Tulsa Mopar Race 11/03/18

Anyone going to Tulsa this Saturday? Looks like the weather will be nice.

I'll be there

My plan as well.

Mods can we have a sticky for this week?

Flyer...

Have fun guys!

Looking forward to it. Got the water pump changed on the Valiant. Put taller slicks on the Lancer to see if it has enough guts to pull them. I'm driving the Dart wagon over and plan on racing it. We only need 57 more slant 6 cars for full payout!

We will be bringing the Gremlin, maybe Ruster, and I think little Billy will be racing his truck.

Bad340fish and 340Cuda they are both very nice shots of two very nice Cuda's !! Both are very fine Cuda's and they are good pics of them. Course I have always had a very big soft spot for 67 to 69 Cuda's. Ron

Thank you Ron!

I have a very big soft spot for 1963 Plymouths.

When I was in college I had a red 63 Belvedere. It was a former Max Wedge car. I had put a 600 mile 440 out of a R/T in it. I think of it everytime I see your Fury. I guess most folks have one car they would like to have back and that one is mine.

Good event, nice people , great track ..

Maybe next year I can make it back for it

Do they not advertise this?

Not near enough .. its a great race / show

Not very well

I think the last 2 years I've only known about it because I saw somebody mention it on here.

Looked like plenty of cool stuff was on hand.

It has been the first weekend in November for a pretty long time now, thats how I remember it. They promoted a little better this year, I at least saw a flyer in august lol. It is a really fun race and everyone seems to have a good time.

I do think they need to reconsider running the bracket classes all 1/4 mile. The 1/4 mile sportsman and modern Hemi had way more cars than the 1/8 mile No box and Super Pro. There was some pretty heavy hitters in sportsman and I am assuming it was because it was 1/4 mile.

Billy, you are going to need to make the trip out here for the race one day. I Imagine you could find a place to stay!

The Metzingers, Lambs, and Gebharts were among the first through the gates Saturday morning.

Anyone know the story on this Arkansas based 68 GTX street car?
Based on the 9.95 dial, and the tube poking through the hood, I'm thinking Pro-Charged Big block?

I never got a chance to go see it up close so all I can confirm is it is a centrifigul blower on a V8 haha. Very much a sleeper, it sounded healthy but i wouldn't have guessed it as a 9 second car.

A lot of nice cars out there. Cool pictures.

Gentleman is from Lowell, Ar. Procharged big block. It is a beautiful show winning car.

Two things conspire at this event to ensure everyone who races it gets plenty of action shots of their ride:
1: Tulsa Raceway Park benefits from three fine Photographers on site for most races. Charles Judd, Mary Penta Robinson, and Patrick "Red" Williams.
2: The entry fee is fairly low, and you can purchase a "mulligan" to use at any point in eliminations, you can also buy back after round 1, so technically you could lose three times, and most folks run more than one class.

As an example the Heaths put 14 runs on their big block N/A pro street 70 Duster, resulting in a new 10.73-126 best and a powder puff class win for Michelle!
That makes for a ton of photo opportunities!!

Anyone know the story on this killer little 64?

Mark Goodman had both of the Lime Green Slant 6 61 A-bodies that he has built on hand, The Valiant and the Lancer.

I love this early A's.

Mopar events these days pull a bunch of modern Hemi muscle, and Mopars at the Park is no exception. The biggest presence was that of the Kansas City Challenger Club, or KCCC. I guess it could cover for Kansas City Charger Club just as easily though!

"But were there any Modern Demons on hand?" You ask.
Yep, a pair of them were assaulting the TRP tarmac.

Thanks for the pics of the Team Green cars! They are like roling works of art.

One of the cool features allowed at TRP and Mopars at the Park...passengers on 1/8 mile runs, and it seemed to be a popular option!

I have never checked the Valiant out up close before but that Lancer has been around a long time. It is no less cool now than when I first saw it ages ago.

