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Old Digger,

If you actually exist, and really stand by what you say, call me at work

1-800-544-8894 x 306 6 am to 5 pm at Moroso Monday thru Thursday.

If not, I will let all on here know you are hiding behind a key board, and probably don't even race!

Prove yourself........................

Scott Hall

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I just double checked my phone to make sure it works.................................it does...............

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Nothing so far.

My point is made.

Thank god I am racing race cars and not keyboards................

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Scott,
You really didn't think the phone was going to ring did you?

On a side note: the sauce project for my wifes car is just about done. I figure a 200 shot for 4 seconds should put her around the 6.80 mark. We'll see how things work out.

COME ON SPRING
I thought the rat in gophers clothing said an early spring, he lied. He must be taking notes from Travis in the Whitehouse.
The 14 inches of global warming from Monday hasn't even begun to melt.

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Frank,
Our buddy Wayne could not deliver on the nice weather, it looks like I will have to go down to Florida tomorrow and try it myself. I will try to send it back Air Mail.

Scott,
Why would you waste your breath on someone that was already invited to have a mature discussion, but only hides like a girl. ( no offense to the ladies out there.)

Brian,
No good on the Mega Millions buddy. My brother has one of those Moroso aluminum oil pans that he is not using.

Bill "soon to have a suntan" Krug

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Hi Brian, It's Brendan.
I have a Hamburger aluminum oil pan that has a few dings in it from mud drags if you can use it you are welcome to it. It was on a 10.2 deck hight rodeck block.
give me a call (203) 948-1204

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No Kidding Frank! I couldnt agree more. I heard it might hit 60 on Sunday

Got a nice delivery of nitrous stuff today from Fed Ex. Ive been staring at it like a kid on christmas for the last hour. Wing should be ready to pick up by the end of the week also

Brendan
I saw a rerun of your brief cameo on Pinks Recently. I think your line was "Id like the guy that tuned that car to tune mine" "Hes good" At least I think that was you.

Brian and Bill you guys aren't the only ones who can't win gambling. I made a trip to foxwoods last week. Lets just say no 800 inch motors in my near future either.

B.J. Masiello

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Yeah B.J that was me . We got railroaded. I have been beat many times but that was far from a fair fight. Oh well. Glad to hear you got your nitrous stuff.If you need any help feel free to call. I'm no Shannon Jenkins but i've been threw a bottle or two.

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I was there that night watching on the hill by the stock car track. We couldn't here what was going on on the starting line but we said from the first race that he was sandbagging. You could tell he was dragging the brake down track. It was bad.

Also thanks for the offer on the help. I am going to need all of the help I can get.

B.J. Masiello

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:eek: wow guys i read all the posts,sad.bashing the track ,chasing new comers away that might want to come and race the series.i imagine it took wayne alot of time and effort to put this race series together,if the rules are 7.49 or quicker then step up your program or run super,simple.no need to bash the track,wayne,your budgets etc. also i,m not the smartest guy but common sense tells me if most chassis builders when asked what is the ideal length for a t/d they would say over 260" for obvious reasons,if top dragsters worked better at under 235" they would be a sh,,,t load at division and national events.to me top dragster is the next step up from super/sc etc. its a class in itself and yes its exspensive to run at low 7,s and quicker.people that don,t have the budget don,t bother run super.i have a street car i want to run prostock it ain,t happpening so i lay that thought to rest and run wednesday nite at the valley and i,m happy.:) i hope the series is a success, give the valley a chance with the track prep,stop the bashing b.s. grow up and lets just race.:cool: good luck in fla. wayne

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Wow lvd racer not sure who you are i use my real name on here but i started this thread to ask opinons on a car i already owned for 2 years it is nhra and ihra certified (meaning they have looked at my car and it meets all the safety specs to go 6.0 or slower and thats in the 1/4 mile not 1/8) it happened to turn in to a question board about why isnt lebanon valley using NHRA rules for the top dragster class if you are looking to attract more people wouldnt you use the NHRA approved rules that are the same rules that will be used there in july at the NHRA divisional race ?.....the rule book does have a min wheelbase for the class it does not say anywhere in the rulebook you need 260 to compete and after talking to a number of my friends on here i plan on running my car at the valley and other places at 215 in .....alot of people brought up valid concerns about track prep .....but i say the past is the past and Howard has invested alot of money on the surface to make it right for everyone not just the td cars and the staff is dedicated to getting everyone down it safely .......my only problem with your posting is you compared this message board conversation which really is only a discussioin about .2 of a second to your wed night car and a prostock cmon do you think thats apples to apples ?.....6.60 vs 11.50-17.00?.....i think not

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oh by the way a 125" wheelbase altered is the number one qualifier currently at the florida divisional with a 6.85 @ 200.08 mph hmmm not a 260 in car

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LVD racer: What chassis builder did you speak to that told you you could only run a 260 inch car in top dragster. I have been 7.13 at 188 in my 240 car and the car drives like a cadilac with no rear wing. I am putting a wing and spray on the car this year and hope to run almost 10 mph faster than that. In fact IHRA just changed the minimum wheel base for top dragster to allow the 187 inch Land Shark cars to be legal . Somebody posted on DRR recently that they plan to run in the 6s with there land shak.

