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2010 NSS Drag Racing Calendar

Featuring General Motors

This wall calendar was just completed from hi-res photos taken at Bowling Green and Joliet this year. The NSS GM 2012 Wall Calendar will make a great Christmas gift for your General Motors fanatic friends, look good in your trailer — or just tack it to the headboard of your bed. The below are low resolution thumbnails of the the calendar cover and pages. Rest assure the actual pages use 300DPI images of over 4MB per photo — taken with professional photo equipment. Please pass this information along to any of the GM sites you visit.

 

You can find this NSS calendar and more Nostalgia Super Stock memorabilia at www.cafepress.com/texasbigbird

 

 

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2010 NSS Drag Racing Calendar

Featuring Ford

This wall calendar was just completed from hi-res photos taken at Bowling Green and Joliet this year. The NSS Ford 2012 Wall Calendar will make a great Christmas gift for your Ford fanatic friends, look good in your trailer — or just tack it to the headboard of your bed. The below are low resolution thumbnails of the the calendar cover and pages. Rest assure the actual pages use 300DPI images of over 4MB per photo — taken with professional photo equipment. Please pass this information along to any of the Ford sites you visit.

 

You can find this NSS calendar and more Nostalgia Super Stock memorabilia at www.cafepress.com/texasbigbird

 

 

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Brand New 2012 Wall Calendar 2012
 

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I originally created this web site to have news and forums for all class of Nostalgia Drag Racing. However, while Nostalgia Super Stockers participated — I couldn’t really personally find others interested Nostalgia Funny Cars, Nostalgia Muscle Car, Gassers, Diggers, Slingshots, etc.

As such, I’ve redesigned the forums to cater primarily to the NSS crowd, and likewise will focus on the NSS Racing web site.

I’m going to put up this domain and web site for sale. The first $2500 gets the domain name transferred to them (I think there’s 8 year left before renewal for $9 a year at Southern Star Hosting), the hosting account with a MySql database at Big Kahuna Hosting for 12 months ($150 a year there after), and a complete backup of the web site on a CD-Rom. The site is very easy to maintain without knowing a lick of programming code. All of the hard work has been done.

Optionally, I’ll make all of the changes you want on a per hour charge — including adding a forum if that’s what you want.

This site offers an excellent opportunity for banner and eBay revenue for an industrious person interested in soliciting sponsors and advertisers.

If after 60 days I’ve not sold this domain/web site — I will delete the site and forward it to www.NSSRacing.com. If you are interested, please use the contact link to contact me.

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Dave's Report From the Dave Duell Classic

I won A/NSS Class

 

The following is a report on my racing at the NSS racing at the Dave Duell Classic last weekend. A couple of product sponsors ask for a report after every major event, and so I'll also include it on this forum.

 

I'd had major surgery less than two weeks prior, and this wasn't exactly sanctioned by my surgeon, but the Dave Duell Classic is the very best of all Nostalgia Super Stock events – so I couldn't miss it. This was complicated further with my son (and Crew Chief) Dallas not being able to attend the event because he was in the wedding party of a high school bud. He generally shares the driving of the rig, and maintaining both of our cars. I had blown the motor in the Vitamin C in the last race, and the block was too far gone to be rebuilt as a race motor. So I decided to drive the black 65 Coronet that Dallas normally runs in C/FX. It had been over five years since I'd driven this car, and never with this motor, or a since being converted to a NSS car.

I left home on Tuesday at about 11AM with my wife Deb, youngest daughter Hope, and both dogs (Buster and Dixie) for the 940 mile trip. I drove about 700 miles before pulling into a Wal-Mart for the night. In the morning, I woke up to find Memphis car poolers blocked me front, back, and street side.

After negotiating out of the parking lot and getting back onto the road, I arrived at the track in Bowling Green, KY at 3PM Wednesday to meet Doug Duell at the gate. I tried to help Doug with marking the pit spots, but at 109 degrees that soon after surgery — I was overcome by the heat.

