I just wanted to say Happy New Year to you all.
And to say THANKS for all of your encouragement and support.
A couple of the other contingency sponsors have stepped up.. I had previously forgotten to acknowledge VP, and I have also received payment from Moser for the National Performer award.
There still are a lot of folks who owe for Columbus, and and even more who stiffed me for wins last year, when Class was supposed to be paid.
Once again, Happy New Year to all!
David
Friday, December 30, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Merry Christmas
In my last post, full of anticipation, I said I would report on the Indianapolis Banquet and our awards.
Initially, when the award was annouced, and we all started chasing it, there were several things that we were told.
So we spent a lot of money and won a lot of races, and ultimately won the award.
But guess what, the really big championship sized trophy, wasn't all that big. In fact it was a standard Class winning sized trophy. But I have it now. I was also told that I would get our Class trophy from Vegas at teh Banquet, but nobody there had a clue about that.
Initially, we heard that a Gold Card came with the win, but later heard it would be a Jacket, and that was apparently later to changed to .....absolutely nothing.
There were other promises and to date, they are still unrealized. But who knows...
Well at least we would get the Program card for the Banquet to keep as a souvenir. The only problem with that, is there is no mention of our award in the Program. I don't t think this was the fault of the Division people, as they just didn't get the news in time.
So it was all of the Junior dragster winners that got their awards, and spoke their thanks, and a bunch of other awards as well, and then... they called the three winners, Super Stock Automatic, Stock Stick, and Stock Automatic, handed them their trophies, and that was that.. Wham bam, thank you maam.
At least we got a free dinner. We had two tickets, one from Division, one from NHRA, and the kind folks at Milan Drag Strip gave me one too. Thanks friends.
The food was quite a bit below average, and they ran out of the chicken, and and other stuff too... we stopped at a restaurant afterwards, to get some real food.
So, all in all, the whole thing was pretty much disappointing all the way around.
The only good part was seeing a couple of old friends, and meeting a couple of new ones.
I would have posted a picture of the trophy, but it same as the others, and if you have seen one, you seen them all.
As you can tell, I was more than a bit disappointed about the way the whole program was handled. That last trip West cost as much as we won from the Contingency Sponsors, so now I can only hope that the Contingency Sponsors actually pay up. Mopar, and Comp Cams are the only one to pay so far, and quite frankly I am still owed by many for the Columbus Sports Nationals win. It is sad that when you support a product, and win, these contingency sponsors are either very slow pay, or no pay at all, except for a couple.
Next year, my car will have a lot fewer stickers on it. No, I will leave them on but put a big red NO in a circle over them so folks know they don't pay.
To everyone who follows the blog, even the competitors, I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas, and happy New Year.
God Bless, and Safe Racing.
David
Initially, when the award was annouced, and we all started chasing it, there were several things that we were told.
So we spent a lot of money and won a lot of races, and ultimately won the award.
But guess what, the really big championship sized trophy, wasn't all that big. In fact it was a standard Class winning sized trophy. But I have it now. I was also told that I would get our Class trophy from Vegas at teh Banquet, but nobody there had a clue about that.
Initially, we heard that a Gold Card came with the win, but later heard it would be a Jacket, and that was apparently later to changed to .....absolutely nothing.
There were other promises and to date, they are still unrealized. But who knows...
Well at least we would get the Program card for the Banquet to keep as a souvenir. The only problem with that, is there is no mention of our award in the Program. I don't t think this was the fault of the Division people, as they just didn't get the news in time.
So it was all of the Junior dragster winners that got their awards, and spoke their thanks, and a bunch of other awards as well, and then... they called the three winners, Super Stock Automatic, Stock Stick, and Stock Automatic, handed them their trophies, and that was that.. Wham bam, thank you maam.
At least we got a free dinner. We had two tickets, one from Division, one from NHRA, and the kind folks at Milan Drag Strip gave me one too. Thanks friends.
The food was quite a bit below average, and they ran out of the chicken, and and other stuff too... we stopped at a restaurant afterwards, to get some real food.
So, all in all, the whole thing was pretty much disappointing all the way around.
