Killer Purse Opportunity as 100% Returned To The Drivers!

The NMCA/NMRA didn't initially schedule for Nostalgia Super Stock racing at their Lone Star Shootout scheduled Nov. 12-14 at Houston Raceway Park. After some discussions, NMCA/NMRA has agreed to allow us to prove our interest in NSS being part of future Shootouts by returning to NSS Drivers as a purse 100% of  money collected from NSS drivers (and specifically not their crews) as their purse. Here's how it works:

• Although Time Trials, Qualifying, and Eliminations are scheduled for Saturday  and Sunday only, the track will be open for parking/tech on Friday. It is strongly suggested you take advantage of that.

• Admission for Car & Driver is:

• Friday – Sunday $105

• Saturday – Sunday $85

• All admission for car and driver in NSS goes into a purse pool. Since the event begins promptly at 8AM Saturday — it is a given that most all drivers will be arriving, setting up, and teching their car in Friday so they will not miss any qualifying rounds Saturday. Therefore we'll use the amount of $100 as a round number for the example below — but it will be 100% of money actually collected for NSS Drivers that will be returned as a purse.

• It is thought that the track will have its own racing on Friday night — and drivers can buy a tech card from the track, but if your trailer, racecar, or Motorhome spends the night at the track on Friday (even if you do not) — you will be considered to have arrived the day your car/trailer did, and that will be the amount collected from you.

• For 24 or less cars, 100% of the NSS driver's admission will be distributed 50% to the Winner, 25% to the Runner Up, and the other 25% to those who didn't advance out of the Semis (12.5% if two drivers and the whole 25% if there was only one because of a BYE.) For the sake of argument, say that there were 20 NSS Drivers paying a total $2000 for NSS Driver's admission, the Winner of the event receives $1000, the Runner Up receives $500, and the Loser(s) of the Semis split the other $500.

• For 25 or more cars, the Winner would get 45%, the Runner Up would get 25%, the Semis split 15%, and the quarters split 15%. As an example — if 30 NSS cars showed and $3000 was collected — the Winner would get $1575, the Runner Up $875, the Semis split (1 or 2 drivers depending on BYE) $525, and the quarters (2, 3, or 4 drivers depending on BYE) split $525. More drivers — more money AS 100% of the DRIVER's ENTRIES GO TOWARD THE PURSE. If we were to get 50 cars — there would be some killer purses for 8 of the racers.

If you have any questions — post them on the NSS Forum and I'll get the answers.

Let's make this a big race and collect a big purse by encouraging all NSS Drivers to enter. NMCA NSS Rules apply — but this is not a points race.

The weather is most often perfect in Houston this time of year — and there's a lot to do in the area for those who come early and make a vacation out of it. Galveston Island, NASA, The Boardwalk, ….

NMCA Points Have Been Posted

Three More Races to go!

As you can see from above — I'm holding down my standard 4th place (finished 2008 & 2009 in 4th and need to improve that) and 5 rounds seperate1st and 7th places. There are 40 cars so far in the NSS class. Actually, I think there's going to be a correction where Doug Duell will be in second with 1440 points and Kurt in third with 1340 points — as Kurt was mistakenly given 100 bonus points for being at all of the races.

Generator Courtesy In The Pits

I'm hoping I can get a couple of Amens here. I'm far from a tree hugging Greenie — but there are two types of generator courtesy problems in the pits that can be easily rectified.

The First is carbon-monoxide exhaust from the bigger rigs.

As the rigs coming to the track get bigger and bigger — so do the generators. I remember when a big generator for a 34' motorhome was a 4500 — but now the standard is the 12,500 Quiet Diesel that I have in my motorhome. Today we're powering three ac units, two big TVs, a toaster, coffee pot, two laptops, and a microwave all operating at the same time. Then there are the big trailers with their generators for the lift, ac, a dozen flood lights, air compressor, welder….

Two years in a row in Chicago, I've had a rig a couple of feet from my lawn chairs and cars pumping out a kabillion cubic feet of carbon-monoxide exhaust at my family, because the racer didn't have the courtesy of having a $107 generator exhaust pipe for his $500,000 rig. From the motorhome the exhaust is captured under the motorhome to the left's awning — killing the family in that pit with skull splitting headaches. The trailer generator exhaust pipe is pumping 3' from the car that we're working under or around.

People need too show a little courtesy and spring $122 at Camping World or $107 at Amazon.com for an exhaust pipe that pumps the exhaust 12' up to where the wind carries it out of their neighbor's pits. These things are so easy to install — that if you can't do it in ten minutes — you shouldn't be in a race car. If you have a motorhome and/or trailer with a mounted generator and don't have an exhaust pipe routing carbon monoxide out of your neighbors pits — you need to show some courtesy right now, click the above links, and order a pipe so you will have before you come to the next race.

