Thread: 60th World Series of Drag Racing

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Nexth week end, Aug 23-25 at Cordova Illinois----Quite a program and many people including Don Garlits, The Greek, Ivo, Pedregon bros and dozens of others

http://www.cordovadrag.com/2013/events/13ws-web.pdf

Friday night and Saturday seem to be the hot times---------

See ya there

My heros! Wish I could be there! {:-) Hope you will post some pics.

We'll be there. We're gonna' try to pit close to the Midwest Super Stock Mafia guys. Hope we can find each other in all the mayhem Jerry.
We are leaving either Thursday or early Friday depending on the work schedule. The MSSM group will be there Friday morning.

Too bad they didn't invite Animal Jim. He has been a fixture at that event.

Damnit Pro--I was just leaving Grandma Dee's house at around 8:30 and was going to come by to see if you were loading up when I remembered you had posted that you were leaving on Thursday so I thought you were probably already gone-------ahhhhhhhhhhhhh see I'm thinking a week ahead of myself---I'll be back down in CC over weed end and next week as Robin's brother is coming up from Miss-----

And then I started up I55--traffic stopped so went cross country to Morris and then North--

I see where Tom Motry's Drastic Plastic fuel altered just ran a 5.28 @ 275 MPH at Joliet, with Mini Me in the seat! I do believe Drastic Plastic is on the list for the World Series, unconfirmed, but they are usually at that event.

Thanks for the update, Pro!!! Did ya bump into Jerry yet??? (He'd be the old guy movin' slow!)

Not 'til next weekend. We're hoping to leave Thursday. Motry's time was at the Hollywood Casino Joliet Route 66 Classic. I had a full weekend, guess I should have made the time to go to that one. Sounds like there was some fast times this weekend. Oh, Well, next weekend is looking good weather wise so far, so maybe they will be rotating the earth there too.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

I see where Tom Motry's Drastic Plastic fuel altered just ran a 5.28 @ 275 MPH at Joliet, with Mini Me in the seat! I do believe Drastic Plastic is on the list for the World Series, unconfirmed, but they are usually at that event.

I didn't realize it at the time, but they say that is a new national record. How cool is that....

What a week end---saw a lot of old friends

even saw Proz28--straw hat and big nice camera-------

The Greek, Big Daddy, Warren Johnson Tim Wilkerson,many others

people were calling me all week to ask where to meet up and many folks I didn't know chased me down to say Hi for some other old time friends that couldn't come---

You should of come Dave because it was overrun with 50,60,70 hiper stuff-seats were all full in the evening for the runs and match races--they were full up onsite and were parking cars on the hiway shoulders---

Yeah, no good reason I don't go to some of these events other then I keep telling myself I'm too busy!!!!

I agree with you Dave about telling myself I'm too busy to do some things----------However, The bar has been set pretty high for this and the CHRR coming up in October???
Got pics downloaded from camera last night--Robin had camera all day Saturday---theres 663 pics on it!!!!!!!!
Working with this newer computer with Windows 8 as I was having difficulties on CHR with the old one(must of got a bug with some download on the site) as this one works but I hate the Windows 8------------

Looking forward to those photos! If I still lived in Illinois I would have been there!

Here in Tucson we have the SIR track, which is IHRA. They do a couple nice nostalgia events each year, such as a Fuel Altered event... but it will never be like the good old days! {:-) The cars are far fewer in number... are booked in and don't compete "enthusiastically". :-( It's more exhibition than racing.

At least the large number of historic cars on display is rewarding. I'm jealous of the Chicago event goers.

I took a few over the weekend. I need a batch processor or I'll be at this until I'm too old to send them. After sifting through them all I ended up with 976, but few are of the Cordova & LeClaire area.
Cruz was sorta' hard on pistons, but he just kept going rounds.

Here's a few of the California Charger. It's an impressive piece of machinery.

Talked to this guy by the water box.
Nice seeing you again Jerry.

Thanks--it was good seeing you and the others there---

Yep he did use up some pistons, going to have a long talk with him and the modern/current teckno guys--got to cut down the fuel to the cylinders--looks a little like a hydraulic fracture of the piston ring area and its breaking in wards between the pin bosses----only so much volume in there at top dead center and if it isn't burning pretty good it won't fit-------of course on the modern car they have dual ignition systems with all kinds of timers for advance/retard along with clutch timers for it to work---this car has 6 fingers on the pressure plate and its 100% centrifugal where as the modern car has 18 fingers and all sorts of timing devices for applying clutch load/slip-this car has one magneto with an air cylinder that can do 5 * advance/retard with the flip of a air toggle switch on the steering wheel---of course, he must also remember to ship the trans somewhere


But, Bear Town Shaker,Tunder Downunder and Chi Town hustler were all put away for the win----------------