http://www.nmcadigital.com/awards/NominationsBallot_NMCA_2010.pdf

If you are a NMCA member — please print out the above ballot, vote for NSS drivers, and fax or mail to the NMCA.

Let’s get some NSS drivers to be the winners of these awards.

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OldHippie.com‘s Free Classified Ads

Buy and sell your drag racing items.

On September 26, 2010, OldHippie.com installed a brand new Free Classified Ads system for it’s members to use. We encourage you to take advantage of this free benefit — and tell your friends of it. The more people who use it — the better it will be for both buyers and sellers.

About:

A benefit of membership in the forums of Old Hippie.com is the free use of the classified ads. In the Free Classified Ad web site you will find categories to buy and sell just about anything you can think of — from vehicles and items for the home; to office furniture and machinery; to collectibles and real estate.

With each ad, member’s can upload up to 9 photos that can be up to 800 pixels wide. Members are encouraged to upload photos with their listings, as items listed with photos are rotated onto showcases for Recent Listings, Most Popular Listings, and Random Listings. Those items without photos do not make it onto those show cases.

How To Use

Member’s registered to post in the forums are ready to post ads without any further action. If they’re logged onto the forums — then they’re also logged in at the Free Classified Ads — as both applications share the same registration database and log on cookies. If you are not yet registered to post — doing so it quick, easy, and free. Click here to register for the forums and free classified ads.

In the navigation bar of most any page on the site — you will find a link labeled Free Classified Ads. Clicking that link will take you to the site. Navigate to the category you wish to place an ad, and then click the link in the NavBar labeled Place An Ad. Placing the ad is just a matter of filling in the boxes.

Be sure to also list how to contact you (phone number and/or email address), and the location of the item. The more information/photos you give about the item, location and contact information — the better your chances of selling the item. If you wish to be notified when someone comments (asking questions) about your item — you will need to check the box in your ad to be updated, and you need to have your forum User CP set to receive email from the administrator (the default unless you physically change it).

Membership Benefits

The number of free ads you are allowed is based on your level of membership — but generous in all cases. Registered Users receive 5 free ads, Moderators receive ten, Premium members also get 10, and Founding members receive 50. Additionally, premium and founding members can upgrade their ads with Bold and/or italics, and Founding can additionally have their ads highlighted. These are $5 options for other members. There are instructions on how to upgrade your membership for $20 (Lifetime) on the forums.

The seller can set the term of the ad to run from 1 day to 90 days. Ads go away after the expiration, freeing it up for the member to reuse for placing another ad.

Safety:

Many people have sold millions of dollars of items on the previous Free Classified Ads site here and the one on MoparStyle — without being ripped off. However that said, whenever someone wants to buy or sell something, there will always be scam dogs wanting to separate a fool from his money no matter where or how he advertises the item for sale.

One scam is called the “Nigerian” Scam — where the buyer (often in another Country) offers to send you much more money that the cost of the item — so that you can pay for the transporting and send him the change — which is often 100s or 1000s. The scam works because you are sending them real change for their bogus money. Use caution with dealing with anyone outside the country — as you have no real recourse.

Another Scam aimed at the seller is counterfeit Money Orders or Cashier’s Checks. I will take a Bank Cashier’s check — if I can call the bank and verify with them that they did indeed issue that check. That requires that you are presented with the Cashier’s Check during banking hours — and this is why many of these Cashier Check Scams occur in the evenings and weekends.

If you receive a personal check — you should not release the item for 7 banking days after depositing the check.

One form of payment that is as good as gold is Interbank Wire Transfer through the Federal Banking system. Once the money is in your account from a IBWT — it is yours. It is the only form of payment (short of cash) that I trust for larger transactions.

The best method to protect yourself, regardless of if you are the buyer or seller, is to ask all of your questions and assume nothing. Trust your intuition. If it doesn’t sound right, doesn’t feel right, or the other party just isn’t coming across as being honest with his answers — take extra precautions in the transaction.

If you are not big, armed, and have a lot of people at your residence like me, and someone is coming to look at the item you have for sale (like a vehicle) — you may want to meet in a more public place and with a friend.

None of this is meant to scare you, as 99% of transactions are free of danger or fraud. However, that is usually because proper precautions are being taken.

