Went faster than ever before by more than a second. Broke stuff. Went out first round about 6 times in a row ( including a red at the MATS when I had the most consistent car in Pro ). Learned a lot about blower motors. Got a year older. Didn't kill myself - which is why I got a year older.

Well we followed up and awesome 2012 with an even better 2013. I still cannot really believe how it worked out but somehow we managed to improve upon a second place finish in the Division with a Championship in S/ST in D7 for 13. Even with all the issues from the 5 transmission, 8 converters and catching the car on fire. In the end we persevered and pulled it off.

Had a lot of help along the way from my son, and wife for sure. One with sweat and blood the other with encouragement and support. We also got some help from great companies. Firecore has taken care of us over the years and Rick and crew stepped up again to help. Nick Hoffman from Hoffman Performance Products in Houston TX stepped up with some help as well. Great guy and awesome products. We also get help from PAC springs, Mickey Thompson tires, Les and the gang at Figspeed, and of course. Also want to thank Jason Pettis for building us a killer power plant, the guys at Devious Designs for helping out with the airbrush work, and of course all you guys here for being a sounding board and for the advice over the years.

Hopefully we can go out in 2014 and represent the Mopar world well. I am still unsure of what exactly whether we will run for the points in 14 or just go have some fun and travel a bit. No matter what I will be sharing my experiences with my Moparts family!!

Well, since we didn't have a racetrack here in Phoenix for most of the year, we did very little..

Raced the Firebird National and Divisional end of last Feb. and first weekend of March..

Then Won The "Police Shootout" at Mopars @ The Strip..

Won "Best In Show" too..

Went to Vegas in Nov. just to have issues all weekend..

Guess that happens when the car sits most of the year..



Looking forward to 2014.. New racetrack www.racewildhorse.com and

hopefully some sponsorship..


We'll see..

HAPPY NEW YEAR..


Chris..

Dragged my 'cuda out of the shed after a 10 year hibernation. bought a motor from a member on here, shipped it half way across the world & joined the 2 together. Today, last day of 2013 i finally have it running around the roads(illegaly) but it's running, it's aggressive & i like it like that.








i'm taking her racing this saturday, can't wait.

Put a new motor in the car and started to have fun with sorting it out.
The 4 speed and stroker small block are no fun to hook.
Car did better then I thought it would. 10.50 at 128 running out of gear.
A new better clutch and a faceplated hemi box and a gear change are in the works.
It was a good year, even with all the clutch and trans and suspension problems.
2014 should be better!

had a very successful season . Fourth in the track championship with 2 wins and a runnerup .
Just got to get a little more consistant .
Ran new PB's in ET and speed - remind self no big changes mid season , again

Tex

Hmmm. I guess I've had the worst year since I started racing IHRA Stock in 1999 with my Dart Sport. No wins, finished 5th in my division and didn't qualify for the IHRA World Finals/Tournament of Champions race. Variety of problems with the car all year and issues at home as well.

Highlight of the year was winning the SSSSA (Southern Stock/Super Stock Association championship here in Florida. Won 1 race out of a 6 race schedule but had to sit on the sidelines at the final event hoping the #2 guy would lose early and not pass me in points. Won one bracket race as well.

Did run a "best" with the car when I turned up the wick on one particular IHRA qualifying run:
1.470 60' - 4.425 330' - 6.982 @ 95.54 mph in the 1/8 mile.
3,540 lbs, .474" hyd. cam, 10.5 compression, footbraking.

Hoping things work out better in 2014 as I'm behind on preventive maintenance on everything. But on Dec. 31, I bought a car to run in NHRA Stock on a limited basis as well. Needs a lot of changes, tweaks & testing first. More info to follow as progress is made.

Well 2013, Wow is all I can say. At the beginning of the Year Bob George offered me the opportunity to drive his 1965 Plymouth HEMI car. All we needed to do was put together an engine and transmission. So we started the build. The 4 months to take the 65 from the corner of the shop to the dragstrip was a great experience. Bob, myself, Don Martyk, Tony George and the other BGR crew we made it happen. I must say thank you to Bob, not just for the opportunity to drive the 65 but all of the knowledge he passed on to me. That is invaluable. During the engine build, transmission build, and assembling the car, he let me work and watched what I was doing and told me the right way to do it. LOL The day I loaded the 65 in the trailer was surreal, I never dreamed I would have that opportunity.

The season went very well, I picked up the a runner up in the HEMI shootout at the York US 30 Nostalgia Nationals at Beaver Springs and followed it the next day with the WIN in the NSS Class. That was a great day. The rest of the season I spent working on Runner Up finishes. Runner up both days at Curt George Memorial Race in the HEMI class and made two quarter finals in PRO. Over the weekend we put 27 runs on the car and the BGR HEMI never missed a beat. I think the car ran 9.85-9.87 the entire weekend. The Curt George Memorial Weekend at Quaker City was great, my dad was driving Bob's white 64 plymouth in pro as well and was on a roll on Sunday until a dead battery ended his day in the quarters. On Saturday night he made it down to 4 in the gamblers race. Dave Selby picked up the RU in Pro on Saturday as well. It was a great weekend for the BGR team.

The next stop was Monster Mopar at Norwalk. The car was flying high on the starting line and I didnt click the 60'clocks with the front tires all weekend. The on track performance was not very good. I couldnt muster anything outside of a 2nd round loss. On Saturday night in Pro I was 009 taking 005 stripe for the loss. My opponent was 000 002 over the dial. Tough round to lose but it happens that way sometimes. It was a long weekend but enjoyed hanging out with the BGR boys at the track.

The finale for us was the Ghosts Goblins and Gearheads race at PRP. In the $5K race on Saturday 3rd round did me in. I turned on the ole Red Eye 004. Sunday was a better day for $1K race I made it to the final round where I lost a close race by 002.

All in all the race season was great. It was a much more abbreviated schedule than I am used to but overall was a great step back and slow down that was much needed. I was able to get many things done in preparation for our 2nd baby (Still Waiting) and had the time to learn a lot about the 65. This race season brought back a lot fun for me. I enjoyed every pass down the track in the 65 and cannot wait to make the first blast down the track this season.

I know I was long winded but had a lot of things I wanted to remember.

This past year would not have been possible without the support of my wife, Brianna and Daughter Addison. Bob I cant tell you how much I appreciate everything you have done for me. My mom and dad for traveling to the races with us as well.

I am looking forward to a great 2014. I will have a new baby girl to keep me and Brianna busy, working with Bob upgrading some things on the 65 and promoting and running the BGR Championship Series. There are many exciting things to come this year.

I can't complain. Kevin picked up his second 422 Allstars NSS championship. If we keep this up they may not let us play in their sandbox anymore...

Not a bad year. Worst part is my dad died this year. And I did not get to the track as much as I wanted but the one time I went I drove my pump gas full exh street car and the car ran good as it went 10.76 three passes in a row. Here is the vid of my third 10.76 in which I lost to my brother as he cut a .012 lite against my .078 but I went to the second round and had a blast ! Ron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SGdjOXjyy0&feature=youtu.be

Lots of work, no special success... Tried to get a hold of the boost controller, and succeeded decently getting in to 7's several times on different tracks. Didn't run all the races with the same driver, so not very high at points. Built several engines and transmissions and also worked on my new race car. For next summer the VIP will get a new paint job and a vinyl top. The engine will be rebuilt but no changes. Except new wider tires, will try Hoosier QTP's 22.5/33/15!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2EsRoOsPtU