Combo at Beech Bend

[Travis Miller]

Larry, Notice anything missing from the shaker hood scoop on the blue A/SA '70 Hemicuda? Or does stuff like that just not matter anymore at a local weekend combo race? I sure hope the phrase "who cares" does not apply here.

Travis

[Larry Hill]

Good eye Travis, Knight's Cuda was classed as an IHRA A/SA so he could run off of the 430 IHRA HP. I believe the scoop is correct when he runs @ the open and at the points meet using NHRA rules. To me it does matter.

[Dave Ribeiro]

Patsy & Larry,

Thanks for taking the Time and the great pictures ... Nice to see all the old faces, still doing what they Love the most ... You guys had a great turnout, good luck with the next one ... This maybe the Best game in Town going forward ....

[Travis Miller]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Good eye Travis, Knight's Cuda was classed as an IHRA A/SA so he could run off of the 430 IHRA HP. I believe the scoop is correct when he runs @ the open and at the points meet using NHRA rules. To me it does matter.

Thanks for the reply Larry. You are correct that Knight does run the louvers in the shaker scoop when he is at NHRA opens and points meets.

So IHRA does not require certain items that can effect performance. What happens if a NHRA A/SA car runs an IHRA A/SA car in eliminations? Does only one of the cars need correct items that can effect performance?

Travis

[treessavoy]

How many G/SA cars were there? It seemed that every other picture was one!

Thanks for the update and great pictures.

[Greg Hill]

Travis, Larry and Knight had to run each other Saturday night and they dialed in. I think since this race is run at an NHRA track competitors should have to use NHRA factors. All other same class races are run heads up.

[Greg Hill]

I want to say thanks to Dallas and Clay Jones for having these two day races. I truly think this may be the future of our sport. The format gives you enough time to race and socialize with friends but doesn't require a large investment of time or money. We do need to work on the tech side of things, but if these continue to be successful I think that will happen.

[Chris1529]

If it is advertised as a combo race where NHRA and IHRA cars are legal, then you should be able to run as either. I am sure Ricky Clark runs his Camaro as a xx/FIA instead of in xx/SA. The same is for IHRA super stock production cars. In NHRA they would have to run in SS modified.
I would think the louvers would have to be in the A/SA regardless though.

on another note though, I think both sanctioning bodies need to get together and have an independent firm do the chassis inspections, or at least honor the chassis of the other based upon the ET of the cars. YOu might have to still pay for both, but at least the cars could get certified one time and be good to tun anywhere without a problem.

[Larry Hill]

If you want to see some action shots of this race, go to www.indieimagesonline.com. They have some pretty good sequence shots.

Patsy