MATS . Small Tire Mopar race

Had a conversation with Phil today he showed interest in having a small Tire Mopar shoot out.. he's pretty much wide open.. he said it would take 12 cars.. it would be 1/8 Mile 10.5 or smaller tire door car. I'm looking for feed back to pass on to phill.thanks guys

Is this something that any of you guys would participate in

That's on the other side of the world from me lol.

yeah but Vegas would justify the trip

What are the 2019 dates?

Do they have small tire racers out there. JJ Da Boss had to go the whole way to New Mexico to find racers.

If you guys allow a 10.5x33x15W in the game I might be tempted to buy a set and play
What are the other rules ? My car may or may not make the rules

Well now some say that a "W" is NOT a small tire...............

Top picture, my Brother's Gremlin on a 10.5W X 33
Next Picture, my brother's Gremlin on a true 10.5 X 28.

No comparison, those 33's are huge!!
I might be able to talk him into coming out, but my little small block street car would be outclassed...

cab as I mentioned before the rules will be wide open.. I think we should stick to a 29 10.5 or smaller. And all power adders welcome..

never consider yourself outgunned the goal is to have fun and get as many participants as possible.. drawing numbers before each elimination changes the whole game fast cars can eliminate each other early on.. I was at a race last year when the slowest car in the field went all the way to the final..

Sometimes I wish I was a competitor,have several friends that run at Barona and would LOVE to race with them!

you got one bad hot rod get it out there and have fun that's what it's all about.. and you are right the Barona events are amazing the one that they had out at Irwindale earlier this year was out of control I'm really looking forward to the next one..

Mats small Tire shootout
Open to all Mopar and AMC and Jeep car and trucks.Must be powered by either Mopar or AMC.. all participants must have steel roof and quarters.. any power Adder okay wheelie bars ok. All suspension legal.Must be on a 29 10.5 or smaller no Ws Permitted. Field to run 1/8 Mile. Competitors will draw numbers for pairing. 4 tenths Pro tree.. let me know what you guys think

sounds good, but way too far for me

We could be slow filler Billy!

29.5x10.5 Non-W?

Planetary transmission allowed?

Dates? Sorry if I missed them.

The way things are going I might have a car ready. Who'd have thought it possible?

Towing you race rig/trailer through all of that road salt would be brutal. A bunch of you guys should *fly* out and spectate.

It's about $300 round trip from our little airport.

Living in NY , I'm guessing this is like a 3,000 mile tow one way...lol

you guys underestimate yourselves. Run what you brung and you might get surprised.. Billy how fast are these cars

it's about 2400 miles and 37 hours from my house .

I feel your pain.... I’ve mapped out Norwalk more than a few times the last couple of years.

Thinking about it ?
What's the payout ?

Norwalk is 8-9 hours for me, bad a$$ race too! I love that place and the race too !

.. not a hundred percent for sure yet on the payout .. basically depends on car count I think.. I'm impressed that you would actually entertain the thought of traveling that far

5.95 best for the Valiant, the Gremlin has been 5.34...not bad for street cars, but I'm sure there are plenty that are quicker.

Can My G3 powered 75 Ramcharger Play if I can get there?

very impressive for sure.. they would definitely be players

. I'm going to give this thread another bump when they release the actual date

I have been driving or towing out from Chicago for 14 years now and I don't even race!

Now that the dates are out I wanted to give it another bump..

The rules will be any AMC Mopar Jeep . Steel roof and steel quarters. Can use any power Adder..mopar motor only. must compete on a 29 10.5 or smaller no W's 1/8 mile... pairing will be made off of dice.. and again there is a 12 car requirement
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I'll be there with the Valiant. Still working on getting Dale excited to drag the Gremlin out from OK.

thanks Billy should be a blast

Where is Jay Waxlers commitment to this deal We would love to run the red car but we are not allowed

I haven't been to MATS since like 2009 I think, I may have to go just to watch this race, mine is too slow to compete, just mid-10 N/A, but may run time only or something.

. Jay waxler is already locked in..

