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OSCR Promoter Tyler Crossnoe Addresses Heated Controversy

By Andrew Wolf April 15, 2019

The radial-tire racing community has been embroiled in controversy since the early hours of Saturday morning when Alabama native Jamie Hancock recorded the first 3.5-second run in history by a nitrous oxide-assisted entry during the Outlaw Street Car Reunion VI at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

No sooner than the parachute blossomed on Hancock’s Pontiac Firebird at the conclusion of the 3.599-second blast, the public was equal parts ecstatic and skeptical. Hours earlier, Hancock had recorded the quickest nitrous pass of all-time — regardless of tire type — with a 3.603, doing so with an eyebrow-raising .890 60-foot time. On the subsequent pass, Hancock all but backed up the lap, going .894 on his way to the 3.599-second elapsed time, giving event promoter Tyler Crossnoe and technical liaisons John Sears and Lonnie Grim nearly all of the proof they needed to approve the run. After further evaluation of Hancock’s data, the run stood, bringing to a close the red-hot race to the 3.50s among the radial-tire and PDRA Pro Nitrous contingent.