Factory Stock Showdown - Norwalk
 

Evan Smith is covering the Norwalk race and will be sending me some photos from the Factory Stock Showdown class. Here is the Q2 sheet from today.https://classracer.com/q/FSS%20Q2.jpg

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Photos by Evan Smith, Factory Stock Showdown action from yesterday.

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I don't see Don Fezell on the sheet. Is he not there, or back on the dyno finding more power?

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A 302 Ford went 179. Good lord that is impressive. What weight is that? Unbelievable

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Watson's car ran 179 + early in the season hasn't run good since. Skillman's and Bo have moved the bar big time!

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Mustangs ran over everything again.

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Congratulations to Drew and Bill Skillman on Win and Runner up at the showdown.

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All of the Mustangs at Norwalk were running the 327 engine which is a new combination for 2019. It is based on the 302 block with a longer stroke. The word in the pits at Norwalk was that the 179 mph speeds were bogus because the nose of the car tripped the speed clock, not the front wheels.

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Don was entered, but he withdrew before the deadline on Monday June 17. Jim D'Amore was building a 351 for Don that he expected to have at Norwalk. I don't know if the engine wasn't completed, or it was completed and he hurt it while testing.

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Thanks for the update Bill. Just curious and wanted to make sure Don was A O.K.

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Ron, to the best of my knowledge, Don is fine. He wasn't at the D1 race at Maple Grove last month, but while I was there I spoke to his engine builder Jim D' Amore and nothing negative was mentioned.

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They had an oiling issue with the new engine. Should be ready for NMCA Norwalk & Indy.

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Thanks Jody, at Norwalk Chris Holbrook mentioned that they may have encountered an issue with the new engine.

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Almost everything nowadays trips with the nose, pro stock, factory showdown, super classes, etc. Stock/Super Stock will if you brake at the right time. Ever look at the Funny Cars when they show the slo-mo down track? The bodies actually scrape the ground. Finish line beams are higher than start line beams.

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Thanks for the added info. I wasn't trying to imply anything, but as we all get older health is of prime concern. Things can change quickly as you age. I believe Don is in his eighties, if wrong I'm sorry.

Also, Don is a very busy guy. I loved seeing some his cars at auction recently.

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Don is in his eighties. I'm 72 and I hope that I am as active as Don when I reach his age.

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The Have's are widing the gap from the have not's! Unless NHRA can figure out how to pull in the reins which I don't believe they have the technologies to police this!

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This was supposed to be funny right?

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This is true; the bogus speed would only occur if the speed trap was tripped with the wheel and the finish line was tripped with the nose.

At those speeds, a difference of about 21.5" would change the reading 5 mph if I'm doing my math correctly.

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FSS has become what Pro Stock was in 1975.

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Most times the truth hurts! Not funny at all!