Jay,
That statement could be taken in about ten different ways, and unfortunately, I have to plead guilty to all ten! Sometimes you just have to wear it. As the audience for my Drag Week stories have grown, I've made a conscious effort to tone down the Mopar bias, but somehow I don't think that's what you are referring to. I'm a Direct Connection Performance Bible thumper from way back in 1982, so those roots go deep, I'll probably take my love of purple shafts, ductile rockers, orange boxes, long burnouts, and stock 727 parts to my grave!

The true nature of my Mopar heart was on display this year when I had to watch two very nice Mopars make excellent runs all week, and I could take no joy in it whatsoever. Just when it seems the SBC swaps into anything that rolls has finally began to stop, along comes the LS to replace it as the new engine swap darling. It's like a cruel joke has been played on us, and the gorgeous silver '10 Challenger of Jamie Hochbaum, as well as the stunning green '70 Javelin of Kenny LaFlower were shining examples of that trend. Jamie ran an 8.47-153 at Indy to make third place in Modified PA a close race going to Columbus, and despite transmission issues, Kenny's Javelin went 10.32-130 to remain just outside the top 5 in Street Machine Eliminator.