Could Super Modified been different if?

[Ed Wright]

Why don't you ask Jim Stevens about something? After being qualified #3 at that Amarillo race you mentioned, Ricky Smith helpped Jim do something, looked like change a carb, before the last round of qualifying and picking up about a tenth which bumped me to 3rd. Why did he drive right by the scales? I was on the scales when he drove by, I asked the IHRA official there "Aren't you going to make him weigh?". His reply was "He has been weighing all day, he's OK." That was the last friggin IHRA race I ran.
I watched some stuff being put back into the car after we got back to the pits. And the carb was evidently changed back. Jim had slowed back down on Sunday. I got to race Ricky in the semis, Jim & Ricky got to have an all Ford (Whoopee!) final.

Ask him why he didn't weigh with the rest of us. Guesing Ricky told him he could get away with it. IHRA tech doesn't seem to be so lame now, at least as far as I can tell.

[WestCoastChris]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Why don't you ask Jim Stevens about something? After being qualified #3 at that Amarillo race you mentioned, Ricky Smith helpped Jim do something, looked like change a carb, before the last round of qualifying and picking up about a tenth which bumped me to 3rd. Why did he drive right by the scales? I was on the scales when he drove by, I asked the IHRA official there "Aren't you going to make him weigh?". His reply was "He has been weighing all day, he's OK." That was the last friggin IHRA race I ran.
I watched some stuff being put back into the car after we got back to the pits. And the carb was evidently changed back. Jim had slowed back down on Sunday. I got to race Ricky in the semis, Jim & Ricky got to have an all Ford (Whoopee!) final.

Ask him why he didn't weigh with the rest of us. Guesing Ricky told him he could get away with it. IHRA tech doesn't seem to be so lame now, at least as far as I can tell.

I was not at Amarillo, so I don't know for sure. I can tell you that Jim Stevens has always raced honestly. What could he do if the official waved him around the scales? He built everything he ever raced and raced to prove out what he built, a great ET or MPH was always worth more than an easy win. This is why he went on to running land speed cars at Bonneville & El Mirage, you will find him in the record books and at Speed Week every year.

Sorry that your day was ruined. I only remember them complaining of wheelspin slowing them down on Sunday.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by WestCoastChris

I was not at Amarillo, so I don't know for sure. I can tell you that Jim Stevens has always raced honestly. What could he do if the official waved him around the scales? He built everything he ever raced and raced to prove out what he built, a great ET or MPH was always worth more than an easy win. This is why he went on to running land speed cars at Bonneville & El Mirage, you will find him in the record books and at Speed Week every year.

Sorry that your day was ruined. I only remember them complaining of wheelspin slowing them down on Sunday.

He ran the same Sunday as before the last round of qualifying. I couldn't keep mine off the bumper, doubt he was spinning the tires Sunday.

Nobody waved him past the scales, he just did not stop and get in line with the rest of us. I was dissapointed in both him and IHRA.

I built everything I ever raced too.

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Why don't you ask Jim Stevens about something? After being qualified #3 at that Amarillo race you mentioned, Ricky Smith helpped Jim do something, looked like change a carb, before the last round of qualifying and picking up about a tenth which bumped me to 3rd. Why did he drive right by the scales? I was on the scales when he drove by, I asked the IHRA official there "Aren't you going to make him weigh?". His reply was "He has been weighing all day, he's OK." That was the last friggin IHRA race I ran.
I watched some stuff being put back into the car after we got back to the pits. And the carb was evidently changed back. Jim had slowed back down on Sunday. I got to race Ricky in the semis, Jim & Ricky got to have an all Ford (Whoopee!) final.

Ask him why he didn't weigh with the rest of us. Guesing Ricky told him he could get away with it. IHRA tech doesn't seem to be so lame now, at least as far as I can tell.

Watch it Ed someone on here is going to call you a old liar!!! LMAO

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

Watch it Ed someone on here is going to call you a old liar!!! LMAO

Ed, I was not the only one to see it.

[MOTORSPORTS Innovations]

I ran A in 75 with a 67 Mustang with 351 Cleveland. NHRA decided that was not legal with the 351 Cleveland block not being stock configuration.

In 76 I started running C with a 67 Camaro - I was moderately competitive (usually wend 3-4 rounds at the Summernationals and did on at Atco & Englishtown weekly Modified eliminator.

Getting back to the OP question what killed the deal for me was when Jimmy Miller (from somewhere around West Chester PA) bought Garley Daniels Silver 67 Chevy II. That car was at least .2 faster than my car. Garley came up once a year to E-town and that was fine but with that car here every week took the wind out of my sails. I did order a set of the state of the art heads with *** valves etc fo the next year but wisely canceled them in favor of raising a family.