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Sorry, just been slam busy with deadline projects and on the road a lot. 1400 miles through six states Fri-Mon, and dealing with some car gremlins. Have a couple more deadline projects to deal with today, then have to leave early in the morning for the Maple Grove national event (don't get me started on having to be at a national event on a WEDNESDAY) Will holler at you. Thanks in advance for your help!

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I made my motel reservations yesterday at the Red Roof Inn in Reynoldsburg; the total cost is $231.62, including tax and using the Senior discount, for 3 days. The motel is 18 miles from the track right off of I-70; it should take 15 - 20 minutes to get to the track.The Red Roof Inn in Hebron is cheaper and is only 2 miles from the track, but the reviews on Tripadvisor were generally very negative, so I chose Reynoldsburg. If you don't qualify for the Senior discount; use Promo Code 603950 on the Red Roof Inn website and you will get the same 10% discount that a Senior gets. The Promo Code is from SmartBizSavings and is 100% legitimate. Prior to becoming a Senior; I used it every time I stayed at a Red Roof.

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Bill,, we went ahead and made reservations at the Hebron RRI. The gal mentioned all kinds of discounts,, AAA, NHRA, senior,, etc, etc. Too bad you can't collect on all of them, so I took the AAA. We'll just be there for basically sleep and showers, since the wives aren't coming, so the room should be fine. Deffinately looking forward to this event.
Danny Durham

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Loose Rocker would like to thank Tom and TJ Boucher at Boucher's Racing Engines for bringing their popular Bounty Hunter concept to the Class Nationals! Boucher's Racing Engines will award $100 each to the Stock and Super Stock drivers who take out the #1 Qualifier in their respective Sunday's $5K main events!

I was fortunate enough to cash in with the Turismo once on the NHRA Div. 1 Bounty Hunter program in Stock sponsored by Boucher's, way back in the late '90s. That's a lot of years of support for their fellow Sportsman racers by a talented engine builder and driver! We appreciate them being a part of our event. You can contact Boucher's Racing Engines in Rowley, Mass. at 978-948-7343 or on the web at www.bouchersracing.com.

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Anyone know somebody at MAV TV? I could see them spending the weekend and providing a couple "TV Events" worth of coverage.
Maybe Michael could meet up with them at the PRI Show???

Now THAT would get under the skin of some big wheels at Glendora ;-)

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We will be having LIVE video all three days from Mark Walter and the crew at www.motormaniatv.com. Video is also archived and available to watch after the event. They have a substantial established audience, and do a tremendous job with fully-produced multi-camera footage accompanied by the PA broadcast.

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At last count, we have two from Canada and four from New York booked into rooms at Hebron for the race. Sounds like a great time, thanks Mike!

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You can talk Canadians into just about anything......how many beers did it take Dave?? :p

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Truth be told Dave, they had rooms booked before the rest of us. They are coming down for a visit this Saturday, will have to bribe (read beer) some speed secrets out of the Monza driver! LOL

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Mike:

Lyn Smith just emailed me and suggested discussing the Pure Stock Rules and made several good points.

Such as a point you made earlier that Stockers just cannot show up with mufflers added and call themselves Pure Stockers.

The Prime Differences are the Following;

Full Time Mechanical Water Pump
Full Muffler System. My car still has CATS on them.
IHRA certified Pure Stocker Cam and Stock Spring Pressures
Stock Rods, Beams can be Polished to reduce fractures.
Maximum 9 inch Slick diameter is 29 inches
Any DOT tagged Rear Tire is ok.
Can run Pump Fuel, race optional.
Roll Bar needed if the car runs under 11.50ET
Which means Certified Seat Belts, otherwise Stock Seat Belts are ok.

Most everything else is the same unless I missed something.

Optional working AC beneficial for Summer :D

Dan

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PURE STOCK - refer to IHRA Rulebook, page 47, available online at http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/...tion/?i=136499

Tech officials Danny Waters, Sr and Jim Woods can also answer technical questions regarding these classes.

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Michael,

I am assuming that there will be fuel tech there as well. Also what kind of wheather can we expect? Being from Wisconsin that time of year it can be cold and rainy and YES can even have snow.

Dirk

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Yes, we will have fuel check.