This was in the shade – under a row of trees.

It was hot the entire event — and most likely what had so many of the 74 cars that pre-registered not show. Last year 84 cars came to the Dave Duell Classic — but the change of venue from St. Louis to Bowling Green, heat, and a competing race the same weekend trimmed the field to about 60 NSS cars. Just the same — the event lived up to its reputation as the best NSS race that there is.

I was originally going to run the car in a sub-10-second FX class, but the heat was getting to me so much, and I was having such a problem getting in and out of the car — I decided to run the 10.0 class so I could wear a lighter and cooler driver's suit. On the first time trial, I found that the tach wasn't working — so the event was spent launching by feel and shifting by ear. I only took two time trial passes Friday as I was not feeling well from the heat.

In the first round of Qualifying I went too fast with a 9.916.

I threw some more weight in the car for the second Qualifying, and was still too fast with a 9.949

For the 3rd Qualifying, I threw some more weight at the car and got into the show with a 10.03.

Saturday was Class Eliminations Day, with the first round of Eliminations also being the last round of Qualifying. A/NSS was the second largest class, and to win you had to win four rounds. I was Qualified at #32 with a 10.03 on a 10.00 Index — but I felt like I needed to win Class more than worry about improving my Qualifying position. I had Bud Cochran in the first round. He red lit, which was good for me as I shifted from 1st right to 3rd — missing the 2nd gear detent on my shifter.

My next round was against Mike Moss — one of the toughest there is. We pretty much left together and stayed with each other all of the way down the track — both lifting at the line and crossing it in a photo finish. My better light had him break out by just a hair more.

Of the three remaining for the third round, I'd had the best reaction time in the second round — and received the Bye. I managed to not blow up the car.

The final round had me matched up against Al Corda — about as tough as it gets. It was starting to cool down, so I took a little weight out of the car. Al had a better light, but I had started to pass him at the 1/8. I had a couple of feet on him at the 1000' and dragged the brake a little to just put a fender on him. I didn't see my win light — and started to wonder if I'd screwed up since his Dart has its front tires closer to the front of the car than on my Coronet — but I did win Class for A/NSS. Both races between Mile and Al were very close and exciting (at least to me) — and I slept well knowing I went up against to of the best and came out on top (for that day).

The Driver's Dinner had started by the time I parked the car and we made the golf cart ride to the tent where it was being held. It was another excellent Driver's Dinner with some cool swag being handed out. We were told that we had to be at the line by 8:15 Sunday morning for the Big Show. It was about midnight before the car was safely put away, and I hit the rack. I was up at 5:30 AM, but all for naught as the weather wasn't looking good. I put a charger on the car — but left it in the trailer. The rain finally hit at about 8AM, and it was noon before the first round. My poor qualifying position drew me the #3 Qualifier of Donnie Wilson — another tough NSS racer. Donnie got to leave a second earlier, and I left with my worst light of the week. I caught Donnie and thought I was going to breakout — and gave Donnie the stripe. Bad move on my part.

We were packed up, showered, and driving out the gate at 2:30PM. I drove as far as Hope, AR at midnight — and pulled over for a nap as I was dead tired. Up at 6:00 and on the road at 6:30 — I was back at the shop in Houston at 3PM, and by 5PM the car was unloaded, rig cleaned and parked, and I was plopped down in front of my computer to answer a week's worth of email.

There is a thread with the posting from quite a few NSS drivers at the Dave Duel Classic — along with 100+ photos.

That's my story — and I'm sticking to it.

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The NSS Racing Forums are Ready For You!

Since I was confined to rest after surgery, it was a good time to upgrade to a better board of forums for NSS Racers (many of the reasons explained on the board) from all over the country to get together to compare notes and swap lies. I spent three solid days of my time, and several hundreds of dollars to put together what I feel to be a pretty nice place to promote NSS Racing to the outside world — and provide some comradery for NSS Racers.

