FAST at Martin (pics)...More...

Posted By: 68shifter

FAST at Martin (pics)...More... - 06/15/12 05:43 PM

Well I went to a race, and instead ended up at a car show. Wow. Regardless of brand some very nice cars out there. Only go to spend a couple hours there this morning, ended up being called into work early.

This was my first FAST race. Heres a bunch of pics. Cars ran pretty good, got pretty hot out there. A majority of the cars were spinning and several did get loose out around the 330' area as well.

Thanks.

Working out a timing issue on a very nice MW car.

Saw this car run in the 11.80 range

One of my favorite cars there. Ran 11.60's on the pass I saw

This SB was running in the 11.80 area as well IIRC. Awesome car!!

Posted By: 68shifter

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/15/12 05:46 PM

Sorry pics are so big. If having problems let me know. I'll resize later.

Posted By: HPMike

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/15/12 06:18 PM

Great photos!!!

Its a great event and the turnout is usually real strong. Hot weather and a track that usually isnt great on the first day will hold the times down. The track traditionally got better the ensuing days after some of the night crowd regulars "seasoned" it. Expect better ETS as the weekend unfolds..

Thanks again!

MB

Posted By: 383man

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/15/12 07:05 PM

Great pics.

All of them cars are like they rolled off the showroom floor. I love seeing all of them. Thanks for the pics. Ron

Posted By: RSNOMO

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/15/12 08:12 PM

Brother Dave...

Bob K...

Paul...

Posted By: pettyblue440

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/15/12 08:14 PM

Thanks for the pics. Someday I have to get out there for that.

Posted By: Big Squeeze

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 02:25 AM

Nice pics...

Posted By: Dan Halen

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 02:47 AM

Thanks for the pics

I'd be all-in FAST if I had the scratch.

I still think those L88 Corvettes & ZL1's should be outlawed in FAST.

They won't let aluminum nosed mopars run.

Posted By: Hemi Allstate

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 03:10 AM

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Sorry pics are so big. If having problems let me know. I'll resize later.

Great Pics!!!
Thanks for posting them.

Posted By: cowbay

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 03:50 AM

Nice pictures

Posted By: 72Swinger

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 05:05 AM

Factory Appearing Sleeper Trip!

Posted By: 68shifter

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 05:35 AM

Thanks for the replies.

Look closely at the black bee rear suspension shot! It shows alot of trickery.lol

Posted By: 68 HEMI GTS

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 11:06 AM

great pics, thanks for posting!!

Posted By: 68shifter

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/16/12 09:49 PM

Went out today again. Figured I'd support it and bought a couple shirts too.

A chick in a orange vette won the factory stock quick 8. She went an 11.25, then the guy in the white camaro had kind of a hiccup and redlight, so they reran and she still won, on another redlight.

I got there a bit late, so I dont know who won the FAST stuff, I think it was the white Firebird you see in the pics. It went 10.55, a black camaro was supposed to race him but broke I believe.

The butterscotch duster is one damn fast smallblock. Went 11.60's. The black hemi bee was 11.60's at 123 and some of the 6 pack b-bodies were really moving.

Anyway some more pics. Thanks.

Posted By: BadMoonRacer

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 12:13 AM

Thanks for sharing these excellent photos of those beautiful machines.

I don�t mind the size of the photos; makes them more realistic.

A trip to a F.A.S.T race is on my bucket list.

Ragnar in Iceland

Posted By: BSB67

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 12:50 AM

Nice pics....thanks for sharing

Posted By: JohnRR

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 01:16 AM

Excellent pictures , you are quite the photographer .

Looks like Ed cook returned his 6pk runner to Stock ?

Will be interesting to see what happens at the Pure stock drags in September , one run at 11.25

Posted By: donscuda

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 01:36 AM

Awesome photos.. thanks for sharing them..

Posted By: pacifica

Re: FAST at Martin (pics)...More... - 06/17/12 04:51 AM

Couple freinds and I go every year. We only went Friday this year.

The guy with the black camaro in one of your pics almost touched the wall. This was way down track. He said a freeze plug popped out. He was running the black hemi bee [red stripe] on that run.

