Jeff and Holly Emery tune to an unbeatable string of mid 20’s for the victory at the Midwest Jr Super Series Halloween Haunting at I-57 Dragway. From the #1 spot with a 4.255, the Shannon Beimfohr driven, Brad Holzhauer owned 08 Halfscale was the car to beat all day.
With bracket car consistency, 1st round’s 4.246, got everyone’s attention. 2nd round 4.263, 3rd round 4.264 and in the Final 4.265 over Chitty 4.276. Beimfohr had the advantage from the start and never looked back. Beimfohr’s second win in the past 3 weeks with the Emery tuners.
Thanks Holly, Jeff and Brad

HEY DAVE IT WAS GREAT WORKING WITH YOU AND SHANNON THIS WEEKEND .
DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE CAR WOULD ACT WITH A LIGHTER DRIVER.
WASN'T SURE WE COULD GET THE WEIGHT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAD IT RIGHT. I LEARNED A LITTLE MORE INFO
FOR ANOTHER DAY. I FOUND SOMETHING THE CAR REALY LIKED.
HEY SHANNON GREAT JOB DRIVING AND GETTING THE TIRES CLEANED AND TREATED JUST RIGHT. HOLLY IS A GREAT TEACHER ON TIRE CLEANING.
SHE IS A BIG PART OF OUR PROGRAM. SEE YOU AT GLEASON MAYBE WE
CAN KEEP THE WINS GOING

Not trying to start anything here but when ever the holzhauer car went down the track, it smelled different.

Which one?

hmm i have heard that before too but i have never seen one run so i will not make any assumptions at this time...

"Not trying to start anything here but when ever the holzhauer car went down the track, it smelled different." quote from Montihall

It is my opinion that AFTER the race is over is not the time to bring this subject up on a public forum. There is a definite PROTEST procedure that should be followed AT THE TRACK, DURING THE EVENT. If you are participating in the event and think there is something fishy going on, you should file a protest at THAT time, and not after the race is run. IMHO this is the type of thing that is adding fuel to the fire & contributing to the dilution of Outlaw fields at junior races. If you had a dog in the hunt and did not say anything, then it is my opinion that you felt that everything was okay. If you did not have a car entered, then why worry about it, you didn't get beat.

I have been hearing all kinds of stories over the past several months about some potential problems with the class. I made it a point to watch the cars come off the scales, go to the line to fire-up, and stood behind them while staging. I was not given any reason to suspect foul play. The ONE thing that I would like to see standardized at ALL Outlaw races is to weigh the cars and do a fuel check as they come off the track instead of before they run. At the race in May at Holt, Florida, the cars were weighed as they came off the track and no parents or crew were allowed to go past a cone at the scales until their car had been cleared. This eliminated the "heavy helmet" talk, the 10# sock idea, etc., etc. Checking for questionable fuel is as simple as siphoning it out and mixing it with distilled water. End of story!

This is a tough class, folks. We have been racing Outlaw for 6 years and we have qualified everywhere from #1 to sitting on the sidelines without a car in the field. We have "found the setup" some days and some days we just didn't have it. My drivers have probably won more rounds for me on ability than I have for them with the right car. That is the nature of pure, heads-up racing. It's a tough pill to swallow, but I have had to "get over it" more than once...

It is my opinion that the Midwest Junior Series race at Benton, Illinois, was one of the best managed races that we have attended this racing season. The promoter and track provided a fun time for all. The little ones got to trick-or-treat the trailers, parents got to run down the track in their kid's cars, everyone had a hayride to go on, plenty of on-track racing with huge trophies, and a well prepared racing surface. We are definitely going to pencil this one in for next year, even if it is 1,000 miles from home!!

It's time to put a stop to this here and now. There have been a lot cars faster than us this summer and to them we tip our caps. We have worked extremely hard to get where we are and anyone out there who is up to the challenge can blow the lines out on our car use your fuel, line em up and let’s go racing !!!! Just because we work hard and have been more consistent than most don’t accuse us of cheating !!! We have been put back on the trailer just like everyone else. It’s time to put up or shut up !!!!

this should eliminate all questions, or suspicions AND how all 330 race's should be ran imo. If their is no efficent way of checking fuel its as simple as blowing out the lines and emptying the fuel bowl.

Enough Said.

Thank you Rick. The position you stated above is my position, too.

I'll add my .02 here, IF the tank and bowl were empty (and in reality the bowl could probably be loaded and it might not matter), then anything that might be in the lines will not be in play by the time the stage bulbs are turned on. These cars drink so much fuel, and those that know what is going on know better.

On the flip side of that (Brad please take this as constructive critism). When you are putting on the series (or you are an official or you own the track etc. etc.) you must make certain there is no doubt about favoritism.

Again this is not an attack, but there was a story at the St. Louis race that one of the Holzhauer cars was being fueled at the back of staging, where everyone else was fueling right before the scales. I am sure there was nothing going on there but it just puts a shadow of doubt on the situation. I say again you MUST be certain there can be no question of favoritism.

Congrats guys on the win, best way to silence the critics is go to the next race and do it again, you know the haters will be watching and Gleason is a different series so that should do it.