Monster Mopar Summer Jamboree July 28-30th @ Norwalk

We have some awesome new stuff 2017

11.50 Index

First Thanks to Gentry Auto for the idea and sponsorship of the 11.50 index
.500 pro tree similar to the CRT 10.0 shootout as far as rules. (I owe Don a call to finalize)


JR1 Racing Oil has become the title sponsor of MMW and they are big proponent of advancement in oil especially on the Stock and Super Stock category. So we are going to have the first Annual JR1 Drag Pak Challenge - we are looking at something like this for a layout but please be aware this is a rough draft and will be finalized soon.

$1500 to win
$150 entry
All Drag Pak powered vehicles allowed 5.7/354 Blower Cars/5.9/6.1/6.4/426/512 v10cars
Bracket race sportsman ladder Qualify based on time under national index?
If 2 cars of the same class meet during eliminations cars will run heads up no breakout

HHP Performance has come on as the sponsor of the 1st Annual HellCat Shootout bringing the absolute fastest Hellcats in the country to Summit Motorsports Park which should be a pretty killer show

Gen3 Performance has also stepped up to sponsor the 1st Annual Gen3 Performance Hemi Showdown. Gen3 Performance is the latest manufacturer in the industry producing the only aftermarket Gen 3 Hemi Block.....as seen on Tv in Rob Goss' x275 challenger

Both of those classes are in the finishing stages but by mid February we will have rules posted. The basic idea is going to be Index style racing similar to NSS to create something different than a standard bracket race.

As always we will feature Big Dog, Super Pro, Pro, NSS, Hemi Super Stock, Sportsman Trophy and King of the Street

Sounds great.

340Rick is the new owner of a drag pack car. He is going to be excited about this.
Good going Josh , this is going to be quite a shindig!!!!.

Great to see the added classes with some NEW iron getting some love.

Thanks Don for stepping up and getting another class going to help keep interest in this great sport we love. Also props to you and Josh to offer up more opportunities for everyone to fit in somewhere and be competitive


See you at both of these events!!!!


Russ

I see no mention but are we still running two races, Saturday and Sunday?
Doug

Doug, we are still running 2 races as standard now.

One race Saturday and one Sunday!

Really looking forward to running in the new 11.5 index, and watching the Hellcat class. Love my old Mopars, but the modern stuff is just amazing.

Thanks Josh!!! Looking forward to it as always. I think this will be our 6th Monster Mopar event.

Is there two time trials for Saturday and Sunday in super pro and pro

Usually two on Saturday, and one on Sunday. Lots of cars, and on Sunday people are heading home after racing. That extra time run kills a lot of time.

We will have one time trial on Saturday and one on Sunday.

This is one of our must attend races every year.Thanks Josh for this great Mopar event.

one whole time trial wow ,in a hurry to get to bar ? use to race all day and night on friday and saturday

What some guys have to learn to understand is the more classes the slower the program. Some guys double and triple class so they are getting their 2-3 time trials. Monster Mopar is one of the BIGGEST Mopar races of the year with big car counts so something has to give.

The opposite. We have a very late running program as it is and we have added classes which adds car count.

I would think we all have had are time trials in on Friday and ready to race for some money.

We love to race under the lights but racing till 2am isn't fun for anyone, track personell especially.

Fixed that for you pal

Bracket finals is set up:

Thursday goes 1 TT, the gamblers
Friday goes 1 TT, the gamblers
Saturday is eliminations and no TT

I like that format

I agree, there should be no time trials on Sunday.

Also agree no time trail on Sunday with buy backs it can make it a long day if you go a few rounds

So Josh can we race on Thursday night too???????

If not maybe that's the night you cook dinner for all of us

I REFUSE to attend!!! (ok.... the 2200 mile one way tow and eating up a weeks vacation is a bit of a barrier. Wish I could make one of these.)

I agree no Sunday time trial. Sitting around for hours waiting for your class to run kills this race for me.

I think we finished just after midnight last year on Saturday. Sunday was pretty toasty. Can't wait!!!

It's amazing how lonely it gets late Sunday afternoon.
Doug

Isn't that the truth. In 2015 it was plenty dark when I lost and if I won that round the plan was to spend the night and head home in the morning. But that's OK with me. Hemi and I would have sipped a few drinks and climbed in the motorhome. LOL

Couldn't a guy like you enter more than 1 class if you were wanting to race?

