racerjoe
Well-Known Member
All of the Holley event grand champion events have very relaxed rules except the tire tread wear. Nearly everyone that does these events have cars built to either SCCA CAMT or optima standards. I would imagine the rule pushing is more relevant at LS fest than at Moparty. There just isn't anyone building $300K Mopars to compete at the top level of Optima. This would entail lots of carbon fiber, repositioned engine for better weight balance, 315+ tires, and tons of HP. I'd say David in the Superbee is the closest with all Speedtech suspension and 315 Hoosiers square. However, he's running a stock 6.4 and we all know a 70 Superbee isn't light! Guess what, he beat me on autox by .5 seconds. Then, I beat a Challenger with 315 square on torsion bars. Tight rules kill classes for vintage cars, hence the birth of CAM in SCCA.I'm confused, how can you have a legitimate organized competition, with different weights and tires? That's not how ANY real sanctioned competition is done.
So if you think you can come and dominate with a 2800lb, 800HP car on 335s, I welcome it. I'd love to see someone build an over the top Mopar. It's not all about the car, it's how you use it to it's maximum capability.
Let's put things into prospective to compare LS Fest and Moparty. The fastest drag pass at LS Fest this year set a record. He ran 9.88 on a 275 wide RE71RS 200TW tire. This was the first time someone broke into the 9s for grand champion. At moparty, the faster GC drag pass was low 11s. I ran a 12.2 but have enough MPH to run a high 11 and I would have tried for it but my thermostat stuck so I only did one run on Saturday. They had lots of glue on the starting line that day.

