The web address is pretty easy to remember: www.NSSRacing.com/forums/

Once there, you're going to see a collection of forums to discuss NSS topics, NSS Events, and technical questions & answers concerning NSS Cars. There is also one off-topic forum for the occasional less controversial off-topic conversations. Finally in the forums, there are the classified ads. You will note that at the top of the page there is an index of the last 15 topics, consolidated from all of the forums — but you can ignore that (if you wish) and slide down to just the categories that interest you.

Under the index, you will see a random selection of five NSS cars selected from the "Staging Lanes". Each viewing of the main Forums page should give you a different selection of the member's cars. You are encouraged to add your car to the Staging Lanes. It takes about 5 minutes to add your car, and a couple of the digital photos of it from your computer. You can also upload the car's best time slip if you wish.

While on the subject of photos, each member (and membership is not only free, but quick and easy) has the ability to upload up to a total of 100 NSS related photos into a number of photo albums. For instance you can have an album with some photos of building the car, and album with track photos of the car, and an album of pit party photos from one of the events. Once these photos are in your albums — they can easily be posted in your posts with a simple Copy & Paste. I'll pay for the server hosting and bandwidth — I just ask you keep the photos NSS related.

Another feature of the Board are the calendars. Each member has a private calendar that he can use as a personal calendar — and he has access to a Public calendar to list (and give information on) NSS race events. These events listed in the Public calendar are displayed at the bottom of the board's Index page starting 90 days prior to the event starting, and disappear after the event. Now members can simply add their own events instead of having to email me to add them.

Back to the forums, one of better features over the old Pro Bards I use to use — is WYSIWYG posting. That means What you see is what you get. You can literally copy and paste posts including photos and links, without having to use code like url and img — like we had to on the old board. I also have total control over your registration information, and you can trust me to keep it private. I don't believe that was the case when we were using the Pro Boards forum. I own the software license, I own the server, and only I (currently — but I'm looking for Admin and Moderator help) have access to the information. I will not give, sell, or lease this information short of the FBI beating down my door with a warrant — should a member go crazy.

On the subject of help — I will be looking for two moderators (who visit daily) to help me keep the forums clean and spam-free; and one assistant administrator with a little computer savvy to help with the more complex duties of the board — and be a backup to me if something should happen. We'll get more into that a month or so down the road.

Using the board is easy, and the FAQ link in the Navbar of the board has the answer to just about any question you might have using the forums. There is a Help/Suggestion forum to ask questions if you can't find the answer in the Frequently Asked Questions — and I'll update the FAQ after answering. Should you have a registration problem — click the contact link at the bottom and tell me about it — and we'll get you fixed up. There should be no excuse why every NSS Racers isn't registered and participating.

There is something called Social Groups. Any member can create a social group of any interest he feels other members might have — and they can have their own little board for discussing those topics. You can make this Social Group Private or Public, and have any member join or have it be by your invitation only. I can envision someone creating and administering to a Christian social group, or a Social Group for a Regional group of NSS Racers, or an interest like politics (I'd narrow the focus to Conservative, Liberal, Libertarian, Socialist, …), motorcycles, photography, or guns. Any reasonable Social Group (and I would consider hate or porn to not be reasonable) can be created and administered by a member. Each member can administer up to five Social Groups — but start with just one to get your feet wet.

Another feature is a Profile Page that you can customize into your own personal web page. There is a lot of flexibility with look, feel, and colors — so give it a shot.

 Please don't just be a stalker — but jump in there and participate. It doesn't make you a geek! I have no ulterior motives in building this board, or the home site to it. My only goal is to simply promote NSS racing to the public (more fans), event promoters (more races and bigger purses), potential NSS racers (more and younger drivers to carry on); and to create a virtual Pit where NSS Racers can get together and discuss the types of things we generally discuss in our Physical pits. We don't need a Mexican Standoff where everyone waits for others to post before they feel the board is worthy of their post — we need leaders to get the ball rolling so the followers jump in. This is not just the best place for Nostalgia Super Stock Racers to gather on the Internet — it is really the only place. Build it, and they will come! OK — I've done my job building it — now it is time for y'all to check it out and participate. Together we can better promote the finest class of drag racing to the world.

