MoparBilly
Nitro Member
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2006
- Messages
- 160
- Age
- 59
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ
The Mater has always been about Nitro racers, and thier fans...and that's great, as I am a serious fan; but I'm also an NHRA Sportsman racer and fan as well...and I really hope the new board can encompass that as well.
I've been living on DRC all weekend, and the action on the Mountain has been great, but there's also 2 divisionals to watch as well, and there's plenty of interesting storylines coming out of Chicago and Virginia!!
Here's a few tidbits for the Maters that don't want to sift though all the info flowing out of DRC right now....
Comp Eliminator
Between the 3 Venues, 107 Comp cars are in service this weekend! Only 30 made the trek to Virginia, but following Jerrod's quality over quantity decree, the div1 field featured Frank Aragona, David Rampy, Lee Zane, Tony Stephenson, and Sal biondo...Ouch!! Rampy, Suprisingly went down to tire shake in round 1!
Bo Butner's Cavalier anchored the #1 Spot in Chi-town, running .61 under in Comps new AA/SM class.
Denver was awesome though, with Vinnie Deceglie's Vette running 6.97 on Snyder's Mountain while Tom could only muster a 12th best 7.06 in his infamous 23 T, in the struggle for A/A supremacy. The tables turned quickly in 1st round however, as Vinnie went red to a revived Todd Paterson, and Tom won the "Family Fued " with brother Lucky. What's up with B/AA's and Denver?? Lou Ficco Jr. led the charge as 6 Bad/ Altered Automatics made the 32 Car field.
Alcohol
With no alky cars in Denver, the Chicago fields were really stout, featuring 18 diggers, and 17 funnys, Virginia nearly matched the Funny Car field with 16, but had only 8 diggers.
The biggest suprise so far...#1 qualifier Frank Manzo went down in round 1 to a combination of tire shake and a hard running alternate!!
Stock/SuperStock
205 Stockers, and 142 SS cars are going for it this weekend, despite no SS on the Mountain...lot's of great run's already, but my imagination was captured by the the letter's DQ beside John Baughman's 68 Dart entry all weekend in Virginia, also the car was listed as SS/AA, as opposed to SS/AH??? So I'm wondering, was the car broke, and unable to make a run??, was it unable to pass tech?? What happened?? Enquiring minds want to know..I love that car!!
The Super Classes
These guys are just getting under way, but I'm happy to see my Phoenix buddies Tim Landis, and Sheldon Gecker are still in SG at Denver, as well as Dwight Downing, moving up from S/ST to battle the fast cars. My Dad and Brother have both made 4 time runs in Chi-Town and are ready for first round in the morning.
Hope ya don't find my ramblings too boring!!!
I've been living on DRC all weekend, and the action on the Mountain has been great, but there's also 2 divisionals to watch as well, and there's plenty of interesting storylines coming out of Chicago and Virginia!!
Here's a few tidbits for the Maters that don't want to sift though all the info flowing out of DRC right now....
Comp Eliminator
Between the 3 Venues, 107 Comp cars are in service this weekend! Only 30 made the trek to Virginia, but following Jerrod's quality over quantity decree, the div1 field featured Frank Aragona, David Rampy, Lee Zane, Tony Stephenson, and Sal biondo...Ouch!! Rampy, Suprisingly went down to tire shake in round 1!
Bo Butner's Cavalier anchored the #1 Spot in Chi-town, running .61 under in Comps new AA/SM class.
Denver was awesome though, with Vinnie Deceglie's Vette running 6.97 on Snyder's Mountain while Tom could only muster a 12th best 7.06 in his infamous 23 T, in the struggle for A/A supremacy. The tables turned quickly in 1st round however, as Vinnie went red to a revived Todd Paterson, and Tom won the "Family Fued " with brother Lucky. What's up with B/AA's and Denver?? Lou Ficco Jr. led the charge as 6 Bad/ Altered Automatics made the 32 Car field.
Alcohol
With no alky cars in Denver, the Chicago fields were really stout, featuring 18 diggers, and 17 funnys, Virginia nearly matched the Funny Car field with 16, but had only 8 diggers.
The biggest suprise so far...#1 qualifier Frank Manzo went down in round 1 to a combination of tire shake and a hard running alternate!!
Stock/SuperStock
205 Stockers, and 142 SS cars are going for it this weekend, despite no SS on the Mountain...lot's of great run's already, but my imagination was captured by the the letter's DQ beside John Baughman's 68 Dart entry all weekend in Virginia, also the car was listed as SS/AA, as opposed to SS/AH??? So I'm wondering, was the car broke, and unable to make a run??, was it unable to pass tech?? What happened?? Enquiring minds want to know..I love that car!!
The Super Classes
These guys are just getting under way, but I'm happy to see my Phoenix buddies Tim Landis, and Sheldon Gecker are still in SG at Denver, as well as Dwight Downing, moving up from S/ST to battle the fast cars. My Dad and Brother have both made 4 time runs in Chi-Town and are ready for first round in the morning.
Hope ya don't find my ramblings too boring!!!