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was not finished yet , returning for a 6.263 to put an exclamation mark on his record . His final average was a 6.340 , the third-quickest in dragand-drive history and far and away the quickest ever on a radial tire .

“ It ’ s unbelievable ,” LaSala said . “ We knew the car was fast coming into the event , but one pass is one pass . To have the average in the 6.30 range and win overall against someone like Jeff Lutz is just amazing .

“ Last year we had only been racing the car for about three months . We got better , the tune-up got better , and it ’ s making more power with new turbochargers . We have been slowly creeping up on horsepower because we don ’ t know the limits of the factory cast block .”

Bryant Goldstone finished second overall with his AMC Javelin , scoring a 6.519 average and setting a new personal best of 6.427 along the way . Third place went to Gustafsson , who salvaged a 6.745 average after a difficult first day .

Other class-winning averages included Jason Pickett ’ s unique Buick Roadmaster hearse ( 8.159 , Heavy Metal ), Glenn Hunter ’ s stunning ’ 56 Chevy ( 7.274 , Pro Street ), Australia ’ s Mike Ward in his small-block Nova ( 7.350 , Super Street ), Chad Fegley ’ s gear-jamming Corvette ( 7.904 , Stick Shift ), Matt Sweet ’ s big-block Chevy Nova ( 7.737 , Naturally Aspirated ), Matt Moore ’ s 235-tire Mustang ( 4.686 eighth-mile , Rowdy Radial ), Damon Elff ’ s Supra ( 8.804 , Sick Week Freaks ), England ’ s Richie Webb in his convertible Beetle ( 10.209 , Gassers vs Hot Rods vs Beetles ), Randy Seaward ’ s Ford Mustang ( 8.512 , Street Race 275 ), Brian Acton ’ s Nova ( 8.523 , Sick Street Race ), Gabriela Lujan ( 0.021 five-day spread , Pro DYO ) and Joe Hajny ( 0.041 five-day spread , DYO ).

The Sick universe next expands to Sick Summer Presented By Motion Raceworks from June 9-14 throughout the Midwest . DI

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