4 Days in May?? - Page 2

west coast · 12-26-2012, 07:13 PM

I was there for both of them. Didn't Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? I remember that grand national at mission drove it to the lanes like a Sunday drive what a sleeper of a car. I watched all this cause I was racing in the super classes at the time but was well awhere of what was going on.

Jeff Goss · 12-26-2012, 07:16 PM

Larry Pfister is one of the greatest fans of Drag Racing, and he has the talent to make these videos.

I was even fortunate enough to be in one or two of them. He is a great guy. If he still sells them, buy one! The best drag videos you can buy!

Jeff Lee · 12-26-2012, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by west coast

I was there for both of them. Didn't Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? I remember that grand national at mission drove it to the lanes like a Sunday drive what a sleeper of a car. I watched all this cause I was racing in the super classes at the time but was well awhere of what was going on.

Bobby D was the first to go 9's unfactored.

MAURICE BLENDHEIM · 12-26-2012, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SSGN

Looking to buy another of the DVD's of Bobby D's first in the 9's.I had one and lent it to a "friend" and never got it back.Thanks in advance
Kevin

Kevin...I was at that event in Mission, it was really something. The "true old school" battle for that first 9 second stocker run. I got my last copy from Larry @ 3 years ago and he was tough to get a hold of then and we lived in the same city. I recently heard that Rich Carlson (div 6 photographer) might be your contact for the Horsepower Heaven stuff now. I don't have his number but hopefully some Washington State guys will chime in with it. Hope this helps...Maurice.

Stephen & Horace Johnson · 12-27-2012, 12:24 AM

I still watch my video every year!!

west coast · 12-27-2012, 04:21 PM

As usual Jeff chimes in with out reading the question then states something that is already known because I was there. The question was did Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? So after you correct for the altitude for Boise Firebird raceway ( there is another one for a while longer in Arizona ) off what was on NHRA site for the correction factor was it a 9 sec run?

Julie Jordan · 12-27-2012, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by west coast

As usual Jeff chimes in with out reading the question then states something that is already known because I was there. The question was did Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? So after you correct for the altitude for Boise Firebird raceway ( there is another one for a while longer in Arizona ) off what was on NHRA site for the correction factor was it a 9 sec run?

The Boise divisional was about 3 weeks before the Mission divisional race. Pond ran a 10.229 which, at the time, factored to a 9.90. Joe Aluise ran a few cars behind him and also broke the (factored) 9-second zone. Aluise got the record that weekend (I think at a 9.93?) as he was the first of the two to back up his record run.

Jeff Lee · 12-27-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by west coast

As usual Jeff chimes in with out reading the question then states something that is already known because I was there. The question was did Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? So after you correct for the altitude for Boise Firebird raceway ( there is another one for a while longer in Arizona ) off what was on NHRA site for the correction factor was it a 9 sec run?

As usual Jeff chimes in with out reading the question then states something that is already known because I was there. The question was did Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? So after you correct for the altitude for Boise Firebird raceway ( there is another one for a while longer in Arizona ) off what was on NHRA site for the correction factor was it a 9 sec run?

If you knew it all, because you were there, why did you ask the question? And if you knew Pond went into the 9's @ Boise and wanted the altitude correction factor, why didn't you ask the first time? FYI - it's on the NHR.com website. But I'm sure you knew that.

west coast · 12-27-2012, 07:24 PM

Thanks Julie for answering that question. I was pretty sure somebody did the factored one before the unfactor one at mission.

12-26-2012, 07:13 PM	#11
west coast Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rainy Washington Posts: 608 Likes: 12 Liked 222 Times in 72 Posts	Re: 4 Days in May?? I was there for both of them. Didn't Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? I remember that grand national at mission drove it to the lanes like a Sunday drive what a sleeper of a car. I watched all this cause I was racing in the super classes at the time but was well awhere of what was going on.

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Jeff Goss Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Burlington, WA Posts: 361 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 4 Days in May?? Larry Pfister is one of the greatest fans of Drag Racing, and he has the talent to make these videos. I was even fortunate enough to be in one or two of them. He is a great guy. If he still sells them, buy one! The best drag videos you can buy!

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west coast Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rainy Washington Posts: 608 Likes: 12 Liked 222 Times in 72 Posts	Re: 4 Days in May?? As usual Jeff chimes in with out reading the question then states something that is already known because I was there. The question was did Robert Pond go into the 9s factored at Boise the race before mission? So after you correct for the altitude for Boise Firebird raceway ( there is another one for a while longer in Arizona ) off what was on NHRA site for the correction factor was it a 9 sec run?

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west coast Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rainy Washington Posts: 608 Likes: 12 Liked 222 Times in 72 Posts	Re: 4 Days in May?? Thanks Julie for answering that question. I was pretty sure somebody did the factored one before the unfactor one at mission.