Thank you for reading this. Please pass it along to other NSS Racers.

Dave Schultz

 

 

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Chandler Santa Clothes Club
Saturday Night Shootout
(at Chandler Motorsports Park)
July 16, 2011
By Bob Wilkiewicz
Nostalgia Super Stock National Association

Chandler, IN – Mick Alles of New Albany, Indiana held off a strong Chevrolet challenge from Darrell Walker of Paducah, Kentucky to win the sixth annual Chandler Saturday Night Nostalgia Super Stock Shootout presented by The Duell Family’s Mazda/Volvo/Kia dealership to benefit the Evansville-area Santa Clothes Club charity in hot and steamy weather last week.

Alles, driving a 1964 Plymouth on the NSS/C eighth-mile index of 7.00, posted a 7.0349@97.40 mph to overcome an .0122 starting line deficit and whiz past Walker, who after running strong all night slowed to 6.791@102.32 on his NSS/B 6.65 standard.

An NSS veteran, Alles steadily worked his way to the final through the 24-car field, reduced to 21 cars for the first round due to mechanical malfunctions and driver fatigue caused by mid-90’s temperatures and dew points of almost 80 degrees.

Alles’ attack included a near-perfect 7.0001 pass in the second round despite having to tune at density altitudes above 4,000 feet at times.

In a 1966 model, Walker was wheeling one of four Chevrolets. One Ford, a 1967 Fairlane owned by Earl Hayes of Dix, Illinois, was entered in the race.

While not winning, however, the Chevrolets did manage to break the many MoPars dominance in two categories.

Kenny Gresham from Granite City, Illinois was the No.1 qualifier at 7.004 in his 1962 bubble-top Stovebolt. Also in qualifying, Bill White set low elapsed time of the event at 5.833 in a 1965 Chevelle running on a 5.90 requirement in A/FX.

Each finalist received the benefit of a bye run, Walker in the second round after Alles had almost incinerated his index, and then Alles in the semifinal.

Tommy Sedlock and his 1964 Plymouth from Benton, Kentucky, was one of six NSS/A (6.35) entries and the other semifinalist. Sedlock slipped into the second round with a broken single and then sailed along until getting sidelined by Walker’s 6.6870 to a breakout 6.3490.

In the The Duell’s Hyundai Second Chance Race, Evansville’s Joe Ewing prevailed after missing the first round of the first field because of a cracked and leaking transmission cooler line.

Ewing was able to make the needed repair to his 1963 Dodge and defeat Bob Muehlenbein, also from Evansville, 6.6912@96.76 with an .0439 to .1260 reaction time advantage, negating Muehlenbein’s mighty good 7.3010@93.14 NSS/D effort.

With a stout 6.6520 on the NSS/B 6.65 standard in the first round of the second chance, Ewing earned a bye into the final.

That heads-up race was the best of the evening as Ewing eked out an edge over Kentucky’s Andy Warren, (.0350) 1.4180; 6.6520@102.75 to (.0410) 1.4180; 6.6479@103.46 as Warren wheeled the 1967 Plymouth of host and current National Muscle Car Association NSS champion Doug Duell.

Duell, who was defeated by Alles in the quarterfinals, said more than $3,500 was collected for the Santa Clothes Club, which changes the steamy summer cash into cold weather clothing for needy children.

