Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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08/26/15 07:53 PM
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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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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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.
Mopar to the bone!!!
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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
[Re: Tomswheels]
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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 ?
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08/31/15 09:33 PM
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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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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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. Hence why I asked.
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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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. They would rather spend air time covering Detroit Speed Cars breaking, than show that Beautiful Challenger you entered.
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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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. 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.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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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Re: Old Mopars in optima Ultimate this year ?
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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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