Drag Radial 8 Sec Club...... job, different, thread, second

amy

Super great job!!!!!!!!

Just again wanted to say congrats to the full 8's second club..in the order it happened..

Chris quot;SHOWTIMEquot; Little
Dwayne quot;Big Daddyquot; Gutridge or PRIMETIME
Anthony quot;Big Headquot; Curto
Peter quot;CashMoneyquot; Champani
Jimmy Byrnes
Big Bob Mac
Norris/Zoman
Spence Hart
Chip Provenza
Ty quot;Top Fuelquot; Krean

That's 4 Turbo Cars 3 NOS Cars And 3 Supercharger Car all from different Companies.

Big D, I am not trying to scar the thread but I just want to see if everyone get some mention. There were some cars that were so so close, and have come such a long way this year.All in all, Awesome year Dra Radial.quot; The Kool-Aid Kidquot;

The thread says 8's second club.

That's a hard enough feat in itself. I tried for 4 years and all close got me was an a$$ whippin from Chris Little for 5 races... If George Bush posted on this board would you reply? Damn at least you can let the people who accomplished this goal reply first.
To go 8 sec in NMRA trim on a 325/50/15 tire with a Supercharger was a big big goal that these guys wanted to accomplish before the end of the season... Let them have their day Scott your's will be coming too.

Hey Kool -Aid Kid you still the Sh$tz.
I've got the formula for your car.........

The Big Daddy

YOU KNOW HOW HARD WE WORKED THIS YEAR TO GET IN THE 8'S -JUST A SHAME IT CAME SO LATE IN THE SEASON, BUT ONE THING WE FOUND OUT FIRST HAND WAS THE PRICE TO PAY FOR RUNNING FAST. THE FASTER YOU RUN THE MORE BUGZ YOU HAVE TO WORK OUT (BIG DADDY amp; JOB JR HELPED US WITH MOST OF THOSE BUGZ), BUT I'D LIKE TO THINK OF THE END OF THIS YEAR AS AN EARLY TEST FOR NEXT YEAR - THANKS TO MY CREW(JOE amp; BIG JOE) WE HAVE SORTED OUT MOST OF OUR PROBLEMS.
OVERALL IT WAS GREAT JOB DONE BY ALL DRAG RADIAL RACERS THIS YEAR. CHRIS LITTLE - FOR BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, BIG DADDY - FOR KNOCKING DOWN THE DOOR TO THE 8.50'S AND ALL THE FIRST TIME EIGHT SECOND PASSES THIS SEASON BY TONY CURTO, PETER CHAMPANI, JIMMY BYRNES, NORRIS/ZOMAN, SPENCE HART(FIRST VORTECH CAR IN THE 8'S), CHIP PROVENZA(FIRST PAXTON CAR IN THE 8'S), TY KREAN, amp; MYSELF.

BIG BOB DR7
8.90 @ 160 MPH
quot;FIRST SUPERCHARGED DRAG RADIAL CAR IN THE 8'Squot;

thanks Big D.

Congrats Big Bob for being the FIRST blower car in NMRA trim into the 8s.........what a season, alot of breakage, alot of accomplishments to go along with it. I had a blast for the most part and sunday was the icing on the cake for me personally and to run that 8 second pass against BD and get the hand shake and a hug as soon as I exited the car was what this class is all about, thanks for a killer year everybody..........

Damn, I go away for a week and change, and you guys are setting the world on fire!  Congrats to the new members of the 8 sec. club.  Everyone did a great job this year.  I'm looking forward to a full year of racing with you guys.

ps  Save me a spot!

Sorry to cover over the great accomplishments.Spence, Man, I really wanna say that is awesome to see you stick it out, and whoop azz on that YS. You really got one bad azz ride.

Big Bob, Man you laid the smack down, that ProCharger is movin.

And to everyone else who put it on the edge and showed everyone whats up......Hell yeah!!!! It couldnt have happened to a nicer bunch of racers.Big D,    I am reaching out here man, I need some help, and I am ready to talk, and put something together.I may be young, but I am hungry, and damnitt I wanna learn and go faster. Slowly but progressively.Scott K

Congrats to all, it still amazes me how fast you guys go on a drag radial tire, very impressive.

Spence- Guess Sunday turned out to be a good day, look forward to meeting you in November unless we can get to the dyno sooner..I'll catch on AOL. I've been talking to Kevin S, hoping to find some better traction and get that damn 10 sec pass, trying to head out Sunday if the weather stays good.

Rick

whats up brother, this is Ken from Lincoln Speed.  I just picked up another 87 coupe with a 351, a c-6, and a perfect body.  Pretty deace huh?  I should be able to get my car looking a little better now.  Hey, we are having an MSRA  race at Mason this sunday.  You should come out and raise some hell



Take Care, nice hearing from you!

