"Live" from Belle Rose

[Ultimate Converter Concepts]

Good luck to all at the Belle Rose race. Hope to see a lot of you at the 4 Wides at Zmax at the end of the month.

[Jack Matyas]

Patsy -- New laptop working well - you're coming thru loud and clear .................

[Jeff Teuton]

Final stages of Drag Pak # 16. Hope to load and go park tonight. Media day tomorrow with sheriffs, da's, and other local politicians and media people racing charger hemi powered police cars. Then test the new car. Gotta find a class first. First Magnum powered Challenger, one of 3 to be made, one of one now. This is the nicest car I have ever had in my too-many-years-to-talk-about racing life. That can't be correct english.

[Mack Reeves]

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

Final stages of Drag Pak # 16. Hope to load and go park tonight. Media day tomorrow with sheriffs, da's, and other local politicians and media people racing charger hemi powered police cars. Then test the new car. Gotta find a class first. First Magnum powered Challenger, one of 3 to be made, one of one now. This is the nicest car I have ever had in my too-many-years-to-talk-about racing life. That can't be correct english.

Hey Jeff, might not be correct but I'll bet you that most of us on here know exactly what you said and understood it all!!!!!!

[bill dedman]

First off, I am a MoPar kind of guy...

Second off, my bracket car is a 1972 A Body with a transplanted 360 Magnum, sporting ten pounds of boost from a Vortech centrifugal supercharger.

I said all that to say this: I support MoPars every way I can, and cheer when they win.

But a Stock Eliminator car that is "ONE OF ONE" bothers me on several different levels.

Guess I was a tech guy for too many years, back when NHRA was run as a racing organization, not a business.

Maybe if NHRA would let me put a 340 in my '72 Valiant 4-door (they actually could be ordered that way in 1972, only) I might have a different opinion... being on the advantageous side of things like that has a way of skewing your perspective... and as much a fan as I am, and as admiring of a 360 Magnum "Stocker" in 2010, I still can't get comfortable with ANY Stock Eliminator car that is "one of one."


I'll get over it... someday.

Good luck to the Teutons and kudos to them for having the cajones to run a 360 wedge, when everybody else is playing it safe and building a Hemi! Way to go, guys!!!

Schizoid??? Guess I am....

[Ed Wright]

Hope it flys, Jeff. What engine management system are you using? FAST?

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

Good luck to the Teutons and kudos to them for having the cajones to run a 360 wedge, when everybody else is playing it safe and building a Hemi! Way to go, guys!!!

Actually 1 of 3 because the others are out there, just not ready. Personally I think that is a very unappreciated combo. I was surprised Mopar eliminated the 5.9 Magnum and 5.7 Hemi options for 2010, especially since Ford is getting into as many different classes as it can. The 5.9 in the Duster is awsome and I can't wait to see what the Challenger will do.

The nice thing about 1 of 3 is that they won't have to worry about the odds of any of the dozens of other guys who might blow the index away with the more popular 6.1 Hemi's.
But that's just my view of the situation. While occasional heads-up runs are fun, I doubt I'd be a front runner in any heads-up confrontations in a well populated class. (But that's for a different thread/debate.)

[Jack McCarthy]

jeff has his priorities in order... trust me
fun is first, fast is second, winning is third... oh did i mention fun is first !!

ya'll have a good time, undergoing some changes at my bolwing center and will not be able to attend... damn only second time ive missed it !!

jack mccarthy - happy st patricks day

drink a few and eat a crawfish for me... ill be there in spirit

[Whalen3186]

We'll see you down there Patsy. I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon and should be down there before tech opens Friday morning. Good luck to everyone.