Norwalk Points race

The car arrived in Norwalk on Thursday. With qualifying on Friday and round one of Stock  Eliminations on Saturday.

The hood hasn't been off of the car since last year. But as usual, it ran like a monster.

We were #2 in qualifying, and the only non-mustang in the top six low qualifiers.

On Saturday, we won our first round of eliminations. And on Sunday, we lost our race in round two of eliminations when the car ran faster than we thought it would run, again.

And that was that. The race in Norwalk was over. It was great to see Mike Psutelny, Dennis Breeden, the Downings, and Paul Dilcher again.

But as Norwalk ended, so did the racing for the Mega Maniac. At least it is done for the short term.

The Mega Maniac is temporarily retiring, until the car has a new owner.

That is right!  The car has accomplished everything that Chris and I had schemed and dreamed that it would. And running it without Chris, which was OK while we were chasing his and my mutual goals, now just doesn't seem right any more. And it doesn't help that NHRA has such a problem being fair.

So I am now offering the car for sale.

The car's success could never have been accomplished without the help, knowledge, and talent of racer, engine master builder, and and all around NHRA racing guru, Keith Lynch.

And I wish both him, and his lovely wife Tonya, all of the best in the future. They have been good friends, and we all made a good team together. We will always be friends.

To all of my racing friends and New Hemi Racing Blog fans, I say, thanks for your support, friendship and encouragement.

God Bless, and Race Safely!

David

Indianapolis Points Race

The car hadn't been raced since last year.

And the NHRA doesn't seem to be in any hurry to do the right thing. So we are still rated with more horsepower than is fair and honest.

We run legally, and get horsepower by going 1.20 under, and we get torn down. Fair enough. We are proven legal by the tear down.

Another Drag Pak with 5.7 engine runs, gets horsepower on numerous occasions, at least three and is never torn down until he attempts to go for a record. Then he is found to have been illegal all along, by his own admission. His defense to the illegal pistons, was were the original pistons, that they have been in his car all along. What a joke. Whether or not he knew he was running illegal pistons, is your call.

Whether or not he really knew, is not the point. Some people are insecure enough to seek any edge, legal, or not. And I really don't care if he knew.

The point is, that he was running an illegal engine. He got caught. Some would say that the fact that he got caught, just proves that "the system" works.

I say that it is nearly totally dysfunctional, and "the system" is applied unfairly, inconsistently, and arbitrarily.

And when they have a chance to correct a mistake, they don't even give you courtesy of a response.

But that is the reason why I haven't been running the car.

Due to some plans that changed, Keith took the car to run at Indy. Personally, I love Indy. I am not sure why, but it is a very comfortable track for me. I have a lot of good memories of racing, and being broken in Indy. But as I said a change of plans occurred, and I was not able to make the race this time in Indy.

I watched the results very closely, and was afraid that there was some kind of problem with car, possibiy due to the inaction over the past few months.


When the final qualifying times from Indy were posted, things looked a lot better.

And after we won the first round of eliminations. I was all the more encouraged.

Then we ran against a slower car, that had a very strong reaction time, and put together a great overall package to win. I talked to Keith as he was driving back form Indy, and gave it a good go. But you cant win them all.

A good friend, Dennis Breeden managed to wheel his Drag Pak to the Stock Eliminator win.

Congratulations Dennis!

Not sure when we will run again. It really depends on the NHRA, and whether they really believe in fairness, or not.

God Bless, and Race Safely!

David