60 CAR CRAFT NOVEMBER 2019M
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Scotty has a great support system at
home, thanks to his wife, Sharon, and
his 16-year-old son, Caden, who can
often be seen helping out in the shop
and at the track. He also received a
helping hand from his brother-in-law,
Jason Hutcheson—not only is Jason his
employer (Hutcheson Transmission in
Ripley, Mississippi), but he also helps
on the race car, so that’s a win-win.
We met Scotty at the Outlaw Street
Car Reunion in Bowling Green, Ken-
tucky, where he was competing in the
32-car Super Pro Shootout. Scotty
made it to the semifinals on Friday
night before his opponent ran dead on
the dial in with a 0.001 reaction time—
an unbeatable run. Scotty would get
another chance to race the following
day, but rain moved in and canceled
the event, so Scotty, Caden, and Jason
made the five-hour trip home. He plans
to race as often as his schedule allows,
both at his home track, Holly Springs
Motorsports Park, and at other tracks
in the Southeast.
With a background in hot rods and
drag cars, Scotty is right at home in the
driver seat of his wheelstanding
G-body. The car has run a best of 5.53
at 120 mph in the eighth-mile, which
comes out to 8.60s in the quarter-mile
if the car was geared differently. Since
Scotty’s local tracks are mostly eighth-
mile, he has it geared accordingly
(4.71:1), so it uses every ounce of
horsepower as it goes through the
lights. Scotty admits that the car is
lighter than it looks, but that it still has
all of the original glass in it and plenty
of room to shed some more weight if
he chooses to take it to the next level.
We wouldn’t change a thing because
his simple combination offers big-time
fun on a working-man’s budget.