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i have been told i am crazyto run my four link car in top dragster if the new motor makes enough steam that is .....it is a 215 wb car looking for input

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Good to hear you are putting a T/D combination together. I have been meaning to contact Wayne to find out how the series planning is coming.

My father's front engine car is 215 inches he has been 7.6s at 179 without any problems. I know he is planning to go faster this year. I realize its a front engine car and not a four link so the center of gravity is a little different but I would say you should be ok based on our experiences. I think he would agree. The car might be a little less forgiving then a 240 or 250 inch car thats the only difference I would forsee

Good Luck!

B.J. Masiello

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Thanks BJ i have had the car i used to bracket race it and it does well ....makes me look good ...lol...i talked to my chassis guy today and he said same thing should work well .....now i just gotta hope that 598 can get me going fast enough to play in the series if not i will just bracket race.....lol.....wayne sold the spitzer car i was driving .....

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Just my 2 cents but i have been 7.40s in top dragster in a 245inch dragster and being on the brakes hard at the finishline is a little disturbing so a shorter car like you will definitely be very unforgiving.

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There are Land Shark 185" 4-link dragsters that I have seen run 7.20's with no problems.

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Hey Brian........ a lot of years back....... before 4 link dragsters were thought of........ I ran a 215" hard tail dragster that ran 7.60's @ 170 and change......... it was a bracket car and I was into the brakes a lot on the top end......... never had a problem.......and that was at Island Dragway....... if your 4 link is set up correctly, you should have less of a problem, I would think....... the braking transition should be smoother, unless you're jumping on the binders way too hard....... and if you dial right you shouldn't be on the brakes much at all........

If you watch T/D in D1, which I'm sure you have, most of the dragsters seem to be suspended in one way or another...... so I don't see what your problem would be or who may have started you thinking that you may have one........ LOL ........ just remember to drive smart.........

Is 215" too short for 180 to 190 mph???........ it's a fair question........ but I would still say you would be OK if your back half is working correctly and you know how to respect your limitations as a driver......

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I ran a 225" Ed Quay in T/D at Rockingham in the fall and went 6.52 @ 208. Down track was great but it did have a tendency to want to bounce a little when the chutes where pulled.

Brad Slaughter

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Brian......a 598" for my old ride? OK why not! I went 7.78 at just under 170 with it on a cold day in March at E-Town. You could do a couple things to make it a bit more stable. Add a wing and maybe X-link the bottom 4 link bars. The car felt a little light as the speeds got faster. I used to feel like it needed steering input at the top end and felt a little "loose" sometimes. My present 235" RaceTech doesn't really feel a whole lot different to me and I'm running almost identical et's and speeds. I have 2 sets of brakes on the RaceTech and have been a little sideways with it at the finishline at Island...and not on purpose! What happened to your T/D ride with Wayne? Good luck and stay safe.....Rich

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Rich ,I think these guys would crap their pants if they saw Rick Medence going 7.20's at Island with his 185" HARDTAIL car!!. .....Not that I don't think he's a little nuts, but he's been going that quick over there for years on one of the shortest ,bumpiest tracks in D1. ....Personally, I think a 235"+ car is the one for the job,but I'd favour a slip joint over those 2000# swing arm tanks!

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Tom....Medence's car is one of my favorites. I never saw him run .20's but definately 40's and .50's. If you ever are around him when he starts it...you'll smell some nitro......I asked a crew guy once and he said they do use a little sometimes. I would not want to run a hard tail at Island......and you know I've been up and down that track hundreds of times. I have seen guys bouncing trying to stop as I made the turnaround......scrape,screech,scrape,screech..... .and you run out of pavement real fast......and Tom....congratulations on that nice award you received at the banquet....it is well deserved. Rich

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Thanks Rich, Yea,I dont even run my SG car there anymore since it got so rough. ....Rick ran a string of .20's there at the end of the year, actually he won one weekend and had a r/u the next week. Too bad it was after the points had ended. .......BTW, look on the cowl of Ricks car, we knicknamed him Kid Nitro many years ago. .....That car never has less than 15% in the tank!!.......Some time at the races I'll tell you the story of when he tried to run nitro in his Kawasaki 3 cyl 2 stroke bike!! .....Tom

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Hey rich yeah a 598 it should be fun not sure what it will run but should be fun.....as far as the ride with wayne hofmann driving his second car it was a awesome oppurtunity and i feel very greatful for him choosing me . the only reason is he soold the second car to put more money back into the racing budget ...we are still friends and plan on helping each other as much as possible except when we are side by side on the tree then all bets are off .....lol..........so hopefully 2009 will e a good year i love driving that car i bought from you i cant thank you enough .....

