JP1738's Stocker and S/G car - Page 10

JP1738 · 09-06-2024, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by pmrphil

The volume of cars down south is surprising, and the competition is no less surprising. But it IS fun

Racing in the Carolinas was always a blast.

Yeah the crowds around here for a regular points race is very encouraging. My home bracket track Union County Dragway in Union, SC has around 150-170 total cars between Top, FB, Sportsman, Juniors, and TCR in there regular bracket points races. A little less so in the brutally hot portion of the summer but the spring and fall bring out tons of cars on a weekly basis.

JP1738 · 09-11-2024, 03:04 PM

Staying busy here in NC! Went over to my local track Shadyside Dragway to run in 6.0 and the bracket race similarly to what I did at Roxboro the week prior with very different results. The car was much slower, only running around 6.15 on motor. Really had to get after it with the nitrous to keep up with the 6.0 field but managed to get the car fast enough. Had early exits in 6.0 both days with the car slowing up second round both days causing me to get behind .003 on Sunday and quit and get way behind on Saturday. I'm ready for the weather to turn so I don't have to spray so much and risk engine consistency and reliability.

This past weekend I made my way to Rockingham Dragway for the "Rock Records Open", a double NHRA national open race with 1/4 mile on Saturday and 1/8th mile on Sunday. Honestly had a great showing in my Mazda, recording a runner-up and semi finish in S/G each day. The stocker was a bit of a wild card showing some inconsistency, but I was hitting the tree in it really good which allowed me to get to second round on Saturday and third round on Sunday. Very promising weekend heading into the NHRA Carolina Nationals coming up in a week and a half where I'll be double entered again in Stock and S/G!

Eman · 09-13-2024, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JP1738

Two for one! Picked up the 6.0 index win in a tough field of 14 cars at Roxboro Motorsports Park along with the win in the 9 round bracket race the same day! 16 passes and a whole lot of win lights!!! Easily my best day at the track fun wise, financially, and confidence building! The car was on rails and I was turning loose good when I needed to and good enough when I didn't. Thanks to all the folks out there that make it possible for me to go out weekend after weekend to do what I love!

Even got to take on my dad in the final of the index race who of course is always extremely tough. I was lucky enough to come out on the winning side despite leaving second!

I think I've known a few owners of that Vega in TN and NC.

JP1738 · 09-26-2024, 02:01 PM

Last couple weekends for me has been humbling. After my relatively poor showing at the Shadyside Dragway double 6.0 and bracket race weekend, I made my way to Zmax Dragway in Charlotte for the national event to run Stock and S/G. Unfortunately I had issues with my station wagon which caused me to qualify particularly poorly and not have a dial in Friday morning for first round. All in all I made a decent lap first round in Stock, hitting the tree .049 (not great but not terrible) and taking .011 stripe but losing in a double breakout to the eventual runner-up Kenny Anderson. Super Gas was basically the exact opposite. I made two great qualifying hits and had a really great handle on the car. Unfortunately my delay-box malfunctioned first round Friday morning and did not activate my throttle-stop. I did my best to get the car whoahed up at the finish line but still broke out by a wide margin going 9.79 at 104 as opposed to my normal 9.90 vicinity at 139.

Incredibly disappointing and essentially as bad as the weekend could have gone. I ended up going golfing with a friend on Saturday just to salvage the weekend, lol. Shot 84 though so that's pretty good

I'm really upset with the performance, and even more so with myself as both scenarios were completely avoidable if I'd been more careful. Devastating. I will regroup and try to be at the Carolina double national open next week with at least one of the cars. It's really hard for me financially to bring both cars to the track and double enter both days, so I may be only bringing one, especially after doubling and failing to get any round money at all from Charlotte.

JP1738 · 10-28-2024, 02:44 PM

Haven't updated in a while, and I figured I'd blast a couple photos up here on a slow Monday.

The day before I showed up at the Rockingham D2 National open race on Sunday, I was at Shadyside Dragway once again for some bracket and 6.0 action. Ended up winning the 6.0 class and getting to 3 cars in the bracket race. An awesome day of racing with 11 round wins and a nice $800 payday at the end!

Got a new sway bar mounted on my stocker after the stock one broke and fell off somehow. This is an aftermarket beefy-er one I found on Summit and it seems to be working really great. Much stiffer than the stock one and chased a lot of the old body roll out of the car. Very pleased with it.

After the weekend, it was time for repairs. At some point while I was at Rockingham, I blew another wheel cylinder in my Malibu Wagon stocker which received a new one this past week.

Always busy at my shop learning and growing! One more race for me this year then both motors in both cars are coming out for upgrades and freshen ups! Taking donations now!!!

1700camaro · 10-28-2024, 09:57 PM

Congratulations on your win & semi-finals at Shadyside!

I'm debating on running an index & bracket class the end of Nov. The issue is, I need to set the car up for a .400 pro light for the index class. I'm not even sure how it will react with this new combo. Then I'll be screwed up for my bracket set-up.

I'm assuming you were on .500 pro light for the index class?

