Well done DVW

congratulations on the win @ NMCA
looked great on livestream

Tex

Cool! I never get tired of looking at that car, and it sure doesn't hurt that it hauls a**.

Congrats!

Honestly so proud of my Dad (DVW). You guys can’t believe how hard he works at this to be a winner. Took home the win this weekend at the NMCA Bowling Green race. Not only Saturday in the A/FX shootout, but also on SUNDAY... This makes 5 wins his last 6 races.

-How about 100 hits on the practice tree just about every day. Hand written statistics for himself to track his progress… We’re talking 10,000+ hits a year.

-How about checking your bearings, and finding out March 20th the crank is cracked.

-How about cleaning the bottom of the car while the new crank is getting balanced, and finding out the front frame rail is cracked and needs to be fixed.

-How about Driving 8 hours to Bowling Green, when the weather showed nothing but rain all weekend.

-How about the car has never been in the 8’s and went 9.005 in Saturday testing the weekend before. And with three time trial runs remaining, he started dialing the car BACK to shoot for 9.25 index to be ready for Bowling Green the next weekend! How many of us would have done that instead of going for the 8.99?!?!

All of that hard work paid off… between what he does as a driver and a tuner, it certainly came together this weekend. How’s this for footbrake and 10.5” tire 9 second car consistency?

Saturday (Car was good, Driver was REALLY good)
.026 – 9.298 (Bye Run… ran the car as is with Friday Tuneup for True baseline)
.022 - 9.245
.016 - 9.274
.022 - 9.246

Sunday (Driver was good, Car was REALLY good)
.001 - 9.255 (he said the .001 spooked him and decided to pull back abit for the rest of the race)
.042 - 9.272
.039 - 9.251
.034 - 9.255
.035 - 9.215 (Weather change in staging lanes from cold front coming in)
.057 - 9.238

He’s wanted to win this particular race for a LONG time… So happy for him that he finally got it.

Great job Doug. Great car, even nicer owner

Well earned and way to represent Mopar...........

Great job!

Congrats Doug, you definitely had the car dialed!
I ran into the DVW buzz saw 4 rd. He was dead on with a 5

Outstanding! The consistency is something to marvel at.

Hats off to you Doug

Wow! I thought my 30-40 practice hits the week before a race was enough. I may need to re-think that.

I didn't get to pair off with your father, but knew he was a class act. Congratulations!

Very impressive DVW!

One of, if not the finest drag car to grace this forum in all of these years.

Thanks for posting up the particulars of the race too!

Very motivating for those of us in project mode.

Hard work does pay off. Go Doug!

Thanks to everyone. It was quite the weekend. Nice weather, car ran flawlessly. This stuff is getting tougher as everyone keeps getting better. Round 3, both of us were dead on .001. The runs were close enough I didn't lift once in eliminations Sunday. Past series champ got beat in the 1st rd after cutting a .008 R/T. My opponent in the final had 3/6 .00X in eliminations, fortunately not against me. All foot brake, on the same index over 3 days time with no electronics or starting line chip. Cant wait to go out again. And yes, the practice tree is going to work with me this morning.
Doug

Congrats!

Congrats! Good Job Doug...

Me thinks your gettin the hang of it!! Super Job

I've said it before but, you are the man!

Very impressive. You have definitely earned it Doug.

Can't wait to get blackout there with you guys!!

Casey FJ

What type/brand of crank cracked ?

To be honest I don't know. It doesn't look much different from a stock 440 crank, has a Pentastar stamped in it. Came from Indy years ago. It came to me secondhand.
Doug

Lets try this. Saturdays final.

https://www.facebook.com/debby.kersantywright/videos/10211668943904056/?t=7

Doug...Your car has always impressed me! Very well done and well deserved! Congrats!

Was that a Cuda with you in the finals?

Doug does have a secret weapon, you only know about if youve raced with him, his wife Debbie is the perfect crew member, she's 100% into the racing, she does a little bit of everything to assist, and is good at all of it. She seems to be as thorough as Doug is.

His wife's a trooper. Totally into the thick of it.
The home garage shop is as clean and pro as the car.

Yes Jeff Frees. Good friend, very nice car. This is only his test motor. Look out. My wife and family are my biggest supporters. Just her being there keeps me calm and let's me focus.
Doug

my hero ! congrats !

Congrats to Doug and Debbie

Nice job

Lots of hard work is paying off