Make the Chevrolet Win

[Jeff Teuton]

Well, let's see if this gap is as wide as promoted. The blown cars I sold (touchy, feely, sold them) had a steel block, which was replaced by an aluminum block. Don't know if that is good or bad. Who else has an aluminum block? Had the blower on it which was changed later to match the Chevrolet and I don't know if everyone yet today has the same blower. To my knowledge the heads are the same as when the cars were made in 2015 no matter what anyone says. I think we had a hemi head in the early 50's and still do. I think that counts as a factory head. Got one on the 5.7, 6.1, 6.4, (actually there are three heads for the 6.4 if anyone is interested) not counting the one on the Hellcat and Demon motors. That head also came on the 426 unblown motor. and I think a 426 unblown motor is in development for factory cars. The Leah car was mine and was in the process of becoming an FS car when Kevin and I abandoned the project and sent it back to them and them sent it to DSR. The Cowboy car was Bartons and had run with a 426 unblown motor. The Allen and Roy Johnson car was my No 10 in the 10 cyl cars, and was in the trailer when I wrecked a couple of years ago. Lots of work to get it back where it was useable as a race car. There are so many details on these cars since 2008, I can't remember them. Nostalgia Note, the Leah car is the original #2 car from Denver debut in 2008. It was actually the first car produced, but somehow got #2. No 1 is laying around the Detroit area somewhere. Kevin car probable remember some other things. Maybe not. There was a proposal to have an unblown heads class with a sponsor, prize money paid and all expenses which NHRA promptly turned down. I wear a size 13 shoe, weigh 275 lbs (real fatso), went to my first race in 1958 and drove the first time in 1960, have had two knees changed, one hip, one shoulder and another getting changed in a few months. I have been a Dodge dealer since July 1968 (along with my brother Joe). My brother's side of the family owns every Kenworth dealer in Louisiana. I will be 75 in three or so weeks. I retired a few months ago after 50 years of looking at Hemi heads. I have sold more Drag Paks than any other dealer in the Nation. There is more but that old people disease CRS takes over after a while. Excuse my rambllings, but I was there when most of you were not, and I remember some of it. Kevin might know some of the rest.

[Jim Bailey]

If you wanna have the Big Three factory Wars, then let the Big Three battle it out. Don't try to settle the war with well fair from the NHRA board room. Let the factories/engineers, with feedback from their racers, develop new parts and get them approved. Then supply the parts to all the racers. If they don't wanna do it, then it must be ok for their sales to run second or third.... Funny how no one said a word when Turk was basically going it alone, and barely making the show.....

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Jim Bailey

If you wanna have the Big Three factory Wars, then let the Big Three battle it out. Don't try to settle the war with well fair from the NHRA board room. Let the factories/engineers, with feedback from their racers, develop new parts and get them approved. Then supply the parts to all the racers. If they don't wanna do it, then it must be ok for their sales to run second or third.... Funny how no one said a word when Turk was basically going it alone, and barely making the show.....

The problem is defining 'welfare' and who you think is getting it. Is it the cars benefiting from the weight adjustments, the manufacturers allowed to run non-production combinations, or ??????