Disclaimer:

Old Hippie.com only provides the vehicle for buyers and seller to be introduced to each other. It accepts no responsibility for any of the items listed, or the people who are part of the transaction. Buyers and sellers are urged to use common sense practices when dealing with any stranger.

If you have a Question, Comment or Problem Using The Free Classified Site:

If you have any further questions, would like to suggest a category, or are having a problem using the  Free Classified site — then please post it in this thread. In that way someone will quickly be able to help you, and if the thread doesn’t already have a  solution from someone previously having a similar problem — it will be help for someone in the future with that problem. Moderators will monitor the thread — so check back for your answer or solution.

Now go grab that digital camera, take some photos of stuff  that you will never use taking up space, and turn those items into cash.

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Victory Performance Products/Mickey Thompson Tires Nostalgia Super Stock Series was won by Clay Kossuth from Catawissa, MO.

Kussuth had to win the event to capture the championship and he did that by beating Randy Burgeon, Owensville, MO, who was racing his ‘63 Dodge Ramcharger clone. Kossuth booted his nine-second/130mph+ ’63 Dodge to the win and the Championship.

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From the NHRA web site….

Legendary drag racer Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, is currently recovering from a subdural hematoma procedure that took place Sept.9.

Jenkins’ wife, Polly, said, “Bill’s blood pressure and other vital signs are good at this point, he is bright and alert, and we are currently weaning him off of various other medications. I would like to point out that contrary to unauthorized information that has been posted on the internet, Bill did not suffer a stroke. We want to thank Bill’s many fans for their well wishes.”

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Super Stock great, former NSS racer, and friend to all of us — Arlen Vanke had a minor stroke yesterday and was airlifted to a hospital in La Cruces, New Mexico. He was released and went home to recuperate late yesterday.

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More Photos from the Monster

Pete Alles and Bob Keys took a few photos of NSS cars, and has shared them with us. We might be able to get a couple Hi-Res Versions for a 2011 Wall Calendar.

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New Server and Hacked In the Same Day

If you visited this site on Saturday from 3Pm to 2AM — you may have been told that the site had a Malware link in it, if you were using FireFox or Chrome as your browser. Those using Explorer didn’t have that problem. It was all just the capper on a tough day of 20 hours in front of the computer.

The day started earlier with getting ready for this site to move off it’s 4-year old server that was dying, with one of the baddest-assed servers to ever be racked. I’ll not bore you with the technical aspects of doing this — but it is suffice  to say that is complicated and a PITA. This new server has twice the CPUs, they’re twice as fast; it has twice the memory, and it is faster; and it has a pair of 1TB drives that are RAID mirrored (and UPS backed-up) replacing the 256 GB drives.  Speed has been dramatically improved. We were back up at about 2PM Central time.

However, at about 3PM, www.oldhippie.com was being blocked by Google on the Chrome and FireFox browsers. While I was working on that — Google started bringing down my other sites www.NSS-Racing.com and then www.NostalgiaDragRacers.com. It was apparent that by the end of the night all of my sites would be blocked.

We initially thought the problem was something with the new server, and wasted too much time chasing our tail in that direction. It was a pure coincidence. It turns out that I, and thousands of others, had a security hole in OpenX (the software that serves banners) exploited by hackers on Friday night — before the server swap. It took until 3AM to find the 14 different places the database was hacked, and to upgrade the software with instructions that were as clear as mud. Following all that, I had to sign off that the sites were fixed — and wait for Google to re-crawl them and absolved my from my sins.

Today — we’re on a faster server, and all of the problems I’m aware of have been resolved.



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The below are a Few of the 2011 NSS Wall Calendars created from Hi-Res photos of NSS cars. Quite honestly, some of the photos are from previous years, and have been recycled — albeit with new covers. There is a thread in the NSS Forum that has more detail on the calendar. They’re normally priced at $21 on Cafe Press — but clicking the accompanying links — you can for a limited time get them for a discounted price of $17.99.  Please pass along these links to your NSS buds — so they too can save a couple bucks.

These calendars make excellent Christmas gift. Shipping is cheap (no rip-offs on the S&H).

http://www.cafepress.com/texasbigbird.411510560

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I took the below photos while in the stands at the Monster this past weekend.

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St. Louis Monster Mopar weekend to move?