That's a option I've been considering if I make it.

Go figure Ill be in Chicago at the NMCA SuperBowl racing that weekend. Looks like a great race for sure. Not sure when Ill make a Midwest/east coast Mopar race..Maybe J and I need to find a way to caravan one of these deals. He can act like a big dog and fly in and out

I'll settle for no rain.
Doug

Looks like a got a Drag Pak car just in time.....count me in

Thanks Josh

Rick..... You should post a picture of that bad boy you got. Folks it's ultra sweet.

Soo, you going to class race it in NHRA as a stocker or SS?
Or you going to modify some for the shoot-outs ??

Who's Drag Pak did you get?

It's the Mountaineer out of West Virginia

Larry Smiths Mountaineer from WV
Jim yes I plan on running NHRA Stock with it and maybe NMCA too

I saw some pictures of your car, awesome car, definitely first class !!
Glad to see you're going to run it in NHRA, maybe better in super stock. Lots of bad A/SA cars in div. 3

I asked Mike Ross if he was going to run one of his V-10 Drag Pack cars this year but he likes to keep his cars in pristine factory fresh condition Those 2 cars seem to be very well engineered it was all I could do keep from dropping the white one into gear and making a pass down 18
I'd love to hear that V-10 screaming down the track
Josh maybe you could talk him into it
Gus

your right Jim I am looking into FSS/J as a possibility as well

Is that the same guy who had the "West Virginia Hemi" cars?

Eddie and Larry were brothers and Eddie is the one that got in trouble and went to jail. Larry did not go to jail Big Mopar HEMI guys, Eddie more so than Larry though

Thank you! I used to see the WVH cars at Indy every year and always had to stop and drool.

there has been some discussions on this...

At least get one there to show what they looked like the day they rolled off the line at Roush Racing.

Gus

hey Josh, have the rules set for Gen3 Performance Hemi yet?

WELL? I'm waiting. lol

Here you go -

http://www.monstermopar.com/gen-3-hemi-showdown

Let me know what you think

Sounds like a fun class but allowing deep staging on a .500 pro tree may cause some issues.

Josh...... you need to post the rules for 11.50 as well

You are correct...on it

How so?

It just evens the field. It's like top bulb racing were as soon as both cars light both stage bulbs it's go time. Having to wait for the other driver to bump in further creates hesitation in the other driver. Hey as you know it's your race your rules and it doesn't pertain to me. Just bringing up something to think about. Won't mention it again.

Won't be any deep staging in the 11.50 shootout

Ive never raced a .500 pro tree deal, so I wasn't sure on that rule, but appreciate the insight. I have no issue with it staying or going....

Ive never raced a .500 pro tree deal, so I wasn't sure on that rule, but appreciate the insight. I have no issue with it staying or going....


I'm not going to be racing in that class but I'm with John on this one. If it's a pro tree then deep staging should not be allowed. If deep staging is allowed may as well just run a normal full tree to keep it even.

We can make that change No problem.


Now, how many people are gonna enter

I like it a lot! My husband wants to enter our Charger R/T in it. I agree with the no-deep staging in both the Hemi and 11.5 classes with the pro-tree.

Thanks Josh!

I'm in on the Gen 3 class, Josh. Keep it pro tree. It'll be fun. Ditch the deep staging.

I'm in sounds like a fun class there should be a lot of fun street cars in the mix.
Gus

Deep staging ditched

Ok - not 100% confirmed yet but there is a good possibility to see the return of another KOS car from back in the day

It may or may not be a black E body...... with a pretty lady behind the wheel.

Josh....... can we schedule the Gentryautos.com 11.50 shootout immediately before the 10.0 shootout on Saturday.
Last time I looked at your flyer it wasn't placed anywhere?

Absolutely Don!

Cool. You da man

Just a reminder pre registration is open one more week.


Golf Cart Rental Info Below

http://www.monstermopar.com/golf-cart-rental

What do we need to get in early Josh

Hoping to get my new Dart out for a test and tune at 131 Fri night if i get a few things squared away.
Hoping its got enough steam to run 11.50, but i am up in the air if it does. We will soon find out.
Just hard to tell on the street.

Racers move in from noon to 6 pm on Thursday, I should be rolling in around 3:00 PM Thursday afternoon, gonna bust out of work early that day.

Do you need a sportsman entry to be in on the 11.50 race or can you get in on the trophy entry The 11.50 race is the only race I intend on running.
Gus

11.50 race is 20 bucks. You can race in anything else you want as far as i know.

