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Well I guess we will have to rename Maryland International Raceway (MIR-Budds Creek) to "Myron (Piatek) kills'em again Raceway". He took stock elim again in his "Locomotion" 75 Dodge Sport and picked up the almost $8000 total winnings over a tough field includining Brandon Pertersons red Camaro in the final with an almost dead on run. Those who didnt make the trip missed a great show. Hot weather, lots of sunshine. Lots of good NHRA cars were there also. Bertozzi won Super Stock over a breaking Gil (Homer) Carty in the final. He was not to be denied. Anthony is one heck of a tough racer. Im glad to have driven almost 16 hours to see it. No mater what some think....IHRA rocks.

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Congrats to my homeboy Myronee! Once again he knocks 'em dead! The NHRA guys should feel lucky he doesn't run with them! Jim:D

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A big Congrats to Myron for coming up from Florida and winnng the Stock title and to Anthony for his Super Stock win. A .001 in the final sure gets things in the right direction too. Two great champions, in any sanctioning body, racing and winning in this Sportsman race.

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Nice job Myron and Ant...Anyone who wins there deserves it... The heat was brutal and competition was also......Tough weekend for us and on top of that the gen quit in the motorhome........

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It seems that everyone enjoyed the effort from IHRA and MIR. There was one point where track conditions were poor, and that was during S/S (I think E-3 or E-4). After that round, track prep was adjusted to meet the demands of the intense heat conditions.

Hopefully anyone with a legitimate issue or concern about how the event unfolded will forward it to IHRA/MIR in a constructive fashion.

I was there on Thursday, and I left after the last set of cars ran on Sunday evening. I was punishing myself for not having my Corvette ready.

Special thanks to all the competitors that took the invitation from IHRA and MIR to enhance sportsman racing. Hopefully, this event could become the spark that would allow sportsman racing to thrive again. Watching a nice event like that with great racers is a source of motivation for me! And I soaked it all up!



Wade Mahaffey

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Congrats Myron!

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I met Myron at MIR the year I ran some IHRA races.I found him to be a real gentleman,with a racing demon inside that peaceful exterior.:>):>):>)
I think he would do very well in NHRA stock eliminator racing.

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x 2 ,and will help you any way he can......meaning if he had a traditional stocker instead a crate motor class......you would know he was there for sure.....
He is as good a driver as there is out there....congrats Myron

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Thank you! :) I've had some really good luck at Budds Creek the in last few years. It was also fun to race with a bigger group of cars than what's been the norm lately. Can't thank IHRA, Summit, classracer.com and MIR for putting this race on and promoting it. But.... damn, it was hot. Drove home Monday and worked today. Still recovering and re-hydrating! lol

Yea, it would be nice to have a regular Stocker combo for more flexibility. But the NHRA BS and higher expenses doesn't make it easy. The learning curve on Carter carbs and F.I. combos seems kinda steep also. I gotta stick to what I have and know so racing can help pay for itself.

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Congrats Myron!!
another great win!

Brien & Trudy

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Myron,

Very nice Dialing & Driving Job @ MIR , you were deadly in both Stock & Mod - ET .... You were on a roll with several double .00 lights
& a string of 11.44's in a row ... Congrat's on your Win & enjoy the
moment .... Great races between you & Anthony, also you & Gene .....,

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Myron, please elaborate on the "NHRA BS" part. I don't recall seeing your name on the qualifying list of any NHRA races.

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How could he be on an nhra list he runs a crate motor class, engage brain before speaking.


Great job Myron ! Look forward to seeing you again, been awhile.

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Exactly, so how can he comment on any supposed NHRA BS? Engage brain before speaking.

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You beat me to the response. Your much more polite than I would have been !

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Terry every time he posts its negative no matter what thread, most dont even respond to him any more, just a bump in the road.

