CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this weekend?

bill dedman · 02-28-2009, 02:47 AM

Bigshow,

If you've been following class racing for as long as you say you have, I'm sure you realize that the only time a bogus combination results in a situation where other races are victimized is when the NHRA mandated "factor" allows it.

If the '67 Shelby GT500s had been properly factored, they would have slipped though totally unnoticed, and people wouldn't still be talking about the "paper cars" that could run so unbelieveably far under the indexes.

It's never JUST the "bogus" cars...its the factors that sometimes come along with them.

NHRA strapped extra horsepower on the NASCAR Hemi before they ever got to see one run, so intent were they on making sure they didn't go out and dominate like the Shelbys did. They didn't allow it to go into battle with the horsepower than Mopar had reported it had; NHRA upped the ante (and, the weight) before anyone got a chance to see if that figure was in the ballpark. Not so, the CJ's. Ford said 425, and NHRA said, "SO BE IT!!!"

They run well, these NASCAR Hemis, but I am not at all sure that they are any faster than Henson's "street Hemi" motor in Ronnie West's GTX. Nitro Joe might know...

But, the contention that the NASCAR Hemi car is "bogus" has no pertinenence in the argument about the 2008 CJ's because the ~only~ real argument against the CJ's is the outrageously soft factor NHRA awarded them.
That wasn't done for the NASCAR Hemi motor. Different deal, altogether.

Looks like apples and oranges to me....

No irony there.

My cent-and-a-half...

Bill

02-28-2009, 02:47 AM	#40
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week Bigshow, If you've been following class racing for as long as you say you have, I'm sure you realize that the only time a bogus combination results in a situation where other races are victimized is when the NHRA mandated "factor" allows it. If the '67 Shelby GT500s had been properly factored, they would have slipped though totally unnoticed, and people wouldn't still be talking about the "paper cars" that could run so unbelieveably far under the indexes. It's never JUST the "bogus" cars...its the factors that sometimes come along with them. NHRA strapped extra horsepower on the NASCAR Hemi before they ever got to see one run, so intent were they on making sure they didn't go out and dominate like the Shelbys did. They didn't allow it to go into battle with the horsepower than Mopar had reported it had; NHRA upped the ante (and, the weight) before anyone got a chance to see if that figure was in the ballpark. Not so, the CJ's. Ford said 425, and NHRA said, "SO BE IT!!!" They run well, these NASCAR Hemis, but I am not at all sure that they are any faster than Henson's "street Hemi" motor in Ronnie West's GTX. Nitro Joe might know... But, the contention that the NASCAR Hemi car is "bogus" has no pertinenence in the argument about the 2008 CJ's because the ~only~ real argument against the CJ's is the outrageously soft factor NHRA awarded them. That wasn't done for the NASCAR Hemi motor. Different deal, altogether. Looks like apples and oranges to me.... No irony there. My cent-and-a-half... Bill __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 02-28-2009 at 02:50 AM.