http://www.speedvideo.com/live-event/match-race-madness-barona/

My runs are at 4:06:29 and 6:01:14

if you are a "facebooker" you can take a look at Match Race Madness page and see what it's about. It's really a fun break from the shoe polish and I think some tracks could benefit from running a few of these types events. Call me stupid, but I tow 6 hours to participate in this and unless you arrange a "side bet" you are not running for $$. Either way, I'll probably do it again. Barona is a very racer friendly track nestled in the mountains north of Lakeside CA.

About a month ago they posted up a picture of Alex George's Pinto and stated that he was "undefeated" in iirc 11 of these events. I started doing some intel and saw that he'd run some 5.9 passes at Irwindale, and that he was a 6.10-6.13 player at Barona. Well I needed an excuse to go watch Shiloh (whitedart) go run his race so I bowed in and challenged the Pinto. Now to be honest, I really thought I was making a poor decision, but in reality the times were kind of close so I figured WTH! (btw whitedart lost high gear at Irwindale thurs night prior to the event so he was not present).

Now I've participated in two of these events prior to this one. The first one I met a guy from San Diego at March Meet who clued me in to this whole deal. I contacted the promoter and he had a 67 Chevelle vs 69 Mustang deal and got them to agree that a small block Mopar would be a cool addition to the mix. I hauled down there and we were all running small blocks, and I was the only one with a 4150 carb which always seems unassuming. No challenge there and I took care of business. Second trip down there my original opponent no showed and they paired me up with a BBC Chevelle with a little help from NOS. I was definitely outgunned, but first pass he was all fuel and no NoS. Second pass I treed the c rap out of him and it was a good thing because that's what won it for me. Any more tuning passes and I would have been toast!!

It's funny about this event. It kind of brings back that good ole unknown quantity about racing. Kind of like when that "out of towner" used to show up on your cruise strip looking to challenge the locals. I actually posted up about 15 picts of my 1/8th mile increments from Famoso, and Sacramento which were all in the 6.13 range while we were "dancing" prior to the lock in. I failed to mention the gear and torque converter change prior to this event

Nice job, killer car 👍🏻

J-Body new moniker.. 'Legacy KIller'.

That dog-gone J Body could win a race on a skateboard. The kids a legion.

Very nice!

Nice passes. That's a good looking blue wagon in the video too.

There were a lot of nice cars. Was nice to have live feed as my dad in Phoenix and my racing cousins in Casper Wyo were watching. The AFX races were pretty cool too. Nice cars!!

J, your the man

I so wish Shiloh (Whitedart) could have made it.... Steve Sherman was ripe for a picking that night. He was there for the taking!! Car wasn't up to par at all.

Hell ya, good job Jay.............

Looks like a good time yet again was had...

Looking good Jay

Thanks Glenn.... it's a work in progress

Nice Video's. Did your 60 ft come around?

Lookin good.. nice job

yes unfortunately we went out Thursday night.To Grudge race the Mustang and do some exhibition run 4 match race Madness. Irwindale comp our entry.. and by the second pass we lost high gear in the Powerglide... I guess it wasn't meant to be which is a bummer after all the hard work. I would like to thank all those that have helped.. you guys know who you are.. now I gotta get to work and fix this.. it looks like me and Steve will face off here in the next month or so.. so I gotta get back to work and fix this mess

with the track/weather conditions... hard to tell. Had a 1.33 and 1.34, but in talking with others, everyone was off some. I'm leaving the combo alone and we'll get to a better track and see what happens. The gears were quiet so that six hours on my back must have done ok! Ran the same ET as I did up there last time in way worse conditions this time so I'm betting we're on the right track.... so to speak.

Shiloh that's an easy fix at least...