Yeah, the problem was the oil pump.  The guy who built the engine didnt connect the pickup tube to the main stud and all of the vibration broke the pump in half.  I never got a chance to make any more runs for the season.  Due to some new money issues, the engine will stay the same for next year.  Still though, I think 10's shouldnt be a problem N/A.
I should be in the shop for a few weeks late in Dec, and early Jan.  Come on in and shoot it.

i'd like to congradulate all of the new members to the 8 second club.  and to all of the radial racers in the nmra and everwhere else radial racing goes on. i myself made my first 8 second pass in april at atlanta. i know its another series, but somebody has to race them chevy's over there. i'd also like to give jimmy byrne a thumbs up for running both series. his car is the most leavin car i've seen to date.
i'd also like to say thanks to all the nmra radial guys for letting me introduce myself to all of you at orlando. and congrats on the performances there.
maybe in the future i'll be at the nmra races in radial.
take care and good luck in 2003
and remember......et's mean alot!!! winning means alot more!!

YOU COULDN'T BE MORE RIGHT DAVE!!!
I HAVE 41 TROPHY'S TO MY CREDITS 20 OF THEM ARE FROM DRAG RADIAL RACING. 17 R FROM WINNING AND 3 R RUNNER UPS. I'VE ONLY LOST 1 RACE IN THE FINALS  THAT WAS A COMPLETE RACE... WAS TO CHRIS LITTLE LAST YEAR ON A HOLESHOT.517 LIGHT TO A .571 HE WENT 9.07 TO MY 9.02 THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT I EVER LOST IN THE FINALS ON A SIDE BY SIDE RACE. THE LAST 2 RACES THAT I LOST BACK TO BACK WAS BOTH TRANS FAILURE... HEY A LOST IS A LOST.  I'VE LOST A FEW RACES TRYING TO GET TO THE FINALS, BUT HAVE 1 HECK OF A RECORD IN THE FINALS.... WINNING FOR THE FIRST TIME IS EASY, BUT ONCE YOU GET THAT WINNING TASTE DOING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN GET'S VERY DIFFICULT....YOU HAVE TO WILL YOURSELF TO CONTINUE TO WIN ON A CONSISTANCE BASIS, AND BE WILLING TO WORK WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS SLEEPING, GO THE EXTRA 4 MILES, MAKE SCARIFICES YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE...THAT'S ME. I HAVE WON 6 NMRA RADIAL TIRE EVENTS TO MY CREDITS. I MUST SAY THAT I LOVE BEING THE FASTER CAR AT THE  END OF A RACE AND SETTING ET RECORDS AT THE SAME TIME. CHRIS QUALIFIED #3 IN ORLANDO AND I QUALIFIED #5 WE WENT TO THE FINALS I DIDN'T WIN BECAUSE MY TRANS BROKE, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO SEE THE OUT COME, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FANS THEY WERE GREAT, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU SETTING THE LOW ET OF THE WEEKEND AND ELIMINATING THE #1 QUALIFIER AT THE SAME TIME WAS GREAT.  

WINNING IS THE CAKE!!!   SETTING ET RECORDS IS THE ICING!!!

I GO TO THE TRACK EXPECTING TO WIN!!! THAT'S WHAT I WORK HARD FOR.. IF I SET THE RECORD IN DOING SO, THAT LET'S ME KNOW THAT MY WORK WASN'T IN VAIN.
GOOD LUCK IN THE 2003 SEASON

THE BD   

Hey Big Daddy, what kind of tranny are you running? Are most of the guys in the 8's running the same type of tranny?Rob

Any idea yet on what the rule changes will be for DR this year? Any rumors?

Originally posted by njrob6
Hey Big Daddy, what kind of tranny are you running? Are most of the guys in the 8's running the same type of tranny?Rob

WE MOSTLY ALL USE POWERGLIDES...

Originally posted by Rick 91GT
Any idea yet on what the rule changes will be for DR this year? Any rumors?