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Myron, your opinion of what you do with your money is worthless and invalid until you go spend a bunch of time and money to do something that you already know that you don't want to do. You obviously have no idea how much significance it carries to pay an entry fee and show up on an NHRA Qualifying Sheet (TM). Anything you may have seen, heard, or researched is null and void until physically experienced yourself. Even if you did participate in NHRA events, as a former IHRA World Champion, your opinion would be rendered null and void.

Fred Johnston has spoken. Whoever that is. Does his name show up on an NHRA Qualifying Sheet (TM) or IHRA Qualifying Sheet (SM)? I've been told that it is of the utmost importance in validating opinions. :rolleyes:

You're right, Bob. His post history kind of says it all. There's a productive member of ClassRacer society for ya...

I apologize for participating in the sarcasmfest. :(

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Myron please fill us in on the NHRA BS? What you don't like tearing down at national events?
I still don’t see how it cost less to run IHRA. Entry's are within $25 and the contingency sucks in IHRA as well as NHRA. I think I can win $1800 total if I were to win an IHRA pro am VS Around $3500 total at an NHRA pts. You save what $15 on entry with IHRA.

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Congrats Myronie

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Listen, I didn't bash IHRA or NHRA. Myron made a point to mention "NHRA BS". Just trying to figure out what he is talking about since he doesn't appear to run NHRA events. How would he know of "NHRA BS" other than what he reads......

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Fred,
Some of the "NHRA BS" Myron is referring to: having to register and pay in advance to attend a National event which requires you to attend three Divisionals to qualify and let them hold your money. If you make the cut for Indy, you have to run .900 under to get in the program. If you are the only one in the class, you don't get paid until you beat all the other orphans in attendance. Oh, and by the way, you get to run at o' dark-thirty in the morning, when all the fans are waiting in line for the spectator gate to open. How about motorhome fees, pit vehicle lisences, and jacking up the entry fees and liabilty insurance fees so you have to pay around $300 for car & driver for a National event.
If you want to run an IHRA event, just show up, join on the spot, pay $135 entry fee, get "teched-in" by friendly, knowledgeable, accomodating officials, and enjoy the competition. If you win, no one will "talk down" to you or make snide remarks that you don,t belong here or your stuff is crap.

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I try not to respond to people trying to stir things up with ignorant comments or questions, but this did give me a chuckle.

So I'm not suppose to listen to the opinions that LEGITIMATE racers have, through their own experiences, on various NHRA proceedures and assorted "enhancements"? I guess Ken Miele is wasting his time providing this forum for people to share ideas, opinions and information. It appears that you feel that one has to experience things first-hand before expressing an opinion or making plans on what to do or where to go race.
That may explain why you may not race or use your real name. I know I'd be in pretty bad shape if I didn't take anybody's advice or form my own opinions based on discussions by LEGITIMATE people. Kinda reminds me of the show "Jackass", or something like that. Yea, let's see if it hurts if I drive a car off a cliff! lol

While NHRA may not be "that" bad, I know enough that it's not feasible for me to pursue that circuit like I do in IHRA. In response to Charley Downing's question:

I am very limited in time and resources. The main reason I can race is because I'm usually fortunate enough to win an above averge amount of my "investment" back! No winning, no racing. I spend at least half of what I earn at my regular job. The rest has to be made up through winning, selling parts and a little financial help I get from one of my sponsors. The rest are limited product and service allowances and discounts, which is money I don't have to spend. The car isn't as heavily sponsored as it may appear.
Some key points are:

* NHRA events are more expensive and take at least a day or two longer to run. Differences in membership, entries, licensing and other misc. stuff all add up, longer events = more expenses and I have a limited amount of vacation days to take from work. The IHRA circuit doesn't use them all up, but trying to win a divisional or national NHRA championship would use them up, very quickly. The "NHRA BS" is the ongoing "nickle-&-diming" that they do - a little, a little there, racer's will just blow it off attitude. But how many times and how much of these increases have ACCUMULATED over the years. Sure, everything goes up. But the amounts of their increases and stuff like motorbike and golf cart registration??? I don't know, but would I have to register my pedal-powered beach cruiser bicycle? If not, then when could I expect it?