JP1738 · 10-29-2024, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 1700camaro

Congratulations on your win & semi-finals at Shadyside!

I'm debating on running an index & bracket class the end of Nov. The issue is, I need to set the car up for a .400 pro light for the index class. I'm not even sure how it will react with this new combo. Then I'll be screwed up for my bracket set-up.

I'm assuming you were on .500 pro light for the index class?

All the 6.0 index stuff around here is based on a .400 pro tree. It's not too bad for me as I can have the car set up for super gas as well which is also .400 P/T. You being a no-boxer, I'd imagine it would be very difficult to get the car switched over from bracket to index mode. For me it's just a matter of rolling the delay in and turning the nitrous off. I do highly encourage you run some index stuff though, It is far and away my favorite form of drag racing and I wish more people did it.

1700camaro · 10-29-2024, 10:49 AM

Thanks for the reply, JP.

I have run S/ST & S/C but didn't like all the down time at the Divisional/National events.

There are not many local index races out West. The one I wanted to try in Nov. has a good selection of indexes. I would have to tighten the tune-up in the ecu & lower the boost pretty good to get slow enough for a .500 pro light.

Our conversation has my wheels turning! It's probably wishful thinking anyway.

The link below has the index classes towards the bottom of the page.

https://streetcarsupernationals.com/...las-vegas.html

JP1738 · Yesterday, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 1700camaro

Thanks for the reply, JP.

I have run S/ST & S/C but didn't like all the down time at the Divisional/National events.

There are not many local index races out West. The one I wanted to try in Nov. has a good selection of indexes. I would have to tighten the tune-up in the ecu & lower the boost pretty good to get slow enough for a .500 pro light.

Our conversation has my wheels turning! It's probably wishful thinking anyway.

The link below has the index classes towards the bottom of the page.

https://streetcarsupernationals.com/...las-vegas.html

A couple comments w/ regards to this flyer and your index aspirations:

1. This flyer is for the 2023 race, I don't know much about SCSN but I'd make sure the race and flyer for this year's race has similar rules and index classes before you arrive.

2. I assume you would choose the quicker 9.60 index class, which is contested on a .400 P/T knowing that you're car is capable of 9.0s. If this would be your selection, you need not worry about slowing the car down to hit the tree, if anything speed it up.

3. This is not a true index class race given that all three of the index classes run together (7.60, 8.60, and 9.60). You are given an index, yes, but you are not racing others on the same index, so it's essentially a pro-tree bracket race where you can't choose your dial

4. If you choose to run the 9.60 index of the 6 given, this will be EXTREMELY advantageous. You will be out front any time you are racing a driver in a faster index, but the advantage of a "clean tree" is way more significant that the disadvantage of being the slower car. Here in NC, a class called "Pro Tree Eliminator" (PTE) is contested somewhat regularly. It's a dial in bracket class based on a handicapped pro tree where blinders are used so you cannot cross over and react of your opponents tree. Almost every single one of those races is won by either a slow car or the slowest car just because they get a clean tree every time instead of a delayed pro tree where there opponent leaves ahead of them. Anytime I run that class, I slow my car down by over a second just to be the slowest car in the field so I always get a clean tree.

Let me know your thoughts and an updated flyer if you have one. Also let me know what index you want to choose.

1700camaro · Yesterday, 05:45 PM

Dawson,

Sorry for posting the wrong link! This one should be the correct one.

I'm not hell bent on even running this event. I've done well running the bracket classes & won with a sponsors S/C 7 sec truck in the electronics class. That was many moons ago. They didn't treat the bracket racers very well back then. I skipped racing the event for about ten years because of that. Last year I tried it again & it was a cluster because of a last-minute surprise rule change.

Anyway, I plan on running the No-E Class & wanted to run one of their all run together Index Classes, scrap that idea!

Now, I'm mildly considering the Open Comp Class with a .500 pro light. I'm not overly thrilled about not getting a clean tree. I do have a way to get around them picking my automatic dial-in for eliminations. I'll just hold or bag about .15 during my qualifying runs.

We don't even need to discuss this & I'll do the No-E class. Sorry to muddle up your thread!

1700/781L

https://streetcarsupernationals.com/las-vegas-rules/

09-11-2024, 03:04 PM	#92
JP1738 Member Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 303 Likes: 687 Liked 512 Times in 161 Posts	Re: JP1738's Stocker and S/G car Staying busy here in NC! Went over to my local track Shadyside Dragway to run in 6.0 and the bracket race similarly to what I did at Roxboro the week prior with very different results. The car was much slower, only running around 6.15 on motor. Really had to get after it with the nitrous to keep up with the 6.0 field but managed to get the car fast enough. Had early exits in 6.0 both days with the car slowing up second round both days causing me to get behind .003 on Sunday and quit and get way behind on Saturday. I'm ready for the weather to turn so I don't have to spray so much and risk engine consistency and reliability. This past weekend I made my way to Rockingham Dragway for the "Rock Records Open", a double NHRA national open race with 1/4 mile on Saturday and 1/8th mile on Sunday. Honestly had a great showing in my Mazda, recording a runner-up and semi finish in S/G each day. The stocker was a bit of a wild card showing some inconsistency, but I was hitting the tree in it really good which allowed me to get to second round on Saturday and third round on Sunday. Very promising weekend heading into the NHRA Carolina Nationals coming up in a week and a half where I'll be double entered again in Stock and S/G! __________________ Dawson Pauley #2827 N/SA 1980 Malibu SW 2S 305/180 #2827 S/ST 1978 Mazda RX7 w/ 383 sbc/glide

