NSCA at Atco this weekend
 

Don't forget, The NSCA will be at Atco this weekend with their fast "Street" cars and the stars of the last event- Stock and Super Stock.
The Division Three guys came out in force and put on a great show for all the fans who attended.
You can arrive on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. The track runs a T/T on Friday evening, you will get a open time session on Sat morning and three qualifing shots on Sat. If you plan on coming for Sunday only, get there early as we may need to move the Sunday qualifier up alittle if the is a big overall car count in order to insure the event is finished before curfew.

Tony DePillo

Hey Tony, any chance of a sponsor to get the Hemi Shootout at a future event? Maybe SS /A,B,C cars at B weight for a Top SS race? See you on Saturday.

TTT

"Nitro Joe" Jackson
www.nitrojoes.com
nitrojoe@neo.rr.com

Mr. Butler, are you listening, we'd love to host one of your Top S/S races!

Tony DePillo

Tony, If the start time is bumped up on sunday..what time do the gates open? Joe Franco

8:00am

Tony DePillo

Tony,
I think it would be great to have a TOP/SS race at one of the NSCA events. I would like to see how many of the current NSCA racers can fit the TOP/SS rules to add to the pool of competitors of TOP/SS for the event. I would like to hear from your racers on this site or on topssracing.com or call me.if they would like to compete in TOP/SS races if held at an NSCA event.
Thanks Dick Butler
937-623-8126
Good Luck at Atco.

Dick Butler 3529

Dick, what he was saying, bring in the regular cars that run Top SS, none of the cars that run NSCA could run Top SS.
Top SS is NHRA Super Stock cars. which in NSCA would only be in our Jegs SS/Stock Combo.

Dont change the rules to let cars that would not pass NHRA SS rules run Top SS just to see car count.

"Nitro Joe" Jackson
www.nitrojoes.com
nitrojoe@neo.rr.com

Thanks Joe
I understood the idea of "bringing in" the current TOP/SS NHRA cars to a meet but was curious if "any" of the current cars running at the NSCA events might have a more SS legal motor they could use to run in the TOP/SS class too. The more (legal SS cars) the merrier.There are some great Nostalgia SS cars running these events and it would be great to have them consider joining TOP/SS in the future by possibly returning to a SS legal type motor or combination.
We will discuss the possibilities next week.
Thanks Joe.

Dick Butler 3529

No. If I'm not mistaken, the LS1 cylinder head has a 15 degree valve angle so it's 7.8lbs to 360 cubes which would give you 2808 plus 4 lbs for the additional 4 cubes which would yield 2824 + 73 lbs for the sheet metal (.2lbs per cube) = 2897 but we're giving the LSx and Ford Modular engines a 100lb weight break in our heads up classes this year so your final weight would be the flat 2800 lb minimum if you're running a 10.5 tire and a three speed automatic.

Michael Ray
Web & Media Developer
National Street Car Association
michael.ray@nsca-racing.net
931.433.8884 - Office
931.433.8891- Fax
http://nsca-racing.net

Very cool! I'm looking forward to seeing you run the class. I've very impressed with your car.

Michael Ray
Web & Media Developer
National Street Car Association
michael.ray@nsca-racing.net
931.433.8884 - Office
931.433.8891- Fax
http://nsca-racing.net

So who wound up going the distance at Atco?

Even though I didn't win a thing at the event: THANK YOU to the NSCA for allowing Stock and SS cars to race at your events. I appreciated the open time shot session on Saturday morning, it gave me a chance to find new ways to go slower...lol. Hopefully I can make it out to the Cecil race in June along with the rest of the Stock Elim. racers who can't run at Englishtown this year.

Mike Meier
EF/S Sunbird

The track weather showed rain all weekend, what happened? Nobody posted any weather info., or more cars would have attended.

First I want to thank all of you guys that came out to this event. You put on a great show!

Final Round Results
http://nsca-racing.net/smf/index.php/topic,1621.0.html

Info from the weekend
http://nsca-racing.net/smf/index.php/board,33.0.html

We have a forum on our site for each event where we post information.
The weather really wasn't an issue. There was a shower on Saturday afternoon and the third qualifying session was cancelled. Otherwise, it was cloudy and windy all weekend and that was it.

Michael Ray
Web & Media Developer
National Street Car Association
michael.ray@nsca-racing.net
931.433.8884 - Office
931.433.8891- Fax
http://nsca-racing.net

I watched the Weather Channel Sunday morning and it was solid green. Funny thing is I got one hell of a suntan in the solid green rain that day.
I guess we can come to the conclusion that either we conducted the first known drag race in the rain and were too dumb to realize it, or, the weather men are poor at predicting weather.
I long for the day's when we did what we intended to do without having to consult the internet and/or cable TV. Seems like we had more fun back then, and we got more things accomplished.
We will be at Cecil County next month on the 23rd and 24th. Do yourself a favor, don't consult your computer.

Tony DePillo

I would like to see someone post, on this sight, what the weather is at an event when rain is a factor, as it was this past weekend. If someone posted the conditions, even on Saturday morning, a lot more cars would have been there. NSCA at Atco was probably the one race I didn't want to miss. With gas/diesel at $3.15 a gallon, and hotel rooms at $120.00 a night nobody can tow for ? hours and sit in the rain, to be sent home. Please help the racers out when it comes to communication. I will be at Cecil County. Thanks for your attention to this matter. I hope the NHRA pays attention to this for Maple(MUD HOLE) Grove. P.S. PAVE the PITTS!!!

Mr. Warehime
I think Tony is correct about the weather broadcast misunderstanding. I have been at Edgewater , standing getting a tan and my daughter called and told me to load up as the storm would be there soon. (according to the weather channel) I enjoyed the race day and NEVER saw rain.
We cant depend on the TV to really tell us how to run our life to a 100% level of accuracy. I think it might help decide if we need to water the yard today but not sit inside by the tv. We need to get outside and commit to having a good time in the sun shine we have at the moment.
Also about reporting from the track, if it is raining at 8 am does that preclude the day of racing? its like a oildown, it can be corrected and then back to racing. If it is sunny and someone arrives to see a sprinkle is that bad reporting?
Cant write off the week end for a 1/2 hour sprinkle....besides its where your friends are telling stories and enjoying everyone for the day.
Have fun while we can.....

Dick Butler 3529

It's very difficult to stop during a race to post weather updates, however several racers did call the track and then proceded to the event. Diesel fuel was $2.61 per gallon, the host hotel rooms were $59.95 + tax per night.
I understand that it is much more expensive to race this year than it has been say five years ago. Having said that, I'm afraid that it's not going to get any better, this is what we will be facing from this point on. I think that if you give it some thought, you'll agree, $3.00 to $4.00 fuel is here to stay.
This leaves you with two options: either sell your car and quit now, or figure out how to save money in other places to pay the addition fuel costs.
I find it interesting that when leaving the track and passing a steak house, it's always full of racer rigs. I don't know about you, but it's hard to get out of that place for under $25.00 per person. A few ham sammy's could make up the difference between $1.95 fuel and $2.95 fuel real quick.

Tony DePillo

Yep ,I hear you,... just trying to work on something to maybe get some more S/SS cars to these NSCA races.They are always a good time. We need those additional options. Mother nature is diffacult to predict. I was disappointed when it rained out last year. So ,who won S/SS ? LOL!!

Mr Warehime,

Please find below several links to weather websites:

http://home.accuweather.com

http://www.weather.com/

http://www.wunderground.com/

http://www.almanac.com/weathercenter/

I am sure that Tony has a couple of things more important giving weather reports.

Just trying to help.