Temporarily All Quiet on the Racing Front...............

Lots happening, but just not much on the racing side of things.

An idle thought: After the Class Win in Columbus, we stopped the Jegs team trailer, to chat with Jeg about his car.  He is one terrific nice guy, humble and just plain a good guy. I am glad I finally got to meet him.

The car will be going to Phoenix for the Nationals on October 14-16. Keith will be alone for that race, except obviously for all the racing friends he has. But I have some health related things that will keep me in Akron for that week.

After the race, Keith will take car to Las Vegas for the Nationals there on the 27th thru the 30th. After dropping the car and trailer in Vegas,  Keith will attend his youngest daughter's wedding in Salt lake City. And I wish the young couple all of the best.

Once the wedding celebrations are complete, Keith will return to Las Vegas, and I will fly in to join him for the races there.

I say races, because there is a National one week, and the a divisional the next week. And we will likely attend both.

For those who wonder what has been going on with the car, we are currently ranked number five in Stock Eliminator rankings. And interesting enough.... at least for me... we are positioned to take the who thing down... If we have one more Class Win, we are Number One and hold all of the tie breakers...

Obviously, we still have to "git er dun", but we have a couple of chances... So, I think we have a shot at it. Stock Automatic National Champion is pretty cool.

Then, at the Divisional, we will try to do something, that Chris and I believed we could do, and had as a goal from the very beginning. We will run in Super Stock (running in Super Stock isn't the goal), and get a World Record  in some NHRA Class.  That, a World Record, always has been the goal! Chris and I talked about it, at great length. We dreamed, and we laughed, and we knew we could do it.. So now is the time to do it.

Because of the way the NHRA punishes you for going fast, we will not try it in Stock where our Horsepower rating is over 400, and will go for it in Super Stock where our Horsepower rating is still 305. So in Super Stock, even though we will break the index, and be penalized with more horsepower requiring us to carry more weight in Super Stock, we can afford that hit.

Chris said it originally, and when he said it, the lights went on, and I immediately agreed with him. The New Hemi, the 5.7, the 6.1 and now the 6.4, all the same basic engine, is the LAST GREAT PUSHROD ENGINE that will ever be produced.

And it is about time that the Mega Maniac, the most successful and best known Dodge Challenger Drag Pak car running that engine,  takes it proper place at the top of the list, amongst the greatest race cars in the NHRA with a Stock Championship, and a Super Stock World Record.

Even if we dont get either or both of these accomplishments, the Mega Maniac is a winner.

God Bless, and Race Safely

David