2009 Street Car Super Nationals - High Stakes & High Speed

We saw plenty of great-looking Novas at SCSN V but not many were nicer than Roger Holder's '68 Nova. It was packing a big-block Chevy that he claimed to be 396ci but we think it was slightly larger given its mid-7 capabilities. Holder went out in the early rounds but he does have two SCSN Wild Street wins to his credit.

NMCA Pro Street contender, Vinny Dimieri, made the long haul from New York with his '68 Camaro. Dimieri was packing a brand-new 820ci engine from Pat Musi Racing. The team was sorting through the power and we expect to see great things from them in 2010. Dimieri did coax a few 6.40s but went out in round two to Musi.

One of the most talked about cars in Outlaw 10.5 is NMCA racer Jim Robbins of AES Racing Engines. He shed his NMCA-legal powerplant for a larger 650ci mill due to the true outlaw nature of the SCSN. Naturally, he kept the Liberty five-speed in place. The altitude and cold weather conditions threw the team a curve with the nitrous tune-up. They still ran in the 6.70s but lost to Doug Sikora in round three.

Allen Stewart brought a little street racing flavor to Xtreme Drag Radial with his '68 Camaro. Pettis Performance built the 548ci engine and it inhales nitrous oxide. The Camaro might not be a show car but it runs 7.64 at 181 mph, so we will cut him some slack for not having paint on the car.

Jeff Andre lights the candles, as they say when the third nitrous stage is spraying and the headers produce a nice stream of flames. The '71 Camaro competes in Outlaw 10.5 with a 704ci big-block and three stages of juice from Induction Solutions.

One of the original competitors in Street Legal Drag Racing is Marc Meadors. He still competes at select events and here he is with a '69 Camaro built by Tim McAmis. The car sees action at a variety of sanctioning bodies in both Pro Mod and Pro Street categories. The Camaro goes mid-6s with its alcohol-burning BAE supercharged engine.

Vic Brum was the only number one qualifier that won a heads-up category. Brum competes with his '70 Chevelle in the naturally aspirated eliminator Hot Street. He qualified with an 8.26 and won the event with an 8.23, over an ailing Tony Aneian and his '68 Camaro.

Longtime Pro Street racer Monty Bernie attempted to qualify for the tough 32-car Pro Street field. Unfortunately, the Pro Street legend was locked out with his 6.73 at 213 mph. The team was hoping to run much quicker with its PSI-blown AJ 481X powerplant but they were sorting out several new parts including a new Leanders clutch from noted tuner Jeff Prock of Applied Nitrous Technology.

Jim Marino and Tom Hersch brought out this ultra-clean '69 Chevelle packing an AES 525ci powerplant with a few hits of nitrous. The car scooted to a best of 8.15 at 166 mph.