Sportsman or any other class that races for a purse to race 11.50 or 10.00

That's what I thought,it was the same deal when there was a stick race years ago. I may have to think about this one, I really didn't want to pay for a race that I wasn't going to be in just to be able race in the 11.50 race.
Thanks.
Gus

Josh trying to finish the drag pak car, if not done in time can i switch classes and run big dog with my dragster

Is it to late to Pre Register Today josh or can i still get it in ?

Only a couple of weeks to go!! Good luck and I hope everyone has a blast!! Ted

ill be running KOS be there thursday.....

10 days to go!!

Ten days to go and 3 cars to get finished I can see lots of late nights

Absolueley. We aren't sure the Dragpak class is going to pan.out.

The NMCA stock super stock class has picked a lot of cars up that we're looking for a place to race.

It only takes two cars to have a race LOL I will be ready, the mountaineer should be there, possibly the motown missile and the ramchargers cars. i would hope a few more would show up, like last year for nss and the hemi cars. i think alot more of them went to your event than chicago. Fingers crossed we can have the same for the drag pak shoot out and have a great turn out.

My turbo turd is coming out of hibernation for my one and only race this year!!! (Getting my Masters Degree right now...)

Planning on 10.0 and Pro... hopefully I don't burn the trans down again this year hot lapping between the two classes again!

BTW... Anyone know what the entry $$$ for 10.0, I couldn't find it on the site?

It's $40

Thanks for coming

How about the entry for pro for 1 day

Josh, I just pre-registered yesterday. I'm assuming Ill get credentials there? If so where? I'll be there Thursday around 6:00
Doug

It's a minimum of $150 even if you only want to make one pass. There is no one day pass

Gus

1 day to go and not much chatter.
Everyone must be thrashing or on the road

Done thrashing so now just packing!!!

Be there waiting to get into Linder's Lot at 8 am Thursday. Going to be a great weekend!!

I've got all the cars done except for dons plastic oil line that needs replace them I'm done ye ha

I hear Super Stock Racer is coming.

LOL ------- we shall see.

Who is that?

I am so looking forward to this hope to roll in about 8:00 pm thursday!

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Bring extra beer cause you'll want to share some with him....

I hope you guys have some good weather, a great time , and come home safe.

ME!!!!

48 Hours to go locked and loaded, see you there.....

Fri looks iffy until later in the day, Sat and Sunday perfect according to Accuweather.

I do hope he shows up - however he should also be bringing the beer!!!!

Oh come on, let's see some of that Ohio/Midwest hospitality.
You should all bring gifts for him.

Maybe someone will buy him an ice cream. Birdtracker

Keyboard racer

I can never understand why you guys bust balls on someone who you want to come out to an Ohio race. He's quiet as a church mouse and yet you insist on stirring it up.
Unfortunately if you NSS guy are going to be there you need to bring your A game as he will be bringing his.
Oh and also bring YOUR keyboard...👌
Sorry I won't be coming out as I'd like to meet you.🏁

No A game for me, I just like to hangout and have a good time.

Oh so stop over and say hello to SSR.
He's a pretty friendly guy.

I'll look him up in the winners circle, I am sure he'll be there.
He's the best, right?

http://www.jandj-racing.com/_about_.html

I agree 100%. Before they judge him, they should first meet him.

Heading out in about a hour .
Oh and it's raining in NY .

Draggin" Wagon showing up?

We are hoping to roll in around 8 tonight.

Josh was way overdue for decent weather at an event.

I just wanna do racecar stuff with my racecar friends.

And hopefully not embarrass myself.

Have a good time guys, I'm going to spend my weekend working on my car in the hope I can race it next year.

Man it's rough seeing all the pictures on Facebook of everyone all set up for the the weekend. Wish I wasn't so burnt out and was there too

Just got to my hotel out by the turnpike outside Norwalk. All the rain today is South of here.
Not a cloud in the sky coming down from Michigan the whole way.
Josh deserves some good weather.
Meanwhile Columbus, Indy, West Virginia got lots of rain today.

