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well its big news alright but i sure aint happy with it, they decided to lease ot to bucky austin "the northwest hitter" which is good, but the bad news is we all have to become nhra legal 3/4 or more of the racers will be turned away and when our senior tech guy questioned one of the assoc he said oh well, that doesnt sound real racer friendly!?
Scooter, all of what they require is for your own safety,without compliance,the insurance would likely be staggering. Hank
I would assume that 95% of the strips are NHRA sanctioned. If you want to go drag racing, you might as well be legal for the most popular sanctioning body in the world. Other than IHRA, are there any others?
i think its good, its just i cant afford it haha. but for my times i dont need alot of the stuff the other guys do. ....... yes there was another sanctioning body that was murdered slowly by the people here, our track was the last AHRA sanctioned track in the world, AHRA is no more now. garlits won alot of AHRA world championships. and the ahra let nitro cars run during the nhra nitro ban. 60-61-62. ahra used to be just as important to win as ihra and nhra ive found out from some old timers. im just intimidated by the whole nhra deal. with the wave of a hand every car here has been outclassed. like our fastest guys here are the ones who can barley qualify in seattle :(
It's good and bad, for saftey good.
What's bad is the young people that street race.
We say if you want to race go to the drag strip.
Now they go there and get turned away.
So where do you think they will end up racing.
Just my opion guys.
Kurt
about 90% of those guys will be able to run they hardly run anything better then 13's or 14's, it sjsut us "street-strip" guys that will have to bite down, i am glad i am not running 11.49 or quicker like iw as planning on doing id need a few more things not many, i am more worried about alot of people who wont be able to afford stuff. the thing i am really worried about is the usual admission price it was 25 this year what will it be next year 50 to race? the streetracer kids will ahve no problem, its jsut us intermediate guys haha. what really kind of chaps my ass is i was #2 tech inspector and now i am nothing anymore went from glory to the dumpster :LOL:
Don't think I'd even worry about spending a few more bucks on stuff to be NHRA legal, it's money well invested. The Austin's have been quite successful at most any undertaking, I'd be grateful to see them taking the whole show over. The right promoter can make or break a racing operation. It looks like a nice facility, with some work it could easily be the home for some of the Divisional meets,,, and all the out of town money that comes with it. Which in turn makes the local businesses a lot more eager to listen when guys are coming around looking for sponsorship money and/or freebies to help defray the cost of racing. I'd say the price of the equipment will be more then offset by the good it brings with it... Would be fun to have Bucky and a bunch of his pals show up for some racing, too!!!!!!!
"if" you can afford to go haha. i am just worried that all of us local guys will be swept under the rug thats all
If you wanna race bad enough, you'll find a way to come up with the money.... If it was easy and cheap, everybody would be doing it.... Takes a lot of dedication and usually a good bit of sacrifice to be competitive at anything.....
thats what sucks, it was cheap here! :LOL: a set of 10:1 slugs sounds pretty good right about now. :LOL:
Well, if you wanna run with the big dogs, you gotta spend the bucks and do the work.... Big thing about running NHRA, your legal and competitive at more then one track, too.....
As for the new pistons, I'd go to a set of 12.5's, run E-85 and have even more fun....!!!!!! Better power with more compression, and if E-85 is available in the area, a lot cheaper then race gas..... $2.38 here today.... AED and a couple other places make the carb conversion parts for it... 106 octane makes room for a lot of timing and a lot of compression, all things a baby mouse will respond well to..... Just some more options for ya!
i was refering to making back into a street car dave seeing is how much people laugh at me now boy i cant wait till the nhra guys come to town:rolleyes: well its 13:1 now and i use 114 trick thats about how much e85 here is usually, right now i think its about 2.50-2.60
Last time I bought race fuel it was 5 something a gallon, how much is it now????? Got to keep up with what you're doing to the Nova so I can be ready for the big 302 shoot out someday!!!!!!!
its 8.50 + tax here for trick for that vp its 10.80 and for crappy sunoco its 5 something. i ran sunoc a few times car lost 2 tenths for no reason! switched back to trick picked it back up i dont know what the heck was going on. yeah that shootout will happn someday, so i guess now that its nhra i am not allowed to run a gasser anymore??????
No rules against it, I guess.... Occasionally I can visualize the little Bronco II with a straight ax and federwell headers.........:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: but it will probably be a strut front.....lighter and everything is out of the way.....
you ought get a jeep and make another holy toledo :LOL:
Built one of them many moons ago for a customer.... Straight axle on the front and a 'glass jeep body from Shell Valley.... It was even a center steer car! Ran strong, had a BBC in it. After a couple years the owner switched it over to a 'glass cobra body. Haven't heard anything about the car for 15 years or so, sure would be a fun one to track down though!!!!!!!!
well since i know i wont be competitave anymore, lemme know if you need help in the hot rod shop, i am thinking of retiring from racing already, i have to face the facts i dont have a carreer that pays enough to stay competitave and i dont have 10+k a year sponsors :LOL:
Not taking on anymore projects til I get moved to Texas....Did I mention I'll be 20 miles from the big dragstrip in Baytown where they run the 'Nats????
sounds fun, you should buy my nova :LOL: somebody will want it someday i sure dont anymore!!!!!! all their is now is to sit around wor on the vega pray it'll like pump gas and stare at the nova and say, well that was fun while it lasted!!!!! :LOL: then maybe when im 60 or so ill build another car. my main gripe is with all these electronics you cant win unless you got em!!!! :( so ill just stick my 65 283 2bbl back in the car and put the hood on it and go play :LOL:
They'll be running the "no box" brackets, every place else does....IHRA and NHRA.
Crank it up a bit and run the 10.90 Super class, it's a blast! Just like Super Gas and Super Comp, just a 10.90 breakout.
i think i was over-reacting :LOL: i was just worried about running with the bigger boys oh well its not liek they will be here every weekend
well the really good news is the concrete launch pad to 660 is on its way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes for a lot more consistent launch, should help the ET some too. With concrete all the way to 660 a car will be in the flatter part of the torque curve when it comes off the concrete which will mean fewer problems at the transition. Also means you can build a lot more power into the car and not overpower the track near as easy.... Start thinking of ways to make the car hook harder, the track will hold it a lot better.Quote:
Originally Posted by gassersrule_196
a set of slicks would be nice :LOL: they are in the sponsors budget i call it. once the checks come in i make sure where it goes where its needed most and slicks are there. also got an appt with a good friend were are going to roll out a full tin interior door panels rear-firewall <yeah i didnt have one of those this whole time> lots of stuff to be done!!!!!
I just heard from a friend that Bucky Austin bought the Spokane track.
he didnt buy it he is being chosen to lease the track fromt he country. if he bought then city hall is in big trouble for holding secret meetings.
http://www.spokanemotorsportspark.com/
My friend probably assumed it was a purchase.
either way. i remember when i was a kid i lways wanted a super stock 4 speed car haha, now that nhra has come knocking on my backdoor im running away with my tail between my legs haha what gives!! guess ill need alot of dave and tech's help for that one!!
well turns out its going to be 330 not 660 of concrete oh well that is way better then zero like it is right now. its all asphalt haha. he got a 25 year lease instead of 10 wow!