AEROMOTIVE NITRO COUPE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP A THREE HORSE RACE
10/11/07
“Slick Willie” Brainerd took the win Sunday (10/7) at the O'Reilly Super Chevy Show presented by JEGS - Aeromotive Nitro Coupe Challenge at San Antonio Raceway, but Willie couldn't gain enough ground in the points to join Missouri brothers Cody and Zach Barklage and Tennessee's Tony "Sandman" Williams as the front-runners for the 2007 world championship. After San Antonio and with just two national events to go, Cody Barklage has a 20 point lead on Tony Williams, with brother Zach 25 points behind Williams.
In San Antonio, the Barklages displayed the awesome ETs and speed that have marked their run to the top of the Aeromotive Nitro Coupe standings, but it was Louisiana's Bill Doucet who notched Low Qualifier honors with a stunning 6.0887 at 222.88 mph in his Corvette Coupe. On elimination Day, Willie Brianerd did Cody Barklage a huge favor when he took out Sandman Williams in the semis, thus setting up a Zach Barklage/Willie Brianerd final. Brainerd turned in a struggling 7.049 at 156.09 in the final but it was enough to defeat Zach, whose '57 Chevy Coupe just couldn't make it happen.
The O'Reilly Super Chevy Show heads to Oklahoma this weekend for a Saturday-Sunday blowout at Tulsa Raceway Park and will then head to South Florida for the season finale at Moroso Raceway Park.