RE: weather, on another thread somewhere, I had posted historical weather data and high temps Fri-Sat-Sun, first weekend in May each year at National Trail Raceway. Here is the info:

2013 - 78 / 73 / 73 - all clear
2012 - 87 / 81 / 80 - SAT (light rain 8:30PM-10:30PM only)
2011 - 57 / 64 / 69 - SUN (.07" precip 8AM-9AM only)
2010 - 82 / 71 / 73 - SAT (.04" precip 11:20AM -1PM only), SUN: wash
2009 - 71 / 62 / 64 - FRI: wash, Sat-Sun all clear
2008 - 80 / 70 / 63 - FRI (.12" precip 5:30PM-8PM), SAT (6AM-Noon), SUN clear
2007 - 75 / 66 / 66 - SAT (2PM-7PM), Fri & Sun clear
2006 - 72 / 61 / 64 - all clear
2005 - 55 / 54 / 55 - all clear
2004 - 62 / 79 / 52 - FRI: wash, SAT clear til 10PM, SUN rain til 1PM, SUN clear
2003 - 66 / 63 / 69 - SAT sprinkle @ 7PM, Fri & Sun clear
2002 - 57 / 66 / 72 - all clear

Really, in 12 years, only 2010 would've been really bad. There's a couple of years that we could've gotten through with some schedule adjustments. Historically, might have to deal with a stray shower once at some point during the weekend. Those are about as good of odds as you could ask for.

So, it should be somewhere between 54 and 87. ;-)

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Did you see the car count they had for the combo at Etown? Maybe a Class Nationals in Division 1 is in order!!

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I'll 2nd that Bryan.

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Gentlemen -- Yes, 80+ cars is an outstanding S/SS Combo race. It is possible for a track to do this by making it an add-on to an existing event. In order to hold a 3-day standalone Stock and Super Stock event, with all of the additional staff, promotion, sponsor commitments, track rental, etc., however, requires significantly more than 50 cars per eliminator. The event was placed at Columbus in order to make it accessible by not only Div. 1 racers, but also racers from many more regions of the country. Doing multiple events of this kind, particularly in the same region, could saturate the market and would likely dilute the car count and sponsorship availability for each. I would like to get through a successful 2014 event before getting too far ahead of the game.

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Nothing against Bryan's post and what Mike is doing with the Class Nationals but, haven't we tried to big Stock/SS Races out here in D1. Dave Ley put together a great race the Wednesday before the divisional event at Atco a few years back (June 2008) and it was an ok car count but, could have been better and they paid out 10 grand. Then Lee and Brian put together the combo in the hills event at Numidia and the 1st one was attended pretty well for being on Mothers Day Weekend (92 cars I think) and they paid out 10 grand. The following year was ehhh (40 cars) and this year was just pitiful (27 cars with a guaranteed 3 grand to win). I took a gamble and separated Stock & Super Stock because that's what a lot of racers wanted and e-mailed me about. I understand it was on top of Charlotte and for some (Bryan & Byron) were going for a World Championship so I understand about that. Maybe it was the location, people say they hate the drive to Numidia and that it's slow (Not like we're setting records) but, if NHRA put a points meet up there everyone would go in droves. Everyone told me that Mothers Day and anything after the Dutch were off limits but as we proved yesterday 80 cars showed up at E-Town and 92 at Numidia in 2011 on Mom's Day...so maybe thats the answer to it all.

Other things that get thrown into the mix is weekends free! With more and more National, Divisionals, Opens being added to the schedule then you add ASRA, ECSSA, Cam-Am Races plus big races like Mike's it makes it hard to find free weekends and we've been lucky the past few years in D1 with r---. The other factor is track rental, not sure what Mike is getting Columbus for but, the tracks I've looked into for a possible Nitroplate Stk/SS Shootout or 90 Nationals want close to 14 to 16 grand for a weekend of rental. So unless I get a hold of a huge sponsor or hit the lottery for next year I don't see it taking off again.

Trust me I'm not putting anyone down for attempting it but, just a forewarning. Mike has done an awesome job with this race and wished the sponsors that are in D1 that are supporting him came on board for my race but, the past is the past. Hopefully something will pop up in the next few weeks as I have one option left if not get your rear to Ohio in May and support Mike's race!

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Michael,
Would you refresh my memory, please? Is the Quick 32 the top 32 qualifiers or the quickest 32 class winners only?
Bob

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The QuickFuel Quick 32 in each eliminator will consist of the Top 32 Qualifiers on Friday - which means from just Q1 and Q2 (which is first round of Class)

If one of "the slow guys" that's eligible for the Hammerhead/Buckeye S/SS Series JUNIOR STOCK Shootout (K/S class on down) is also a Q32 Qualifier, that driver will need to let us know which one they will be running. Can't run both, as the races will be going on at the same time.

