Cash Days! It was a 12 driver free-for-all, $1,000 buy-in with one winner of a $12,000 pot. It was grueling, tense and pushed the limits of all drivers and cars. It was an exciting event to watch and surely more exciting to race in. Cash Days is a yearly event that BoostedGT throws down in Texas and invites out some of the fastest drivers in the country. Obviously a few of our 405 OKC boys had to be there.
Of the OKC crew we had Big Chief, Daddy Dave, Murder Nova, Derek, Kamikaze with the resurrected ElCo and newly rezoned, BoostedGT. From the rest of the country we had the legendary Barefoot Ronnie Pace with his Green Big Tire Nova Yenko, Darren and his Small Tire Fairmont known as the “Vanilla Gorilla.” We also had an import Honda RX7 with a Chevy Small Block Engine driven by Johnny Red. The notable Student Driver showed up with a Small Tire Nova, Daniel in an S10 Chevy Blazer and lastly a Small Block, Small Tire, Twin Turbo Mustang driven by Cody.
The first round was a doozey. First off was Daddy Dave against Barefoot Ronnie Pace. Dave had lost to Ronnie in the past, but right off the line it was obvious that The Sonoma had it in the bag. 2nd up was BoostedGT versus the Vanilla Gorilla. Boosted’s car wasn’t working 100% and only crawled out of the gate giving the victory to the Vanilla Gorilla. Next up was a race between two OKC boys, Derek and Big Chief. Derek was still hurt by his loss to Big Chief from the week before and was hoping to reclaim a little bit of his credibility. They were neck and neck out of the gate but as soon as Chief took The Crow into high gear he smoked Derek by a few car lengths. Kamikaze took on Johnny Red’s import and won even though the RX7 was faster than expected. Daniel and his Blazer weaved all over his lane but had enough power to beat Student Driver’s Small Tire Nova. Murder Nova erupted off the line as soon as the light went off and eliminated any hope for Cody’s Small Tire Small Block Mustang.
Aside from Derek, all of the OKC boys made it into the 2nd round. Big Chief was up against the S10 Blazer. If Daniel could keep the Blazer straight it had a good chance of beating The Crow, but it weaved even more than it did the 1st race. Big Chief won by a couple bus lengths. Kamikaze went up against Daddy Dave. Dave was fast out of the gate, Kamikaze was able to keep up for a little but Daddy Dave pulled far out ahead once he shifted into the higher gears. Then it was Murder Nova versus the Vanilla Gorilla. Murder Nova hooked right off the line and immediately pulled out several car lengths ahead. From there Murder Nova kept extending that lead to the finish line.
In the 3rd round one of the drivers was able to draw for a bypass, that lucky driver was Murder Nova. This meant it was time for Big Chief and Daddy Dave to race, giving us a slight preview of what could come later in the season. The trick for Big Chief was to murder the light cause Daddy Dave was not going to take The Crow for granted. They both hit the light at the same time and it was back and forth between the cars in the beginning. By the end Daddy Dave was able to pull ahead for the win. Next up it was Murder Nova and Daddy Dave for old times sake and for the $12K.
Daddy Dave’s Sonoma had raced 3 hard races and was definitely a little worn out. If there was a time for Murder Nova to win, this was it. The Sonoma was on the verge of blowing up. The light went off and Murder Nova made a perfect pass. The Sonoma blew it’s tires off the road a couple of times giving Murder Nova that extra edge it needed to pull off the win and walk home with $12,000.
It was a good day for Murder Nova, but these races didn’t affect The List at all. It’ll be next week when we get to see a little more “List” action and the local rivalries flare back up.
1st Round
Race 1:
Driver #1: Daddy Dave
Driver #2: Barefoot Ronnie Pace – Green Yenko Big Tire Nova
Winner: Daddy Dave
Race 2:
Driver #1: BoostedGT
Driver #2: Darren – Fairmont “Vanilla Gorilla” small tire
Winner: Vanilla Gorilla
Race 3:
Driver #1: Big Chief
Driver #2: Derek
Winner: Big Chief
Race 4:
Driver #1: Kamikaze
Driver #2: Johnny Red – Small tire Honda RX7 Chevy small block chevy power
Winner: Kamikaze
Race 5:
Driver #1: Student Driver – Small Tire Nova
Driver #2: Daniel – S10 Chevy Blazer – Big Tire
Winner: Daniel
Race 6:
Driver #1: Murder Nova
Driver #2: Cody – Small block, small tire, twin turbo Ford Mustang
Winner: Murder Nova
2nd Round
Race 7:
Driver #1: Big Chief
Driver #2: Daniel – S10 Chevy Blazer – Big Tire
Winner: Big Chief
Race 8:
Driver #1: Kamikaze
Driver #2: Daddy Dave
Winner:
Race 9:
Driver #1: Murder Nova
Driver #2: Darren – Faremont “Vanilla Gorilla” small tire
Winner: Murder Nova
3rd Round
Murder Nova got a bypass
Race 10:
Driver #1: Big Chief
Driver #2: Daddy Dave
Winner: Daddy Dave
Final Race
Race 11:
Driver #1: Daddy Dave
Driver #2: Murder Nova
Winner: Murder Nova