Brian

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Brian

Have you talked to Wayne recently? I noticed the Top Dragster program he is starting at the Valley has a cutoff of 7.49 or faster. I know of several guys with cars that interested in racing the series but their cars are only certified to 7.50. so a 7.49 knocks them out of the box. Obviously if the bumps are well into the low 7s it wont matter, a couple of $100 DNQ's us 7.50.to 7.70 folks will stay home anyway. With the present economic situation It may be harder to get 16 7.49 or faster cars than you think.

Bill

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billy i have talked to him tisdale emailed me and asked the same questions i feel and so do alot of other guys it should be nhra rules 7.70 max dial eppings series is 7.70 max dial all run personally weather mine goes faster than 7.50 or not i would rather see 7.70 and all run exept night shows the idea should be to bring more cars to the track which equals more money and a bigger payout ....... i think a series meeting should be had when he gets back from florida maybee at the clubhouse ?...what do you think....give me a shout tommorow if you have time or let me know we can go get a cold beverage.....

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Hey glad to hear some talk about this deal

I think a meeting might be a good idea

I am sure you both know that Wayne has been working hard to make this a successful deal. There are a lot of things to take into consideration. I can see both sides of the coin in regards to the 7.70 vs. 7.49 deal.

I also think we need to stress that Wayne has gone out of his way to schedule dates around the Epping series. Racers can actually run both series if they choose to. I am going to hit as many of both as I can. I spoke to at least one person at the New England Dragway banquet this past weekend who did not realize this. I know he wants to not take away from the hard work that they put into that deal up there last year.

Brian check your PM when you get a chance

Thanks

B.J. Masiello

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hey bj i dint have any pm's? ..

anyway yes wayne has alot of hours invested of his own personal time invested that is very much appreciated and i understand some of the fst cars want to run the same cars but lets see how much differece is it racin a 7.49 dial or worst case a 7.70 dial 3 inches down tack ?....i personally dont care whom i race the top dragster ting was fun for me cuz the et span was close if its not td rules then maybee it should be like a quick 16 heads up race no dial in ?....anway i told wayne today we should have a meeting when he gets back from florida. anyway good luck to wayne in florida !!!

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Not sure why the PM didn't work. I am a technology teacher but I would still consider myself somewhat computer illiterate

In a nut shell it was just an offer to help with the planning and organization of a meeting or really anything that needs to be done if it would take some of the work load off of others who have been putting this together. I will email wayne but I don't want to call him while hes away.

I definitly get your point about the 7.70 deal if it will get full car counts and give more people the opportunity to race.

Just my opinion though I dont think you are going to have any problem going faster than 7.50. That 598 should fly. MIne is only a 565. I have good heads on it but still 598 is big cubic inch.

Looks like its going to be a good deal up there and pretty close to home

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sweet i appreciate the offer and will probably take you up on it are you gonna ask him about a meeting when you email him .?.....if the clubhouse is central location for most i will see if we can use it of not my house or shop or i am open to ideas .....maybee some bench racing while we are all together ...all ideas are welcome

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I talked to Wayne last night, and he wanted to go on the record and explain why the 7.49 or quicker is what the T/D series will be based off.
I have been helping with the details on this so I speak for what Wayne and I have talked about.

Two reason why this came to be the maximum E.T. break.

First; One problem that has always occurred with having a 7.50 or slower car is the chassis cert and the license are different then going 7.49 or quicker. What has happened many times all over the country and happened to me at the first T/D race last year is a racer who goes 7.48, and isn't licensed, or chassis certed to go that quick. So now we as a series have two different set of rules, two different sets of technical requirements, and face the issue of a 7.50 racer going 7.48 and getting a win light. When that happens, they disqualified by the NHRA rules.

