IMport going rounds in Super Stock at Pomona
Scott Kelley with his FWD 4-cylinder Toyota is on to round two!!! Gotta be a bit discouraging to get spotted by a FWD Toyota.....
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 714K Scott Kelley 7952 Bill Riddle E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 9.793 119.06 0.050 11.051 121.57 SS/EX Dial: 9.65 (+/-): 0.143 GT/GA Dial: 10.47 (+/-): 0.581 Qualified: #64 9.687 -0.513 #76 17.577 6.377 10:55 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,266 feet, track temperature 68 degrees. We finally get around to the first round of Super Stock. Kelly with the light and the win. |
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Kelley tanked 2nd round (he was really late and Moreno strapped a heckuva run on him).
And Gary - even if Riddle had been able to run the number 1st round, Kelley was holding .04 on the starting line and would have been alot more interesting. |
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Wow I've never seen anybody with so much hatred and animosity for imports....besides me! LOL!
Excellent Gary, love your posts! |
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Oh, and Tim yes you're right that race would've been alot more interesting, however I still feel that the true consistency of the Toyota would've made my last statement a likely truth! I believe that Riddles consistency would've offset Kelley's starting line advantage...We'll see at the next race Kelley attends, but I'm still waiting for others to bring out their imports as well (especially in Stock Eliminator, since they're ballyhooed as being Americas best street cars)!!! I just want them to show up at the strip and prove it like the American fwd's have been doing for years...I'll at least give Kelley kudos for doing that! Steve Polhill, Lisa Stephenson, Mark Yaccavone, Randy Hyman, Art Leong, Mark Poole, and myself amongst others have been showing what American fwd's can do...when are the import front/rear wheel drive Stockers going to show up and have the guts to race against Detroits best rear-wheeler's...let alone us??? |
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Hey Gary! Did you forget somebody? Thanks a lot buddy. Jim
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Gary - Not sure if you've looked at what I race - 99 Dodge Neon FWD Super Stock. I'm with ya bud carrying the torch for American FWD (and trying like you to win with one)
You're not going to see imports in Stock as the people that race imports are by no means working within the confines of rules like Stock eliminator. The tuner scene in general is far more concerned with increasing power through engine swaps and power adders. The only way you might see one is if its found by someone like Bob Shaw to be underfactored enough to be a good candidate for an easy #1 qualifier. Most of the racers you've named and pretty much all of the FWD racers in Stock/SS historically have been involved with class racing prior to building the FWD car. |
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I knew I'd forget someone, but please know that it wasn't intentional Jim...after all I remember talking with you back in the 90's about ways to help my car run the index let alone quicker...that computer chip ordeal I went thru made me glad that Accel came out with their calmap. I really do thank you for trying to help me out with my factory box, but I'm glad that the Accel's still working for me!!! Ok out there in FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE STOCK ELIMINATOR LAND, WHO ELSE DID I OVERLOOK??? Jim, we should chat again, so I'll pm you my number and we can catch up on set-ups...what do you say??? Friends again??? |
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Might want to cut Scott Kelly some slack...Scott is a second generation racer, son of Larry Kelly who raced a VW in Modified Eliminator back in the day. Of the NOPI freaks, the Kellys were probably the only ones outside the late great John Lingenfelter who actually knew something about drag racing.
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