For three of the top five runners at Motion Raceworks Sick Summer, that was the case at the fourth stop at Great Lakes Dragaway. After a rain out at Tri-State on Wednesday, the fans once again poured into Great Lakes Dragaway, and they got to witness all the action, and carnage, before competitors licked their wounds and prepped for the final drive back to Byron, Illinois.
Incoming Unlimited and overall leader David Schroder and the nitrous-fed Schroeder-Ens Corvette would lead the news with the quickest pass of the day at 6.21, but a 200-mph speed and some top end flames signaled there might be trouble ahead.
Upon inspection, the cylinder head and a couple pistons got some extra heat, but Schroeder and John Ens thrashed to get it back together before riding off in the nighttime air towards a pair of checkpoints and a chance to put a nitrous car on top of the standings on the final day.
Alex Taylor also suffered some damage on her lone run at Great Lakes Dragaway, as the ’55 Chevy torched the cylinder head and nipped a piston. Alex and father Dennis got the engine torn apart, the cylinder head got welded back up at a local shop, and the duo got it patched back together and headed off to Illinois still at the top of the Unlimited Iron class standings…