Knowing that all cars are licensed and chassis certed to 7.49 or quicker, we will never have "two sets" of rules to make sure we follow.

Second, and the biggest argument with cars going 7.70 to 7.50 is that if they really wanted to run Top Dragster anywhere they went, the money and parts would be invested to get there car to run 7. 20 or 7.30. The track has asked that we produce a Top Dragster series with FAST cars. We know by the responce Wayne received that over 20 cars that are 7.49 and quicker are interested. This is another reason thet the 7.49 or qucker has been created.

Some of the sponsors of this class rely on racers upgrading there cars to quicker. By racers spending money with our sponsors, the two to three tenths they need to go 7.49 and quicker show that they are investing in the "Advanced ET" aspect of NHRA drag racing.

We are going into this knowing that we may have a few short feilds based on weather, or the economy. The fact is that we could look at every class and say, why don't we allow a 9.99 car to run Super Pro, even if they don't fall into the spec, or why not let some Top Sportsman cras into the Top Dragster feild so we can have a full feild. When does it stop?

Ask any racer who has built a Top Dragster how much effort and time they put into building there car. They will all tell you that they created a TOP DRAGSTER, not a weekly bracket racing car, or a Super Comp car, but a Top Dragster. The same agument is that racers who have a 7.50 to 7.70 car didn't build a Top Dragster, they built a reliable weekly bracket racing car or a Super Comp car with no throttle stop.

Wayne and myself can't bracket race on Nitrous because we go 6.99 or quicker. Can the rules be changed so we can at least bracket race in the 6 second range? No. So we find Top Dragster races to run instead.

We know the people who don't care for this ruling. And I'm sure they are saying that we will have short feilds because of it, but the class needs to have set standard that it can grow from. We know from the races at New England Dragway that the quickest 16 cars are in the 7.30's anyway, so we felt that when the class is up and running, the 7.49 or quicker will not even be a consideration.

Wayne will be back in a few weeks from Florida. I can be contacted at scott@tedblackmotorsports.com

Any e-mails I get will be fowarded to Wayne and the possibilty of meeting could be made. Any responces I get will be made public so others can be aware of counter acting points that have been. We are not here to only give one side, but have respectful discussions.

Scott Hall

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Thanks Scott

I appreciate the work you guys have been putting into these races.

I have a lot of respect for Wayne as a racer and for the way he conducted the last minute races year. There is no one who is more committed fair competitive racing. Just the scheduling of these races to ensure they do not conflict with or take away form the NED series and all the hard work that their comittee put into that deal says a lot.

My offer still stands like I told Wayne let me know if there is anything I can do to help out. Either before the season or on the race days. (Well except maybe sweeping your trailers) anything related to the races though I am in.

As I said before I see both sides of discussion on the et break. In fact I was more in favor of hte 7.70 However, having talked to you at the banquet and thinking about it I trust Wayne's opinion on the 7.49 deal.

You know as well as I do a 7.70 car can easily become a 7.30 car with some "tune up in a bottle". We saw this all the time at NED last year. I am hoping to go from 7.1s to well into the 6s with mine. Should be an interesting learning curve

My thoughts on the meeting were mainly to make sure everyone is on the same page. If we did it, it would be really nice if a track official or two could be there so we could coordinate what they need from us on race days and in turn what we need from them. For example run order and other details. I hope that neither Wayne or you take this meeting suggestion as implying that you are not being fair and open about he planning process. I know this is not the case at all. I think others realize that as well. As I said in my earlier post this would be something I would be willing to help coordinate if it would take some work load from you guys.

I have spoken to a few racers recently with very fast cars that said they would be interested but had concerns about track prep. I assured them that the track has committed to work with us and make the track the best it can be. I will say in my opinion that last weekend we ran there in October even with the very cold track temps the track was excellent on Sunday. I was running 60 fts better than what I ran the following week at the Dutch Classic. This can be a great deal very close to home if everyone works together.

Thanks

B.J. Masiello

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well there will always be different views ....thats why a meeting should be held with track officials and everyone interested in racing the series .....i personally dont care what the rules are my car is certified to 6.0 and the new motor will run what it runs it is not built for spray and i dont have a endless bank account to buy another one if it breaks ...so if i am quick enough i will see u all in the series i will be the poor child with the little trailer and the smallest budget .......p.s. i will sweep trailers out for money or food or beer....

