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Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ? #1899863
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I found this ad. http://www.mavtv.com/shows/optima-search-for-the-ultimate-street-car.html Wow ! The Hotchkis Roadrunner on the page headline. The show seems to always spotlight Chevys and their drivers and builders or LS powered Volvos, Porsches etc... Will more Mopars be shown this year ? They did mention an LS powered Conquest and Challenger last season. I saw the Bergman Challenger flash on the screen and an occasional Viper or New Challenger. I have not seen a Mopar win a class or event except an SRT4 in 2014.

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Don't you have to qualify for that race in November in Las Vegas? I don't think anybody on this site has ran any of the events this year that I know. The level of competition looks fairly stiff looking at the results over the last couple of years.


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I'll be at the last qualifier in Fontana in October in the Valiant...

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Give it time. I would've been at the Pikes event this year if it wouldn't of fallen on the same weekend of another event I had already committed to. I asked the Optima guys if I could've just showed up for the sunday road course portion and was told the "one day" entries only applied to the Saturday festivities because that is the day they tech you. So, if they have an event next season at Pikes, count me in. That gives me a year to get the freakin 200AA tires to be legal at all 4 corners.


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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ? [Re: Tomswheels] #1900083
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Originally Posted By Tomswheels
I'll be at the last qualifier in Fontana in October in the Valiant...


Cool ! if you place to you get to go the the final in Las Vegas?

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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ? [Re: B-Body Bull] #1900208
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You can win your way into the Vegas event, but my class is stacked with cars with more than twice the Valiants HP. I have literally no chance on the Road Course portion against them.

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Sometimes it's not what you run, it's what you bring. Optima is a spectacle. It doesn't do them any good to have 11ty billion Camaros on camera. They need Mopars, VW's, and odd ball stuff to make it a show.

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We did the Pittsburgh event in Pa last year. Only mopar there. This was primarily a GM event with 14 out of 42 cars with Detroit Speed Equipment.

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Somebody was wheelin this in the Optima at Road Ameriica last weekend, anybody know who it was?

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Originally Posted By Tomswheels
Somebody was wheelin this in the Optima at Road Ameriica last weekend, anybody know who it was?


I just saw it on instagram and asked what it's running for suspension and drivetrain.

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Originally Posted By Tomswheels
Somebody was wheelin this in the Optima at Road Ameriica last weekend, anybody know who it was?


Looks like Fast Freddies car , car has RMS front suspension, big block with TKO trans.


http://www.fastfreddiesrodshop.com/projects.php


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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ? [Re: MuuMuu101] #1903559
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Originally Posted By MuuMuu101
Originally Posted By Tomswheels
Somebody was wheelin this in the Optima at Road Ameriica last weekend, anybody know who it was?


I just saw it on instagram and asked what it's running for suspension


Not enough. grin


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I watched the show last night and saw a nice 69 Charger (rear view) locking up the brakes at the speed stop. They also showed the Chargers front view on the road course, Called it a Mopar. If you blinked, you would have missed it. They talked about the LS powered Conquest (called it a Dodge ? ) again and it's traction problems and some guy who blew up his fifteen thousand dollar Corvette engine ( I thought Chevys were cheap } and some other guys Corvette that was Dq'd for Weighing 3058 when his class minimum is 3200 pounds. His lame excuse was he weighed the car with him in it.... Pretty much talked and showed the same competitors from last year. I hope Toms Valiant gets some respect in October.

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I believe the Violent Valiant was there.

http://www.hotrodchassisandcycle.com/1964_Valiant.php

Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ? [Re: jcc] #1903567
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Originally Posted By jcc
Originally Posted By MuuMuu101
Originally Posted By Tomswheels
Somebody was wheelin this in the Optima at Road Ameriica last weekend, anybody know who it was?


I just saw it on instagram and asked what it's running for suspension


Not enough. grin


Hence why I asked.

Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ? [Re: BergmanAutoCraft] #1903574
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Originally Posted By BergmanAutoCraft
We did the Pittsburgh event in Pa last year. Only mopar there. This was primarily a GM event with 14 out of 42 cars with Detroit Speed Equipment.
They would rather spend air time covering Detroit Speed Cars breaking, than show that Beautiful Challenger you entered.

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Originally Posted By MuuMuu101
Originally Posted By jcc
Originally Posted By MuuMuu101
Originally Posted By Tomswheels
Somebody was wheelin this in the Optima at Road Ameriica last weekend, anybody know who it was?


I just saw it on instagram and asked what it's running for suspension


Not enough. grin


Hence why I asked.


In fairness, with only the attached pic, he might have just overcooked the turn and launched the car off the inner curbing, in which case he's running not enough driver. laugh2


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Originally Posted By 68rrunner
It doesn't do them any good to have 11ty billion Camaros on camera. They need Mopars, VW's, and odd ball stuff to make it a show.


Unfortunately, the 11ty billion Camaro owners in the world like to see them, constantly, so many entities comply with this request and regular publish, film, tape and show them.

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I think they might have had 3 mopars show up all year to try and qualify, the only one I think that might make the show in November is the white 64 Valiant, unless Tom get his purple car into the show.


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Originally Posted By Bench McRacer
I watched the show last night and saw a nice 69 Charger (rear view) locking up the brakes at the speed stop. They also showed the Chargers front view on the road course, Called it a Mopar. If you blinked, you would have missed it. They talked about the LS powered Conquest (called it a Dodge ? ) again and it's traction problems and some guy who blew up his fifteen thousand dollar Corvette engine ( I thought Chevys were cheap } and some other guys Corvette that was Dq'd for Weighing 3058 when his class minimum is 3200 pounds. His lame excuse was he weighed the car with him in it.... Pretty much talked and showed the same competitors from last year. I hope Toms Valiant gets some respect in October.


We were at Thunderhill this year. Also were at the Optima Challenge in '12, Laguna Seca and Portland last year. Thunderhill was the first time since '12 that another Mopar showed up. Pretty sad. I watched the show also, marginal at best. Maybe I am biased as we rarely get any TV time for as unique of car we bring out. We even finished in the top ten in the autoX for the GTV class. Its a good time none the less.

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