberg*79 Capri*****12.45*****.131*****12.533**109.46--L
A slight advantage at the start allowed Alex to take the win by a .07 margin at the stripe.

Mark Weerheim*87 Mustang***11.58*****.063*****11.572**114.85--W
Bill Lehman****62 Falcon*****17.00*****.108*****16.462***79.38--L
Mark's holeshot and Bill's larger breakout pass (he finally got the Falcon to hook pretty good) were both factors in this race.

Mike Allen****71 Vega********10.73*****.003*****10.786**123.71--W
Corey Herman**79 El Camino****10.29*****.065*****10.255**125.38--L
First time O/C racer Mike Allen put down a near perfect light and held on for the win as that forced Corey to break out.

Gene Hinders**79 Fairmont*****10.42*****.012*****10.454**128.20--W
On the bye-run Gene cruised down the track with what amounted to another test-pass.

Semi-Finals
Name---------Car----------Index-----RT---------ET------MPH--W/L
Gene Hinders****79 Fairmont**10.42***.038*****10.433**127.38--W
Mark Weerheim*87 Mustang****11.58***.051*****11.557**114.83--L
Always a good match up between these two former O/C Champs...this one was close as well...the margin was .03 with Mark breaking out by .02 of a second.

Mike Allen****71 Vega*******10.73****.003*****10.870**114.66--W
Alex Harken***82 Camaro*****10.01****.223*****10.147**134.74--L
Two first time O/C racers in this match up and Mike's reaction was once again near perfect and Alex just couldn't make up the difference.

FINALS
Name---------Car---------Index--------RT---------ET----MPH--W/L
Gene Hinders***79 Fairmont****10.42*****.117*****10.437**121.42--W
Mike Allen******71 Vega******10.73*****.091*****10.826**123.66--L
After good reaction times from both racers in previous rounds it seemed that neither one was pushing the tree in the finals. By being just that much closer to the index was the key in Gene's win as it was a mere .05 margin at the stripe.

2010 Season Finale
First of all a big THANK YOU to the ELIMN8U.COM Midwest Open Comp Series sponsors:

Andersen Automotive Service.......Independence, Iowa
Arnold Motor Supply...............Cedar Falls, Iowa
Bill Colwell Ford.................Hudson, Iowa
Diamonds Body Shop................Evansdale, Iowa
FireCore50 Ignition Wires.........North Ridgeville, Ohio
Quick Fuel Technology.............Bowling Green, Kentucky
Roeder Performance Machine........Horton, Iowa
Roush-Yates Performance...........Moorseville, North Carolina
Tags-N-More.......................Waterloo, Iowa
Weber & Hazlet Automotive.........Evansdale, Iowa
Glory Days Racing.................WWW.ELIMN8U.COM

What a great day to finish off the 2010 season: temps were in the mid 70's, humidity levels were low, and the air pressure was high...the way things should be!

Corey Herman had a transbrake malfunction that worked out to his advantage on the first qualifying pass of the day...a perfect .000 reaction time was the result of the 'malfunction' and led the field of fourteen (our best turnout in quite some time) and Russ Pearson held the anchor spot.

1. Corey Herman .000
2. Craig Cook .005
3. John Miller .007
4. Bill Lehman .012
5. Gene Hinders .012
6. Jim Winters Sr .018
7. Merv Clausen .030
8. Alex Harken .054
9. Bill Kahn .056
10. Scott Vargason .059
11. Mark Weerheim .076
12. Al Enderson .093
13. Eric Sloan .228
14. Russ Pearson .726

ROUND ONE
Name............Car..........Index......RT......ET.......MPH.....W/L
Corey Herman---79 ElCamino**10.18****.029***10.513****106.50****W
Alex Harken-----82 Camaro*****9.88*****.494***10.006****135.41****L
An uncharacteristically late light by Alex allowed corey to cruise to the first round win of the day.

Craig Cook------67 Camaro****10.91*****.014***11.050****113.19****W
Bill Kahn---------68 Mustang***10.53*****.247***10.547****125.10****L
Craig turned the better reaction time and held on for the round win despite Bill being closer to his index.

Scott Vargason--80 Mustang***10.79*****.068***10.945****122.74****W
John Miller-------70 Nova******10.41*****.074***10.567****118.51****L
Reaction time played the key in Scott's win over John's always consistent Nova.

Jim Winters Sr--65 Falcon****10.74*****.301***10.944****113.58****W
Eric Sloan------86 Mustang***13.40*****.490***13.533****103.41****L
With neither racer "wired" to the tree it was an ugly win for Jim over Eric in this first round match-up.