The only good part was seeing a couple of old friends, and meeting a couple of new ones.
I would have posted a picture of the trophy, but it same as the others, and if you have seen one, you seen them all.
As you can tell, I was more than a bit disappointed about the way the whole program was handled. That last trip West cost as much as we won from the Contingency Sponsors, so now I can only hope that the Contingency Sponsors actually pay up. Mopar, and Comp Cams are the only one to pay so far, and quite frankly I am still owed by many for the Columbus Sports Nationals win. It is sad that when you support a product, and win, these contingency sponsors are either very slow pay, or no pay at all, except for a couple.
Next year, my car will have a lot fewer stickers on it. No, I will leave them on but put a big red NO in a circle over them so folks know they don't pay.
To everyone who follows the blog, even the competitors, I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas, and happy New Year.
God Bless, and Safe Racing.
David
Friday, December 9, 2011
Innovations list...
I have repeatedly said that Drag Pak #24, the Mega Maniac has more innovations than any other Drag Pak. Well, the list is pretty well complete now, although I am sure that when I talk to Keith again, he will be able to add one or two more, but the number is well over 40.
I had previously said that I would post the list here, after redacting (a political term for hiding things I don't want anyone else to know) the Secret Squirrel items.
But frankly, I am finding so many things on the list, that really are Secret Squirrel items, and so many others that simply are the things that give us our edge. So, I just can't do it. At this time.
If this list were public, and people realized how different my car is from all of the others, I am sure that we would be awarded the "Best Engineered" award.
Even members of the Drag Pak #24 Secret Squirrel Club are not able to implement all of these innovations. However they are able to benefit from quite a few of these of them.
You might ask why they can't implement all of these changes. And that would be a pretty good question. I am impressed that you are so insightful!
Drag Pak cars are built by several different chassis builders. The is the original one, Mike Pustelney at MPR Race Cars did the prototypes for Chysler (and for Ford with Mustangs, and also now for GM with the COPO Camaro) and there are other less well known chassis builders.
So the Drag Pak cars, although they all have to "fit the mold" of a Drag Pak as approved by the NHRA are not all the same.
So, some of our innovations simply won't fit on some Drag Pak cars. Does that mean they don't need them, you ask? No. It just means that someone who has a 727 transmission can not do exactly what we have done in my 904. And if someone's chassis is not set up exactly the same as mine, those innovations would not necessarily apply.
So, you ask, is there something Secret Squirrel about your 904, and your chassis?
Yes, I answer emphatically! But I am not telling you.
More later after the Division 3 Banquet/awards ceremony.
God Bless, and Race Safely
David
I had previously said that I would post the list here, after redacting (a political term for hiding things I don't want anyone else to know) the Secret Squirrel items.
But frankly, I am finding so many things on the list, that really are Secret Squirrel items, and so many others that simply are the things that give us our edge. So, I just can't do it. At this time.
If this list were public, and people realized how different my car is from all of the others, I am sure that we would be awarded the "Best Engineered" award.
Even members of the Drag Pak #24 Secret Squirrel Club are not able to implement all of these innovations. However they are able to benefit from quite a few of these of them.
You might ask why they can't implement all of these changes. And that would be a pretty good question. I am impressed that you are so insightful!
Drag Pak cars are built by several different chassis builders. The is the original one, Mike Pustelney at MPR Race Cars did the prototypes for Chysler (and for Ford with Mustangs, and also now for GM with the COPO Camaro) and there are other less well known chassis builders.
So the Drag Pak cars, although they all have to "fit the mold" of a Drag Pak as approved by the NHRA are not all the same.
So, some of our innovations simply won't fit on some Drag Pak cars. Does that mean they don't need them, you ask? No. It just means that someone who has a 727 transmission can not do exactly what we have done in my 904. And if someone's chassis is not set up exactly the same as mine, those innovations would not necessarily apply.
So, you ask, is there something Secret Squirrel about your 904, and your chassis?
Yes, I answer emphatically! But I am not telling you.
More later after the Division 3 Banquet/awards ceremony.
God Bless, and Race Safely
David
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