Can you say four in a row? That’s what was said after Clyde Scott won his fourth race in a row at Texas Raceway in the Texas Outlaw Pro Mod Association.
The 96-degree heat and 50 percent humidity was deplorable for both the racers and fans attending the race in Kennedale. The first qualifying session of the night started off with severe tire shake, but helped convince the team that they had conquered the clutch problems they had been having for the past few races.
The Texas Most Wanted team toned down the clutch for the second and final round of qualifying to ensure they would make it “in the show.” The car, still over-powering the track, started to shake and turn sideways at approximately 300 feet. Clyde peddled the car and straightened it out and was able to muster up a 4.33 at 165 mph to take the number five qualifying spot.
In the first round, the team faced Thomas “TomSlick” Myers in his nitrous assisted Firebird. The team worked hard to make sure the Corvette would get down the track, which it did, running a 4.27 at 173 mph to Myers’ 4.32 at 165 mph, taking the win.
The second round of eliminations showed Clyde facing Roy Sanchez of Taylor, Texas. Although the race was over at the starting line because of Sanchez’s early start, Clyde ran the car through, achieving a 4.24 at 173 mph.
In the final round of eliminations, Clyde was paired with Ken Thomas. As Clyde staged the Corvette, it continued rolling after he had tried to stop the car, almost causing a red-light start. Thomas got off the line first, but Clyde was able to run him down by the finish line with an ET of 4.23 at 177 mph, winning by two hundredths of a second. The car seemed to be on an excellent pass, but the deep staging slowed the run in the first half of the track.
The Texas Most Wanted team is very excited from having won their fourth race of the year at Texas Raceway. In the coming races, the team plans on extending their ever-growing points lead on route to the 2005 Texas Outlaw Pro Mod Association championship.
Article and photos: Justin Spencer