Gene Hinders---79 Fairmont**10.40*****.070***10.405****127.71****W
Al Enderson-----68 Camaro*****8.70*****.129****8.623****147.67****L
While not a great reaction time Gene's better RT forced Al to breakout trying to run down the Fairmont.

Mark Weerheim--87 Mustang***11.44***.094***11.497***114.41****W
Bill Lehman-----68 Mustang***10.16*****.026***10.354****128.20****L
A battle between Top Five racers had Mark coming out on top this time as Bill ran into problems trying to hit his index.

Merv Clausen---74 Camaro****11.31*****.107***11.289****111.62****W
Russ Pearson----90 Mustang***11.65--------------BROKE-------------L
Electrical gremlins reared their heads on Russ's Mustang at the worst time and Mr.Merv took a 'Competition Single' in his Camaro.

Quarter-Finals
Name............Car..........Index......RT......ET.......MPH.....W/L
Jim Winters Sr--65 Falcon****10.74*****.213***10.921****120.07****W
Scott Vargason--80 Mustang***10.79*********BROKE*********************L
Tough luck for Scott but a break for Jim in his Falcon in the first 1/4 Finals match.

Craig Cook------67 Camaro****10.91*****.169***11.030****112.18****W
Merv Clausen----74 Camaro****11.31*****.044***11.685*****98.46****L
Craig overcame a Mr.Merv holeshot to take the win in this pair.

Mark Weerheim--87 Mustang***11.44****.020***11.493***112.68****W
Gene Hinders---79 Fairmont***10.40*****.073***10.411****130.28****L
Both drivers were on and off the gas trying to take the win but Mark's RT was the key in the winning pass.

Corey Herman---79 ElCamino***10.18*****foul***No-Time*************W
Trans-brake woes continued but didn't stop Corey from advancing yet again.

Semi-Finals
Name............Car..........Index......RT......ET.......MPH.....W/L
Craig Cook------67 Camaro****10.91*****.036***11.126****114.66****W
Jim Winters Sr--65 Falcon****10.74******.149***10.894****122.96****L
Reaction time was once again the key in the round win for Craig in this pairing.

Mark Weerheim--87 Mustang***11.44****.111***11.470***114.40****W
Corey Herman---79 ElCamino***10.18****.091***10.291***129.95****L
Being closer to the index overcame the slight holeshot on this run for Mark.

Finals
Name............Car..........Index......RT......ET.......MPH.....W/L
Craig Cook------67 Camaro****10.91*****.033***10.950****118.30****W
Mark Weerheim--87 Mustang***11.44****.030***11.537***114.08****L
Close reactions from both finalists meant it was going to be determined by who could hit their index and Craig got it done this run.


A great turnout and great weather was just what the doctor ordered...we couldn't have asked for better conditions! The reaction times during the qualifying passes was brutal...they got lost a little when the racing started with a few exceptions (as the pair in the finals for example)...the racing was close as usual and the track staff did a great job in getting our program off without a hitch even when we had racers in trouble back in the pits.
We hope that Phil Tenney gets his ole Fairlane back in tiptop shape soon as he broke a rear axle during a bracket-race oriented pass and had to bow out of O/C competition before round one was called to the lanes...and we hope that Russ Pearson gets his electrical gremlins sorted out and gets to unleash that very nice Mustang GT of his.
We had quite a few new racers join the fun once again and we hope that they had a good enough time to put us down on their 'To Do List' for 2011 as well. Thanks to the regulars for coming out time and time again...we've got a good series going here and it looks like it's about ready to grow!

Gene Hinders


Final Points 2010:
1. Gene Hinders 144
2. Bill Lehman 99
3. Corey Herman 96
4. John Miller 89
5. Mark Weerheim 86
6. Jim McConeghey 74
7. Craig Cook 54
8. Jason Neshiem 42
9. Alex Harken 39
10. Mark Allen 39
11. Eric Sloan 36
12. Jim Winters Sr 34
13. Merv Claussen 23
14. Scott Vargason 21
15. Tyler Gardner 15
16. Ryan Ladeburg 14
17. Eric Youngblood 14
18. Bill Davis 13
19. Bill Kahn 11
20. Al Enderson 11
21. Russ Pearson 11


Extra:Quick Fuel Technology Gift Certificates were handed out to Jim McConeghey, John Miller, Mike Allen, Corey Herman, and Mark Weerheim.
Alex Harken won the Gift Certificate for some race-car lettering from Tags-N-More.
The FireCore50 Ignition Wire Set went to Eric Sloan.
The Gift Certificates from Roeder Performance Machine and Roush-Yates Performance went to Bill Lehman and Corey Herman respectively.