Originally Posted by Michael Beard (Post 193530)

If you want to chase points from where you are, even without filling out a "full" schedule and only going to 6 races, in NHRA, you would go to Reynolds, 2 in Atlanta, Bowling Green, Columbus, and Indy, for 57 hrs on the road. If you ran IHRA, you could go to Montgomery (double-header... missed seeing you there...), Clay City (double header), and Jackson (double-header), for less than 31 hrs drive time. You could add Darlington (double-header) and get a full 8 races in and your total is still under 47 hrs. To get your full 8 races in NHRA, you'd have to add Gainesville, and No Problem, which takes you up to 93.5 hrs just to chase 8 Divisionals.

To run a Divisional schedule in NHRA, you're not only looking at TWICE the mileage, but also 24 to 32 days wrapped up in it which includes many lost days of work, as opposed to 8 to 12 days (only 1 work day if you're smart) to chase IHRA. Oh, and if you want to chase the World Championship in NHRA, start looking at adding the time and travel for 3-6 Nationals, too. IHRA, finish Top 3 in the Division and you get a free ride into a $10,000 to win (plus contingency, etc) World Championship Tournament. If you'd like to improve your chances, you have 3 National events within 9 hrs. They're only 2 day events, and you're done early on the second day, so you don't lose much travel time. It's a little more of a stretch, but you could make the national at Crandall, TX too, at 11hrs (easy driving road, too), which is closer than Palm Beach, Immokalee, and Martin are for me.

Maybe some people haven't put a pencil to it and really figured out what opportunities are out there. I can help people find schedules and explain various programs if they need help. Just holler.

Originally Posted by Alkey Alex (Post 193377)

Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley (Post 193518)

mandie are you looking to the left in your picture to see if james is coming after you?

Originally Posted by Mandie (Post 193646)

No way. He doesn't scare me. He's probably an immobile old fart anyway. I don't like to be mean, but I'm basically tired of all the bull**** he posts about us. I have little patience for people like that.

Originally Posted by magnumv8 (Post 193660)

GM left out ?.......the package (BIW) is there and so are the crate engines just like FORD and DODGE....they just haven't submitted the engine specs to NHRA yet.......by the way the recommended crate engines are...LS7....ZZ572R....ZZ383....LSX376...LSX454... ..would cover alot of classes.....just a LOT more work than the competition to construct......

Just go to the GM Performance Parts website.....it's all there including the order forms for the dealer to get you the BIW.....just write the check

D L Rambo.....

Originally Posted by James Perrone (Post 193726)

Hey Mandie
The $50,00 a race Drools pays you is too much.
My dog Thug is waaaay cutier than you.. Ask anyone who has seen both..
Be side he gos to more races than you and Drools together.
I can here Drools car nnna nnanaaa naaaa cough cough...naannn annna ..cough ..cough
KA BOOM...LOL
Im old enough to no Real talet when I see it..Also I dont bite..Just talk real loud..

Originally Posted by WheelsUp (Post 193754)

talet,cutier,gos, are these new words?

Originally Posted by casper (Post 193767)

maybe he needs to go here www.hookedonphonics.com

Originally Posted by WheelsUp (Post 193754)

talet,cutier,gos, are these new words?

Originally Posted by casper (Post 193767)

maybe he needs to go here www.hookedonphonics.com

Originally Posted by Ed Wright (Post 193937)

Good one. He could hear him easier than here him.

Originally Posted by Joe DeMarzo (Post 194005)

And will give you the shirt off his back.....quality person.

Originally Posted by Chris "drooze" Wertman (Post 194024)

Hmmm....seems like a complete and utter jerk off to me.

The ONLY single thing I can say is he better steer FAR clear of me at Norwalk....simple. If he feels like testing that its at his own accord.

In as much as insulting Mandie ? Im not so stupid as to bite, the stupidity factor belongs to James, not me.

Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley (Post 194066)

my $$$$ is on the NY mofia

Originally Posted by s10stocker (Post 194030)

No reason to insult the young lady like that. I wouldn't care how nice someone told me he was either. I may not agree with allot of BS on here but insulting someone at the personal level like that is totally uncalled for.

Originally Posted by Conway Witten (Post 194520)

Has NHRA ever tore a 5.7 Hemi down for running fast? I did Merrifield’s heads so I know that they are legal. But it would be bad for racers if NHRA factored an engine and it wasn't even legal. The least that NHRA could do is make sure somebody is legal before they lower the hammer on a whole combination!
Conway Witten

Originally Posted by Tom Moock (Post 194580)

X-Tech Man, I think they took the Hp. off the street Hemi ? Some of the Division races, if you get Hp. they have you tear down. Happened to Robin Brown in Division 4 . Tom