Why are you the only one waving the pom poms?? Can you be sure which personality might attend? Is this the 5th or 6th year he swore he was coming?Out of the dozens of personalitys,there are 2 of them that are likable

I do know for sure that he is there, will be racing and cooking filet mignon.
You are not there, not racing and MAYBE cooking skirt steaks😳

More revelations and news as it becomes available

Thursday arival netted us a good spot against the fence next to the scoreboards with electric. Nice sunrise with a cup of coffee at the track this morning. Doesn't get any better.
Doug

Oh snap Al I almost forgot
Go to FB KOS page
Pom poms flying all over there

Ya mean he's not BANNED from there yet?? He is from everywhere else 'cept YB
Maybe that's why he quiet, shamed into staying quiet and we like it that way!

Hey Al
This is a thread about racing and people having fun at a race
Not a thread about your psychotic bs
Go back to YB and play with the haters over there who you think are your friends
Eventually an tsunami of goodness will overcome you
Yeah right...

The rain is about to hit hard at Norwalk,put then away now!

Guys...This is a thread about a major Mopar race. I really would like to read about everyone having a great time! Lets keep the personal attacks and pissin match out of this thread. Thank you. Ted

[quote=Clanton]The rain is about to hit hard at Norwalk,put then away now! [/quote
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Luckily only sprinkled, called the gamblers race after 1 round.
12 nss/hemi cars left we got $64

Any pictures from the event?

Thanks Ted

I lost 1st rd -.010, Dizuster broke the diveshaft off in rd2 of 10.0. Beer time until tomorrow.
Doug

Some pics from today

Two lbs of ice cream

Tim helmick over Rick Jacobs in final of nss Saturday night

They are using "True Start" timing system this weekend.

I got to go and crew for 2 guys in Big Dog. I think all I said this weekend was WOW. There was so many totally awesome kick butt Mopars. I met DVW and his son, saw some old friends from Indiana and had a totally great time. I had an ice cream all 3 days, found some deals in the swap meet and cooked out chicken and pork chops. Hope everyone had a safe trip home. Birdtracker

and I like it!

congrats to jim guy on his win over tim helmick on sundays nss race.

Made 20 passes for the 3 day weekend! Between NSS and 11.50 Shoot out

alright! jim I am glad to see you won after beating me. saw you in the lane as we were leaving and honked the horn.

Congrats to Duster Girl 340
That girl can drive!!!!!
Not sure what happened to her car but she didnt make the call for the semi's in 11.50. Must have broke.
She was mowing the tree down.

What a great weekend!! Was really nice seeing all my old racing buds!! And I won 2nd place in the car show to boot!

Thank you sir!! I absolutely loved your 11.50 class, most fun class I've ever raced in. It was nice meeting you too, thanks for coming over and saying hi to my husband and I.

Footbraking off the pro tree was not easy, but I figured it out pretty quick. Lights were .055, .046. 011, .071, .071, .062 in the index class.

Got to the semi finals in 11.50 while hot lapping between 2 classes, index and trophy class where I was also going rounds.

I got the bye run to the finals in trophy and the car wouldn't start in our pit. The battery went completely dead with all the start ups and shut downs. It had been sputtering down the big end all weekend, still running the number, but found out later the battery had a dead cell in it. The MSD didn't like the low voltage, which caused the sputtering.

Just ran out of time to get it charged since the classes were going so fast at that time. Plus with the dead cell it wasn't happy anyway.

Still happy with how well I did in two classes! Especially with going back and forth between full and pro tree within minutes! LOL

Hope you have the 11.50 next year!

Weather was great all weekend! Except during the gambler's race which I didn't enter anyway because I had already made 6 passes that day. Nice and cool at night for sleeping too, in our uninsulated enclosed trailer, lol.

Nice hanging out with mr340 and his wheelstanding Challenger, who was also a badass and ran in three classes.

Aso nice seeing dvw and getting a hug from him and meeting his son who broke parts all over the starting line (almost got video of it but my ipod went dead!)

Wasn't nice losing to Lonnie Smith in the first round of Sportsman with my worst light of the weekend that I saved just for him. LOL!

Finally met Rick (sunroofgtx) in the swap meet area, awesome dude.

And the Flying Dartman is a hoot! He went to the finals in 11.50 and helped us out with our car too.

It was nice having my own cheering section during the 11.50 and trophy classes from various Moparts members, thanks guys!

Well done! Any pics?

I have a few pictures and some video! I'll upload them later today!

