Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock
 

Bill "PLEASE GET A LIFE" Stop picking out things that don't concern you in the least I know a few guys that race trucks in stock. They have covers nhra has not said a thing about them.
Are you trying to get them in trouble?
Just one point. As far as the turbo cars qualifing number one! Do you realize that a lot of people in stock and superstock can go a whole lot quicker than their qualifying. They don't run as fast as they can, to protect their combo, index etc. So your data is totally flawed.
I see you come from San Francisco. That explains a lot.
"GOTTA LOVE THEM SAN FRANCISCO VALUES"
Try to concentrate on the .90 classes There the wealth has already been redistributed. Maybe you can start a thread about why some guys lose first round all the time. Seems like a conspiricy to me. LOL

Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock
 

Art,

Maybe YOU are the one who needs to "get a life." Your "life", lately, seems to revolve around trying to control what I write on this forum, and just why it concerns you to the extent that you feel compelled to comment about it, endlessly, is a mystery to me.

Do I tell YOU what to write about?

There's a name for people like that; I think they call them "control freaks."

Well, I don't know whether you're a full-blown "freak," or not, but you're surely working up to it.

If you don't enjoy learning about the vagaries (look it up) of drag racing from the folks who post about the myriad subjects on here, DON'T READ IT!

That wouldn't be too hard, would it????

And, for crying out loud, how can ~!~ get ANYBODY "in trouble" just by asking a simple yes or no question on this forum? Do you think I have THAT MUCH INFLUENCE in Glendora??? I wish...

And no, that was surely not my intention. I was in a discussion about the aerodynamic drag factors of tailgates (up vs. down) when we saw a picture of a pickup racing with a bed cover. I'd never seen one in competition like that and was curious about what the rulebook had to say about it, because it would surely relegate the discussion about the tailgate position to the round file. Jesus....

The last time I checked, YOU were not the moderator of this forum. Are you having delusions of grandeur?

I'll make a deal with you; I won't comment on your posts if you don't comment on mine. If you see one with my name on it, just skip it; Your blood pressure will thank you.

Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock
 

THAT IS FUNNY.......if you only knew how bad Bill HATES "Bagdad By The Bay" !!!!!!!! :-)
He actually lived in Hayward in the east bay....not far from Vic Hubbard's Speed Shop and Fremont Drag Strip..........

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He certainly has a real San Francisco sensitivity quotient,sorta like when you disagree with a "yahoo",
you're accused of being &%#*phobic.
On a side note,the May 1964 issue of Drag Racing has an article about the pros reaction to the "new"
5 amber tree.Dyno Don didn't like it.He said the slower car has the advantage of taking a shot at the tree,
because they had nothing to lose.He still liked the flagman,yellow/green light start.Sturm,Mazmanian,Weney,Beswick,Proffit and other top dogs agreed.Nothinglike having your cake and eating it too.
Sorry for high jacking the thread but it's been blownup already.I think this is more interesting than tonneau covers anyway.

Ed F.

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Hey Ed,,,with all this talk of Superstock and Drag Illustrated magazines and Drag Racing issues from as far back as 1964,,, I'm wondering if you have or know of someone with a November 64' issue of SSDI that is willing to part with it. My collection of SSDI starts with the Dec.64' issue and I would love the chance to purchase a Nov. issue. Thanks to friends like Bob Rice who keeps me posted of E-Bay and other sightings I'm getting close, but I'm still missing that magazine. Thanks for any info or help you can provide.
Danny Durham

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Danny,
Bret Kepner has a tremendous collection of old drag mags; he'd be someone who MIGHT could help you find that one.

That would be Vol. I #1, wouldn't it?

I had it, along with every other issue, but lost them all all in a basement flood in 1979..
Talk about feeling sick....

Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock
 

From an engineering standpoint the beds on later model pickups are designed to create an air bubble to deflect air over the top. Thats how its supposed to work. I don't see those rope tailgates anymore anyway.

Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock
 

I have run a 99 Ford Lightning truck in stock a few times back in 01-02. I ran it at my local track a few times with the tailgate up, then down. It ran a little faster with the tailgate up but I really didn't see any difference in et.
Just for the record, bone stock with a computer chip change, it would run a couple tenths under the index. I bet a real race car version of one of these would be a killer if someone was inclined to race something like that. Of course, raising the supercharger boost would be another discussion.

Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock
 

Thanks, Bill!!! Everything seems to point to less drag: with the tailfate in the "up" position. I think that's pne of those things that doesn't LOOK like it would work, but, it does... Laying it down flat seems to LOOK better, aerodynamically-speaking, but it just doesn't work in the real world.

I appreciate the input!!! :)

Re: Pickup bed covers in competition in Stock
 

There are only a few trucks running in Stock here in Div.6, but I believe they all have bed covers of some sort on them. Couldn`t be for a little extra weight out back, could it?:D