Larry Griffith's Drag Pack Challenger - Page 2

Jack McCarthy · 08-31-2009, 08:41 AM

irvin johns debuted his dragpak challenger at BG points meet this weekend... looks cool old school paint like ramchargers candystipe top and HOOSIER HEMI leetered on side...

fast too 9.99 breakout round two after beating larry hill heads up round one...
AND almost all chrysler stuff !!... buy the kit and assemble it

captain jack

we were wondering if teardown was under warranty and if mopar sends dealer mechanic to the barn ???

james schaechter · 08-31-2009, 09:42 AM

I was there Sunday for the Heartland Stock Superstock Race. I heard that no one was injured on the Saturday Pro Race.

Jeff Stealy and I tried to cajole him into joining us for the combo. I better not repeat what Jeff said

I spoke with Don Garlits. He did say that he probably should be running with us Sunday to test, but he felt that his headers were not good and he was having technical problems with the Computer. He wasn't too happy about it. I bet he is somewhere having it serviced to allow for a better showing at Indy. He was driving his own rig. It wasn't a big stacker deal either. Just a nice dually and trailer.

No sign of Larry's car on the track ever. Hopefully, he can christen it this year.

Jack Matyas · 08-31-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

I can't believe this guy Benny, is still around. We had him at Connecticut Dragway back in the early 80's.
He used to crawl inside a wooden box and blow that up. I see now, he's moved up to old cars:

Mark -- I first saw Benny at Englishtown in the early 70's when he performed at the "Crazy Eddie " Night of Thrills deal-- and he was nuts then already .................

TommyDz · 09-02-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by magnumv8

I don't know if anyone knows of this site www.tommydz.com but it has some nice stuff on it including the current build up of Larry Griffith's new Drag Pack car that is in progress....

D.L. Rambo.....

The rev limiter is an issue in both Don Garlits and Larry Griffiths' Drag Pak. Saw Don's run at Cordova World Series on Friday and Saturday and I was a little bummed. 10.36 was the best time and it was the first pass. All the passes (4) total all went mid tens. Saw Larry's at the Dyno and when the limiter kicks in it dies hard.
The more they played with laptop on Don's car it slowed but Larry's got 30 more hp and still working bugs out. Larry won't race till its right. We will see what Don's does at Indy.

hemicop · 09-02-2009, 05:05 PM

I love the DrakPak challys, even tried to buy one, but I'm thinking they're gonna go the way of the '67 Package Cars ---raceable, but not real winners...........

TommyDz · 09-02-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by magnumv8

I don't know if anyone knows of this site www.tommydz.com but it has some nice stuff on it including the current build up of Larry Griffith's new Drag Pack car that is in progress....

D.L. Rambo.....

Sorry I double posted. My bad. Please delete.

08-31-2009, 08:41 AM	#11
Jack McCarthy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: lyndon ky. ... louisville area Posts: 1,318 Likes: 28 Liked 459 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Larry Griffith's Drag Pack Challenger irvin johns debuted his dragpak challenger at BG points meet this weekend... looks cool old school paint like ramchargers candystipe top and HOOSIER HEMI leetered on side... fast too 9.99 breakout round two after beating larry hill heads up round one... AND almost all chrysler stuff !!... buy the kit and assemble it captain jack we were wondering if teardown was under warranty and if mopar sends dealer mechanic to the barn ??? __________________ Jack McCarthy 3609 STK "the Captain"

08-31-2009, 09:42 AM	#12
james schaechter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 1,988 Likes: 1,281 Liked 1,428 Times in 296 Posts	Re: Larry Griffith's Drag Pack Challenger I was there Sunday for the Heartland Stock Superstock Race. I heard that no one was injured on the Saturday Pro Race. Jeff Stealy and I tried to cajole him into joining us for the combo. I better not repeat what Jeff said I spoke with Don Garlits. He did say that he probably should be running with us Sunday to test, but he felt that his headers were not good and he was having technical problems with the Computer. He wasn't too happy about it. I bet he is somewhere having it serviced to allow for a better showing at Indy. He was driving his own rig. It wasn't a big stacker deal either. Just a nice dually and trailer. No sign of Larry's car on the track ever. Hopefully, he can christen it this year. __________________ James Schaechter 3163 STK

09-02-2009, 05:05 PM	#15
hemicop Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 63 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Larry Griffith's Drag Pack Challenger I love the DrakPak challys, even tried to buy one, but I'm thinking they're gonna go the way of the '67 Package Cars ---raceable, but not real winners...........