First Timer enters Elite Group of Racers
First Timer enters Elite Group of Racers
In his first drag and drive, Barry Cook became just the 11th person to run the elusive “Perfect Pass” in Street Race Small Power Adder class! Barry would run an 8.500, next to Randy Seward, on Day Four of Midwest Drags!
I have been wanting to do a drag and drive event for years
In a Facebook post, Barry said “I have been wanting to do a drag and drive event for years now and finally something came close enough and I had a car ready to go so I signed up for Midwest drags a couple of months ago and started making preparations over the last couple of weeks to get the car 100% ready to go and figure out all the trailer stuff.”
In a back and forth battle during the week, Randy and Barry would swap the lead almost daily, with each racer making several passes per day.
Day One the racers would be separated by just 0.0155 with Randy leading.
Barry had a great day on Day Two, submitting an 8.501 and 8.503 for his passes, moving him ahead of Randy by a SLIM 0.008! At this point, Randy’s car had submitted four passes within a range of 0.007! His slowest pass being an 8.540, and quickest an 8.533.
Tough Day Three
Day Three would be the equalizer, with Barry saying “I hate that we had a bad performance due to a horrible track in Edgewater and that’s what cost us the race. But Randy had to get down the same track that we did and he did a better job at Edgewater.” Randy would submit an 8.515 and 8.574 to Barry’s 8.691 and 8.590, moving Randy back to the front by 0.026 on their average ET.
Day Four would be a mad crunch of numbers to see what they needed to outrun Randy. Each racer would make several passes on Friday, with Randy submitting an 8.501 and 8.531 to Barry’s 8.500 and 8.526. Barry said “It made it even better to run it against Randy in the other lane.” Randy would ultimately win by 0.019 on the averages, with a Final Average of 8.533 to Barry’s 8.552.
Shoutout
“I would like to give a shout out to Michael Johnson who was my co-pilot, and owner of Holeshot Automotive and Performance, as he helps me out a lot with the car and is one of my best friends”
Barry is the owner/operator of BNB Audio Video in Clarksville, TN. The 2002 Trans Am has a 6.0 ls with a FIS 91/102 turbo.
In closing, it is great to see Barry compete in a drag and drive event, as he has been a fan of them for a long time! And with this early success, we are sure he will be back. Another comment within the post, he says “I will definitely be doing some more drag and drive events but definitely want to address the trailer that I have because it’s bigger and heavier than what I want and it was definitely a lot of stress on the car so I want to find a smaller trailer and I will definitely take less stuff because we didn’t use half the stuff that I took.”
