I just wanted to close this thread out with the recap of the award winners for the 2014 E/T list.....
IMPACT RACER - Lew Ives: This award goes to someone who lives and breathes what this hobby is about. At FFW 2013 Lew was at Maplegrove for the Roy Hill Drag Racing school learning how to drag race, racing his truck for the first time. Fast forward to 2014 and Lew was at EVERY SINGLE event from Atco, to Etown, to Cecil, to MIR, not only racing at every single event, but DRIVING his truck there, laying down 10 second passes, driving home, and driving it to work the next day. Finishing off his 2014 season by WINNING 1st at MIR Ford Fever, and running his PB of 10.79, Lew was a shoe in for the 2014 DelValLO Impact Racer award!
SHOCKER AWARD - Paul Albino: Paul's Total-Induction-Tuning-Solutions black turbo Lightning shocked the DelValLO when he showed up at spookfest and clicked off a 9.01 in his streetable Gen 2, all with skipping over 2nd gear entirely. This truck is ready to smash into the 8's this year, so Paul took the Shocker award for 2014!
APPRECIATION AWARD - Dave London: Dave London is the King of Track Rentals, guys have traveled from as far as Texas, and even down from Canada to race at Dave's greatest rental of the year, the Halloween Spookfest Atco Rental. There's a ton of work to coordinate this growing event, so this award is just to say thanks to Dave for doing this for us every year!
GEN 1 RUNNER UP - Dennis Macho: 10.95 @ 121.32 mph put Dennis at the 2nd fastest Gen 1 on the list
NON-LIGHTNING RUNNER UP - Joe Toal: 12.25 @ 108.31 mph put Joe at the 2nd fastest non-Lightning truck on the list. While this club was founded on Lightnings, if you've got a Ford Truck and want to be a part of the club, we still welcome the red headed step children of Harley Trucks, regular F-150's, rangers, etc. lol
GEN 2 RUNNER UP - Mike Redden: 9.61 @ 144.38 mph put Mike at the runner-up for Gen 2's on the list.
STUBBORN...I mean PERSISTENCE AWARD - Nick Lowndes: 12.86 @ 102 was Nick's best 2014 E/T, but the real times are written on the stock pulley of this award. Taking the stock pulley record with a 12.78 in '09, then dropping it to a 12.54 in '10, and then a 12.37 in '12, Hammer earned this Golden Stock Pulley award for his dedication to sticking with his goal and not throwing in the towel and slapping on the easiest performance mod possible lol. That didn't stop him from going fast! Also had to bust some stones with the "1st stock pulley L to lift a head" punch line in there haha, but watch out folks, this truck is a strong contender for most improved in 2015 now that it's getting a TEN pound lower on a FULL built longblock!
FASTEST HARLEY TRUCK - Josh Verdieck: 9.99 @ 136.51 put my truck at the fastest Non-Lightning on the list. Also I still hold the fastest non-tube-chassis Harley truck record, and heck I wasn't building all these trophies without making myself one too LOL!
FASTEST 2V S/C GEN 2 - Carmelo Arce: 9.40 @ 147.70 put Carmelo at the current fastest 2v s/c gen 2 street truck out there, and the fastest 2v s/c gen 2 on our list this year
FASTEST 4V S/C GEN 2 - Don Carson: 9.36 @ 146.93 put Don Carson at the current fastest s/c gen 2 street truck, and the fastest 4v s/c gen 2 on our list this year.....I'll say 2015 is going to be interesting watching Don vs. Carmelo! Black L vs. White L, 2v vs. 4v, 3.6 KB vs. 3.4 Whipple, JLP vs. JDM, it's friendly competition at it's finest! :rockon_ford
FASTEST GEN 1 - Paul Vaughn: 8.96 @ 156.43 put Paul/Modern Muscle as the fastest Gen 1 on the list, the fastest street driven L on the list for any gen, and the fastest turbo truck on the list!
MOST IMPROVED - Paul Vaughn: -0.456s & +10.66 mph gave Paul a double header with shedding almost 1/2 a second and picking up over 10mph from his 2013 E/T! Especially at those times/speeds, that is a HUGE accomplishment! We usually see this award going to 12 second trucks who go built and shed time. Very rarely does it go to an already 9 second truck that then shatters into the 8's!
FASTEST GEN 2 - Johnny Wiker: 8.10 @ 164 mph gives JL the fastest Gen 2 on the list, which is also the fastest truck on the entire list. Lightning Jet gettin 'er done!
MAGNUM POWERS RECORD - Uncle Frank: 10.60 @ 127 gave Uncle Frank an even lower MP record from the MP record he already owned from earlier in the season! This trophy is built from a set of powdercoated eaton rotors, with a matching diecast L to top it off! Slicks, skinnies, cut down tank, removed front sway bar, cut down black race seat, carbon fiber front end, longbar traction bars, folded mirrors, tailgate off, and all the matching decals, including the SECRETARIAT rear window decal, this one is Uncle Frank's truck's mini-me! lol