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ok so who is interested in a meeting i know for a fact a bunch of you are watching this post so come on guys speak up .........

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Brian
I don't think a meeting is going to change the format that has been chosen by the 2 people that are organizing the program. It is unfortunate that the NHRA div 1 rules for T/D are not good enough.


Scott,
I can appreciate wanting to race with people who have the same Go-Fast mindset. BUT TOP DRAGSTER IS STILL A BRACKET RACE. Remember how quickly the heads-up Pro-Comp class attempts at LVD and NED turned into spending contests. As I posted earlier if all of the "fast" cars come out, us 7.50 - 7.70 guys wont qualify anyway, and at $100.00 a DNQ the odds of non-qualifiers coming back twice is unlikely. I like Wayne and I would have enjoyed supporting the program. But I am cannot justify buying a $ 800.00 plate set-up and a $1200.00 firesuit to try and go faster at a place that my and other 7.50 cars already have downtrack traction issues.
The first time some of the traveling folks come down and go double "0" on some one but have to lift or miss the number because they blew the tires off at 800 feet, you may have a hard time getting them to come back.

Bill Krug

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Brian,
You'll be fine with the 598. You should run easily in the 7.00's.

Kruggy,
You state some good facts but only time will tell. If Howard tells Scott and Wayne that he's going to prep the track, all they can do is say OK. Scott and Waynes point is dead on, the reason the TD series is what it is, is because any 6.99 and quicker car has no place to race. People are very fortunate to be able to race every weekend so close to home.

Now if Howard agrees to put the Super Pro ET break at 6.00 so the TD (and TS) guys can play every week I would say that would be a different story. (actually that would be SOOO cool, someone running 12.90 at 98 MPH being chased by someone running 6.00 at 230 MPH)
Maybe we should talk to Howard :-) ........

There are a number of people stepping up this year with spray or different combos so it should be interesting to say the least.

Man it's a been a long winter...

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Hopefully he does prep the track as it should be done for cars who might attempt to go in the mid 6's (and in your case Frank - high 5's - LOL).
Last year was really not a good judge of things - yeah he did nothing to the track but it was also snowing in the morning. And due to a small parts breakage I was not able to make a single qualifying run.

However being that the track is somewhat local (a few hours) from everyone -from the boys up in NH to the guys down here in Jersey - IF the track is right then the series will grow and we will not have issues with the 7.50 max.

Not to come across like an ***, but be happy Wayne is running the series because I would say make it much lower than that. And yes this topic has been beaten but we all want a nice close to home series. However if that includes 3 maybe 4 of us running in the mid-high 6's and 12 other cars running 7.4 and up I will stay home. That is not a top dragster race - esp when half the cars down at atco are running 7.30 or faster.

Only time will tell - like I said to people I speak with who run the class - I am giving the Series ONE race - if the track is horrible then I will never come to another one. If Howie uses his head and really preps the track we can have a nice local series.

Just my 2 cents - I might be wrong

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Gentlemen,

With the exception of the guys that are looking for the low qualifier spot, Most of the T/D guys I know try to use as little spray as possible. The old adage is "just enough to get in the show". I can't see beating the equipment like a "rented mule" just have a lower dial-in at a bracket race. At the risk of sounding "Frugal" when I bought the 598 engine I have now, I was aiming for 7.50 ET. The car is capable of qualifying at the usually never full T/D in D1, have a decent MPH in S/C and still be reasonably competitive at a "bracket race" at LVD 10 miles from my house. If I lived near ATCO or NED (tracks that consistently have enough "bite" for faster cars to be regularly competitive) I would have bought a 632". I will be at ATCO in T/D at the open with my "slow but steady" barely under the index car . If I qualify, I will gladly take the disadvantage of being the slower car. With this economy I will keep that $2,000.00 for the NOS and -15 Fire suit in my pocket, and avoid the risks and aggravation that come with using spray.

I wont get into an LVD bashing session and not for lack of effort on the staff's part, but in recent history the "bite" down track is inconsistent at best. I don't know if it is the water table, the old blacktop condition or inconsistent traction compound formulas, But 7 second dragsters should not have trouble sticking. Hopefully new blacktop will cure this but it may take a while for it to come around and with the usual head/cross winds that are present on the top end, running 180mph plus could get very dicey.