As to bashing LVD I have not seen that at all. I realize a few people have brought up some concerns. I think that these stem from past experience not an attempt to bash the track and definintly not an attempt to chase people away. I can tell you that Ihave experienced these same frustrations as well. I have been around Lebanon Valley for a long time. I crewed on two jr. dragsters every sunday from around 1996 up until 2007 along with racing my own cars a weekend here or ther. I have seen the highs and lows of lVD and the honest truth is there have been a lot more lows during that time. That being said I do feel a certain loyalty to the track and I believe 100 percent that LVD is committed to this series. I am thrashing to get my car done for the first race. If I didn't believe in this deal I wouldn't be bothering. Howard has given us his word that he wants to make this work. He has taken the first step by repaving the track. I would agree with you in encouraging everyone to do as you have said and at least give the rist race a shot. If that weekend last October was any indication these could be some great races.

I know that Wayne and Scott have worked very hard and should be commended on this deal and I would hate to see there hard work go to waste. They are both great racers and do a lot of for the sport and the class well beyond what anyone may see.

Sorry for another long post

B.J. Masiello

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Bri,
wednesday night warrior without much concern for the traction issues that many of us sat/sun racers have had there in recent years. new blacktop and good track prep will develop an excellent top dragster series and may help to bolster the other series that run there also.

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sorry brian,i thought this was about lebanon valley track conditions or lack of. i street race at the valley,i just seen this forum and clicked on it.i read a few comments about the track and and a few guys that wanted to come to the valley and race the t/d series but a few of the comments about the track had them leary to travel there.i,d like to race in super or t/d but too much money so i run weds. nite.lvd is a great track and EVERYONE should feel lucky to have such a nice facility so close.As far as a 215" running 7.49 or quicker hey if it passes tech for that class (i don,t know the tech side i,m sure its very strict going that fast) then run it.they have set the rule of 7.49 or quicker. so your end seems easy. have the car pass t/d nhra tech, get the car to run 7.40 something and race.i have a nhra rule book its says about adv. et cert? i don,t know very complexed sounding from a street racer side.anyway good luck sounds like alot of work and money.

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Quiet all of the sudden!

Guess everybody must be hard at work on their cars. The little taste of warm weather this weekend has me ready for spring and some racing.

LVD Racer I can appreciate your loyalty to the track. What you have to realize though is that people planning to run this series are going to be running near or even for some in excess of 200 mph. At those speeds track conditions need to be SAFE. Not to take anything away from what you do but the reality is the requirements from track prep are a lot different.

I do however, think they are comitted to this deal and are going to do it right! I will go on the record as saying if this series does not pan out it will not be for lack of effort on the part of Scott and Wayne. I dont think thats an issue though because I a have confidence that it will be a success.

B.J. Masiello

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B.J. sent you a pm

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Banquet at lvd sat! Hope to see everyone there. Great food good people. Opening day sooooon. :)

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Brian,
Were you able to find the parts you needed? I sent as much sunshine up interstate 95 as I could find. It looks like some of it is still hanging around.

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Well it's a good thing NHRA is trying to flat out ruin our class. First by letting screw blowers and then saying you cannot run below 6.00. What the hell is the point of running a screw blower then ?? Now we have 2 divisions that are not rewarding the fast qualifiers with anything !! Obviously we all know that they pay nothing to go fast but they do give some points. YES there should be some kind of reward for running fast - and we have all heard the argument people give about others qualifying fast - then going to race mode and slowing it down.
As long as it is faster than the slowest car it should be allowed. The people who do not like it should make their cars faster !!! And I dont wanna hear you need to spend 100,000 to make a car go 6.40 - 6.50 - because that is a joke of an argument.
It's pretty pathetic that they are going to kill the class - sorry a 48 cars field with 40 dragsters running in the 7's IS NOT A TOP DRAGSTER RACE !!!
It's only a matter of time before Div 1 makes this a rule - then I will just swap motors and join everyone else running in the mid 7's and most likely not even run the schedule and just run local brackets and run some outlaw and q8 races.

Just my opinion I could be wrong -

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Good post Mike . I don't understand some of the logic that is coming out of NHRA concering the top dragster class. Just have to wait and see. Gary TD 1506

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bill look you in the winners circle at the valley you must have been nice to them that day .....lol


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Brian,
notice anything funny about that picture???? there's no cars, racecars, trailers, or people in the background. I think he brought those guys down on a tuesday and had their picture taken. You'd think if he won a race, Debby and the kids would be around for the pix, I might even be there!!!!!!!!
Gary
ps ask him why the used to call him the "ostrich" when he had that car.

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Tater,
If you were around it would have saved me a couple of bucks. To get that photo, I had to round up a couple of homeless people, pay them to pose with me and then they kept the shirts. Fortunately one of them had an old trophy with him, so I did not have to rent one.

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3 weeks and counting until the first NED top dragster race

4 weeks till the first LVD race cant wait!!!

B.J. Masiello

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I wonder if this years arguments about the series will get as bad as last years.

Its amazing how the same good intentions by certain people get so off course.

The one thing i've learned is how many people all over the country read these posts and have commented to me over the last 6 months how much of a soap opera things at Lebanon Valley are.

I always speak well of the track and the personel, and this years operations award shows how good they are.

I was working at Pomona last weekend and had racers comment to me about the crap they see here. I'm glad I got run out town last year by certain racers, because I couldn't deal with all this again.

Thanks to the certain few, and best of luck to the rest of you! I'll see you up there.

The rest of the country is reading, so keep up the good impressions!

Scott Hall

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Scott Good to hear from you and hats off to you and wayne for stepping up and getting a program started and trying to cater to everyone as we all learned it is impossible to please everyone due to some people wanting there own rules (opinions) so i hope to see you and your crew there as much as psossible and thanks to new track managment for keeping it going

Brian