Kurt just got burned out. That pic was the way I found out he closed. Driving out to Rays and stopped to see what was going on as phone was off. All his equipment was sold to a local guy and loaded in that trailer. And the garbage was ever so efficiently packed in that dumpster!!

He could more with less than most people I knew. I remember talking to him about your car BigCube, and he told me some stories about the build. And very few stories were good!! He hated door cars. Wanted to do Funny Cars and the funny story was he got his wish. The last car he built was an alky f/c for Annie Whitely. Drove him over the edge and shut the doors as soon as it left...

Congrats! Such an awesome car.

Impressive run! Good luck getting the record.

Awesome!

John,I am ver happy for you,you have worked hard and waited a long time for this. Exolains why I havn't seen you at E/town.
I will try to get to the Dutch

1.18 under is very impressive. Just don't go 1.20 for the HP hit!

Very impressive , congrats John

Um I hate to be the bearer of bad news after all this praise but you are now looking at having to spend more money on that ride updating the safety equipment and adding a parachute. Damn I really hate it when that happens. lol

Great job I love your car I hope my Hemi runs like that when I get the bugs sorted out.

The car already has an 8.50 cert chassis and you don't need the chute until 150 mph. I plan on adding one over the winter and that is an update I will wear proudly.

At National Open Races there is no AHFS. As fast as you can go without taking the hit. But yes, that was also one of the reasons I elected to withdraw from the Keystones. Runs under 1.00 sec. do hit the trigger which will put the combo under review. And 1.2 under is horsepower on Monday.

Ahhhh I was unaware this was a National open. In that case, Let 'er eat!!!

Congrats on the new records!

Absolutely beautiful, with performance to match!

This would be my dream car if I had the funding to support it and similar to your comment - I also prefer these over the AH cars.

25 years ago I built its twin, it also ran in the eights.....but it was 2960 lbs with 540 cubes of bracket engine - lol.

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Thank You!!

The car ran flawless all weekend and while the weather was not what I had hoped for… WE GOT IT!!!

A BIG thanks to Ray Barton and everyone at Ray Barton Racing Engines!! The MPH tells the tale. Without Rays Hemi it wouldn't have happened in that air! Now time to get ready for the Atco open in the spring and put the records even lower!!

AND…Add a parachute !! THANKS RAY !!!

SS/DA lowered from a 9.11 to 9.07@147!!

Doug Walker Photo(THANKS Doug!! )


SS/CA lowered from a 9.91 to a 9.89@149.

Congratulations on reaching a personal goal ......... that it is also a significant performance milestone is icing on what appears to be a pretty tasty cake.

Congrats on setting both records! and the air wasn`t even ideal.

Thanks 11sec! Not the Normal Dutch air for sure on Thursday and Friday… Saturday's air is what I had at least hoped for, but as much as the air could've been better, it also could've been raining! It was good enough for me to get the job done. That RBRE Hemi was singing

Is your car Gold? I was helping an AH team in the shoot-out after I finished teardown and saw 11.50 cars in the lanes at one point. Thought it had to be you as not a lot of Darts out there, but you had your helmet on and thats business time in my book… Always nice to meet members and put a name with a face! Next time!!

That car is a killer unit, congrats on the ETs

Yes thats my gold Dart, My friend Jeff was actually driving this weekend hes much better at deep staging and a pro tree but was struggling with the Maple Grove tree. After an electrical problem and mad thrash sunday morning we missed our third time shot/ qualifier but got it fixed right before first round but he was -005 all on all we had fun and it was cool racing the Dutch and we were treated well from being told when to race by mgmt on a scooter to a great pit spot right next to the lanes and starting line access.. Plus the AH shoot-out was awesome those cars are just incredible , Congrats again

GREAT job guys. Fast and beautiful too.