Anyone who might have been tempted to dismiss the Mickey Thompson Tires Outlaw 10.5 class because he thought it would be a yawner, another Tim Lynch-Chuck Ulsch duel in the final round, missed out on some crazy racing Sunday during the Shakedown at E'town event in Englishtown, NJ.
 
Lynch did reprise his role from so many previous Shakedowns as the No. 1 qualifier and did it with theatrical flair in his twin-turbo Mustang, recording a 6.400-second E.T. that no one touched for the rest of the weekend. And Ulsch complemented that with his top-for-qualifying speed of 227.38 mph. (Canadian Jerry Mitrovich highlighted his first Shakedown appearance by taking the meet's top-speed honor at 227.42 mph in his Mustang.)
 
But neither Lynch nor Ulsch was around by the final round. Anyone who might have been tempted to dismiss the Mickey Thompson Tires Outlaw 10.5 class because he thought it would be a yawner, another Tim Lynch-Chuck Ulsch duel in the final round, missed out on some crazy racing Sunday during the Shakedown at E'town event in Englishtown, NJ.
 
Lynch did reprise his role from so many previous Shakedowns as the No. 1 qualifier and did it with theatrical flair in his twin-turbo Mustang, recording a 6.400-second E.T. that no one touched for the rest of the weekend. And Ulsch complemented that with his top-for-qualifying speed of 227.38 mph. (Canadian Jerry Mitrovich highlighted his first Shakedown appearance by taking the meet's top-speed honor at 227.42 mph in his Mustang.)
 
But neither Lynch nor Ulsch was around by the final round.
 
Lynch exited in the semifinals, unable to make a pass against eventual winner Tommy Deez Fernick, the Philadelphia flash who pocketed the $10,000 jackpot.
 
And Rob Golobo surprised Ulsch, eliminating him in the first round. Actually, Golobo surprised probably even himself, just by being in contention at all. He failed to qualify -- was 20th in the order Saturday -- but entered Sunday's action as an alternate and ended the weekend as runner-up and recipient of $2,000.

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