this is the first mopar hemi shootout in the series that ends at indy '08

pancake 8.810
bucky 8.814
j allen 8.861
lil joe 8.879
henson 8.90
rains 8.978
depillo 9.013
charlie sr 9.067
larry woo 10.104
charlie jr 11.128
matt hensley 28.00

im sure there was a good amount of tire spin on almost every run,, some more than others. im going tomorrow,, too much work to go today..


jeff

Hey Jeff ~ Report, if you can. News is slow to get to the west coast! LOL

i talked to little joe,, he said the track isnt too good,, what a shock for columbus... they sent a few stockers down first thing this morning, they all spun so they stopped and took 2 hours to prep the track. this is 2nd session,, a few picked up,, others spun

jr 8.736 joe said he shut off a little early
pancake 8.770
j allen 8.812
bucky spun
matt hensley 8.835 good run for matt
lil joe spun
fred spun
depillo 8.928
rains spun
sr spun
woo spun

im leaving early in the morning to go for the shootout,, joe said they get one hit at 9:30 or so then class starts at 12


jeff

1 3651 SS/AH Charlie Westcott Jr., Parma MI, '68 Barrac 8.615 0.00 8.615
2 3036 SS/AH Charlie Westcott, Parma MI, '68 Barracuda 8.653 0.00 8.653
3 4222 SS/AH Fred Henson, Madisonville TX, '68 Dart 8.673 0.00 8.673
4 3500 SS/AH Larry Woo, Birmingham MI, '68 Barracuda 8.676 0.00 8.676
5 799J SS/AH John Rains, Santa Paula CA, '68 Dart 8.700 0.00 8.700
6 350 SS/AH Jim Pancake, Delaware OH, '68 Dart 8.742 0.00 8.742
7 44 SS/AH Joe Teuton Jr., Houma LA, '68 Barracuda 8.796 0.00 8.796
8 4446 SS/AH J. Allen Sherman, Donaldsonville LA, '68 B 8.812 0.00 8.812
9 1798 SS/AH Bucky Hess, Bunker Hill WV, '68 Barracuda 8.814 0.00 8.814
10 2904 SS/AH Matt Hensley, Knoxville TN, '68 Barracuda 8.835 0.00 8.835
11 364 SS/AH Tony DePillo, Dayton OH, '68 Barracuda 8.848 0.00 8.848

kinda quiet out there, I can fix that. We had the top 5 cars at this race, and my dad kicked everyones a$$.

I saw walking around down here, he didnt stop by

cw

good racing today even though we missed seeing 1st round. congrats to jackson engine tech. glad to see the stick cars coming around. sr's car seems to be getting quicker and quicker. liked seeing depillos AH driven car making progress in thier outing. thanks to all for putting on a good show!!!
jm

I'm surprised hasn't gotten ahold of one of head designs and digitized it and sell copies of it. Life in the modern age of reverse engineering and everything digital.

Congrats Charlie Sr.and your whole team kinda made me look stupid .I never got down that track once. Bucky

to my knowledge,,,, bucky had the highest auto mph,, i thought 153.3 or something,, though that doesnt win the race. the reason not too many cars showed up at columbus was because all the trouble with getting down with a hemi car. for the weekend or day,, i was most impressed with mike bogina running an 9.38 at 140.something and fred running an 8.67 with his old barton motor,, though i know the heads were tuned up a little,, that still is running well. also mike volkman in a 318 gt/ia who was #1 qualifer beat dave layer in class,, i think mike was a 10.14 or so.

and if youre waiting for to stop by and say hi or something charlie,, dont hold your breath,, though im sure you have just as much to say to me as i do to you,,,,, nothing.


congrats sr,,, he even had great lights just about every run.


jeff

actually I think bucky went 154, thats what I was told. I did also when I went the 61 on saturday. We all know he didnt make a good run, I wasnt getting it done either, thats why I lost. If you want to start splitting hairs over MPH, go ahead. At least we were all there, where was your team? I understand is looking for a partner to buy Wilkes car

sorry, I had a moment. why dont you put a stick in it and show us all how its done.
now that things are winding down a little, we can go forward with my new car, it will be a stick also.

and thanks bucky for the congrats, maybe the track at maple grove can hold the power you and I are making.

later
cw

well charlie i didnt mean any insults toward you. and as far as joey's car goes,, 150k for the turn key car,, spare motor, and other extra parts,, thats a good deal. i bought a house this year,, and a few other things,, im not in the position to put out 150k myself and then get a truck and trailer. i told joey,, which i guess he told you,, if i got a partner to split half that i could buy out in a year or two,, id probably do it,, well i got one guy who said yes,, the other was getting back with me today,, but i guess ill go my other route,, and yes i will have an a/h car next year and hopefully i get my business in line so i have time to get it finished and out. maybe you can find someone to buy joey's car,, since me buying it was so funny.

jeff

I totally agree its a steal, and nothing would make me happier than for a moron who knows absolutely nothing about racing to buy it
than it would go from a threat, to another one of your 9 second players.

hey charlie were you a moron also whenyou first started racing ? also whos port design are most pepole running? just a few qustions inquiring minds want to know oh and by the way at what age do you stop being a moron dont you think its kinda childish doing kindergarten stlye bashing

at that particular race, out of 11 cars, #8 and #11 had MCH port design. top 5 cars had my head design, and 4 had my intake. I raced for several years, and had results to back up what I said before I voiced my opinion. The proof is in the pudding as they say, the guy in detroit that has never done a burnout (although he knows a few) will fade away from the limelight, and one fast customer (houser) will not pay the light bill.
Like I said, nothing would make me happier than for him to buy wilkes car, I heard 6 months ago how jim keyes was going to come to indy and show the way, I am still waiting for that prediction to come true. Like I told him 4 years ago, port heads and leave the engine building to people who have a clue.

well you never know what may happen but you also never did anwser the question were you a moron too before you started racing and dont you think that the bashing is a bit childish

oh hey i forgot to ask whos style heads were on the car that won indy?

Well I don't know how anyone else feels but I think Bucky is a first class racer to come on and congrats someone on their win. Need more like him.

Jesse

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Congrats Charlie Sr.and your whole team kinda made me look stupid .I never got down that track once. Bucky

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Does anyone know when any of these races will be telecast on ESPN ?

Does anyone know what Hemi cars will be @ Fontana for the ShootOut Jeg's 3 day event, this weekend??

http://www.californiaspeedway.com/dragway/

fastback and jody thanks for the comments on dad.also i don't think the shoot-out will be on this year.we'll see at the dutch what will happen.the fast guys will be real fast there.