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Winners circle photo from that last race. Had a trophy for the win, plaque for perfect light in competition, memorial trophy for best package, and my .000 time slip. The memorial is for a teenage daughter of a racer (Lexy) who lost her life to a drunk driver.

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Couple videos on my YT from the last race of the season 9/24. This was the 1/4 final where I had a trip zip and ran .008 off. He was .021 total. Wound up winning the day.

Hell, most box racers today don’t even have to push their throttle down at the line. Burnout buttons, bumping up, bumping down, talk about spoiled :D

For clarification, I don’t hate boxes. I’m considering throwing one in my car for next season just to try my luck beating up on them with their own toys. Here the foot brake guys run Sportsman class if they’re slower than 7.50 in the 1/8. I don’t think it’s fair to force mix any of the classes.

Their delay box is setup to let go of the button when their slower opponents light comes on. They put the other guys dial-in in the box which does the calculations on top of their set delay. Usually the timing system in that class turns on both top ambers at the same time regardless of the dial...

That’s my problem. I refuse to pay for a class that I have to run against someone with cross-talk. We used to do a quick 16 here which let the fast cars use their box, but not crossover. Without that little feature a lot of those guys fall apart. I won’t that class twice with no box. They...

Nobox and foot brake guys get no love here. The sponsors and track operators are all super pro guys, so everything is to their benefit. We outnumber them at least 3 to 1, and pay the same entry fees.

I tried blinders I screwed to the roof bracing in the car. Worked good a couple years until I lost some night races. The second bulb looks a lot like the third when you can see it refracting off the windshield. Now I use those blinders to block the opponents side of the tree. I have my own...

Good post. We have/had a guy who ran box/no box with the same car which caused lots of pissed of racers. He’d take his box out when running with us and just use a regular button. Eventually the track made a rule you couldn’t run two classes with the same car which solved that problem. We have a...

I did it for more consistency in reactions. At the time my converter stalled about 3800. Factory KH discs with factory 10” drums in the rear.

It did work pretty good. I could only bring it up to about 2500 before overpowering the brakes. Before that I had the two step hooked to my brake light switch with a toggle to turn it on or off.

I used a front and rear line lock hooked to a button with two step for a few years before getting a transbrake.

I like to give box guys crap whenever I can. I did it for five years before going back to my Duster.

Box is for rich guys who want to go racing. No box is for drag racers.

Spring pressure is about 375#

What are the fellow racers doing for winter storage regarding their rocker arms and valve springs? I’ve gone back and forth from pulling the rockers to leave all the valves closed versus leaving it as is. The last two years I left things as they were, and cranked the motor over once a month...

The Mopars at our track are serious contenders. The Saturday final round was all mopar in both Pro and Sportsman. Pretty cool considering we are outnumbered 10 to 1. It’s still hanging in there. All my runs over the two days were between 7.05 and 7.08. I haven’t counted my slips yet, but at...

Finally have rounds 1-6 uploaded. My dads phone is a dinosaur, so the quality isn’t great. https://youtu.be/NP2kZhlzwg8

After 25 years I finally won our overall track championship. Each class champion runs off at the end of the year for overall track champion. I won Pro class for the third time at this track, so I was in. Beat the Super Pro champion the first round, bye to the final, and then the Sportsman champ...

If it’s low enough it will trip the beams at the top end which can effect the guy in the other lane when squaring up before the stripe. If they think they are ahead by a wheel the extender could be further ahead than they think and trip the beams in your favor. Like I said, it bit me once. I...

So I’ve heard

The NHRA had an EV bracket class with their own pay outs and Wally’s at the bracket finals. They should race with everyone else.

Bracket racing you can take that into account when tightening it up at the top end. I can’t see a solution in heads up racing other then raising the ground clearance. A guy could nearly drag their front end on the ground across the stripe by airing up some air bags in the rear along with tire...

Things should be outlawed. You stage with your tires, so that’s what should break the finish line beams. A lot of guys dive on the breaks to use their front spoilers take the stripe instead of their tires. A hundredth is a big number in bracket racing. I lost a state points championship because...

I wish my track would dump the NHRA, but they get an insurance break by being a member. The racers get nothing for their money.

Numbers from when LaRoy ported my Eddy Performers. Air flows advertised by Edelbrock…………..As received………..After porting .100………………….69/64………………………………………………62/53………………..69/56 .200………………..129/108…………………………………………..126/108…………..140/123 .300………………..188/142…………………………………………..174/140…………..199/178...

Just a couple photos from the Firebird Facebook page of my car. One in time trials, and the other in the ROC finals. My dad has all the videos, so I’m just waiting on him to send them.

Went down in the fourth today. Was sleeping at the tree which I blame on being exhausted. Four days in the 95 degree plus weather is enough. 10 years ago it wouldn’t wear on me, but this time I was spent. I’ll get videos of all my rounds uploaded in the next couple days.

No we don’t get that option. Winner gets 5k and a trip to Vegas to represent the division. This is the third time I’ve lost in that final, and once in the semis. I’m getting annoyed with that