Factory Stock Showdown - Norwalk

Ken Miele · 06-21-2019, 07:25 PM

Evan Smith is covering the Norwalk race and will be sending me some photos from the Factory Stock Showdown class. Here is the Q2 sheet from today.

Ken Miele · 06-22-2019, 10:00 AM

Photos by Evan Smith, Factory Stock Showdown action from yesterday.

Carguy49 · 06-22-2019, 10:18 AM

I don't see Don Fezell on the sheet. Is he not there, or back on the dyno finding more power?

Keith 944 · 06-22-2019, 08:18 PM

A 302 Ford went 179. Good lord that is impressive. What weight is that? Unbelievable

Ralph A Powell · 06-22-2019, 08:49 PM

Watson's car ran 179 + early in the season hasn't run good since. Skillman's and Bo have moved the bar big time!

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Originally Posted by Keith 944

A 302 Ford went 179. Good lord that is impressive. What weight is that? Unbelievable

Brett C · 06-23-2019, 07:54 PM

Mustangs ran over everything again.

Superfan1 · 06-24-2019, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith 944

A 302 Ford went 179. Good lord that is impressive. What weight is that? Unbelievable

All of the Mustangs at Norwalk were running the 327 engine which is a new combination for 2019. It is based on the 302 block with a longer stroke. The word in the pits at Norwalk was that the 179 mph speeds were bogus because the nose of the car tripped the speed clock, not the front wheels.

pmrphil · 06-24-2019, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Superfan1

All of the Mustangs at Norwalk were running the 327 engine which is a new combination for 2019. It is based on the 302 block with a longer stroke. The word in the pits at Norwalk was that the 179 mph speeds were bogus because the nose of the car tripped the speed clock, not the front wheels.

Almost everything nowadays trips with the nose, pro stock, factory showdown, super classes, etc. Stock/Super Stock will if you brake at the right time. Ever look at the Funny Cars when they show the slo-mo down track? The bodies actually scrape the ground. Finish line beams are higher than start line beams.

Superfan1 · 06-24-2019, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Carguy49

I don't see Don Fezell on the sheet. Is he not there, or back on the dyno finding more power?

Don was entered, but he withdrew before the deadline on Monday June 17. Jim D'Amore was building a 351 for Don that he expected to have at Norwalk. I don't know if the engine wasn't completed, or it was completed and he hurt it while testing.

Carguy49 · 06-24-2019, 03:32 PM

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Don was entered, but he withdrew before the deadline on Monday June 17. Jim D'Amore was building a 351 for Don that he expected to have at Norwalk. I don't know if the engine wasn't completed, or it was completed and he hurt it while testing.

Thanks for the update Bill. Just curious and wanted to make sure Don was A O.K.

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