From: http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2010/1320-xii_9-18.html

With the news that Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill., will be shuttered next season by owners Dover Motorsports unless a buyer can be found, the Monster Mopar Weekend that has been held yearly at that track will have to find a new home. The Agent found out that Steve Sieveking, who owns the race, is shopping it around to potential buyers. But obviously if the track closes then the future of the long-standing event may be in jeopardy.

We’ll have photos and results from last weekend’s 2010 event coming soon in Mopar Max. [09/15/10]

There is an interesting discussion on the situation at Gateway (taxes owed, bonds, power outages, potential buyer, city and county taxes….) at Gateway Closing? Link

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(Chris Graves photo) [09/15/10]

Story From: http://www.dragracingonline.com/agent1320/2010/1320-xii_9-18.html

Ed Miller and the Texas Timing Association will be hosting the biggest nostalgia drag racing event of the year in the state of Texas on October 23 at San Antonio Raceway. The Texas Timing State Championships will play host to the Outlaw Fuel Altereds, Southwest Junior Fuelers and Texas Blown Fuel Associations.

Over two dozen blown nostalgia-style racecars, a full field of injected junior fuel dragsters, several live bands playing and plenty of nostalgia bracket racers and cacklefest cars are on the bill. The Inside Drag Racing television show will be filming the event for an entire episode to be aired shortly after the event. For more information visit www.texastiming.com.

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5th Annual Dave Duell Classic

Monster Mopar Weekend – September 9-12

Text & Photo By: Dave Schultz

Data Compiled by: Bob Wilkewitcz

September 15, 2010

82 NSS Driver's arrived to compete in the 5th annual Dave Duell Classic, which was held during the 26th Monster Mopar Weekend at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Il.

Roster
7022 Skip Koester, Columbia Station OH, ’64 Ford; 7647 Clayton Kossuth, St. Peters MO, ’64 Plymouth; 1963 Stanley Rideout, Pacific MO, ’63 Plymouth; 6691 Ken Helton, St. Peters MO, ’64 Dodge; 6014 Mike Furgye, Demotte IN, ’63 Plymouth; 7795 Ron Rector, St. Charles MO, ’63 Dodge; 7045 Jake Kuenster, Lancaster WI, ’66 Chevrolet; 7066 Mike Moss, Paducah KY, ’66 Chevrolet; 7796 David Munsterman, Godfrey IL, ’64 Dodge; B395 Jeff Burris, Wooddale IL, ’67 Plymouth; 7252 Len Grimsley Jr., Itasca IL, ’64 Plymouth; 7253 Paul Habura, Addison IL, ’63 Plymouth; 7251 Bill White, Demotte IN, ’65 Chevelle; 7038 Charlie Kuenster, Lancaster WI, ’59 Chevrolet; 7042 Jerry Kuenster, Potosi WI, ’59 Chevrolet; 5008 Phil Cathey, Columbia MO, ’67 Plymouth; 0952 Valiere Boelsen, Sedalia MO, ’66 Plymouth; 7410 Mick Alles, New Albany IN, ’64 Plymouth; 7396 Richard Morris, Collierville TN, ’65 Chevelle; 8002 Khorey Rideout, Pacific MO, ’65 Plymouth;3700 Donnie Wilson, Cave Cith KY, ’65 Dodge; 7354 Richard Duvall Jr., Chandler IN, ’63 Plymouth; 7355 Jeff Meece, Newburgh IN, ’63 Plymouth; 1 Doug Duell, Newburgh IN, ’64 Plymouth; 7777 Andy Warren, Rineyville KY, ’67 Plymouth; 309 Jay Freihage, Johnsburg IL, ’68 Plymouth; 3065 Casey Fauss-Johnson, Columbus OH, ’65 Dodge; 7007 Wally Krueger, Appleton WI, ’64 Plymouth; 5580 Don Bruemmer, Jefferson City MO, ’65 Plymouth; 7691 Jeff Frees, Menasha WI, ’64 Plymouth; 7963 Tim Frees, Menasha WI, ‘63 Plymouth; 7899 D.W. Hopkins, Tupelo MS, ’64 Ford; 7770 Barry Camp, Monroe GA, ’66 Chevrolet; 7423 Russ Berens, Edgar WI, ’67 Plymouth; 7464 Joe Midile Jr., Medina OH, ’64 Dodge; 7047 Geary Bates, Wintersville OH, ’67 Ford; 419M Kent Morris, Ardmore OK, ‘65 Dodge; 7266 Darrell Walker, Paducah KY, ’66 Chevrolet; 7092 Steve Wilson, Collierville TN, ’65 Chevelle; 799 Brian Essary, Hobart IN, ’65 Dodge; 1426 Scott Bourrell, Cedar Lake IN, ’64 Dodge; 7602 Dallas Schultz, Richmond TX, ’65 Dodge; 7601 Dave Schultz, Richmond TX, ’63 Plymouth; 7557 Rosie Kossuth, Catawissa MO, ’64 Dodge; 7528 Clay Kossuth, Catawissa MO, ’63 Dodge; 7747 Mitzi Herzing, St. Clair MO, ’63 Plymouth; 5785 Chris Schneider, Jefferson City MO, ’65 Plymouth; 7270 Jeff Millward, Columbia Station OH, ’64 Plymouth; 7440 Al Corda, Elk Mound WI, ’69 Dodge; 7421 Gary Beemer, Attica MI, ’63 Pontiac; 7058 Ed Becker, Southaven MS, ’65 Plymouth; 387 Rich Berlisk, Hartland WI, ’63 Plymouth; 529 John Grinwald, Watertown WI, ’62 Dodge; Q361 Kurt TeVault, Newton IL, ’65 Plymouth; 7561 Damon Kuhn, Needville TX, ’61 Plymouth; 7580 Jim Guy, Hilliard OH, ’64 Plymouth; 7867 Don Baierl, St. Paul MN, ’64 Dodge; 5649 Steve Stahlschmidt, West Alton MO, ’65 Plymouth; 7017 Joe Ewing, Evansville IN, ’63 Dodge; 2236 Kevin Miller, Newton IL, ’65 Dodge; 413A Gene Devening, Kane IL, ’62 Dodge; 7572 Jimmy Ray, Atoka TN, ’65 Chevelle; 0427 Kenny Gresham, Granite City IL, ’63 Ford; 7160 Al Wilson, Belle Buckle TN, ’60 Plymouth; 502 Jim Brandon, Bland MO, ’64 Dodge; 8862 Jake Wilburs, St. Louis MO, ’62 Plymouth; 777 Dennis Spurgeon, Rosebud MO, ’69 Dodge; C553 Gary Fenice, Moose Lake MN, ’63 Plymouth; A330 Tommy Sedlock, Benton KY, ’64 Plymouth; 7834 Mike DeChicco, Ostrander OH, ’65 Dodge; 7556 Bob Mosher, Elmhurst IL, ’67 Ford; 7300 Marty Bertagnoli, Elgin IL, ’64 Ford; 6528 Michael Sanders, Brook IN, ’68 Plymouth; 2421 B.J. Bax, Henley MO, ’62 Pontiac; 7837 Tom Hoffman, Lake Elmo MN, ’63 Plymouth; 7804 Jim Hagenhoff, Holts Summit MO, ’64 Plymouth; 65 Tom Mitchell Jr., Columbia MO, ’65 Dodge; 7 Jim Netherland, Columbia TN, ’67 Buick; 451 Joe Johnson, Staunton IL, ’63 Dodge; 999 John Baskerville, Wyoming MN, ’63 Dodge; 7667 Maggie Pelts, Eureka MO, ’67 Dodge; 757 Earl Hayes, Dix IL, ’67 Ford; E359 Dan Brewer, Ludlow Falls OH, ’63 Plymouth; 007 Larry Roff, Belle MO, ’67 Dodge

Most arrived and tech'd their car in on Thursday.

Friday had us waking up to a very wet track. It was late afternoon before it was dry and NSS was allowed it's first Time Trial, which about 75% of the cars participated in. The second Time Trial on Friday was cancelled after the third set ran — due to an oil down. Later that evening Chris Schneider sponsored a Bar-B-Q that benefited Racers For Christ.

Saturday had a quick Time Trial in the Morning, and the Class Eliminations started at noon. Below are Part 1 and Part 2 of Round One of the Class Eliminations. The slower Classes in the beginning working up to the faster classes.

Class Finals:

NSS/G [13.00]
799 Essary (.111) 1.195; 8.453; 11.015; 13.199@102.91 win
777 Spurgeon (-.070) 1.957; 8.167; 10.764; 13.011@99.54 red

NSS/F [12.50]
2421 Bax (-.074) 1.800; 8.224; 10.763; 12.907@105.00 red
7795 Rector (.086) 1.636; 7.714; 10.166; 12.271@104.65 win

NSS/E [12.00]
8002 Rideout, K. (-.004) 1.727; 7.603; 9.961; 11.984@110.97 red
7042 Kuenster, Jerry (.039) 1.636; 7.583; 9.986; 12.042@109.17 win

NSS/D [11.50]
7058 Becker (.042) 1.600; 7.256; 9.529; 11.464@115.92 win
7354 Duvall Jr. (.061) 1.612; 7.224; 9.482; 11.438@112.27

NSS/C [11.00]
7647 Kossuth, Clayton (-.003) 1.612; 7.071; 9.217; 11.123@111.19 red
7601 Schultz, Dave (.074) 1.533; 6.964; 9.123; 10.966@120.44 win

NSS/B [10.50]
7777 Warren (.032) 1.458; 6.636; 8.706; 10.502@124.49 win
7580 Guy (.031) 1.466; 6.666; 8.735; 10.497@127.22

NSS/A [10.00]
7834 DeChicco (.041) 1.416; 6.336; 8.288; 9.950@135.01 win
Q361 TeVault (-.034) 1.398; 6.366; 8.333; 10.003@134.35 red

F/X
7899 Hopkins (.054) 1.357; 6.041; 7.904; 9.487@141.71 win
7770 Camp (.006) 1.433; 6.201; 8.102; 9.728@137.05

Saturday night ended with the traditional Fried Chicken Driver's Dinner, sponsored by Indy with a $500 Gift Certificate by TTi.

Sunday's eliminations started early and went late. Fast Forward the winner was Don Baierl in his black 64 Dodge with a "Hole Shot" win over Jim Guy.

Eliminator Final:

7867 Baierl; NSS/A 10.00; (.025) 1.404; 6.331; 8.315; 10.019@128.43 win
7580 Guy; NSS/B 10.50; (.047) 1.470; 6.681; 8.743; 10.501@127.6

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LinearDyne ET Predictor With Computer For Sale

Link: http://www.oldhippie.com/freeclassifiedads/showproduct.php/product/389

LinearDyne Performance ET Prediction Tool & Weather Station with Dell Notebook Computer.

A few years ago, the best weather station out there was the LinearDyne. It was invented by a pilot who was also a drag racer that had one of the earliest finite understandings of how the weather affected ETs in bracket and Index Racing. The below is what was on their web site.

“LinearDyne Performance has combined state of the art atmospheric data gathering equipment with precision mathematical modeling algorithms to create a system that will revolutionize the way bracket racing is done.”

In a nutshell, this system would sample the weather and use the database of previous runs for the car to predict what your car would run if the pass were to happen right then. If you were a bracket racer, you’d change the number; and if you were on an index the computer would tell you how much weight to add or take out. The system will also act ad a racer log by keeping track of the car’s passes, maintenance, notify you of upcoming maintenance, and you could track as many cars as you wanted without having to buy an additional license.

This system was virtually infallible to .01 second.

Sadly, it wasn’t promoted well and the company quickly went out of business. If you search on the Internet you will see quite a few posts of people looking to buy used LinearDyne systems — as they were that accurate. While a few companies have taken the ball and run with it on newer (and maybe a more “User-Friendly” interface to switch cars) versions costing $1000 for the first car — there are a lot of people who still prefer LinearDyne for its accuracy.

This sale comes with an older (but lightly used and loaded up for the time) Dell Inspirion 8100 Notebook with Windows, Office, and other applications (can’t find the notebooks manuals or programs disks), the LinearDyne application installed, the LinearDyne application CDs, and the LinearDyne weather sampler device. It is everything you need to do your weather station, ET Prediction, and racer log right now — plus a computer loaded up with applications.

I just fired it and everything works. I bought it new and only used it a few times — and frankly can’t remember how to use it well enough to give lessons, but I do remember it was easy to figure out and there are a ton of racers on bulletin boards that can answer any detailed questions.

please call Amanda 281-238-6900
location katy/richmond area

Computer loaded up with applications other than the weather station makes this an even sweeter deal!

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