Live from las vegas - Page 2

Rod Greene · 10-30-2009, 10:04 PM

Some observations from Thursday. After watching yesterday I am glad I sold my car and let my numbers/membership lapse. What a mess 250 cars trying to get scaled and fuel checked. The later rounds of Stock and Superstock class was annouced by what appears to be the Las Vegas bracket race announcer he didn't have a clue about class racing and seemed confused and unprepared. The A/SA final was a joke Hajek had a nap on the line and Holzman shut off at 1000 ft and coasted so Hajek could catch up and pass. Then Hajek stomped the brakes to slow down before the finish line. If Hajek wanted the Wally that bad he should have had Holzman redlight.
The 2 best things about the race were the track was very well preped and I only had to buy tickets for Thursday. I had a great time visiting with my friends in the pits.

Bruce Noland · 10-30-2009, 10:04 PM

Evan,

Oh, how your tune has changed. You posted earlier this year that nhra staff would have egg on their faces if these cars were as fast as some of us said they would be. Looks like the nhra guys have more than egg on their faces. You also posted that you told the Ford guys that the CJs would not be well received if they came in and ran huge numbers. You posted that it would give the appearance that Ford was running a ringer. Well this ain't evolution that we are talking about. This is a damn fast factory race car that is in fact a huge ringer and the new Mopar cars are no better.

Most people? Who are most people? Do you think that most people want to their sport ripped apart by greedy OEMs? Do you think that most people want to see their years of hard work go down the drain? I don't think most of us want to see this happen!

bsa633 · 10-31-2009, 01:36 AM

The fact is that both the Mustangs and Challengers come with production V8's in numbers from the factory and those are the ones that should be used in Stock Eliminator...right now it's just a BIG JOKE...

Should be interesting to see when the specs for 2010 Ford is coming...maybe they get a bigger pulley and even a lower factor once again...i'm truly starting to believe that this is NHRA's way to get rid of the class without the lawsuit!

and by the way Bill...SS/AH was absolut the right thing to do..thats the only fair game out there with the games played now!

p.s. I also like to know where all the people that said "let them Mustangs run first before we speculate what they can do" have gone now...did they really not have a clue??

10-30-2009, 10:04 PM	#1
Rod Greene Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: TN Posts: 530 Likes: 436 Liked 242 Times in 81 Posts	Re: Live from las vegas Some observations from Thursday. After watching yesterday I am glad I sold my car and let my numbers/membership lapse. What a mess 250 cars trying to get scaled and fuel checked. The later rounds of Stock and Superstock class was annouced by what appears to be the Las Vegas bracket race announcer he didn't have a clue about class racing and seemed confused and unprepared. The A/SA final was a joke Hajek had a nap on the line and Holzman shut off at 1000 ft and coasted so Hajek could catch up and pass. Then Hajek stomped the brakes to slow down before the finish line. If Hajek wanted the Wally that bad he should have had Holzman redlight. The 2 best things about the race were the track was very well preped and I only had to buy tickets for Thursday. I had a great time visiting with my friends in the pits. __________________ Rod Greene Real men shift for them selves. Slowly working on TA Challenger for D,E/S and a 72 Challenger for SS/K, L as if I don't have enough other projects.

10-30-2009, 10:04 PM	#2
Bruce Noland VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,855 Likes: 83 Liked 444 Times in 145 Posts	Re: Live from las vegas Evan, Oh, how your tune has changed. You posted earlier this year that nhra staff would have egg on their faces if these cars were as fast as some of us said they would be. Looks like the nhra guys have more than egg on their faces. You also posted that you told the Ford guys that the CJs would not be well received if they came in and ran huge numbers. You posted that it would give the appearance that Ford was running a ringer. Well this ain't evolution that we are talking about. This is a damn fast factory race car that is in fact a huge ringer and the new Mopar cars are no better. Most people? Who are most people? Do you think that most people want to their sport ripped apart by greedy OEMs? Do you think that most people want to see their years of hard work go down the drain? I don't think most of us want to see this happen! __________________ Bruce Noland 1788 STK

10-31-2009, 01:36 AM	#3
bsa633 Banned Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 310 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live from las vegas The fact is that both the Mustangs and Challengers come with production V8's in numbers from the factory and those are the ones that should be used in Stock Eliminator...right now it's just a BIG JOKE... Should be interesting to see when the specs for 2010 Ford is coming...maybe they get a bigger pulley and even a lower factor once again...i'm truly starting to believe that this is NHRA's way to get rid of the class without the lawsuit! and by the way Bill...SS/AH was absolut the right thing to do..thats the only fair game out there with the games played now! p.s. I also like to know where all the people that said "let them Mustangs run first before we speculate what they can do" have gone now...did they really not have a clue?? Last edited by bsa633; 10-31-2009 at 06:31 AM.