Monster Mopar aftermath

[dvw]

Had a great time. The results not so great. First prayers for Neil and Ross both still in the hospital. From what I heard 3rd hand. Neil had to have 2 vertebrae fused, with damage to some others. Apparently a modified brake pedal broke. Ross has 2 broken knee caps and broken nose. Apparently the edge of the wheel well trim rubbed the tire and cut it. Me? -.007 red 1st rd Friday. .111 light 3rd rd Saturday night, dont even ask , aarrrgghh. Save the best for last. 3rd rd Sunday. Staged ready to go on the converter. Hit the throttle, car moves about 3" and goes to idle. Factory gas pedal. It broke the weld that fastens the arm to the pivot at the throttle pedal assembly. Then when I get home at 10:00 they have my road closed. Tree fell on power lines, all laying down across the street. I eventually convince them that my house is on the other side of the street 1 house from where the road is closed. So at least I can get the rig in my yard.
Doug

 

[Roughbird72]

It was good to talk to you again, hopefully your next race will be better

 

[ohiokm]

Good to meet you ...Doug


Kirk

 

[NSS Guy]

Monster Mopar ... Should be changed to Mopar Marathon!
Friday and Saturday are LONG days. I made 16 passes for the 3 days only entered in NSS. Friday I made it to the final in the NSS/Hemi gamblers race (6 rounds) only to have the coil decide it had enough while I was staging the car. No prior warning, the car was running great, I lit the pre stage bulb and was bumping in to stage and the car just shut off,would not restart no fire, I was timed out. So runner-up in gamblers around midnight. Saturday made it to the final round again (6 rds.) again. I actually feel good at this crazy hour, 4am!! I have the tree and chase him down, decide to whomp the gas a couple of times instead of hitting the brakes, wrong decision. breakout by .008 again runner-up. Get to the hotel at 4:50am and back to the track at 9am. Yeah too old for quick turn around lose 1st rd at 2pm with a bad light and breakout. Had a great time, good seeing all mopar racers. My time last 3 time slips from Saturday's race, check the time stamps.

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[LemonWedge]

If it happened easily without the struggle, it wouldn’t be so satisfying.

 

[happyjackdaddy54]

Monster Mopar ... Should be changed to Mopar Marathon!
Friday and Saturday are LONG days. I made 16 passes for the 3 days only entered in NSS. Friday I made it to the final in the NSS/Hemi gamblers race (6 rounds) only to have the coil decide it had enough while I was staging the car. No prior warning, the car was running great, I lit the pre stage bulb and was bumping in to stage and the car just shut off,would not restart no fire, I was timed out. So runner-up in gamblers around midnight. Saturday made it to the final round again (6 rds.) again. I actually feel good at this crazy hour, 4am!! I have the tree and chase him down, decide to whomp the gas a couple of times instead of hitting the brakes, wrong decision. breakout by .008 again runner-up. Get to the hotel at 4:50am and back to the track at 9am. Yeah too old for quick turn around lose 1st rd at 2pm with a bad light and breakout. Had a great time, good seeing all mopar racers. My time last 3 time slips from Saturday's race, check the time stamps.

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was the other guy Dirk Hale?

 

[NSS Guy]

Yes, Dirk Hale was the winner Saturday night and Bill Shoemaker won Friday night gambler. Barry McCabe was Sunday's winner over Tim Helmick