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Before some asks.... What is the Junior Stock Shootout? :




From the Class Racer thread for the event:
Jeff Ross, founder of the Buckeye S/SS Series, approached me with an idea for a Junior Stock Shootout. The race would be for any car with an Index of 13.00 or slower (Note: cerRemember, we are running off the 'old indexes', so that would be L/SA on down, D/PS on down, etc.) Standard eliminator format: handicapped, sportsman ladder, heads-up runs in effect when applicable. The Quick 32 CIC races on Friday night are certainly going to need a little cooldown time between rounds. By my estimate, Junior Stock would probably be about 25-32 cars, so they should fit in there nicely. (No double entries: i.e., can't run both Quick 32 and Jr Stock)

Just like Class and the Quick 32's, there will be no additional entry fee for Junior Stock participants. Jeff has put up $500/Win and $200/RU. We'll see if we can get some other sponsors to add to the purse. At worst, Loose Rocker Promotions will make sure that Semis get $100, and an Iron Tree trophy for the winner like all the other classes.

You can find all the Buckeye S/SS Series info right here on ClassRacer

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While we're wrapping up post-race coverage of our $20K American Doorslammer Nationals and preparing for our $20K Fall Footbrake Frenzy V, Loose Rocker Promotions is also looking ahead to the PRI show coming up at Indy next month. We spoke with a number of companies this summer that expressed a keen interest in the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals, but don't do their budgets until over the winter. We'll follow up with these and other companies at PRI and throughout the winter months and continue to add sponsors to the greatest Stock and Super Stock event in over a decade!

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I'll see you at PRI Michael...

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DW, I'll see ya at the PRI too! :D

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10-4. Jr and I will be there Thursday and Friday ,maybe Saturday.We may leave Saturday A.M cause it's a long drive home...Gonna enjoy the sites and the countrysides with my son ,along with a Cracker Barrel or two.lol. see ya then

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Kyle Carrothers at Carrothers Racing Equipment will award a free clutch dyno session to the winner of the SS/K Stick Shift Shootout during the Lucas Oil Class Eliminations!

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I see the div 2 double @ Atlanta has been dumped on top of the event date.

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I am probably jumping the gun on this one, but are there any thoughts on the index's that the Cobra Jets/Copo's (FX) cars will be running on? Just curious about the Quick 32 portion of the event.

Mike Mans

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The 'new' cars will be running in their own "FX" classes to separate them out from the 'traditional' Stockers, but will utilize the same HP/weight breaks/indexes. We are going to rely on NHRA's HP factors for this first year. It is not my intention to do NHRA's job and try to refactor every combination, particularly without our own data. Invariably, someone would feel that cars were hit with too much HP, and others would say not enough. I don't want to try to become a complete sanctioning body for one annual event. We'll get this first year under our belt and reexamine for 2015. The Quick Fuel Quick 32 CIC Shootouts are Free Entry bonus races -- and that's one of the reasons why.

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So you going to group EVERY new factory car into one FX class?

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No. Again, the new factory cars will run at their regular HP and weight break, etc. They will not have to make any changes to their car, other than adding an "FX" prefix to their class designation. (I will provide the decals, or they can shoe polish it... as long as it's right on the tech card and in the computer, we're fine.) For example, your car would be FXCC/SA.

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Junior Stock Shootout:


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SS/K Class Shootout

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More SS/K Class Shootout Sponsors!

Tom Meyer of Tom's Service in Pierce, NE will award a 5 gal pail of C12 to the Winner and R/U of the SS/K Stick Shift Shootout!
Go LIKE 'em at www.facebook.com/TomsService or call (402) 329-6795

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Div. 4 Stock racer Bill Bagley of Bagley Tractor & Equipment in Longview, TX will be awarding an incredible must-have prize suitable for any racer, during Sunday's Main Event Eliminators. One lucky racer will earn a Honda EU2000i portable generator, a $1,149.95 value! Stay tuned for details on how to win this and other great prizes at the largest dedicated Stock and Super Stock event in well over a decade!

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Are you trying to scare everybody off showing my pic Mike? Keep up all the good work and I hope to have my car back out to be at this race. Tom

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We're all coming up on the 1 year anniversary of Michael's announcement and commitment to provide a outstanding event for us to partake in whether racer or fan.
I'd buy you a beer, Michael,, but I'm stuck out west here until May. I'll do it then,,,meanwhile, you guys and gals back there do a little something for him, just to show some appreciation for what hes been able to do, so far. My 2 cents.
Danny Durham

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That dang Toby Lang keeps photoshopping people... :rolleyes: :D Thanks very much for your support. Glad to have the interest of folks out west!

I appreciate the thought, but I'm not a beer drinker. (somebody go pick up Teuton off the floor...) If anyone wants to do any favors, just find a S/SS friend that hasn't heard about the race and point him or her to this thread on ClassRacer, to our facebook page at www.facebook.com/LooseRocker, or to our website www.looserocker.com where you can find the latest version of the event flyer thus far!

Currently, all the race payouts, cash, prizes, product, gift certificates, and contingency postings now total over $85,000!