"Live" from Indy US Nationals 2011

[Jack McCarthy]

who asked about BERT... he told nhra he had won about 20 us nats wallys when it MEANT something and they could put this one up thier *** he wasnt running no stupid singlecombotrophybull**** he'd just stay in the trailer.

jack mccarthy

i may have paraphrased a bit but that was the message.

[Greg Hill]

Go Bert.

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

SS cars are at the barn , so far ive seen Candies Ford, Hopkins Ford, Angelo D's Vette Bohanons Camaro, Westcotts fish in other building Belangers Nova, Nowicki's dodge and peter b's firebird, no news as of yet means good news

[fredjohnston]

Kinda sad if you run into one of the under factored combos in eliminations.

154 Anthony Fetch 1499 Jim Boudreau
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.093 10.181 113.73 0.045 10.412 121.10
B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -1.069 B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.838
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Downing ) 0.044 10.311 0.131 (L Smith ) 0.002 10.607 0.167
E1 (K Stubbs ) 0.082 10.252 -0.998 (M Truman ) 0.020 10.418 0.018
Qualified: #11 10.164 -1.086 #59 10.365 -0.885

Heads-up!

[Mike Brogniez]

When you think of all the years and support to the speed parts and drag race related industries Jim and many others have spent, having to face blatant under factored cars heads up has got to make you wonder if its all worth it....
Going ''a la Fletcher'' may be one way to handle it but it is certainly not ideal....
MB

Originally Posted by fredjohnston

Kinda sad if you run into one of the under factored combos in eliminations.

154 Anthony Fetch 1499 Jim Boudreau
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.093 10.181 113.73 0.045 10.412 121.10
B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -1.069 B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.838
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Downing ) 0.044 10.311 0.131 (L Smith ) 0.002 10.607 0.167
E1 (K Stubbs ) 0.082 10.252 -0.998 (M Truman ) 0.020 10.418 0.018
Qualified: #11 10.164 -1.086 #59 10.365 -0.885

Heads-up!

[Jack McCarthy]

random observation... used to be each car in teardown was allowed ONE crewmember and NO-ONE else was allowed (including me) ...

now ford has sent dealer staff and engineers to dissasemble and tech the cars. im not sure about mopar.

i would like to see the drivers dissasemble and reassemble these cars, just wondering how many could even drive out of the barn ??

jack

p.s. barn at times looked like a new car dealership shop...almost all new cars, many mechanics, and many drivers just watching them work on thier cars.

[BlueOval Ralph]

Does the Ford service Tear down come with the package when you buy the car or doe's it cost more??? What happens if you are out in Idaho and you set the record? Will they fly a team out there? You all know that they sold the FORD Airline during troubled times oh I forgot that Edsel Ford II owns a charter service that he bought from Chryler!

[Sean Cour]

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

i would like to see the drivers dissasemble and reassemble these cars, just wondering how many could even drive out of the barn ??

jack

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Jack, if this were the case, the field would be 32 cars.

[Joe Martens]

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

random observation... used to be each car in teardown was allowed ONE crewmember and NO-ONE else was allowed (including me) ...

now ford has sent dealer staff and engineers to dissasemble and tech the cars. im not sure about mopar.

i would like to see the drivers dissasemble and reassemble these cars, just wondering how many could even drive out of the barn ??

jack

p.s. barn at times looked like a new car dealership shop...almost all new cars, many mechanics, and many drivers just watching them work on thier cars.

Hey Jack, they must still be under warranty! Lol!!!

[davidhuff]

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

random observation... used to be each car in teardown was allowed ONE crewmember and NO-ONE else was allowed (including me) ...

now ford has sent dealer staff and engineers to dissasemble and tech the cars. im not sure about mopar.

i would like to see the drivers dissasemble and reassemble these cars, just wondering how many could even drive out of the barn ??

jack

p.s. barn at times looked like a new car dealership shop...almost all new cars, many mechanics, and many drivers just watching them work on thier cars.

I think it is great Ford Motor Company came to Indy and gave support to racers.Very positive move by Ford and thank so much for taking the time for the reports and the great pictures.