Our second Team Z Motorsports Heads-Up Race of the season was even better the second time around because we had the addition of Street Bike Shoot-Out added on also! Not only do we have the fastest street cars coming out the first Friday of each month to Milan Dragway, but we also see the fastest street bikes here also. From the start, we knew we were going to have a great Friday night. The weather was great, cars and spectators kept coming into the track, and the stands were packed! The cars unloaded and went and got teched in and they ran 2 qualifying rounds then we went right into the .400 Pro Tree heads up race!

After qualifying rounds were over, in the Team Z Heads Up category Tom Stevens and his 87' Buick Grand National was the number one qualifier with a et of 9.232 at 149.42! Robert Armstrong was right behind Tom with a 9.294 at 149.07. In the Street-Bike Shoot-Out qualifying Brad Yoder was number one with an 8.016 at the quarter mile at 175.35. Shane Ratliff was your number two qualifier at 8.278 at 177.13. Eliminations started and the first pair out in the Team Z Heads Up was Mike Farrell's 1988 Mustang going up against Bill Riddle's 1969 Pontiac Firebird. Tree came down and Bill left first with a .496 reaction against Mike's .585. It was close all the way down, but Mike Farrell kept his lead and went into second round with a 9.025. Then next pair Tom Stevens tree'd Bruce Sneed with a .674 against 1.099. It paid off at finish line with Tom going to round two with 9.304. At the end of round one it was Mike Farrell, Tom Stevens, Don Foess, and Brad Hevwagen advancing into round two. Moving forward to round two when it was Tom Stevens against Mike Farrell. Mike had the better reaction and won that round with a 9.351. Next pair had a little trouble. It was Brad Hevwagen and his quick Tyson Racing mustang against Don Foess's 85' Chevy Chevette. Off the line Brad had the better reaction and was also able to get down to the finish line first with an 9.08. Then we saw smoke coming from Brad's car down track. Brad had turbo failure and left a little clean up. We cleaned it up and went into next round of eliminations for the Street Bike Shootout. But then Brad came up and told us the bad news that he wouldn't be able to make it for the finals! So Mike Farrell, with the help of his crew chief Mike Joyce, was the winner for the second head's up race. Mike tried making a final pass, but had a little car trouble also and had to call it a night.

In the Street Bike Shootout Brad Yoder was the number one qualifier on his 89' Suzuki GSXR with an impressive 8.016 at 175.35. But Brad's time also go better as the night went on. In second place in qualifying was Shane Ratliff's 01' Hayabusa with an 8.278 at 177.13. They had two qualifying round then into eliminations they went. During first round of eliminations most of the drivers all had eight second passes some getting close to the seven second mark. The number one qualifier Bud Yoder came out first with his bye run and cut a .623 reaction and finished with a 8.210. Then it was number 5 qualifier Lee Stimac against the number 2 qualifier Shane Ratliff. Tree came down and Les was too early with a .153 red light start advancing Shane into round two. Next pair up was number 7 qualifier Mark Pashew against number 4 qualifier. Both took off the line and Rick caught Mark down track going through first and advancing with a 9.790. Then it was Tom Gillikin against Phil Stoll. Phil came all the way from Chicago, Illinois for the race and he came to impress. Tom had trouble on the starting line not being able to finish, but Phil went on and stopped the clocks at 8.065 at 167.21. Round two we saw the first 7 second pass of the night during the first pair. It was Bud Yoder against Phil Stoll. Tree came down and Bud cut a .493 light and took the lead and winning time with a whopping 7.923 at 174.53!! Next pair was Shane Ratliff against Rick Livy. Shane took the lead from the start chopping down the tree with a .560 against Rick's .750 reaction. Shane went through first with a 8.276 at 167.29 and after Rick realized what happened just coasted down to the top end. Down to the finals it was number 1 qualifier Bud Yoder against the number 2 qualifier Shane Ratliff. The anticipation was building and both both Suzuki's lined up in the staging beams. Tree came down and Shane left first with a .529 light. But at the 1/8th mile Bud caught Shane and flew through the finish line taking the winning spot at a 7.994 at 174.47 against Shane's et time of 9.283 coasting through.

At the end of the night in the Team Z Motorsports Head's Up race it was Mike Farrell taking this weeks winning spot and Bud Yoder winning the Street Bike Heads Up Shoot-Out. Thank you to everyone who participated and come back for our next race on Friday June 4th. Remember these are lady's nights so lady's get in for FREE, tell your friends!!! Thanks to the sponsors of the Street Bike Shoot-Out which include Mirror Image Polishing, Nicholson's Sales, Finish Line Powersports Inc., and Todd's Customs. This month's race was brought to you by Reflections Polishing, CJ's Cycle, Mullins Auto Supply and Exotic Coatings.