Fontana Dragstrip?

Greg Reimer 7376 · 02-11-2013, 12:33 AM

Yeah,I be here. Thursday at Irwindale went OK, just not real good conditions to do much testing. I got two runs within .04 of each other, all other intervals beyone the 60 foot were identical. I did discover a rear end noise, so Friday I set up anothe ring and pinion in it. It turned out real nicely, so Tuesday, I'll take it to Pomona for tech.Tony Janes is driving it, so I'll crew it for him. I'm real interested in seeing it run since I made a few changes. Come see us in the pits in the morning of Thursday and Friday. I can't be there the afternoons of those days, I have an upcoming medical proceedure Monday, and I need to get some lab work and a pre operative appointment done in the afternoons those two days. I scheduled it so none of that messes up my Winternationals. I don't know how Cliff and Clark ran at Irwindale, the thought of launching a high powered car on 9 inch tires kind of terrified me. I got the two hits and left and was home by 8 PM. That's whats great about Irwindale. You can get there by 4:30, tech, get in a few runs and be home for dinner by 7.30 or 8. .

astikhossw · 02-11-2013, 11:08 AM

Quick question will they allow a stocker to run without mufflers at irwindale on there thursday test and tune,someone told me that you had to call and get prior permission to be allowed run without mufflers.

Greg Reimer 7376 · 02-11-2013, 12:54 PM

You might try and call first, but we always use straight through bullet style muffs when we go there. A stocker camshaft tends to make a real racket, and these do manage to take the crack sound out of it. Regarding the Fontana noise wall, any talk of having a racer's fund raiser to help defray some of it? I feel having it separately from the track budget until the goal has been met,then and ONLY then releasing the funds for the wall construction so it doesn't get lost in the general fund or the nascar program.I'm not talking about impuning anybody's integrity, I just know how large organizations sometimes have things happen with cash flow situations.We wouldn't want to make a designated donation only to have it get absorbed. Enough money was spent on legal issues here to probably have built two noise walls and a Pomonaplex type of facility as well. Just a thought.

02-11-2013, 12:33 AM	#1
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,137 Likes: 172 Liked 719 Times in 220 Posts	Re: Fontana Dragstrip? Yeah,I be here. Thursday at Irwindale went OK, just not real good conditions to do much testing. I got two runs within .04 of each other, all other intervals beyone the 60 foot were identical. I did discover a rear end noise, so Friday I set up anothe ring and pinion in it. It turned out real nicely, so Tuesday, I'll take it to Pomona for tech.Tony Janes is driving it, so I'll crew it for him. I'm real interested in seeing it run since I made a few changes. Come see us in the pits in the morning of Thursday and Friday. I can't be there the afternoons of those days, I have an upcoming medical proceedure Monday, and I need to get some lab work and a pre operative appointment done in the afternoons those two days. I scheduled it so none of that messes up my Winternationals. I don't know how Cliff and Clark ran at Irwindale, the thought of launching a high powered car on 9 inch tires kind of terrified me. I got the two hits and left and was home by 8 PM. That's whats great about Irwindale. You can get there by 4:30, tech, get in a few runs and be home for dinner by 7.30 or 8. .

02-11-2013, 11:08 AM	#2
astikhossw Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: moreno valley Ca Posts: 266 Likes: 2 Liked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Fontana Dragstrip? Quick question will they allow a stocker to run without mufflers at irwindale on there thursday test and tune,someone told me that you had to call and get prior permission to be allowed run without mufflers.

02-11-2013, 12:54 PM	#3
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,137 Likes: 172 Liked 719 Times in 220 Posts	Re: Fontana Dragstrip? You might try and call first, but we always use straight through bullet style muffs when we go there. A stocker camshaft tends to make a real racket, and these do manage to take the crack sound out of it. Regarding the Fontana noise wall, any talk of having a racer's fund raiser to help defray some of it? I feel having it separately from the track budget until the goal has been met,then and ONLY then releasing the funds for the wall construction so it doesn't get lost in the general fund or the nascar program.I'm not talking about impuning anybody's integrity, I just know how large organizations sometimes have things happen with cash flow situations.We wouldn't want to make a designated donation only to have it get absorbed. Enough money was spent on legal issues here to probably have built two noise walls and a Pomonaplex type of facility as well. Just a thought.