Seems incredible that Indy, which is the "big one" for Super Chevy Shows, also marks the halfway point in the season. By this point in the year many of us had expected the Nitro Coupe points chase to be pretty well wrapped up by Gary Irving and his team, but the other racers and fate have stepped up and added a major dose of reality.
Weather, mechanical failures, a match up with the track wall, and other teams working hard have left Irving in second place after our last event at Bristol, Tennessee. He's only five points behind Randy Adler and that can be overcome easily with good qualifying. Gary did just that setting low elapsed time of 6.338 and top speed of 222.73 mph, and winning his first round against the Jeff Merritt team before rain postponed the Indy semis and finals. Too bad because Irving was set to run against Adler in the semi-finals, who prevailed when Tommy Howes lit up the "red" during the first round. Well, anyway, we'll settle it in Maple Grove, next week.
As if that wasn't enough, we had the massive swap meet and outstanding show cars that we expect in Indy. Cars from as far away as California and Arizona rolled in and took some major awards in the show. Buyers and sellers from all over the Midwest came with rare parts and pockets full of cash respectively, and found ways to move these commodities from one to the other. That's Indy, and that's why we love it.