Bill

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Brian and Billy,

http://www.racingjunk.com/category/1...Web-Sale-.html

Brand new.
Cheap power and you don't have to make ANY engine mods.
Bolt it on and hang on.
Is it Spring yet????

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Billy,
If I had your money I'd be buying one of these:

http://www.racingjunk.com/category/9...MENT-SALE.html

:-)

Now that I think about it, if I had your money I'd buy my own race track. :-)

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[QUOTE=i will be the poor child with the little trailer and the smallest budget .......QUOTE]


Two things I know for sure

A trailer has never won a race

A trailer has never qualified for a race


For me 24 ft trailer 3/4 ton truck and Hopefully a six second dragster inside if I can get it all worked out. ( trying to be optomistic!) I dont even think my car is going to fit with the wing Im probably going to have to make a mount in the trailer for that.

Your 598 should be fine. That car must be relatively light I would think.

I do understand the -15 suit concerns. I am fortunate enough that I have access to a -20 I can borrow for the races up there that should be nice and cool in July. Everyone in top dragster is going to need them next year anyway regardless of how fast we go. So that will be an investment for next winter.

LETS GO RACING THIS WINTER STUFF IS KILLING ME!!!

B.J. Masiello

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Pentastarail,

Who are you? Obviously we know each other I am not getting your ID from your log on.
As I said before, If the track was consistently better I would have bought more power.

Mike, I will be pleasantly surprised if the track is suited for T/D or T/S this year, But you reinforced exactly what I said. The first time you feel unsafe or .00 some one and have to lift because of the track, you will stay home. I have been racing LVD for a long time and in the last several years unless it was perfect conditions (like no rain for a month and well sprayed) I would not bother trying to run 7.00 let alone mid 6,s.
There is a reason there are so many fast cars at ATCO, when you turn it loose there you are rarely wondering how far you are going to get.

Bill

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Any of you guys ever been at lvd on a Saturday??????
They can't get a 14 car sst race finished most of the time.

Of course once it gets to 4 or 5 o'clock and one of your 6 second cars is in the final you might want to look out for the dirt that settles onto our nice gluey surface. talk about a recipe for disaster.
Dont take my word for it --- ask The Big Kahuna (Frank Z) how many good passes he has there.

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Gary,

Is that stuff slippery??

Besides in an situation like that, where a car was dead-on all day and somehow went sideways as it got to the dirt track after they started running, I am sure they would give the racer a rerun to make it right.

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wow everyone jumped right in ....nice.....frank i gotta say it took me awhile to undertand penastarrail was penta star rail then i figured big bown hemi....sorry im slow .....

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Brian
I am glad you figured that out and posted, I never would of guessed until Frank came clean. At first I thought the Pentastar reference may have been some sort of Devil-worship thing. Actually Frankie, trying to run that Blower car at LVD might be a close comparison.

Frankie, you are one of the main reasons I chose only enough power to run about 7.50. I was actually shooting for 7.40 or a hair quicker but my car is very heavy. After watching you and Sean beating yourselves (and your checkbooks) up trying trying run fast there you could have given me a 1300 HP engine for free and I would have passed.

How is Laura? Are you guys going to ATCO for the Open?

Winter has sucked, fortunately I am going to the Gators with Bob Benza again and I can't Wait. I would have tried to get one of the cars down there, by the time plans were firmed up S/C was full.I am going to ATCO with both cars for the open and I am planning on leaving everything there until I can't take the weekly drive down any more.

Bill

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I understand Bill. I have only raced lebanon valley during the NHRA races - as I stated I did not get to run the last race we tried to have because of breakage. But yes when I do come up for the first of our races and feel the track is not safe - then like you said I will have no problem leaving and never come back.

I am not sure how the track is on its best day - but if the people who run the track have half a brain they will make sure the track can handle cars that can run in the mid sixes - if not faster. If they do that and everyone is happy the series will thrive - all while being beneficial for the track. If he does not (which to be honest I think will be the case) then you will not see fast cars there. I will be the first to admit the first time I start sliding around at 200+ I am going home - no shame in admiting that - lol.