FACT: IF TRADITIONS R ANY INDICATIONS OF RULES CHANGES IN THE NMRA DON'T LOOK TO SEE MY TURBO LEGAL FOR NEXT YEAR. NOT MY ENTIRE CAR JUST THE TURBO....SO IF YOUR RUNNING IN THE NMRA NEXT YEAR CHOOSE A DIFFERENT WEAPON. IF NOT I'LL BE SURPRISED AND OVER 11K IN PARTS AND TESTING ISN'T FOR NUALT. I LOVE THIS SPORT, I MEAN DRAG RADIAL WE AS SOMEONE ONCE SAID R THE MOST COLORFULESS CLASS IN THE NMRA....HOW ABOUT THAT GUYS AND GALS. WE R TOGETHER. THAT'S AN AWESOME FEELING, JUST THINK IF WE COULD REPRESENT AMERICA, WE WOULDN'T HAVE FOOLS LIKE THE SNIPER OR THE UNIBOMBER, OR WANT TO BE TALIBAN US CITIZENS RUNNING AROUND...RACING IS A TOOL THAT UNIFIES US AND LET US TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHO WE REALLY R. ALLOWS US TO SHARE THE SAME HUDDLES THAT LIFE BRINGS BEFORE US ALL. DIFFERENT ONLY BY THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN AND OUR ETHNIC BACK ROUND. FOR THE MOST PART GOVERNED BY THE SAME CREATOR 1 GOD.  AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, DON'T GET ME WRONG OUR GOVERMENT IS ONE LEFT TO BE DESIRED...OVERALL IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE.

DRAG RADIAL WHAT A GROUP OF RACERS AND ENGLISHTOWN REMINDED ME OF THE REASON Y I DO THIS.  IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE MASTERCARD COMMERICAL ...ENTRY FEE $75 SUPERCHARGER OR TURBO HEAD UNIT 2200/2800 BF. GOODRICH TIRES $340 RACE FUEL FOR A DAY $105 THE EXPRESSION ON THE FANS FACES AFTER THE SHOW WE PUT ON AND THE EXPRESSION ON BOB MC, SPENCE HART, CHIP P,TY KREAN, ROB SCALA, JOHN PASEMATO, JOHN K, NORRIS AND ZOMAN FOR DOING THE PROFESSIONAL BEST PRICELESS.. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY FOR EVERYTHING ESLE THERE DRAG RADIAL RACERS...
YOU GUYS AND GALS DESERVE THE quot;SPORTMANSHIP OF THE YEAR AWARDquot; FOR YOUR APPRECIATION OF OTHER RACERS THAT YOU RACE AGAINST AND HOW YOU BAN TOGETHER TO HELP YOUR OPPONENT MAKE THE NEXT ROUND.  AS A GROUP YOU DESERVE THE quot;DETERMINATION AWARDquot; FOR NOT GIVING UP WHEN THIS CLASS WAS DOWN FOR THE COUNT.  THE quot;FAN APPRECIATION AWARDquot; FOR GIVING THE FANS ONE HECK OF A SHOW FOR THE 5 RACES THAT WE DO HAVE AND BEING THE CROWD FAVORITE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST .. THE AWARD THAT I WOULD GIVE TO YOU FROM MEquot; YOUR THE GREATESTquot; AWARD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR YOU GUYS AND GALS IN THIS CLASS..
REAL FAST STORY AND I'M DONE:
DONT FOCUST ON WHAT I'M SAYING IN THIS STORY JUST GET THE MESSAGE.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY GROWING UP MY DAD TAUGHT ME TO BE AWARE OF RACISM BUT BE BIGGER THAN THE PROBLEM.  IN 1ST GRADE A LITTLE GIRLS SHOW AND TELL TOY CHICKEN GOT STOLEN AND I WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING IT , THE NEXT DAY A LITTLE AMERICAN BOY HAD IT. BY THE 4TH GRADE I WASN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH SOME OF MY SCHOOL FRIENDS I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. VISITING FAMILY IN ALABAMA A NEIGHBOR WOULD ALWAYS SICK HIS DOG ON ME AND MY BROTHER AS WE WORKED BY HIS HOME ON THE WAY TO THE STORE FOR MY GRANDPARENTS.. PEE WEE AND POP WARNER FOOTBALL THEY WOULD THRU THINGS AT THE BUS, CALL US THE (N) WORD ON THE FIELD. THINK ABOUT IT IF THE KIDS DID IT, YOU KNOW THE REFS WASN'T ON YOUR SIDE..BY HIGH SCHOOL FULL ALL OUT RIOTS... AND I WOULD ASK WHY WOULD YOU BUILD A NEW SCHOOL IN A ALL AMERICAN TOWN THAT WE HAD TO CROSS OVER TO GET TO...BAD IDEA.. 2 AMERICAN TOWNS JOINED TOGETHER WITH 1 BLACK AMERICAN TOWN FOR HIGH SCHOOL..(PROBLEMS PROBLEMS PROBLEMS) BACK THAN WE HAD GRADUATED  FROM AFRO AMERICANS TO BLACK AMERICANS... THERE WOULD BE FIGHTS EVERYDAY ....MALES AND FEMALES AND I STOOD MY GROUND... NEVER GOT INVOLVED PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, AND LIFTED WEIGHTS WITH THE AMERICANS AND LIVED  WITH THE BLACK AMERICANS.. THE POLICE WOULD ESCORT US OUT OF TOWN, IF YOU WAS ON A WORK RELEASE PROGRAM YOU HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL PROPERTY. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES THERE WOULD BE ALL OUT BRAWLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AGAINST OTHER TEAMS. RIDING DOWN THE STREET ON YOUR BIKE THEY WOULD THROW EGGS AT YOU... AMAGINE SOMEONE HITTING YOU WITH AN EGG IN THE FALL OR WINTER... IT WOULD HARDEN UP LIKE A SNOT BOOGER ALL OVER YOU... I WONT EVEN GO INTO THE GIRL SITUATION IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE THREATS I RECEIVED FROM FATHERS AND THE POLICE CHASES OUT OF THEIR TOWNS... MAYBE THAT HELP MY DRIVING..HUN. MY SENIOR YEAR IT WAS THE THANKSGIVING DAY GAME AND I RUSHED FOR 184 YARDS AND THEY INTERVIEWED ME, THEY ASK ME WHO WOULD I LIKE TO DEDICATE  THIS GAME TO, AND  I DEDICATED IT TO A GOOD FRIEND THE CENTER OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM WHO BROKE HIS LEG A FEW GAMES BEFORE  NAMED(JOHN NAIMAN)..AN AMERICAN..THE US AIR FORCE WASN'T ANY DIFFERENT EITHER .  SO I RETURNED WENT TO SCHOOL IN NEW YORK AND WOULD FEED THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND THAT  WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE I HAD IN LIFE.. HOMELESS SOME BY CHOICE AND OTHERS NOT...BUT VERY INTERESTING STORY TO LEARN ABOUT LIFE... THINGS GOT A LITTLE BETTER, BUT STILL WAS HARASHED FOR DRIVING A NICE CAR, SOMETIMES DETAIN 4 HOURS FOR NOTHING...BUT I KEPT MY HEAD UP...A DEFYING MOMENT FOR ME WAS AT THE PRI SHOW IN 1994 OR 95 IN CINNCINATI JOHN MEANY THE CREATOR OF DFI ASKED ME WHAT WAS I DOING AT THE SHOW. HE SAID LOOK AROUND WHAT DO YOU SEE, AND HOW DID YOU GET HERE. HE CONTINUED TO SAY RACIN IS A AMERICAN SPORT AND I'M SURPRISED TO SEE U HERE..HE BEGIN TO TELL ME ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE WITH HIS BLACK AMERICAN FRIENDS AND HOW THEY HAD BECAME LIKE FAMILY...HE LOOK AT ME AND SAID DON'T EVER LET ANYBODY TAKE FROM YOU WHAT YOU KNOW..GLAD YOUR HERE...

