Holley Second Annual LS Fest - Power Packed!

If you’re wondering about the rules for our 8.5 shootout, you can only run on an 8.5-inch tire, but other than that anything goes!

On the opposite lane was last year’s champion Paul Falcon with his nitrous-huffing ‘02 Firebird.

Our eighth-mile Outlaw 8.5 shootout was incredible with two great contenders. First was Tim Akers with his turbo-packing ’99 Trans Am.

Sister pub Car Craft put on the LS engine swap challenge. To win, it required two separate teams to pull their running mill out, drop in the LS, and drive on a predetermined route. This year’s winners included a crew from the School of Automotive Machinists who handled the conversion in just 38:33. Congratulations to Logun Smolik, Matt Grissom, Ahmad Hudson, and Justin Beard with team leader Chris Bennett.

Carey Decker’s ’70 Chevelle was one of the nicest A-bodies on site. Underhood is the requisite LS powerplant, only this one features a ProCharger P1-SC supercharger that helps to produce a healthy 560 hp and deep 12-second passes at 117 mph. Stay tuned, we have a full feature coming on this one, too.

Talk about a nail biter, from the launch it was anyone’s race and when the smoke cleared it was Akers getting the win light with a 6.318 at 118.81 mph, edging out Falcon’s 6.357 at 118.42 mph. Great race guys and we hope to see you both again next year! For anyone who wants to compete, email us at chevyhi@sorc.com and we’ll save you a spot.

This year’s CHP Show-N-Shine winner was Shay Campbell out of Huntsville, Alabama, with his stunning ’69 Camaro. Expect a full feature in the months to come.

SCCA regular Wayne Furr was fast and consistent, running a string of 44-second laps on the autocross.

Editor Nick Licata of Camaro Performers in the nearest lane brought out their Project Black Betty and ran well into 13s all weekend long.

Edward Timmerman took the ABS class win, getting up to speed and stopping with a 0:08.23 in his fourth-gen Camaro.

Stacy Tucker from Detroit Speed was on scene and flogging her Camaro through each of the challenges. Stacy placed 11th overall and ran as quick as 0:43.94 on the autocross.

Brian Finch is known for pushing the limits and putting on a good show with his ’71 Camaro. For the second year in a row, only this time with a fresh coat of silver, we were at the right spot and right time as we caught him in motion during the Speed Stop Challenge. At the end of the challenge, Finch secured the runner-up spot with a 0:08.72 in the Non-ABS class. CHP