Congrats to Charles Blossom

[bill dedman]

For showing beyond the shadow of a doubt that when it comes to qualifying #1 in NHRA's Stock Eliminator, even against the best and baddest that Detoit can muster, (with their phony factored HP ratings,) a well-tuned 4-cylinder TURBO car can embarrass them all, due to NHRA's failure to police boost levels with a tell-tale gauge.

Read it and weep...
CLERMONT, Ind. - Final order, pending tech, after 4 rounds of qualifying in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

Psn--Num--Class-Driver, Home Town, Machine-----------------ET---Index---(+/-)

1 5508 DF/S Charles Blossom, Woodbury MN, '04 PT Cruis 13.774 15.60 -1.826
2 391 D/SA Irvin Johns, Charlestown IN, '09 Challenger10.087 11.55 -1.463
3 316D E/SA Carey Bales, Lebonon IN, '09 Dodge 10.245 11.70 -1.455
4 3334 E/SA Chris Holbrook, Livonia MI, '10 Mustang 10.251 11.70 -1.449
5 4909 C/SA Dempsey Pendarvis, Gonzales LA, '09 Challe 10.017 11.40 -1.383
6 4022 G/SA Jeff Teuton, Houma LA, '09 Challenger 10.629 12.00 -1.371
7 4312 E/SA PB Candies, Desa Allemands LA, '09 Challen 10.399 11.70 -1.301

Mr. Blossom may never win a round in competition, but that's not the point...
He makes the Ford and Mopar best factory efforts look like junk....

[Dwight Southerland]

Bill -

You have touched on the essence of an issue that is being thrown into everybody's face right now and that is the inaccuracy of power factors and the inadequate resources that NHRA expends to manage their system to keep competition within an acceptable range for the classes. It's not so much that Charles Blossom is a super engine builder as it is that he uncovered a combination that is woefully misfactored. It's the same as the performance level of the new factory race cars. The people who own them are not the sole secret to their performance; it's the inaccuracy of the power factors assigned that make their performance level so far outside the normal range of the classes they participate in. Charles's little display here points to the chink in the covering and gives rise to imaginations of many similar jewels in the classification guides to be exploited. Hopefully, NHRA or somebody can get outside the AFHS to correct some of these combinations that make a mockery of the illusion of head-to-head competition.

[Billy Nees]

Amen!

[Mike Carr]

My best run in DF/S was 14.93, heavy, in great air at Hagerstown MD. Nicole Stephenson has the record at 14.72, and ran 14.66 at Indy last year.

I guess we know now how y'all feel racing against the DP/CJ cars. LOL

[Tom Moock]

What year PT cruiser is Charley racing, They didn`t make PT cruiser turbo convertible until 2005. Tom

[Randall Klein]

Years ago, sage Dan Dvorak commented on a suddenly fast, former mid-range racer: he ain't smarter, his engine builder didn't get better....HE'S IN THE WRONG CLASS!

funny and true then.....and now

[Ed Fernandez]

Thanks Dwight for the shortest,most descriptive reason we're in the boat we're in.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Tom Moock

What year PT cruiser is Charley racing, They didn`t make PT cruiser turbo convertible until 2005. Tom

Wrong They made them in 2004 All convertibles were turbocharged

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Bill -

It's not so much that Charles Blossom is a super engine builder as it is that he uncovered a combination that is woefully misfactored. It's the same as the performance level of the new factory race cars. The people who own them are not the sole secret to their performance; it's the inaccuracy of the power factors assigned that make their performance level so far outside the normal range of the classes they participate in. Charles's little display here points to the chink in the covering and gives rise to imaginations of many similar jewels in the classification guides to be exploited. Hopefully, NHRA or somebody can get outside the AFHS to correct some of these combinations that make a mockery of the illusion of head-to-head competition.

Dwight -- Mockery ?? Maybe but i'm OK with it -- he found it and I didn't -- wish I did -- it was there for anyone to find and run and he had big enough kahoonas to spend his money and build it .Good for him ! !

Billy -- Amen ? You've spent your entire racing career looking for a combo this good .......

Mike / Randall -- D/FS -- i'll bet he gets a lot of heads-ups

Ed -- Rumor has it he's building a Nitro R/T for T/SA ...............

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Dwight -- Mockery ?? Maybe but i'm OK with it -- he found it and I didn't -- wish I did -- it was there for anyone to find and run and he had big enough kahoonas to spend his money and build it .Good for him ! !

Billy -- Amen ? You've spent your entire racing career looking for a combo this good .......

Mike / Randall -- D/FS -- i'll bet he gets a lot of heads-ups

Ed -- Rumor has it he's building a Nitro R/T for T/SA ...............

Jack. Billy knew all about it, trust me.