The 2009 Goodguys/Air Ride Technologies Street Machine of the Year Competition heated up in a big way this afternoon here at the Goodguys 12th PPG Nationals in Columbus. A total of 31 vehicles entered this year’s competition which saw the debut of several new cars including the Roadster Shop-built ’62 Corvette of Barry Bloomquist, two cars from Roger Burman’s “Lakeside Rods & Rides” shop (’67 Camaro and ’65 Mustang), a new ’69 Camaro for Nathan Powell built by Alan Johnson, a radical ’71 Jaguar XKE from Posies, Devan Glissmeyer’s  ’68 Mustang built by Kindig Design and many others. Tomorrow the cars will be displayed in the “Builder’s Choice” arena from 8am to 2pm followed by the announcement of the top 5 award finalists. The winner of the 2009 Goodguys/Air Ride Technologies Street Machine of the Year will be announced here tomorrow evening at the awards reception which begins at 5:30pm inside the Celeste Building.

The showman of today’s autocross was Roger Burman when he launched the ’67 Camaro with a vigorous burnout then spun the car completely on one of the corners doing a full throttle tire smoking donut. The crowds went wild!

The fastest lap of the day was logged by Bloomquist’s ’62 Corvette which posted a 32.222 with Phil Gerber of the Roadster Shop doing the driving. Gerber and Detroit Speed’s Kyle Tucker were locked in battle to see who could post top time. Tucker was driving a fresh ’69 Camaro for customer Jason Stanola.

Here are the complete results from today’s Street Machine of the Year Autocross:

Bloomquist, Barry – 1962 Corvette – Lap Times 33.535, 32.923, 32.222 (Top Time of event)
Boldry, Tom – 1969 Dodge Charger – Lap Times 42.573, 40.524, 40.951
Britz, Ed & Carol – 1955 DeSoto – Lap Times 46.550, 43.806, 41.363
Carlevale, Paul – 1969 Camaro – Lap Times 40.470, 38.167, 38.103
Chapman, Harold – 1969 Camaro – Lap Times 37.531, 36.518, 35.660
Clark, Don – 1967 Chevy Nova – Lap Times 37.073, 34.830, 35.246
Dingman, Mike – 1965 Mustang – Lap Times 1.03.985 (timer malfunction), 35.556, 34.491
Elsen, Brent – 1966 Chevelle – Lap Times 37.263, 35.074, 34.835
Farrell, Tom – 1969 Camaro – Lap Times 39.790, 36.143, 34.895
Fenical, Ken (Posies) – 1971 Jaguar XKE – Lap Times 35.574, 34.102, 34.147
Frank, Bryan – 1969 Trans Am – Lap Times 38.368, 35.185, 34.657
Glissmeyer, Devan – 1968 Mustang – Lap Times (lap 1 N/A), 38.113, 37.233
Greening, Jesse -  1971 Camaro – Lap Times 33.604, 33.004, 33.038
Hunter, Brett – 1970 Plymouth Barracuda – Lap Times 37.282, 37.186, 37.806
Jacobi, Mark – 1970 Mustang – Lap Times 53.377, 47.093, 43.276
Kainz, Jeff – 1968 Camaro – Lap Times 34.346, 33.170, 32.141
Keffeler, Steve & Jennifer – 1962 Corvette – Lap Times 39.228, (Lap 2 N/A), 35.429
Leisinger, Dave – 1967 Camaro – Lap Times 36.727, 38.998, 34.343
Panouses, Bill – 1968 Camaro – Lap Times 39.579, 36.457, 36.081
Powell, Nathan – 1969 Camaro – Lap Times 42.924, 40.013, 39.149
Riepe, Brad – 1969 Roadrunner – Lap Times 52.950, 50.557, 44.787
Sananes, Yaniv – 1965 Ford Mustang – Lap Times 35.363, 34.879, 34.821
Sefton, Bill – 1969 Mustang – Lap Times 36.733, 34.486, 35.219
Seltveit, Steve – 1955 Chevy – Lap Times 37.852, 34.741, 34.468
Simmons, Kendall – 1972 Chevelle – Lap Times 40.681, 37.872, 35.883
Stanola, Jason – 1969 Camaro – 32.540, 32.488, 32.684
Staveski, Mike – 1971 Plymouth Cuda – Lap Times 35.682, 36.807 (car broke on 3rd lap – invalid time recorded – not eligible for Street Machine of the Year award)
Tapia, Richard – 1970 Chevelle – Lap Times 45.198, 39.680, 38.318
Taylor, Scott & Laura – 1968 Ford Mustang – Lap Times 37.593, 36.143, 36.473
Thomas, Ed – 1968 Camaro – Lap Times 45.862, 39.960, 39.400
Weber, Nick – 1967 Corvette – Lap Times 38.658, 35.522, 35.328