SO I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT HAS CHANGED SINCE 9/11. OUR FREEDOM ON THE HOME FRONT WILL BE CHALLENGE, OUR INTEGRIDY WILL BE PUT TO THE TEST, SOME OF OUR FREEDOMS MAY BE TAKEN AWAY FOR SERCURITY REASON. SOME WILL OPPOSE IT OTHERS WONT. PEOPLE WILL GROW TIRED OF GOVERMENT POLICIES AND WILL START TO TAKE THINGS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS ...LIKE WE'VE WITNESS WITH THE MOURON SNIPER, PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES ...TODAY THEM TOMORROW ONE OF US. AS WE LOOK INTO THE NEW SEASON LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT THIS COUNTRY AND OUR FAMILIES AND EXTENDED FAMILIES MEAN TO US ALL...
GOD BLESS ALL OF US.

THE BD...HEY DRAG RADIAL GUYS GALS AND FANS YOU REMIND ME OF JOHN MEANY....THANKS   

Hey Big D. Ummmmm, you're black? And here I thought you were only human.

Originally posted by Stangfireman
Hey Big D. Ummmmm, you're black? And here I thought you were only human.  

HEY TODD I NEED SOME PICS OF MY CAR, I KNOW YOU REALLY GOT SOME GOOD PICS OF IT. LET ME KNOW..

THE BIG D

BD, as always, you have one hell of a way with words!

congrats to everyone on a great year, cant wait to see what happens next year!

At what RPM are you guys running 8's launching your car at and what kind of tire pressure do you run your DR's?

I second that ....Big D has an amazing ability to speak his mind
and i commend you on that.

The fist person i know to always stand up for what he believes is right.  

Congrats on an outstanding Drag Radial Season.

Alex