Racing NMCA in Norwalk this weekend

If anyone will be racing in norwalk this weekend come by and say hi. I have been here since last Friday getting the Vette ready for NA10.5 Weather lols great should be a fun weekend. Good luck to all who will be attending..

May the traction gods look proudly at you Best of luck!

Traction is usually not an issue at Norwalk. Especially with the beautiful conditions they are calling for. I’ll miss you by a week Al and I will be out there for a big money race next weekend. Best of luck to you guys.

We will be there racing fast class with 1970 gtx

Good luck Al!

Bringing my 1320 and buddy has his Scat Pack we will be there Thursday.

We wont be there until Friday Morning. So I'm sure we'll be on the grass side. Trying to bring home the bacon in N/SS.
Doug

I will be there racing with DVW and all the NSS racers over in the land of NSS Misfits

Talking about NSS Misfits ----

Good Luck!

I’ll be running with him.

Hopefully I'll get to watch it on my computer. I'm sure my buddy will be there, he won NSS at Joliet a few weeks ago.

Can you post a link to watch please. Thanks Birdtracker

Coverage will start at 9:30 friday
NMCA Norwalk 2019

Reminder that it’s on. Birdtracker

Looks like a lot of cars there.

Lots of Mopars there, Doug just went 9.31.

[quoteit=justinp61]Lots of Mopars there, Doug just went 9.31. [/quote]
Damn thing spun. I was going for the throat as #1 qualifier pays $600. The test run this morning was a 9.251 on A/FX 9
25 index. Tomorrow's another day, beer time now. Were on the grass side past the finish line.
Doug

Be sure to “enjoy” the “true green” timing system they use. They are the only track using it and you will see more red lights than ever, beware!

I noticed that at Monster Mopar

It's not true green. It's true start. That means if both cars red light the one that was worst loses regardless of dial-in. And on a positive note we ran 9.251 on 9.25. Curreny qualified #1. They're paying $600 for #1 qualifier.
Doug

I thought maybe you had used up your best pass in testing.

Just watched the Vette go 8.18.

I hate it when the politicians get involved in drag racing decisions
First or worse has been in place since I started racing in 1964, why would you give any drag racer a second chance on red lighting First red light looses in my book, not the worst red light
Nanny world rules maybe

One of the NSS cars, a Thunderbolt just got into the wall on the big end. It appeared it was on it's roof and I don't think the driver was out when they cut away to commercial. Praying the driver is ok.

Good luck guys

Jerry Stamps. He got out on his own. It was a beautiful car.
Doug

Isn’t this the second Thunderbolt to wreck recently.

The driver was OK per a post on Classracer.com. Video of the car being hoisted on the wrecker. The roof held up well, not so much on the front end. There were skid marks where it looked like it made a sharp right turn into the wall.

I wonder if he broke a axle during that run

Watched FAST just a bit ago and didn’t see Doug. That’s the class he’s running right?

Jay....
NSS

Didnt see Al in first round of N/A 10.5
Edit.... didnt know he was crewing on a car
Bell Corvette. They won first round. Think it was 8.05
Top qualifier is running 7.80’s

Thank you!

....and Flyin Ryan Bells Red Vette is who Al is accompanying

They've called NSS to the lanes.

Red light going to keep them out of round 3

Goss wins Street Outlaw!

Two Hemi cars in the final of NSS.

My highlights were limited to being the #1 qualifier. At least it was a one time special that paid $600. After beating Dan Fabian twice back to back at Monster Mopar he was on a mission. His .004 .03 over on the brakes I ran into in the 1st rd ended my day.
Doug

Fun event congrats to all the winners. Hemi challenge was different with average of three runs to win ET had more runs with challenger then the last 3 events with the Savoy...... Challenger ran a new best of 11.911 @ 114

My buddy, Kevin Gass went out in the semi's but I think he's still leading the NSS points.

Kevin is still leading by a large margin.

I made it to the semis in NSS before I bowed out in a double breakout. I took .006 stripe. I needed to take .003
That is about as close as I am going to get it and still see it at 137mph and he was running nearly 150.

Doug, if yall want to do the #1 and #2 qualifier money again... then the racers just need to organize it and do it. It does not have to be a one time thing. I organized this one and put the first chunk of the money up to get the ball rolling.

How many cars were there in this class. And how many classes ran this event

Well we started Norwalk as we have every race this year with basically a new car...Had lots of issues with the rear end and getting converter happy. I can report that when we go to Indy we will be starting off on the right foot. Car is finally getting back to where it was in Memphis. We were 3 quickest in Q3, R1 nd R2, NO ONE has anything foe Leonard Longs Red car. Unless he makes a mistake he is THE guy this year. He spun in the semis and final and ended up R/U and I'm sure in Indy will go 70's. We will hit the ground running and hopefully finally show something good in Indy. We had a new best top speed of 170, we qualified with an 8.07 and finally have the chassis, gear and trans in what seem to be a happy place. So we can start from there rather than over as has been the case every race. The only "severe" carnage of the weekend was loosing a plug in Q1, best air of the weekend. Oh well on to Indy we a going

I have been Ryans crew chief for a few years. Yes we kinda have a spork at a gunfight but the rules favor a couple of combos over us for sure. Its just a small block chevy with a single four in basically a street car. We are generally mid pack, qualifiers 6-13 were all in the 8.0's,it is what it is. Hopefully the NMCA looks at the rules a bit this off season. They dropped weight penalties from the clutch guys and it shows. Also a certain engine combo has a VERY favorable weight break currently and hopefully they look at that as well. And don't even get me started on the chassis stuff, some of these cars have more in common with my Top Sportsman car than anything resembling whats in the rule book. But we will keep plugging away