Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas

Toby Lang · 03-31-2011, 03:03 PM

Well, I'm still here. Today is tech day. It's going to be a hot one over the next few days and it will cool off drastically for Sunday. It's supposed to get up to 86 today, 91 tomorrow and 88 on Saturday. Then it will cool down a bunch with 66 being the predicted high for Sunday.

Mark Faul had a cracked cylinder in his Super Stocker and had it sleeved earlier this week. He is just about finished installing the bullet. He should be ready to go in Super Stock this weekend if everything goes well.

I will try to get a shot of the schedule and post it later.

-Toby

Floyd Staggs · 03-31-2011, 03:52 PM

I hope you haven't been stuck at the track all this time with no transportation. You could have won a whole bunch of money at the casinos.

Jack Matyas · 03-31-2011, 03:52 PM

Toby - Don't sweat the hot days coming to you as we in Pennsylvania will have the high today will be in the upper forties with a major snowstorm moving in tonight that will go by here and right into New England tomorrow .

PS- 66 degrees would be great ! ! !

Keep the news coming .....................

Toby Lang · 03-31-2011, 05:57 PM

I just learned something interesting today. I found out that when you get shut off on the line and backed out, you can't work on your car. I have seen people lift their hoods to cool off before running again and I didn't think there was any rule about not working on your car, but I guess there is.

Funny thing though, when Mike Rice told John he was going to have to race with the 10.00 dial, John was under the hood with a wrench adjusting the throttle stop. Why didn't Mike say anything to him about it then?

One more thing. I talked to John again in the tech line (John first came over and talked to me about it about 30 minutes after it happened.) He said he was disappointed that I didn't say that they didn't do it intentionally in my post last weekend. I told him I'm sure everybody knows that you didn't do it intentionally and that I wrote that post before I talked to you. I just want to let everyone know that they didn't do it intentionally.

Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. It's been a learning experience for me and I hope that others can learn by it as well.

Here's the schedules:

Friday:

Saturday:

Sunday:

art leong · 03-31-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Toby Lang

I just learned something interesting today. I found out that when you get shut off on the line and backed out, you can't work on your car. I have seen people lift their hoods to cool off before running again and I didn't think there was any rule about not working on your car, but I guess there is.

Funny thing tough, when Mike Rice told John he was going to have to race with the 10.00 dial, John was under the hood with a wrench adjusting the throttle stop. Why didn't Mike say anything to him about it then?

One more thing. I talked to John again in the tech line (John first came over and talked to me about it about 30 minutes after it happened.) He said he was disappointed that I didn't say that they didn't do it intentionally in my post last weekend. I told him I'm sure everybody knows that you didn't do it intentionally and that I wrote that post before I talked to you. I just want to let everyone know that they didn't do it intentionally.

Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. It's been a learning experience for me and I hope that others can learn by it as well.

Here's the schedules:

Friday:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Toby the CJ is a drive by wire car (I think) so they wouldn't use a wrench, they would use a laptop to alter throttle opening.

Toby Lang · 03-31-2011, 06:10 PM

Art,

This would probably be true if they had a blower on it. I don't think the 428's use a blower. I thought they had to use a laptop also, but I know what I saw and there were plenty of others who saw it too. He must know how much each setting will pick up the car. I don't think he let it all hang out either.

-Toby

Stephen & Horace Johnson · 03-31-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Art,

This would probably be true if they had a blower on it. I don't think the 428's use a blower. I thought they had to use a laptop also, but I know what I saw and there were plenty of others who saw it too. He must know how much each setting will pick up the car. I don't think he let it all hang out either.

-Toby

the engine that calvert runs is a N/A pushrod motor. NO BLOWER

art leong · 03-31-2011, 06:50 PM

Sorry I thought it was the Supercharged one. It is an EFI so a laptop would change the tune. But it's probably not drive by wire.
Drive by wire opens a lot of doors as to what you can do legally.

Brett Brown · 03-31-2011, 07:22 PM

I see only 2 qualifying runs for Stk & S/Stk. More NHRA enhancements for our money!

Ed Fernandez · 03-31-2011, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Brett Brown

I see only 2 qualifying runs for Stk & S/Stk. More NHRA enhancements for our money!

Brett,what do you want for $305.This is 2011:>):>):>)

03-31-2011, 03:03 PM	#1
Toby Lang VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 2,133 Likes: 2 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas Well, I'm still here. Today is tech day. It's going to be a hot one over the next few days and it will cool off drastically for Sunday. It's supposed to get up to 86 today, 91 tomorrow and 88 on Saturday. Then it will cool down a bunch with 66 being the predicted high for Sunday. Mark Faul had a cracked cylinder in his Super Stocker and had it sleeved earlier this week. He is just about finished installing the bullet. He should be ready to go in Super Stock this weekend if everything goes well. I will try to get a shot of the schedule and post it later. -Toby

03-31-2011, 03:52 PM	#2
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,510 Likes: 132 Liked 220 Times in 95 Posts	Re: Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas I hope you haven't been stuck at the track all this time with no transportation. You could have won a whole bunch of money at the casinos. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST

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Jack Matyas Live Reporter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bethlehem , PA -Christmas City , USA Posts: 4,849 Likes: 341 Liked 1,667 Times in 340 Posts	Re: Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas Toby - Don't sweat the hot days coming to you as we in Pennsylvania will have the high today will be in the upper forties with a major snowstorm moving in tonight that will go by here and right into New England tomorrow . PS- 66 degrees would be great ! ! ! Keep the news coming ..................... __________________ Jack Matyas 1547 FS/C 2015 Camaro COPO # 62- 2012 Camaro Convertible COPO

03-31-2011, 05:57 PM	#4
Toby Lang VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 2,133 Likes: 2 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas I just learned something interesting today. I found out that when you get shut off on the line and backed out, you can't work on your car. I have seen people lift their hoods to cool off before running again and I didn't think there was any rule about not working on your car, but I guess there is. Funny thing though, when Mike Rice told John he was going to have to race with the 10.00 dial, John was under the hood with a wrench adjusting the throttle stop. Why didn't Mike say anything to him about it then? One more thing. I talked to John again in the tech line (John first came over and talked to me about it about 30 minutes after it happened.) He said he was disappointed that I didn't say that they didn't do it intentionally in my post last weekend. I told him I'm sure everybody knows that you didn't do it intentionally and that I wrote that post before I talked to you. I just want to let everyone know that they didn't do it intentionally. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. It's been a learning experience for me and I hope that others can learn by it as well. Here's the schedules: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Last edited by Toby Lang; 03-31-2011 at 07:31 PM. Reason: Changed tough to though before Marvetz says anything

03-31-2011, 06:10 PM	#6
Toby Lang VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 2,133 Likes: 2 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas Art, This would probably be true if they had a blower on it. I don't think the 428's use a blower. I thought they had to use a laptop also, but I know what I saw and there were plenty of others who saw it too. He must know how much each setting will pick up the car. I don't think he let it all hang out either. -Toby

03-31-2011, 06:50 PM	#8
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas Sorry I thought it was the Supercharged one. It is an EFI so a laptop would change the tune. But it's probably not drive by wire. Drive by wire opens a lot of doors as to what you can do legally. __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS Last edited by art leong; 03-31-2011 at 06:52 PM.

03-31-2011, 07:22 PM	#9
Brett Brown Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 235 Likes: 4 Liked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas I see only 2 qualifying runs for Stk & S/Stk. More NHRA enhancements for our money! __________________ Brett Brown 7257 STK, SS, COMP