* I've run Mopar small blocks all of my life. I got into IHRA crate motor because all of the experience I gained was working on Holley carbs, which happen to be legal for CM's. I know nothing about Carters or computerized F.I. The learning curve would be steep. Just ask Michael Beard about his new F.I. SS engine in his World Championship Volare. I heard he was born with a USB port instead of an umbillical cord!:p But it's a totally different animal now. So it would be an even harder for me, who's not all that computer literate, to get back in the groove with the consistency and predictability needed to win rounds/races.

* IHRA double-headers are a very cost-effective way to race for a divisional championship along with winning certain events to qualify for the Tournament of Champions/World Championship event. I have a better shot at an IHRA Gold Card which helps a lot the following year.

* Teardowns: I believe I've been torn down and teched almost every year in IHRA since 1999 through early 2010. Usually I showed up early with a head off. An engine I hoped to install this year wasn't ready. I've never had to pull a rod & piston, and it wouldn't be high on my favorites list. But I would expect it at some point if I could run the NHRA circuit. However, I would prefer it be for a good reason instead of a "random" check. I admit that setting an NHRA record is much more difficult, and also much more expensive.

* I also have other responsibilities at home that take up time.

So it basically boils down to it being too much of a risk and hassle to try and run NHRA with any dedication. Trying to run a little of both wouldn't allow me to accomplish anything more substantial, like a divisional or national championship either!


And to all the LEGITIMATE racers who offered their congratulations.......THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I don't think I could have accomplished this again without the ongoing help and hospitality of Don Dimeler, wife Carm, daughter Nicole and her husband Monty Cornwell.

I'm glad we weren't doing 2-out-of-3, Brandon! ;)

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Nice post Myron......

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Yep....that says it all.

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Myron is top notch! The very first race I remember Myron (Darlington- I think), I had a new set of slicks and was sliding during the staging process. He backed up, and we both restaged and I got a qualifying pass. Would NHRA have allowed restaging? He was randomly selected at that event (IHRA) to pull the head. Lambert offered his mechanical skills, and I offered cold tea. It was an honor to be Runner Up to Myron at Shevreport in 1999, when he won his first IHRA National event. He is a true Champion of a person, and one tough competitor. I know he would win in J/SA, just as he has in J/CM. I'm looking forward to Jackson next weekend and seeing friends, but Myron is one friend that I would rather not see in the opposite lane! His Locomation was on track there a few years ago for a triple race win, until he ran into Michael Bolton.

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Wow!, can't we just get along. It's all the same on the track during the eliminator. Get out the shoe polish, hit the tree, and tighten up the stripe. I undrestand the pride that comes with being the fastest car in the land per class. That is really cool and what a real race is all about. However, NHRA and IHRA use a bracket format in the Stock and Super/Stock eliminator with a rare heads-up encounter that could provide an advantage to the faster car. I understand that some folks have worked many years on their combinations. I will never know what it's like to have a race car with twenty years and six digits invested getting wacked by a 20K race operation. The 20K racer will just have to be happy to have wacked a 25K guy. LOL It would be sweet to have it like the old days, fast was king. I don't see that when I review the eliminations results. When I think of racing, NHRA vs.IHRA is not a factor, it's 1320 feet...my program against your program....in a bracket format! I think it's fair to say that everyone does the best that they can do, and that's good enough for me!

Good luck to you all.....support sportsman racing and get out and have some fun....don't let it die!

Wade Mahaffey

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Myron great rebuke:definition;chiding, objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing - rebuking a person harshly
a strong reprimand
bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, upbraiding, earful, going-over - a severe scolding and I could also add a great spanking! congrats on your win.(do you still race your Challenger?). Claude

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Thanks Claude.

No, the Challenger is long gone. It was literally worn out when I decided to get my current car in 1998. No way to make it a Stocker either.