He is a heck of a good driver to have saved that pass.

Anyhow just wanted to encourage any of you who have not been to a "fast" event to try to make time to do so.

Thanks for the pics!!!!

Posted By: jim sciortino

Re: FAST at Martin (pics)...More... - 06/17/12 04:53 AM

Cool pics......thanks.

Posted By: HPMike

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 04:57 AM

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Excellent pictures , you are quite the photographer .

Looks like Ed cook returned his 6pk runner to Stock ?

Will be interesting to see what happens at the Pure stock drags in September , one run at 11.25

Yep John. Eddies RR is now a factory stocker. He was going to run a 4 speed car and keep this one FAST, but the car got sold...

11.25?? Out there?? Thats just insane

...Congrats Julie!!!

Anyone hear how the Hemi RR from Rick Mahoney ran??

MB

Posted By: Big Squeeze

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 05:18 AM

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Anyone hear how the Hemi RR from Rick Mahoney ran??

MB

If you're talking about the dark blue '68 Factory Stock car it ran 11.39 @ 128 I believe....

Posted By: 72demon416

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 06:10 AM

Nice pics!
Those are some super nice cars, but man, that black 70 Bee is to die for!

Posted By: JohnRR

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 09:04 AM

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Anyone hear how the Hemi RR from Rick Mahoney ran??

MB

If you're talking about the dark blue '68 Factory Stock car it ran 11.39 @ 128 I believe....

is right , on the heels of the vettes, so I guess a STOCK L88 vette may be running 10's next year ?

Posted By: John Brown

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 01:04 PM

Thanks 68shifter for the pictures. Even though I was there, it's nice to see pics from all those different views.

Posted By: HPMike

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 01:19 PM

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Anyone hear how the Hemi RR from Rick Mahoney ran??

MB

If you're talking about the dark blue '68 Factory Stock car it ran 11.39 @ 128 I believe....

is right , on the heels of the vettes, so I guess a STOCK L88 vette may be running 10's next year ?

128??!!

Posted By: dannysbee

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 05:52 PM

Anyone else remember seeing the mph on the blue rr. Was it 128? That is crazy mph for a pure stock car.

Posted By: loren kraker

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 06:08 PM

Dont remember the mph, car broke in first round.

Posted By: drmopar

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 06:26 PM

The road runner went 11.39 @ 124. Just for clarification. His charging system took a crap in the burnout box so we were unable to see him take on the Pennington Vette.

Posted By: F1Scamp

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 07:18 PM

Just got home. Had a great time out there, that track is very well maintained. It was very hot, air was real bad, all the street tires torn the track down pretty good so traction was marginal, but still managed a 11.44 @ 118 and change. Transmission started to flare up big time a on the 2/3 shift so I didn't push it with many passes.

Posted By: pacifica

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/17/12 07:49 PM

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The road runner went 11.39 @ 124. Just for clarification. His charging system took a crap in the burnout box so we were unable to see him take on the Pennington Vette.

It went 125.?? on Friday. Tach had the shift pointer set to 7600 rpm

Posted By: SteveA

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/18/12 01:06 AM

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The road runner went 11.39 @ 124. Just for clarification. His charging system took a crap in the burnout box so we were unable to see him take on the Pennington Vette.

It went 125.?? on Friday. Tach had the shift pointer set to 7600rpm

Will a stock cam go to 7600 ????

Posted By: scatpacktom

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/18/12 02:01 AM

Why wouldn't it Steve?

Posted By: HPMike

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/18/12 03:44 AM

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Why wouldn't it Steve?

Yeah, its not like its got a hydraulic cam or anything...

Too bad for the mech failures..I would have done anything to see the big blue bird square off against the lil lady in the plastic sportscar..

Posted By: Big Squeeze

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/18/12 03:46 AM

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Why wouldn't it Steve?

Exactly......Do it like a Mr. Six Pack cam and change the duration a little....then retard it about 10 degrees to it'll zing and make power upstairs.......