Roster
Car No./Driver/Car/Class
7354 Richard Duvall Jr., 1963 Plymouth, NSS/D (7.30); 1 Doug Duell, 1964 Plymouth, C/FX (6.20); 7777 Andy Warren, 1967 Plymouth, NSS/B (6.65); 3700 Donnie Wilson, 1965 Dodge, NSS/B (6.65); 7834 Mike DeChicco, 1965 Dodge, NSS/A (6.35); 1964 Scott Bourell, 1964 Dodge, NSS/C (7.00); 8040 Bob Muehlenbein, 1964 Dodge, NSS/D (7.30); 7817 Reese Smith, 1964 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00); 7602 Dallas Schultz, 1965 Dodge, NSS/A (6.35); 7017 Joe Ewing, 1963 Dodge, NSS/B (6.65); 7410 Mick Alles, 1964 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00); Q361 Kurt TeVault, 1965 Plymouth, NSS/A (6.35); 7251 Bill White, 1965 Chevelle, A/FX (5.90); 6209 Kenny Gresham, 1962 Chevrolet, NSS/C (7.00); 7304 Dave Isom, 1965 Plymouth, NSS/A (6.35); 7068 David Munsterman, 1964 Dodge, NSS/A (6.35); 7266 Darrell Walker, 1966 Chevrolet, NSS/B (6.65); 6014 Mike Furgye, 1963 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00); H236 Kevin Miller, 1965 Dodge. NSS/E (7.60); 757 Earl Hayes, 1967 Ford, NSS/C (7.00); P63 Dave Leslie, 1964 Plymouth (-); A330 Tommy Sedlock, 1964 Plymouth, NSS/A (6.35); 7572 Gabriel Ray, 1965 Chevelle, NSS/C (7.00); 1274 Bob Durling, 1963 Plymouth, NSS/C (7.00)

Qualifying Order
1. Gresham 7.004; 2. Walker 6.656; 3. Muehlenbein 7.307;
4. DeChicco 6.3511; 5. Durling 7.016; 6. Alles 7.025; 7. Sedlock 6.377; 8. Warren 6.677; 9. Ewing 6.681; 10. Duvall Jr. 7.340; 11. Schultz 6.395; 12. Smith 7.095; 13. TeVault 6.45; 14. Ray 7.108; 15. Wilson 6.762; 16. Isom 6.503; 17. Munsterman 7.490; 18. Duell 6.19; 19. Miller 7.583; 20. Bourell 7.239; 21. White 5.833
NSS Eliminator Results
Final
7410 Alles (.1490) 1.5500; 7.0359@97.40 win
7266 Walker (.1368) 1.4853; 6.791@102.32
Semifinals
A330 Sedlock (.1570) 1.3640; 6.3490@107.90
7266 Walker (.1589) 1.4620; 6.6870@102.96 win

7410 Alles (.0939) 1.552; 7.0259@98.07 bye
Quarterfinals
7354 Duvall Jr. (-.0151) 1.6149: 7.3260@93.77 red
7266 Walker (.1269) 1.4132; 6.6141@102.50 win

A330 Sedlock (.1647) 1.3824; 6.3611@108.99 win
7572 Ray (-.0151) 1.5129; 6.9691@98.04 red

1 Duell (.1150) 1.3419; 6.2010@110.56
7410 Alles (.0309) 1.5621; 7.0500@97.19 win
Round Two
A330 Sedlock (.1520) 1.3789; 6.3619@108.66 win
6209 Gresham (.1460) 1.5150; 7.0460@95.74

7354 Duvall Jr. (.0589) 1.6152; 7.3761@91.25 win
1274 Durling (.1260) 1.5650; 7.0409@96.39

7410 Alles (.1289) 1.5283; 7.0001@96.34 win
7251 White (.0441) 1.4447; 6.2857@112.96

H236 Miller (.0700) 1.6209; 7.5640@86.70
7572 Ray (.0851) 1.5251; 7.0208@97.41 win

1 Duell (.1239) 1.3381; 6.2950@98.26 win
Q361 TeVault (.1570) 1.4141; 6.4391@107.61

7266 Walker (.0341) 1.4178; 6.6169@102.97 bye
Round One
7817 Smith (.0300) 1.6021; 7.1832@97.13
7266 Walker (.1049) 1.4261; 6.7052@94.08 win

