"Live From" The Belle Rose National Open

[Jared Jordan]

9.06 in SS/FA. That's unreal. Congratulations to Tony and Co.

[Ken Miele]

Well folks, no 7 seconds runs this year. We tried our best, but even with all the timing pulled out, the track could not hold power. David did get the car to hook father down the track on the last run, but as soon as the timing started to ramp in, the tires let loose.

Steve Bell did manage to get down the track and run a 8.12 , but he a had to pull a ton of timing out to do it. It was still an impressive run because he went 171mph. I think that is the fastest Stocker run ever.

Racing is still going on, 4th round for stock. There has been a lots of down time to do breakage.

[Ok stocker]

Is there anywhere we can see round by round results?

[BRETV]

Gotta tip my hat to Sonny Hall on the 11.33 run in K. Pretty sporty for these old school 302's. Congrats!




Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

Congratulations to Jimmy Hidalgo in SS and Rickey Kastner in Stock Winners at the Div 4 Belle Rose National Open

Finals
SS
Q Car #Class Driver Car Type DI RT ET MPH
1 42 SS/GA Jimmy Hidalgo '99 Firtebird 9.48 0.024 9.486 135.48
7 4789 GT/GA Hagen Gary '02 Camaro 10.03 0.055 10.023 121.00
Stock
Q Car # Class Driver Car Type DI RT ET MPH
11 4248 F/SA Rickey Kastner '73 Duster 10.91 0.022 10.950 114.91
2 400D B/SA Slate Cummings '00 Corvette 10.04 0.078 10.020 114.35

[Jeff Swanson]

Originally Posted by BRETV

Gotta tip my hat to Sonny Hall on the 11.33 run in K. Pretty sporty for these old school 302's. Congrats!




Bret Velde
2003 SS/LA

4781 K/S Sonny Hall, Sweeny TX, '88 Mustang 11.338 12.55 -1.212

Yeah, that's sick. Nice run!

[Ken Miele]

Here are the rest of the photos from the weekend. The first has to be a first, with two Stockers dialing in the 7's. The red COPO is Steve Bell's, seen behind his car, and David Barton walking in front of the white COPO.

It was a very frustrating weekend, but David was always positive. Even though he could not get the car into the 7's he had a very productive weekend with the GM Performance engine development team. These guys have a real passion for GM's performance engine development. If you are fan of the new COPO's, you will be very happy with GM's commitment to the COPO engine programs. Personally I was very impressed with them.

This was my first time at Belle Rose. The track officials, and D4 division director, Trey Capps were very welcoming. Everyone was so polite and friendly, this includes all the racers and fans, you always get a polite hello and smile. They had a free cook out, and from what I heard it was great. Forgive me, but I don't know the person or persons who put this together, they definitely have to be thanked. I guess its true about southern hospitality, or should I say Cajun hospitality. All in all I came away with a good feeling and a good time at No Problem Raceway.

I put this video together to show the frustration of trying to get the COPO down the track. On a side note, Steve Bell was also trying hard to get down the track. He had a little better luck than David getting down the track, but he had to kill lots of power, killing any chance of getting into the 7's. Steve is a real gentlemen, super nice guy. In my opinion there is no doubt Steve could have had a 7 second run if he could have got hold of the track. Judging from what I saw from both COPO's. David could have gone a mid 7.80 and Steve a mid 7.90. That's just my guess, but we will have to wait until next year to see that 7.

[Ed Wright]

Steven Bell is a fine gentleman, and gave me some very good advice, put me onto some great software last year. Thankful for that. He is bad fast. I can not imagine going that fast on 9" tires. He is braver than I also. LOL

[Andys dad]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

Well folks, no 7 seconds runs this year. We tried our best, but even with all the timing pulled out, the track could not hold power. David did get the car to hook father down the track on the last run, but as soon as the timing started to ramp in, the tires let loose.

Steve Bell did manage to get down the track and run a 8.12 , but he a had to pull a ton of timing out to do it. It was still an impressive run because he went 171mph. I think that is the fastest Stocker run ever.

Racing is still going on, 4th round for stock. There has been a lots of down time to do breakage.

I thought Bell was in SS?

[Larry Hill]

Mr Bell has one of each and keeps both spotless.

So who all set records and how fast did they go?

Thanks Ken and Joe for the reports and updates.