Misconception on a slow stocker winning

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by cicero819

Gary you have one of the best and probaly one of the first to have won a Wally right in your backyard in Mark Yaccavone. The late great Steve Taylor told me his secret to his success was to make sure to not line up on the previous cars groove but just off completly with street tires. Good luck. Claude

Mark Yaccavone, is still the only fwd national event winner (especially on the NHRA side of stock eliminator), and I forget the guys name (it's from a thread from 2-3yrs ago), but there was a guy who currently is the only NHRA divisional event winner (either from the year before, or after '86 when Mark won his race in E-town)! If memory serves me correctly, Marks win was in a Ford, and that other guys win was in a Mopar product, thus there are several first's out there waiting for fwd slower rollers:

1. No GM product has won a NHRA national or divisional event ever!

2. No fwd car has won a NHRA national/divisional event so far this century!

3. No fwd car has finished in the top ten NHRA national/divisional points standings!

4. I'm not sure where the IHRA is with regards to this (Michael Beard I hope you will enlighten me here), but I think the above applies to IHRA too (unless you or that Cavalier stocker racer from back in the '80's who inspired me to build/race my car, did it)?

5. There's never been a multiple event winner with a fwd stocker!

There's five REALLY BIG reasons I continue (as best I can), to race my fwd slower roller. Once I get my financial house in better shape, I'm going after all of those that aren't nabbed by someone else out there with the appropriate race cars...I like a challenge, and my $5k slower roller is waiting for it's chance to show (by more race time), it's capable of
winning too.

Oh, and one more thing, where Jody and Toby's stockers are concerned, only Jody's car qualifies as a slow stocker, since any car that runs quicker than a 12.00 is still in the faster half of stock eliminator, and Toby's G/SA is (even by alphabetical listings), one of the faster stocker cars known the nation over....just sayin'.

[Dennis P Chapman]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Mark Yaccavone, is still the only fwd national event winner (especially on the NHRA side of stock eliminator), and I forget the guys name (it's from a thread from 2-3yrs ago), but there was a guy who currently is the only NHRA divisional event winner (either from the year before, or after '86 when Mark won his race in E-town)! If memory serves me correctly, Marks win was in a Ford, and that other guys win was in a Mopar product, thus there are several first's out there waiting for fwd slower rollers:

1. No GM product has won a NHRA national or divisional event ever!

2. No fwd car has won a NHRA national/divisional event so far this century!

3. No fwd car has finished in the top ten NHRA national/divisional points standings!

4. I'm not sure where the IHRA is with regards to this (Michael Beard I hope you will enlighten me here), but I think the above applies to IHRA too (unless you or that Cavalier stocker racer from back in the '80's who inspired me to build/race my car, did it)?

5. There's never been a multiple event winner with a fwd stocker!

There's five REALLY BIG reasons I continue (as best I can), to race my fwd slower roller. Once I get my financial house in better shape, I'm going after all of those that aren't nabbed by someone else out there with the appropriate race cars...I like a challenge, and my $5k slower roller is waiting for it's chance to show (by more race time), it's capable of
winning too.

Oh, and one more thing, where Jody and Toby's stockers are concerned, only Jody's car qualifies as a slow stocker, since any car that runs quicker than a 12.00 is still in the faster half of stock eliminator, and Toby's G/SA is (even by alphabetical listings), one of the faster stocker cars known the nation over....just sayin'.

Mark won in a ford escort...........Bill Oconner won the div race in dodge omni.

[GarysZ24]

After reading a thread that started 12-10-08 titled "Lower Class Stockers", I now realize that Kyle Riley finished Div. 3 in the top ten a few times (so the divisional half of my #3 referrence was wrong), and Mike Carr, now Bill O'Conner, & Kyle Riley have won divisionals with fwd cars.

As for my #4, comment, IHRA had a national event winner (per Brett Kepner), as far back as 1977!

Dennis, when did Bill win that division race? Belated congrats to Bill for doing it!

At least after reading that earlier mentioned thread, my points #'s 1, 2 & 5 (national events only), are still out there to grab, as well as #3 nationally, are still up for grabs. So there's plenty to shoot for, and if I'm not fortunate enough to do it, then I hope Mike, or someone else out there trying to get 'er done, with a fwd stocker will, because that'll be more significant given the higher degree of difficulty in such an accomplishment!

[Dennis P Chapman]

Gary I think Bill won in the mid 90s. Also in IHRA I think Tim Sloan did very good with a cavalier.

[Dwight Southerland]

A Cavalier Z24 with a stick won a Div race on the right coast in the 80s. Cannot remember his name - - - -

[The Hawk]

Gary,Bill won his Division 7 race the same weekend I won at the Topeka Div 5 race in `96 with my V/SA Skylark. My old silver car.

[Mark Yacavone]

Bill Drevo won S/E at the 1985 Suffolk Divisional with a Z-24 Citation.

(had to join this thread ...sooner or later)

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Bill Drevo won S/E at the 1985 Suffolk Divisional with a Z-24 Citation.

(had to join this thread ...sooner or later)

That's who I remember. A Citation, not a Cavalier. He had a Gen 1 Z28 Camaro before that fwd.

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Bill Drevo won S/E at the 1985 Suffolk Divisional with a Z-24 Citation.

(had to join this thread ...sooner or later)

I think Drevo won in a Z-11 Citation....the sporty model...Shame to use that RPO designation from the legendary 1963 vehicle but that's exactly what Chevy did!

[Billy Nees]

That would be an X-11