HotRods by Havliks Hosts Fastest Street Car Shootout and Reunion Race at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa – We’ve Got the Results and Photos!

Event Coverage

Aug 15

It’s been noted hundreds, if not thousands of times over the years, how the creation of the drag-and-drive event can be linked to Hot Rod Pump Gas Drags, and even the True Street classes held by various organizations and events.

But even more so, the proving ground of cars and trucks that can race and retain street manners is rooted in the Fastest Street Car event, and that event inspired the recent Fastest Street Car (FSC) Shootout and Reunion Race at Tri-State Raceway held on August 10th.

A once in-a-lifetime drag-and-drive: Edelbrock Sick 66, held October 10th-18th 2024. It checks all the boxes: Route 66, over 50 checkpoints, 6 tracks, and an epic experience. Don’t miss your chance; CLICK HERE for more info on Sick 66.

The initial FSC was held in 1992 at Memphis Motorsports Park, and was considered cutting edge for being one of the first events to prove that the vehicles would need to prove street and strip capability.

Although a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of miles the majority of drag-and-drive events employ, competitors needed to successfully complete a cruise around the facility, including a point of stopping the car and re-starting. The participants and their cars would become etched in history.

The HotRods by Havliks crew started on a path to bring some of those epic vehicles and their owners back to a race track to give an audience the chance to witness an important chapter in the history of street-legal racing.

The event started to gain momentum from its initial planning in February 2024, and each week leading up to the event, it seemed more and more epic vehicles and drivers committed to be a part of it.

The dozens of epic rides from the early days of street car drag racing was joined by a solid group of drag-and-drive racers, and competition was held in four classes, as well as plenty of exhibition and grudge races.

The Unlimited class featured some familiar names in the late rounds of the class, and recent Rocky Mountain Race Week Presented by Sick the Magazine winer Bryant Goldstone took his ’73 AMC Javelin to the win over ‘The Meltdown Firebird’ of Jason Hurley, who clocked his first 6-second pass in competition. Rocky Mountain Race Week creator Matthew Frost finished as the lone semifinalist.

Nostalgia Pro Street was captured by Troy LaCrone, who wheeled his ’68 Chevrolet Camaro to a win over Matt McReynolds in the final round, as well as a personal best of 6.89 at 203 mph during the day. Rob Seaton rounded out the top three.

A past winner at the 2023 Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks event, ‘Fast Eddie’ Ensor took his naturally-aspirated Ford Mustang to the 10.5-inch Outlaw class win over Jeff Frye. Rob Senkyr snagged third in his turbocharged Pontiac Grand Prix.

The Super Street class rounded out the four competition class, and the clean Fox notch Mustang of Mike Kimmis would reign supreme, getting the win over the Chevy Nova of Keith Lancour in the final round. Bill Swartz captured the third place position.

Chad Reynolds and the BangShift live streamed the event, announced by Adam Dorey and Al Tucci, and it is viewable here: