How quick are you gonna run at the HAMB Drags?

[buzzard]

I expect to be in the low 13's. The car usually runs in the 12's, but I won't have as much gear as I have in the past.

I was hoping to find others that will be in that range. Seems like it'll be more fun with door to door racing all the way down the track. I know I'll get smoke on a few passes (gotta run D.W. at least once) and I'll probably be way ahead on a couple of others.

Who else is going to be close to that so I can look for some good matchups?

What are you gonna run? Let's use this thread to set up some good, close, races.

I'll be in this:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/buzzard1931_/0608_2177.jpg

[lindross]

17's if I'm lucky. :D Running our little 63 Valiant with a Slant Six.

Me and Denise are having a showdown with the Valiant and Big Olds. I think I'll be within a second or two of her. :)

[jalopy gal]

Considering this'll be my 2nd run, I hope to surpass my 20sec from last year!:o (Newbie jitters!!!) Hope to at least get 18!! It'll be fun regardless...:D

[chicken]

I'll be in the 200 six falcon and trying to better my 18.02 from '07......so lindross or jalopygal lets line 'em up! NoSurf too if you're back runnin' again.......

chicken

[G V Gordon]

buzzard, Tman told me that the T ran 14.1 it's only time out so with the carbs working right I am hoping for mid 13's. Who knows. Gonna be fun though.

[bigken]

Man, that's hard to say, I guess it's all going to depend on how far I am from the cooler full-o-Shiners......

[lindross]

I'll be in the 200 six falcon and trying to better my 18.02 from '07......so lindross or jalopygal lets line 'em up! NoSurf too if you're back runnin' again.......

chicken

haha, now that sounds like a fair and evenly matched race! A 200 six Falcon vs a Slant Six Valiant! People will have enough time to go get a sandwich by the time we finish! :eek::D

Heck yeah, come grab me and we'll line em up! Sounds like a blast.

[dabirdguy]

Is there a 10 minute rule?
I'll bring the Horrible if I can get some help and we can push it thru the traps!

[maxwdg]

Car's Kinda porky... Hopefully 12s though.
-Barry

'62 Dodge Dart

[trailer-Ed]

I'm hoping for mid to low 12's, but I'll be lucky to get any traction. we'll just have to see??

[scrape]

im not sure what our 55 is gonna run....... we havent ran ours down the track yet....... we'll be puting N/T on our window anyway.... (we dont want the shocker to know what it'll run till we race him)..... hahaha....

[jalopy gal]

Quote:
Originally Posted by chicken http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/hamb/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3050206#post3050206)
I'll be in the 200 six falcon and trying to better my 18.02 from '07......so lindross or jalopygal lets line 'em up! NoSurf too if you're back runnin' again.......

chicken

originally posted by lindross-
[haha, now that sounds like a fair and evenly matched race! A 200 six Falcon vs a Slant Six Valiant! People will have enough time to go get a sandwich by the time we finish! :eek::D

Heck yeah, come grab me and we'll line em up! Sounds like a blast]


I'm up for it too! People might even have a chance to get a brew with that samich!:p Come find me and lets go!

[D.W.]

I'm hoping for mid to low 12's, but I'll be lucky to get any traction. we'll just have to see??


That thing fuckin rules!

[bigken]

:rolleyes:im not sure what our 55 is gonna run....... we havent ran ours down the track yet....... we'll be puting N/T on our window anyway.... (we dont want the shocker to know what it'll run till we race him)..... hahaha....
You gonna get outta town friday morning? :rolleyes:

[buzzard]

im not sure what our 55 is gonna run....... we havent ran ours down the track yet....... we'll be puting N/T on our window anyway.... (we dont want the shocker to know what it'll run till we race him)..... hahaha....

Put a hitch on that thing and tow that little Falcon up there!:)

[scrape]

id like to...... aaron might have to work friday.....

"Put a hitch on that thing and tow that little Falcon up there!"
we're trailering the 55.... lets just say its not streetable........
and if we took his falcoon up there who whould shift the gears?(cause noone can shift as fast as the shocker).... hahaha.....

[Rusty]

Whre is the Shocker, They cant use anything said on here in the court of law

[buzzard]

I just PM'd with him. He may not know it yet, but he'll be there..... unless he's skeered of that '55.

[The Shocker]

im not sure what our 55 is gonna run....... we havent ran ours down the track yet....... we'll be puting N/T on our window anyway.... (we dont want the shocker to know what it'll run till we race him)..... hahaha....

Im predicting low 13's for you and Aaron or a corrected high to mid 12 (with me behind the wheel banging the gears for you) .After all that 55 has a 4 spd. not an auto with a shift light ...

[senior fried]

id like to...... aaron might have to work friday.....

"Put a hitch on that thing and tow that little Falcon up there!"
we're trailering the 55.... lets just say its not streetable........
and if we took his falcoon up there who whould shift the gears?(cause noone can shift as fast as the shocker).... hahaha..... Thats FUNNY !!! The shocker is shifty you know !!!

[senior fried]

Hey , I really like that car, I'm partial to fast 55's

[Kerry]

Low 12's but I'd like to break into the 11's.

DW, do you have a roll bar this year?

[ponchoman]

I'm hoping for at least a low 18, and would be ecstatic with a run into the 17's.

[Dirty2]

Low 12's but I'd like to break into the 11's.

DW, do you have a roll bar this year?


Yep he does !

[Kerry]

Excellent. I'd hate to have to slash his tires for his own safety. ;-) What did he run at the DOTD? 10.97?

[buzzard]

11.05, no 10's yet. He's got a race bucket and harness for it as well. He'll pull the stock sofa out at the track and bolt in the race seat. That weight difference alone could be enough to do it. We'll see how the track is.

[Rusty]

Gunning for Mid 18's with the 232 and the 39 tranny, I may as well be in the flatty class,, i think I am going backwards

[blacktopbuddha]

Depends upon how full Breeder's cooler is. Topped up, no worries, low and slow. Half full, a steady pace. If it's the last beer, as fast as my little legs will carry.;)

[Greezy]

Im shooting for 14's...but if it runs better than 16.01 (my best last year) I'll be happy.

[D.W.]

11.05, no 10's yet. He's got a race bucket and harness for it as well. He'll pull the stock sofa out at the track and bolt in the race seat. That weight difference alone could be enough to do it. We'll see how the track is.


Uh........11.04:D
Like Buzzard said, I'm gonna remove the "couch" @ the track. I weighed it recently & it weighs 95 lbs! Thats a lot for a seat & considering that the car weighs 2705 w/ me & that seat in it, it's either remove the seat or cut down on beer drinking.
Really though. 2705lbs! What a heavy piece of shit for a Model A!!!
I've got the day off today so maybe I'll spend about half of it in the car practicing my shifting:D

[buzzard]

Sorry buddy, didn't mean to jip ya there!

[D.W.]

Yeah, sure, I'll bet!

[Rodshop]

Somewhere between hahaha and Kerry kicks my ass.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viXe8t7LuNU

See you all there....
Rodshop

[Dirty2]

Mine is slow !

[agasrcng]

The Anglia is shootin' for 11.0

[MoKanMan]

Scrape and all,

If you don't want times announced or displayed on the score board, be sure to tell the staging lane guy.

He will send you on a single, and we will turn the boards off.

Putting the N/T on your window wont' hurt either.

later!
CArl

[3dnsouth]

Gonna make it with the ol' roadster (ZOT) this year. The worn flathead ain't no power king, but the fun factor'll be up there. I'm guessin' somewhere 'round the 18's, ain't gonna wind it too hard. First time the ol' ride has been down the track since '71 or 2.
Can't wait.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/dnsouth/ZOT/Image006.jpg

[3dnsouth]

The last time ZOT ran (as OUTTASIGHT) in '71 or 2:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/dnsouth/ZOT/1051outtsilftfrt.jpg

and in the late 60's as ZOT:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/dnsouth/ZOT/1015zotrtfrt.jpg

and in the 50's as HARASS:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/dnsouth/ZOT/2140.jpg

Hope I don't embarass the car too much. It knows more 'bout this drag racin' stuff than I do!!
Just an ol' flathead in it these days, still fun though.

[bigken]

Whoooaaa - sweeeeeetttttt.......:d

the last time zot ran (as outtasight) in '71 or 2:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/dnsouth/zot/1051outtsilftfrt.jpg

and in the late 60's as zot:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/dnsouth/zot/1015zotrtfrt.jpg

and in the 50's as harass:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f232/dnsouth/zot/2140.jpg

hope i don't embarass the car too much. It knows more 'bout this drag racin' stuff than i do!!

[krupanut]

I'm gonna run the quickest ET ever recorded out the freakin door at Arthur Fluid Systems at 5pm.
Can't wait!
holy hell get me outta here!!!

[krupanut]

I plan on wetting my whistle. :D

Much drinking and no driving for me this time out.

[LUX BLUE]

I will see You kids at the track!

[Tman]

buzzard, Tman told me that the T ran 14.1 it's only time out so with the carbs working right I am hoping for mid 13's. Who knows. Gonna be fun though.

G, that 14.1 was the year Carl redid the track. If you look at Marletts pics that run was about the 4th one in the pitside lane after the new concrete.........NO TRACTION! Do that ol girl proud and find the 13s and 100mph for me will ya!:)

[scrape]

and still FASTER than your ford...
what was the fastest your ranch hero ran at mokan???? 14's or 15's????

[Hard Luck]

Easy boy, that was a year and ten thousand performance mods ago .12.90's ,fact is my little Ford was nearly that fast at Temple last year with 3.55 gears to your 4.30's ,and i did it with plain street tires and 50 less cubes .Not to mention the fact that its a everyday driver that i drove 250 miles each way to the track in.With my 4.57 gears ,slicks and other mods now ,im gunna make you guys look even worse at the DOTD .That will teach to pick on a litttle 302 with a 350...

I always get a kick out of reading your posts and trying to guess which excuses you're going to use.

By the DOTD, the bugs will be worked out of our car. Keep in mind, our junky old 4 door had never even been DRIVEN, much less taken down a track. You had all the time in the world to get used to your car, learn it's quirks, etc. We rolled ours off the trailer, made a pass, adjusted from there, and STILL went OVER a 1/2 second faster than your fastest time at the DOTD. Not to mention, my very first pass to ever drive the car was only 2 tenths slower than your fastest pass at MoKan last year ! LMAO !

-Aaron

[scrape]

i dont think i can wait till dotd..... how about going to ardmore aug 30 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3062410#post3062410 ....

[buzzard]

Did I miss something? What did "The Dirt Clod" run?:)

[scrape]

Did I miss something? What did "The Dirt Clod" run?:)
hahaha....
i think the best time was like 12.96 at 103or4 with a junk carb.... hardluck has the slips, he was driving..... i took a good pic of it leaving a dirt cloud on aarons camera, so he'll have to post it.......

[buzzard]

Pretty dang good, especially for the first time out.

[Hard Luck]

Pretty dang good, especially for the first time out.

Not only the first time out, but the first time the car has EVER been driven except for a couple blocks down the road and back. I had never even driven a car with a 4 speed before--just late model, internal rail shifted trannys. We just had too many problems with the carb. It had a stumble about 3000-3500, and then it was just falling off at 6000 like it was running out of fuel. The last pass was a 12.95@103. The 60ft was 1.75 on that last pass. Not bad with that stumble.

[Rusty]

That 55 impressed me.

You forogt to mention the trip to the car wash to clean the dirt out.

Good hangin with you guys this weekend

Missed seeing the Ranchero battle it our for king of Mokan

Rusty

[scrape]

trust me aaron dosnt need any practice on the shifting.......

[A 31 MO FO]

Well all I can say is 55 CHEVY RULE! You can ask Dennis (senior fried). I was a cook and a spectator and drove around in a golf cart. What a gold chainer, but had a blast. Shocker I can tell you Aaron would have left you eating dust all the way down the track. That dirt clod as Buzzard put it became a Tri 5 King that day! In the 12's with a more door just to dam cool.

[Rusty]

Hey yall be nice

LEts Race

[X--GASSER]

this is too funny^^^

[A 31 MO FO]

Yeah but cheating never felt so GOOD, and running in the 12's in a 3000 lbs car with 2mi. on it speaks volumes. We are all here to have FUN and go as fast as we can, just remember that. All my cars have been build by other people that know more than I. But they are still my cars and I am having a blast and that is what it is all about! When this race between yall is done you both will have closure. Until the next race.

[senior fried]

Hey Danial, You are going to have to do some pretty fancy driving to keep up with Aaron, Like Robert said show up ,line em up, and let em rip, until then its all kinda BS.... Dennis

[The Shocker]

Hey Danial, You are going to have to do some pretty fancy driving to keep up with Aaron, Like Robert said show up ,line em up, and let em rip, until then its all kinda BS.... Dennis

Your right Dennis ,i agree .I will just have to do my best and see what happens ,anythings possible i suppose .Nostalgia drag racing is all for fun anyway and i realised that finally ,as i hope they do.Aaron and Troy are both friends and if they feel they need help dialing it in ,more power to them ...