Posted By: greenmcode

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 01:37 AM

Great pics.. Thanks for posting... I don't Know
but the Vet looks a little different from the Friday
pics to Saturday.. See if you all can notice what i'm
talking about... DO you think they would????

Posted By: StealthWedge67

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 01:51 AM

Removed center caps & trim rings

Posted By: Fiberglass

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 02:14 AM

What looks different in the pics?If you are refering to the trim rings and centercaps, they were removed for the test & tune friday nite. Are you suggesting that they swapped Julie's car with Terry's fast vette?No one at that race would be dumb enough to fall for that.

Posted By: John Brown

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 02:51 AM

They would have had to take the roll bar out if they were to swap cars. That wouldn't be so easy to do. Plus, one of the cars (don't remember which one) has power windows. No, someone would be sure to catch um if there was a swap going on.

Posted By: B1Fish540

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 02:59 AM

very kool pix

Posted By: StealthWedge67

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 03:14 AM

Why do we see no LS-6 Chevelle's in FAST or purestock? There must be a few there (???), but they don't seem to be competitive. For years I've listened to chebbie guys tell me the LS-6 was a Hemi killer, and couldn't be beat..... You'd think the 70 LS-6 Chevelle would be one of the popular choices with FAST guys.

Posted By: MRVCODE

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 03:22 AM

Are those slicks on that orange vette? I realize there is some tread, but that is pretty ridiculous....was that car running pure stock or f.a.s.t class.

Posted By: JohnRR

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 03:29 AM

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Are those slicks on that orange vette? I realize there is some tread, but that is pretty ridiculous....was that car running pure stock or f.a.s.t class.

John , those are repop poly's , the less thread they have on them the better it would seem.

Julie's vette runs Pure Stock ... cough cough ...

Posted By: MRVCODE

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 03:31 AM

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Are those slicks on that orange vette? I realize there is some tread, but that is pretty ridiculous....was that car running pure stock or f.a.s.t class.

John , those are repop poly's , the less thread they have on them the better it would seem.

Julie's vette runs Pure Stock ... cough cough ...

Pure stock my [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean]! Lol

Posted By: SteveA

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 12:48 PM

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Why do we see no LS-6 Chevelle's in FAST or purestock? There must be a few there (???), but they don't seem to be competitive. You'd think the 70 LS-6 Chevelle would be one of the popular choices with FAST guys.

There are a few that attend the pure stock races. None of them were at the Martin race.

Posted By: dannysbee

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 03:30 PM

The reason they are not so good in ps is the
Intake. They don't have the nice high rise intake the l72 and the l88 does. I believe the l88 has the Vanke mod also.

The passenger car exhaust manifold is not near as good as the vette.

Posted By: HPMike

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 03:33 PM

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The reason they are not so good in ps is the
Intake. They don't have the nice high rise intake the l72 and the l88 does. I believe the l88 has the Vanke mod also. The passenger car exhaust manifold is not near as good as the vette.

Dont forget,

You can run the rectangular 842 aluminum heads-even on a 70 as a few L89's squeaked out before the intro of the LS6. And for FAST where weight is at a premium, that might be the better package. The cubes wouldnt be an issue in FAST.

MB

Posted By: dannysbee

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 04:15 PM

The l78 with the l89 option would defiantly be the best choise for fast. And possibly ps with enough gear. The good intake and aluminum heads its a win win.

Posted By: DonnyBrass

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 06:10 PM

with the Corvette and the Camaro in the shed, the Chevelle is probably not the sharpest tool

That said, Donny G's 66 396 Chevelle in FAST has gone 10.60s and there have been 4 different Pure Stock LS6 Chevelles that went better than 12.50, with a stick shift one having posted a 12.21

Posted By: dannysbee

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 06:33 PM

The corvette is always going to be the sharpest tool in the shed for the Chevy boys. But given the choise of the Camaro and a
Nova
for FAST. I would take a Nova.

Posted By: HPMike

Re: FAST at Martin (pics) - 06/19/12 06:34 PM

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The corvette is always going to be the sharpest tool in the shed for the Chevy boys. But given the choise of the Camaro and a
Nova
for FAST. I would take a Nova.

All day long...

MB