The Second Problem is Noise.

While the newer rigs have $9000 Quiet Diesel generators that are pretty quiet — many of the teams operating out of a pickup and trailer have an old less expensive and worn out portable gas generator, which they set in the pit of their neighbor — making the enjoyment of their pits unbearable from high pitch rattling of 11HP B&S engine with worn out rings from running on a pint of ten year old oil.

There are some new generation 4-stroke portable generators which are 1/5 the size (a fat briefcase), burn less gas, and have 1/20 the noise that those racers should be considering. Honda, Yamaha, and Honeywell all make and excellent 2000 unit — and you can hook two together with a parallel cable if need be. Yes — many of us are on a budget and find it hard to justify spending money when the old rattle trap is still cranking out 6 Billion Db of noise — but the reduced storage, gas savings, lighter carry around weight, and whisper quietness make them well worth the upgrade. Consider regulating the rattlebox to emergency backup duty, and make your life and the life of others easier with upgrading the generator for the price of a quality fuel pump.

The pits are different places then they were years ago — with the generators growing because of the power needs growing. It is time that racers show some courtesy to their neighbor and spend a couple of bucks to make a four day weekend in the pits a little more pleasant — especially when it is already 100 degrees.

• I think the track and racing organizations need to patrol the pits one time after everyone is set up — and give the warning to have an exhaust pipe on their generator the next time they show up — as it is really their responsibility to make the pits as safe and pleasant as possible.

• Racers need to stop with just putting up with breathing the exhaust of generators all weekend — and tell the racer of how they're lack of courtesy is affecting your family's comfort.

• I think that the racing magazines need to take a more proactive approach of informing those who haven't gotten it yet — and shaming the class of those who just don't care.

Can I get an Amen?

Click the above to read the 4-page feature

Click here to go there. Competition Plus magazine just released a very nice article that can't help but to promote Nostalgia Super Stock Magazine. There are a couple of minor errors, misunderstandings, and maybe misquotes — as you always see in a magazine article collecting information from a lot of people — but it is a very good article just the same.

The below was in this month's Fastest Street Car magazine.

I was in 4th Place for Nostalgia Super Stock

Dallas was 3rd place in Nostalgia Muscle Car

MoparStyle Racing Update

February 2010

Big Red Ram

Changes for 2010 include a new aluminum block 588ci wedge motor from Diamondback Engines. This motor is the same basic formula as the engine that the car had run in 2008 and 2009 — except for more compression since we are using Manley Steel rods instead of the Weisco aluminum rods. After the new engine was installed — custom 2.25" headers were fabricated by Tin Man, and ceramic coated. Finally, the three year old clutch was replaced.

Texas Black Magic

My son Dallas is moving from driving a 72 Dodge Demon in Nostalgia Muscle Car, to driving a black 1965 Dodge Coronet in Nostalgia Super Stock. I raced this car previously as a 9-second bracket car — and made the necessary conversions to make legal in NSS. The engine is the Mega Block 540 that I ran in the car from 2005 to 2008. It has been rebuilt as a 580 ci. This car will most likely run in the C/FX class.

The Whale

The Whale is rounding third base and heading for home. It is a 1960 Plymouth 2-door Wagon that Mark Artis at Texas Thunder Performance has been getting ready for me. We were hoping to start out the NMCA season running it, but are still hopeful that it might be ready for Bowling Green. It will run the Diamondback Engines aluminum block motor I use to run in Big Red Ram — freshened with Manley steel rods and more compression.

AA/SA Hemi 64 Savoy For Sale.

I have a 64 Plymouth sedan with a 426 Hemi set up to be competitive in IHRA’s AA/SA. The engine has 20 passes and the slicks has 5. The paint was just freshened. Click here for more details and photos.

Tube Chassis Cuda

Our 9-second "True Street" 68 Cuda has recently made it out of the paint booth, been color sanded and power buffed, and is now being assembled. Click here for more information on this car.

Dallas’ 1972 Dodge Demon For Sale

The 10-Second Dodge Demon that Dallas has been running in NMC for the last six years is now for sale, since Dallas is moving to Nostalgia Super Stock in a 65 Coronet. Click here for the history of this car and click here for the For Sale ad.

Mz. Eliminator

I have a 78 Dodge Aspen for sale. I built this for my daughter to run in Nostalgia Muscle Car — but her priorities changed. This is a perfect car car for the entry level drag racer looking for a low maintenance car that runs low 12s. It is safe and dependable. Click here for more photos. Ready to race right now. Needs nothing. $12,000.

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