IMport going rounds in Super Stock at Pomona

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

The guy was .010 on the tree and the GT car ran .581 over.Give credit where it's due.

Ed F.

Thanks Ed, but I'm waiting to see what he does in round two, Fred Moreno is no pushover, and I'll be surprised if the Corolla survives rnd #2!!! Moreover, if the round one guy would've ran .5 quicker I'd be willing to bet $ that this thread probably would've never appeared...Go Fred!!!

[Tim Kish]

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.

[goinbroke2]

Wow I've never seen anybody with so much hatred and animosity for imports....besides me! LOL!

Excellent Gary, love your posts!

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Tim Kish

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.

Way to go Fred...I'm not surprised in the least!!!

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???

[Jim Wahl]

Hey Gary! Did you forget somebody? Thanks a lot buddy. Jim

[Tim Kish]

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.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Tim Kish

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.

My pardons to you as well Tim, and to Larry Dowty as well with his Pontiac Grand Am Super Stocker. I'm a bit jealous of you two, because gone are the Super Stock classes that my fwd V6 could've ran in. However, when I think of having to add a roll bar, and a tranny blanket (et. al.), just to run against an index that was a just a tad bit more than one second quicker than the CF/S index is, it makes me glad I'm a stocker...besides I go to the drags to race Stock, and watch Super Stock. Who knows Tim, someday perhaps you and I will shock the drag racing world by winning Stock & Super Stock with our fwd cars up there at your Brainerd track, if not Bandimere Speedway nearly halfway between our homesteads? I just hope that the bee population is much smaller than what I saw when I was there in '05 for the Div V ET Finals (they were as bountiful as flies in Denver!!!)? By the way Tim, what's with your mosquito's having what seems like suction cups on their legs---when I left the track I had to get my truck over 40mph to get the wind to blow the darn thing off my windshield??? Sheeessh !!!

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Hey Gary! Did you forget somebody? Thanks a lot buddy. Jim

R.O.L.O.L....Jim, Jim, Jim...ONE THOUSAND PARDONS I BEG OF YOU???

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???

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Hey Gary! Did you forget somebody? Thanks a lot buddy. Jim

Jim, I tried to pm you, but your profile doesn't accept them...bummer.