Drag Racing HISTORY!...

[Bret Kepner]

More Drag Racing HISTORY!

Friday, March 8, 2013

[Bob Bender]

wow !!!!!!

[rtr0id]

come on now dont try and bs us those are tomorrow's times

[Jeff Lee]

Is that an "as delivered" CJ or has the engine and other parts been massaged within the rules? And is that a Stock or SS?
That's damn impressive but I see the MPH and ET are a little off. That CJ has another .300 ET left in the bag by my calculations!

[Comp 798]

None of the fast Cobra Jets are "AS DELIVERED"! Not the chassis, drive train, ignition system or EFI.

All respect goes to Ford for the production of the Cobra Jets, but some of these cars have another $50K in them.

Congratulations to Chris Holbrook, Holbrook Racing Engines, and everyone involved!

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Is that an "as delivered" CJ or has the engine and other parts been massaged within the rules? And is that a Stock or SS?
That's damn impressive but I see the MPH and ET are a little off. That CJ has another .300 ET left in the bag by my calculations!

Not that combo! That's as quick and fast as that combo has been by a bunch, ever!!!!

Congrats Chris! Incredible!
Interested to see what Butner is gonna do.

Brett Candies
4192 Stock/SS

[cicero819]

Congrats to the Holbrook Clan, hard work does pay off, Class group. Ok now NHRA please run AA/EX (Experimental)class only. The only car safe to run against them will be Bob Bender's great Big & heavy beautiful wagon. Forget Super Comp, they could compete in Comp. Isn't that close to 950hp to move that much weight. Again, this isn't New car bashing, just surprise on how fast they're approaching the 7's.Claude

[Bret Kepner]

Originally Posted by cicero819

Isn't that close to 950hp to move that much weight?

You're waaaaay low, Claude.

[D.Johns]

Like stated all the really fast CJs have been gone over. Ford/Ford Racing built and engineered one heck of a car! The racers took a product that went to 10 and made it go to 11(SpinalTap) Chris certainly is one of those guys and he's great to talk to.

So there are 10+ stocker CJs in the 8s, when will there be another manufacture in the 8s in Stock Eliminator? This time is comparable to the COPOs in SS which I think the quicker ones have been 8.6s@160(Heck it's not far from the SS CJs for that matter! 8.2s@165)?

And wow look at that 1/8mile MPH.

[Superfan1]

From the Bradenton website; here are the Cobra Jet Showdown Rules:

Minimum weights and Index based on engine combination and Stock or Super Stock status:
Engine Combo Wt. w/driver Stk. Index SS Index
3V 4.6 3150 11.9 11.5
427/428 3200 10.6 10.2
5.0L NA 3150 11.4 11
352/363 3200 11.2 10.8
5.0L SC 3325 9.95 9.6
4.0L SC 5.4L 3250 N/A 9.3
2.3L SC 5.4L 3325 10.1 9.9

Holbrook's runs were indeed impressive because his index was 9.95 (5.0L SC 3325 9.95 9.6); but remember the AAA/SA index is 9.70 not 9.95
On the other hand Drew Skillman's index was 9.3 (4.0L SC 5.4L 3250 N/A 9.3). He was in Super Stock trim as noted by the 4.0L blower, and the fact that Stock was not an option as noted by the N/A for Stock index. He definitely was not in AA/SA trim. The qualifying sheet below verifies the indexes that were being used.