7834 DeChicco (.0250) 1.3479; 6.3439@101.58
7572 Ray (.0810) 1.5178; 6.9969@97.46 win

7410 Alles (.0449) 1.5252; 7.0150@93.95 win
7304 Isom (.1669) 1.4562; 6.5211@103.90

7602 Schultz (.1009) 1.3560; 6.3139@108.73
7251 White (.0930) 1.3279; 5.9899@115.68 win

1964 Bourell (.0451) 1.7799; 7.3658@91.43
7354 Duvall Jr. (.0350) 1.6160; 7.3549@92.97 win

8040 Muehlenbein (-.0441) 1.5612; 7.3271@92.95 red
Q361 TeVault (-.0088) 1.4038; 6.4087@107.67 win

1 Duell (.0468) 1.3430; 6.1932@110.83 win
7777 Warren (.0608) 1.4142; 6.6083@103.22

H236 Miller (-.0242) 1.6152; 7.5532@89.60 broke single

1274 Durling (.0462) 1.5317; 6.9958@98.29 broke single

A330 Sedlock (-.0700) 1.3849; 6.3879@108.48 broke single

6209 Gresham (.0680) 1.4859; 7.0061@95.94 bye
Second Chance Eliminator
Final
7017 Ewing (.0439) 1.4229; 6.6912@96.76 win
8040 Muehlenbein (.1260) 1.5479; 7.3010@93.14
Semifinal
8040 Muehlenbein (.1311) 1.5538; 7.3340@92.77 win
7834 DeChicco (.1390) 1.3478; 6.3390@107.95

7017 Ewing (.1230) 1.4341; 6.6679@102.97 bye
First Round
8040 Muehlenbein (.1631) 1.5477; 7.3127@92.77 win
7817 Smith (.0298) 1.5482; 7.1960@97.24

7017 Ewing (.0350) 1.4180; 6.6520@102.75 win
7777 Warren (.0410) 1.4180; 6.6479@103.46

7834 DeChicco (.0490) 1.3600; 6.4969@92.05 win
7304 Isom (.3341) 1.4060; 6.4248@106.89

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They have the Vitamin C doing a burnout about 35 seconds into the video

 

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NEWS FLASH – NMCA is partnering with NHRA’s unleashed and so the winner of the Dave Duell Classic will receive a NHRA Wally! Please share this with your friends. www.DaveDuellClassic.com

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Joliet 2011 Recap

Dallas and I left Tuesday morning for Joliet, IL to get in line for a hard pit space, as they're gone quick in this NMCA/NMRA combined race. We arrived at the track's staging area at 3:30PM Wednesday — about 12 rigs back in line. The track started letting the drivers onto the track at about noon Thursday. We had our pit set up, credentials established, the cars teched in, and back on the trailer by 4PM.

My biggest complaint with Chicago is the tight pitting, and the lack of enforcement of diesel generator exhaust routed into the pits of others. For the third year in a row — a different NMRA toter and trailer
combo has been pitted to my right and their two diesel generators have pumped exhaust into my pit 24/7. For four days we couldn't sit in
our pits, work in our pits, turn off our generator and open the windows of the coach, or cook on the grill because of the carbon monoxide. All of the NSS racers I see at the track show the proper consideration to get and install the exhaust extensions sold at Camping World. The NHRA has a policy for the safety of people in the pits — but the NMCA/NMRA do not enforce one. I've made my Complaint, however my last one was completely ignored. But I digress!