Assuming i am still breathing next year, 11.50 is a go for Norwalk 2018.
I didnt find enough steam to run the class( best of weekend was 11.58) but i did go up for second time trial in 11.50 Fri and stunk it up with a .170 light.
I figured between not being able to push anybody out and needing some work on the tree people like Duster Girl would have chopped me up and made sandwich meat out of me so i spectated.

Like to have seen more car count, but considering it was the first go round, quite happy.
Next year, after talking with Josh, we will move the race somewhere else in the program.
To either Fri night, right before 10.0 on Saturday, or to Sunday.

When the time comes i will start a thread to get peoples thoughts regards that. Also had a couple people ask about making it to where you can run a trans brake. That isnt happening, it will stay off the foot like it is.

I'm so glad! I don't need no stinkin' trans brake! So glad you are doing this class again! Thanks for the cash too. LOL.

a few of my pics, and some taken off facebook, some from the Monster Mopar Weekend page, and others...

more

Challenger RT 440 4-speed

more swap meet

That challenger tempted me in the worst way, but no title = no sale. Still... standing there with the cash in my pocket and an offer from the owner to haul it home for me made it hard to walk away...

Saw a lot of you guys when we cruised through the pits, never seen so many fast mopars in one place!

Nobody got shot by a dragster this year either which is always a plus!

Had a great time, weather was good and got to see some friends.

I enjoyed the competing in the 11.50 index, I cut a couple of good lights .009 in qualifying and an a .005 and .047 in elimination but the car wouldn't run the number.
On the plus side I finally got a pic with some air under the front tire, not much but it's there
Congrats to DG340 on going rounds, you need to get that alternator fixed.

Those were really good lights on a pro tree! I know you made a few rounds in all the classes, so congrats on that, and the air under the tire rocks!

some more pics from fb

Video of Mr340 and I racing in a time trial in Trophy class:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1QlCE0vU3E

Mr340 burnout (sorry, didn't get the rest of the race)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmacnjklKiE

Time trial 11.5 index Friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32884_JIeHA

Time trial 11.5 index Saturday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POIB-hiJSnw

First round eliminations 11.5 Saturday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6zpxtkkVbU

Just a spectator on Saturday,I managed to get a few minutes of video.
Sat MMW Youtube

Looks like a good time was had by many. Hopefully will make this race someday, at least as a spectator.

I have looked for the ladders and running order but don't see it posted anywhere.Anyone have a link with the winners in each class??

Results @ link below:

https://www.summitmotorsportspark.com/im...er_jamboree.pdf

WOW!!!!!!!!! Same two guys in finals of the Hellcat class both days. Was the class supported well as far as turnout.

Hellcat was a small class. I was surprised at how few cars were in 10.0 too. That used to be a huge class if I remember right?

nice video, thanks!

Hi Al,
Didn't you read the link? What r you "fishing " for? You got what you wanted the other day.

Hi Al,
Didn't you read the link? What r you "fishing " for? You got what you wanted the other day.
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Actionange, thanks for the heads up, I brought my "A Game" Sunday.

Yes I saw that. You did good.
Glad I could help👍😂

Thanks, I was very lucky, lots of good racers.

Perhaps some year in the future I might attend and try my A game with the Midwest guys

That whole group from the east coast should come. It would be pretty epic to hold a world series of NSS....

Saturday

10.0 was alot bigger in the past and one fun class wish there were more index racing ,entry fees increased car count down .$20 entry if remember correctly.as well as gambler races pretty much every car on property would participate in those days.

11.50 was only a $20 entry, which was much appreciated!

just curious.... anybody have approx car counts in the classes run?

NSS was 37 cars Saturday and 33 Sunday

Gamblers race Friday night was $40 entry, race was called after first round. First round winners got about $64. fwiw

25 in 11.50
Kinda surprised by the low entries considering the payout and 20 dollar entry fee.
Win two rounds you were in the money.
There were roughly 467 cars that made the time trial Saturday morning if you include all classes. Strong turnout.

I believe 5 cars in KOS Sunday racing for $1500. Not bad to make two passes.

We had 9 car's in KOS .
Had a few break so yes Sunday only had 6 .
We need to get more guys to jump in the class and give it a shot.

Be another KOS race coming up too !

Another KOS car

loved that Sherwood Green Duster in KOS.

Sharp car for sure

Another

I know one thing, if I make it next year, and after driving 750 miles one way, I'm entering every single class I am allowed to race in...

don't blame you! I think the maximum might be three. That's what they told me in the lanes. I ran Sportsman, Trophy, and 11.5.