And yes it has been a very long winter - look forward to seeing everyone soon !

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Sorry, I thought you knew my sign on.
Actually, now that I think about it, if I knew that you didn't know who I was, I would have really messed with you :-)

As long as the weather holds (and rebuilds are complete) we'll be at ATCO beating the snot out of our stuff.

I understand exactly what your point is about LVD, (ALL TO WELL) we'll just have to wait and see if Howard makes good on the traction (etc.) as he promised Wayne. If Howard doesn't unfortunately the series will suffer BUT to no fault of Wayne and Scott.
My hat is off to Wayne and Scott for putting this series together, especially getting sponsors in this economy and not too mention the hours of their personal time and their own money to do all this. As far as the 7.49 thing I can understand it. As you know they'll be racing and the last thing they are going to need is to police all the entrants, (checking licenses, chassis certs, fire suits, fire systems, neck restraints, chutes, wings, vehicle weights, etc). As Scott pointed out, what do you do when a person with NO advanced et license wins a round running a 7.49 or quicker? Do you disqualify the guy and reinstate the looser, keep them both in, do they both loose, or do you BEND the rules and let him keep his win (which opens up a whole other pile of BS, where do you draw the line on rule bending)? That is NOT a call I would want to make. It just keeps eveything A LOT more simple. Like I said earlier, they just want to race and not have to play judge and jury which I can understand.

Aahhh, the Gators, I can't remember what 70 feels like (since I keep my house at 60). Tell Deb we said "HI" and hope all is well.

Come on SPRING......

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I am with you 100% on the hard work of Wayne and Scott we should also Andy from BEST Sanitation as well. I know at least at the two races last year he went above and beyond.

As far as the track conditions I am with you guys that we will have to wait and see. We also have to be smart about this deal ourselves. If there are a lot of street cars there on a Saturday lets race 1/8 mile like we did last year. In fact I wouldn't care if we raced 1/8 mile at every race. We cant come into a series assuming the track is not going to be good. I will be honest after the Division 1 race up there last year I swore I would never come back to Lebanon Valley again. But I gave it one more shot to support Wayne at that last race and I personally feel given 40degree track temps that the track was excellent. Wayne put up numbers in the 6.8s at 195 with no problem.

I want to see this work and will do whatever it takes to help. If it means tell me to get there at 6am and give a me a scraper and a torch I will be there. I am serious about this to.

Frank in regards to rules enforcement I dont think thats the responsibility of anyone racing in the series. I think that needs to be up to the Tech department of the track. They are ultimately responsible. just my opinion I am with you on not wanting to be the one.

Just curious, How does NHRA deal with the enforcement of running 7.49 with at 7.50 license. I personally feel it should be zero tolerance. One time your out.

B.J. Masiello

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I would agree to the 1/8 mile right now as well. I know we always race 1/4 but like the rumors are, and even how the track has been known in the past with the dirt, I would place the giant triangle between my legs and say yeah let's do the 1/8- lol. With some cars going in excess of 170 ++ mph at half track I do think we are gonna see some issues at the top end of the 1/4. From what I am hearing we are going to have a few cars capable of 210 ++ and one that will be going 230 - LMAO !!!!!
But like we all stated - we'll just have to see. I would have no problem taking the nitrous off and running the nitrous tune up on power - should be able to hook on the dirt then ;-).
Yes Wayne has done a great job and is a true diehard top dragster racer and I would love to support his series - both as a friend and a competitor.

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wow again see everyone has opinions on this and they are all good ones ......guys think about what we are here for to have fun go fast and come back to do it again......lord knows we are not in this for the money ......but from a tech inspectors opinion (me) lol....it is the tracks duty to properly tech all the cars in for safety on the car and equipment ......i am willing to give up my time to personally tech all the top dragster cars in even in there pit area i know some of you guys have rather large bank accounts i mean rigs so u could roll in and park ur stuff and i would come to you on the golf cart (im tooo fat to walk ) lol

i personally dont care 1/8 mile or 1/4 actually 1/8 is easier on the car and quicker no chutes to pack etc....

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What would be really nice if we can section off a nice portion of the paved area where we can all park together. This way you don't have to do that much walking ;-). lol