Guess I should have bought that Yellow car and I could have at least played with you all. Glad to here Jay in on board..

There is pictures of another yellow car floating around there is still time

If I’m there, I will support the class! Especially since I secured full backing from Al!

(Billy’s already rubbing his lucky rabbits foot in hopes of drawing me 1st round...)

Hey J I got some stuff at the house that will make you player, if you so choose

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He’s going to need it to play with those guys

. Nothing a little Happy Gas couldn't fix

oh come on John you know all he needs to do is put a dominator on it.. and take that little 750 double pumper off

Ya between the dominator and that top secret 904 he’s been working on he may end up giving you “the hit”.

I’m just filler and I know it. But that won’t stop me from having some fun!
Top secret 904... that’s funny! Pretty much a stock unit with transbrake mods. Which shaft will I replace first!
Tiny carb gave me some fits. Most likely an air bleed issue, but that’s above my pay grade. Couldn’t get it to run rich below 800ft DA. That proved to be an issue in Bakersfield.
I’ve got a lot of good parts..... just set on marshmallow, not kill!

If I could get my new f2, w8 deal to run more than 10ft at a time, before it lifts the head and trenches everything and run half way right......nightmare, combination of about 5things and its unhappy as can be. Trenched stuff 2xs now in 11 half 1/8mile passes. I would be all about this deal. Sounds fun, can't get junk to work yet and is a long haul, so I guess I'm out.

You got til the end of April.

Funny (pun intended) you mention that, as I was adding a plate before this was announced, but the car only has a 6-point bar, and the car is a tank at 3800+ with me in it,

Ron Silva just confirmed. He will have the demon Unleashed for the small Tire shootout..

I'm in, somebody has to bring up the rear!!

It's the last weekend of April. 26th, 27th, and 28th.

.. that is correct welcome aboard the water is warm

While I know most go downtown Vegas at night.... I hope that I can convince Al to get a good “cookout N cooler” session at the track

I'll bring some apple pie shine, Fireball, and Ho Ho cake. Ohhhh I'm sorry, wrong coast.

Sorry to hear that Ryan.... such a cool set up!

Jay

You know now that I'm back in town that will happen again.

Quit messing around and get that thing running

It looks as though there's enough interest to have a small Tire Mopar shootout.. everything is being finalized now.. as the information Develops I will pass it along..

. Bump bump bump

I’m out and will be changing my entry to the Saturday bracket race.... hello low 11’s!!

. Jay that's a bummer you .you hurt the car hope you get it back soon

Who's bringing the peanuts and the popcorn this is going to be a show
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I will be there watching as much as I can from the stagging lanes. You know some of us still race with window chaulk and a number

I have no K member..... I’ll start the process to recoup my pre-entry today.

You have a PM on this

Sorry to hear you wont be making the race Jay. I will not have my car there either, seems we killed it this weekend at the NHRA Divisional race, another trans or converter issue, car was .3 slow .2in the 1/8 and .06 in 60'. Likely wont have the parts back before the race.

Well I got the call from Mike Monday at 5 that the K was done.... hope they didn’t miss me at work yesterday as I had an eye problem. I couldn’t see going in. Turn and burn road trip to Comp Chassis. K is in the car. Would have buttoned up the front end, but I have no 8” springs the new shocks require..... always something. It’s not like it didn’t come up in the conversation that I was running 10”... take my money!! I want this thing done!!

j I think I have 275 lb x 10in there yours if you need let me know..

I have one set of 8" springs and they are 450lbs!!!

I'm looking to see if I can get some race day photos of the various cars that where participants

How many cars did you end up with in the small tire race?

.. I think there was a total of 9 that. interred... one car was sold on Friday at the track and two broke race-day competition was a total of 6.. we are hoping that now that we got the format in front of people it will gain some traction..

I hope so, best of luck with it.

I don't have a photo of the runner-up yet

A few more of the competitors

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I hope that class has some good sponsorship or it will soon fold with car counts like that. What were the entry fees and payouts for that race. I know Josh is taking a hit at monster Mopar with low car counts.

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