Re: Heading to NMCA finals at Indy
[Re: RMCHRGR]
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09/23/22 12:01 PM
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Go get 'em Doug. Looks like it might be humid. Haha. Mineshaft or at the least very good air there all weekend. DA right now at noon is 757 foot. That is mighty good air
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Re: Heading to NMCA finals at Indy
[Re: jwb123]
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09/23/22 01:11 PM
09/23/22 01:11 PM
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Steel rods were a thought until Dart stopped making the blocks. So we will stick with aluminum as we cannot replace the block, if a steel rod breaks the block is DONE, this will just take a little clean up and be good. Between the two of us we have literally TENS of THOUSANDS of runs on aluminum rods and this is a first failure like this. The problem here is with the rod material, not throwing anyone under the bus just yet...
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Re: Heading to NMCA finals at Indy
[Re: dvw]
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09/25/22 08:22 PM
09/25/22 08:22 PM
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I wa s good all weekend until I wasn't. .025 red 1st rd. against my competitor who had .100 pac. It was great while it lasted. Oh winning 1st rd had a bye into the 3rd. This is the first full year That this car hasn't made at least one final in 9 years. 'll test and be ready next year. Doug I'm sure the engine issue put you behind a little. They knew you were there. You sure were making some steam on the right hand time slip.
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Re: Heading to NMCA finals at Indy
[Re: carnut68]
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09/26/22 01:55 AM
09/26/22 01:55 AM
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Any info on the fellow who went over the wall in the Cuda? Just saw the replay of that wreck. Brutal.
120 in the lights. Lost an engine. Just a reminder of what a "slow" car can do in a bad situation. Not even fast enough to require a full cage.
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Re: Heading to NMCA finals at Indy
[Re: dvw]
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09/26/22 10:59 AM
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I talked to his friend whom I know that night. He had surgery on his left hand and arm, cracked pelvis, and may need surgery on his right arm/shoulder. I heard from other sources that it lost a freeze plug. That concurs with what I saw. Not much liquid scrubbing during clean-up. It looked like it lost water out of the left side of the engine in the video. Doug Sounds right. Smoke/steam and then it was on ice from there. Sounds like he was banged up, but having seen it, I'd say he was fortunate. I don't know what for bar/cage he had in it, but it came down on the wall upside down and hit just above the drivers door first. Partially collapsed the roof looks like. This one will be in the back of my mind when talking to guys about bars and cages in the future. 11 second car. Too slow to get hurt, right?
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Re: Heading to NMCA finals at Indy
[Re: dvw]
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09/26/22 05:00 PM
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I was there Saturday and Sunday running in the open bracket class. Had a 014 and 010 reaction time in the two time trials Saturday. Ran in the dial for dollars Saturday night dialed 6.55 and ran a 6.54 with a a three. Tried to hit the tree hard in the time trial Sunday and had a 018 red. Kept telling myself to take it easy on the tree in the first round of eliminations but went 014 red. Still a great weekend the NMCA runs a great program. Saw some people i knew. I was running a fresh 904 behind my 440.
DVW I would like to have met you but didn't know where you were pitted. Keith
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