Lower Class Winner At National Event

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

The FWD car was Tim Griffith. H e finished 2nd in the world that year but he also drove a mopar wagaon U/SA car at some of the 1/4 mile races.
He also helped me win the div 9 championship in2003 by loaning me his h/ps mustang to get record points.
Very good racer and all round good guy
Chip Johnson

Wasn't Tim the one who piloted a Chevy Cavalier Z24 to the finals of an early '86 IHRA national event Chip? I had some video footage of a car with the original burgundy red paint job (that mine had) being in such a race back then, and the car was similar to mine!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Wasn't Tim the one who piloted a Chevy Cavalier Z24 to the finals of an early '86 IHRA national event Chip? I had some video footage of a car with the original burgundy red paint job (that mine had) being in such a race back then, and the car was similar to mine!

Probably thinking of Steve or Brenda Taylor

[Johnny M Fisher]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Wasn't Tim the one who piloted a Chevy Cavalier Z24 to the finals of an early '86 IHRA national event Chip? I had some video footage of a car with the original burgundy red paint job (that mine had) being in such a race back then, and the car was similar to mine!

That would be Mike Ellis from Durham, NC who was runner-up in 1986. It was practically a new car at the time, with a little fine tuning. Those were the days!

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Johnny M Fisher

That would be Mike Ellis from Durham, NC who was runner-up in 1986. It was practically a new car at the time, with a little fine tuning. Those were the days!

Thanks Johnny, and you're right those were the days! If I would have known making a fwd mfi Chevrolet competitive in Stock would' ve been as much of a challenge as it has been, I would have bought my '76 Vega back, and tried to follow the success of George Williams, as he aided my desire to buy one by the way he was able to make a non-V8 Vega a winner. I won the '77 Memorial Day High School Drags at Bandimere's with mine, and several other races in '79 as well (along with a semi-final finish @ the '79 D5 ET Finals in Street Eliminator). It sure would' ve been easier to make competitive...no computer to fight with, and headers were made for their 4cyl engines too!

[TOM KASCH]

1st fwd car in a final was :
Bill devo at the 85 Suffork div2 wcs, he beat me in the semis when i b/O against him.
I then went to the Summernationals the next weekend and lost in the semis their,too
Only got to one NHRA final with our fwd cars, B/O by .003 at the div3 Martrin race in 94, I did win a div3 Open stk shoot out at Milan in 94 , but that doesnt count.
Ran fwd stks for 18 yrs must have made 1,000 passes in 4 different cars.

[Sean Marconette]

Tom,
Did you race at Heartland Park Topeka at some point in time with that car? It looks familiar.

Thanks
Sean

[TOM KASCH]

Yes, we ran both Dodges & both Olds.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by TOM KASCH

Yes, we ran both Dodges & both Olds.

Tom I rooted for you too, and I have a video of the Atlanta nationals that Diamond P
Sports produced, and was bummed about your round 2 red light against a blue P/SA
Olds Cutlass, with your Olds Toronado...you and everyone else racing a fwd "anything
American", have a fan in me, and keep me motivated to continue to campaign my Cavalier. Maybe
I need to have a second stocker, and if I do, it will be a Mopar (one GM, and one Mopar
like a Shadow or Sundance)?

With my budget as it is though, I will focus my racing interest in trying to have the success you
, Mark, Bill Drevo, Mike B., Stan K., Ron S., and Bill O. (most recently), amongst all others who have
achieved national recognition for their efforts with the fwd slower rollers, have had.

[TOM KASCH]

Some SLOW cars off a cd Bob Rice bought, most are NHRA photos.