OSCA Opener Report
With rain in the forecast for the May OSCA season opener at Cayuga Dragway Toronto Motorsports Park, the outlook for the weekend wasn’t good to say the least….
But with all the hype surrounding the 2011 season, the forecast didn’t keep the OSCA’s faithful from loading up and chancing the weatherman could be wrong. And wrong he or she was.
Clouds gave way to blue sky for the majority of the afternoon during qualifying and then the same could be said for most of Sunday’s eliminations. The rain however did eventually come.
With the final pair of Super Street cars firing and pulling into the waterbox, a light rain shower halted the two and then a brief down pour sealed the fate of the final round.
The OSCA kicked it's season into action at Cayuga recently
Several of the classes did however complete their final rounds which included a diverse ladder of EZ Street Cars. A strong field of 13 cars would take to the lanes for elimination with the Rolling Thunderz prepped 68 Chevelle of Mark Azevedo sitting in the #1 qualifying spot. With the bye in the first round, Azevedo would take on the 1988 Mustang of Steve Falle in round #2. With Paul Silva and Kelly Cooper anxiously looking on, Falle would pull off the upset win and then would see similar results in the semi’s as the gorgeous 70 1/2 Camaro of Danny Medeiros would experience problems shortly after leaving the line. Going into the finals, Steve would face the nitrous powered 88 Mustang of Larry Mann, who was coming off an impressive 7.86 at 179mph in the semi’s. Falle’s luck would continue as Mann rolled the beams handing over the easy victory.
New to the OSCA this season is the Pro Bike category
New for 2011 in the OSCA is the much anticipated Black Cat Pub sponsored Pro Street Bike class. Some people love the idea of bikes in the OSCA and some people are against it. Whether you like it or not, they are here, and they are fast. Mike Kovacevich was given riding duties for the weekend on the turbo Pro Street Hayabusa of Ronnie Mitchel which would normally be piloted by Bud Yoder. With sponsors like RCC Turbo’s, McIntosh Chassis, and RMR, its no wonder the bike is capable of mind blowing numbers. During qualifying, Kavos would make a charge at the top end hitting 200mph! In the finals he lined up against the turbo charged ZX14 of Mike Bayes. Take nothing away from Bayes, his 7.51 at 195mph was impressive in itself but Kavos saved the best for last running his new personal best ET of 7.24 at 197mph to take the first Big Cheque of the Black Cat Pub’s Pro Street Bike class. Kovacevich says they will return for the next OSCA race June 18-19 at Toronto Motorsports Park and will be bringing more of the fast US based racers with them.