Since I wasn't actually there I can't speak with authority and it could be just really good photography, but both cars have been built for nearly twenty years and looked fantastic at this race...better than any shots or videos in the last five years! I have to wonder if Mark has freshened the paint or just seriously detailed everything!

Classic B Bodies...

Nice leave out of the H/SA 383 RR👍

Great photography for sure. Not sure the Valiant and Lancer look that good in person. Thanks for the compliments.
Valiant was painted in 1991. Replaced the hood and lexan in 2018. Wes Alumbaugh the current owner detailed it. Wes is also owner number 6 since 1994, always with a slant 6.
Lancer was painted in 1995. The PPG DCC urethane on both cars has held up very well.

Mark

Yes it is! That baby wedge is working it!

Both are 383s aren't they?

That front pic of the RR leaving shows how lax nhra has become with keeping the stockers within the rules.

Youngster Declan Evans bought these two 78 short bed D-100 basket cases from Darren a few years ago. With guidance from my brothers , sourcing parts from their scrap piles, and tons of hard work by him and his Father, they debuted the truck for Mopars At The Park. The pump gas friendly 440 and 727 by Boone yielded a best of 11.53-117 so far.

The Gebhart Boys had 4 vehicles in competition.
Dale in the Gremlin
Boone in the Ruster
Little Billy in his 360 powered 1/2 ton
Darren in his Ram R/T

Our group wasn't the only guys who brought trucks out to play...

Didn't get many car show pics, but it looked like a nice group.

Dale swapped converters in the Gremlin, and also changed front shocks and springs. He was rewarded with a new best of 8.54-158. Then he added a fresh nitrous bottle and proceeded to do this...

It bounced back up twice after coming back to earth from the initial wheelie, something he hadn't experienced before, and he unfortunately scraped the wall before gathering it up.

He decided to dial 8.85, since he didn't know what to expect. First round, he got completely out of it past half track, and coasted to a win with an 8.94-105. When he checked his 1/8 mile clocking, it was 5.38-132...a full tenth quicker and 3 mph faster than his 8.54 best earlier.

If the tires look a little lost in the wheel well, it's because they are only 28 X 10.5, since he's been doing some small tire racing.

Great pics Billy! Thanks!

The Valiant belongs to a friend of mine. Runs a big B1 engine with a glide. Lost a bearing Saturday morning on a 9.20 pass. It will run a lot quicker than that.

They did have some good photography coming from that event.

Agreed, Most tracks are lucky to have one photographer, let alone three!

Billy,

The blue 68 Barracuda above is Bob McCarty. I am sure you remember the McCarty and Barker Hemi car. I am not 100% sure I spelled his name correctly.

Bill

The RR is and I think the 65 is also. I don't think the 65/426 4bbl combo and can down to J.

NHRA Stocker tech has become a joke.

What did the timeslips show for the Demons?

Nothing stock about stock eliminator any longer

I don't remember actual times, but the red Demon was dialed 10.15 and the blue Demon was dialed 10.45 the one round I noticed.

I am pretty sure the red Demon was a single seat car, don't know about the blue one.

Thought there was a white Demon that made a pass right ahead of me. Seems like it ran a 11.0

Farmboy,
I think the white one was a widebody HellCat, but I'm no expert on new Challengers...

More...

I don't remember any white Demons there. From the back the white Hellcat that Billy posted looks pretty much the same as a Demon.

Nothing like a serious hit of nitrous right at the jump to put some twist in the old d-100 frame!

Kind of explains the 11 second ET

It ran in the low 11s NA, it has a Jim Lewis built small block in it. That is Moparts member BigSqueeze's oldest boy Piece of Cake Jake behind the wheel.

I was very surprised to hear how light that truck is, 3300lbs.

Thanks Clark,
I heard your Dad only made one pass, best ever, then loaded up with low oil pressure...is that correct?

That is true Billy, he found an issue with an oil feed line to the pump but it is going to get taken out and looked at just to be safe.

Yes Billy, best ever 9.826 @ 134.91, it would never make Drag Week however!

Bill