Not a good weekend for me personally. Back in Mechanicsville, my Vitamin C qualified well, but was more than 1/10 off Sunday morning in the first round of eliminations — handing Kurt Neighbor an easy win. In the first Time Trail at Joliet I was almost 2/10 slow. I took all of the weight out of the car — and was still 1/10 off in the second Time Trial. For the last Time Trial I bumped the timing from 32 to 35 and ran my number. In the first round of qualifying the motor didn't sound right as I crossed the line, and so I shut down and had towed back to the pit. I thought it was a rocker or push rod — but all looked well when we pulled off the valve covers. Then we noticed a drop of water from the #3 spark plug.
Pulling the plug had about an ounce of water come out. We hoped for a blown head gasket — but after pulling the head and dropping the #3 piston in the hole — we saw water dripping from the cylinder wall on top of the piston. So I was done for the event. After being pushed back in the Semis in Bradenton for 6 drops of clean water, going -.002 red in the first round of Atlanta, and the car not running the number in the first round in Mechanicsville — I don't have a prayer for the Points Championship this year. Not a good year at all for me.

The Blow by Blow reporting from the track and the final qualifying ranking, ladder and the round results can be found at the Joliet Live thread at the NSS Forum. Fast Forward to the Finals — it was the battle of the Dougs — Doug Duell and Doug Poskevitch, with Duell turning on the "Stupid Light" and giving Poskevitch the win.

Dallas' car was also having a problem running the number — even with the seat removed. On the way home we dropped it off in Evansville, In to have the hood (Dallas forgot to put the hood pins in at Mechanicsville and the body guy down sucked at fixing it) properly mounted, and look at why the Vacuum Pump is blowing oil everywhere. Dallas will go up to run the car in Chandler in a couple of weeks, and bring it back to have the hood prepped and painted. I'll most likely run it at the Dave Duell Classic — as the money for FX is big.

We arrived home at Monday night at 10PM, and by Wednesday 10AM the engine from the Vitamin C had been pulled and disassembled. By noon, the block and crank were at the machinist to be Sonic'd and Magnafluxed. We're hoping that we can resleeve the block and reusing the crank, pistons, cam, and crank. I was planning to run the Texas Whale next year, and was planning to freshenup the Vitamin C this year — and have it as a backup to the cars Dallas and run next year. It looks like that we'll be doing the Freshen up now. I ran the Vitamin C this year because it is dead nuts on consistent, and I felt my best chance for a ring — as opposed to T&Ting a new car. Now that my chance for the ring is hopeless (unless I was to ACE the next three races and three people fell on their faces – Fat Chance) I'll use Milan and Indy to work out any wrinkles in the Whale.

The below are a few NSS photos from Joliet — you will find 80 photos by clicking here.

 

 

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Hot Rod Reunion Bowling Green Recap

Dave Schultz

June 20, 2011

I’m giving this report, not because I was there, but because there was a thread on the NSS forum keeping people updated. All of the races are updated as they happen on the NSS forum.

Some of the first news received was that 00 Joe (who has been recovering from surgery and rehabilitation after a fall off the top of his motor home) was going to make his comeback at this race. The the next bit of news was that Barry Camp had a wreck on a scooter (not sure who’s – as I’ve never seen him on one before) — and had to go to the hospital. When he returned, he looked rough and wasn’t planning on finishing the event.

Barry after his return from the hospital

39 Drivers showed, and qualified through the breaks of constant rain. The below is the Final Qualifying and the Eliminations Ladder.

a larger more readable version is on the forum link above

Because of the rains, 18 people headed back home thinking that there would not be an Eliminations rounds. They were wrong — making Eliminations “First Round Ugly” from all of the Byes. Fast forward to the finals, Barry Camp (who was convinced to stay and compete) and Clay Kossuth lined up, and both broke-out by the smallest amount — but Barry by a slightly lesser amount.

I guess it pays to stay. Congratulations Barry Camp.

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I’m having a terrible year. Pushed back in the Semis at Bradenton for six drops of clear water between the staging lanes and the burnout box (they were watching for me every pass because of a rumor), a -.002 red light in Atlanta in the first round, and then misjudging the weight in the first round of Mechanicsville while racing sick as a dog.

I need a break!

Congrats Doug, Dallas, and Kurt who passed me up in Maryland. Don’t take it for granted — I will get my shit together.

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