09-26-2024, 02:01 PM	#94
JP1738 Member Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 303 Likes: 687 Liked 512 Times in 161 Posts	Re: JP1738's Stocker and S/G car Last couple weekends for me has been humbling. After my relatively poor showing at the Shadyside Dragway double 6.0 and bracket race weekend, I made my way to Zmax Dragway in Charlotte for the national event to run Stock and S/G. Unfortunately I had issues with my station wagon which caused me to qualify particularly poorly and not have a dial in Friday morning for first round. All in all I made a decent lap first round in Stock, hitting the tree .049 (not great but not terrible) and taking .011 stripe but losing in a double breakout to the eventual runner-up Kenny Anderson. Super Gas was basically the exact opposite. I made two great qualifying hits and had a really great handle on the car. Unfortunately my delay-box malfunctioned first round Friday morning and did not activate my throttle-stop. I did my best to get the car whoahed up at the finish line but still broke out by a wide margin going 9.79 at 104 as opposed to my normal 9.90 vicinity at 139. Incredibly disappointing and essentially as bad as the weekend could have gone. I ended up going golfing with a friend on Saturday just to salvage the weekend, lol. Shot 84 though so that's pretty good I'm really upset with the performance, and even more so with myself as both scenarios were completely avoidable if I'd been more careful. Devastating. I will regroup and try to be at the Carolina double national open next week with at least one of the cars. It's really hard for me financially to bring both cars to the track and double enter both days, so I may be only bringing one, especially after doubling and failing to get any round money at all from Charlotte. __________________ Dawson Pauley #2827 N/SA 1980 Malibu SW 2S 305/180 #2827 S/ST 1978 Mazda RX7 w/ 383 sbc/glide

10-28-2024, 02:44 PM	#95
JP1738 Member Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 303 Likes: 687 Liked 512 Times in 161 Posts	Re: JP1738's Stocker and S/G car Haven't updated in a while, and I figured I'd blast a couple photos up here on a slow Monday. The day before I showed up at the Rockingham D2 National open race on Sunday, I was at Shadyside Dragway once again for some bracket and 6.0 action. Ended up winning the 6.0 class and getting to 3 cars in the bracket race. An awesome day of racing with 11 round wins and a nice $800 payday at the end! Got a new sway bar mounted on my stocker after the stock one broke and fell off somehow. This is an aftermarket beefy-er one I found on Summit and it seems to be working really great. Much stiffer than the stock one and chased a lot of the old body roll out of the car. Very pleased with it. After the weekend, it was time for repairs. At some point while I was at Rockingham, I blew another wheel cylinder in my Malibu Wagon stocker which received a new one this past week. Always busy at my shop learning and growing! One more race for me this year then both motors in both cars are coming out for upgrades and freshen ups! Taking donations now!!! __________________ Dawson Pauley #2827 N/SA 1980 Malibu SW 2S 305/180 #2827 S/ST 1978 Mazda RX7 w/ 383 sbc/glide Last edited by JP1738; 10-28-2024 at 02:51 PM.

10-28-2024, 09:57 PM	#96
1700camaro Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 179 Likes: 47 Liked 108 Times in 57 Posts	Re: JP1738's Stocker and S/G car Congratulations on your win & semi-finals at Shadyside! I'm debating on running an index & bracket class the end of Nov. The issue is, I need to set the car up for a .400 pro light for the index class. I'm not even sure how it will react with this new combo. Then I'll be screwed up for my bracket set-up. I'm assuming you were on .500 pro light for the index class?

10-29-2024, 10:49 AM	#98
1700camaro Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 179 Likes: 47 Liked 108 Times in 57 Posts	Re: JP1738's Stocker and S/G car Thanks for the reply, JP. I have run S/ST & S/C but didn't like all the down time at the Divisional/National events. There are not many local index races out West. The one I wanted to try in Nov. has a good selection of indexes. I would have to tighten the tune-up in the ecu & lower the boost pretty good to get slow enough for a .500 pro light. Our conversation has my wheels turning! It's probably wishful thinking anyway. The link below has the index classes towards the bottom of the page. https://streetcarsupernationals.com/...las-vegas.html

Yesterday, 05:45 PM	#100
1700camaro Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 179 Likes: 47 Liked 108 Times in 57 Posts	Re: JP1738's Stocker and S/G car Dawson, Sorry for posting the wrong link! This one should be the correct one. I'm not hell bent on even running this event. I've done well running the bracket classes & won with a sponsors S/C 7 sec truck in the electronics class. That was many moons ago. They didn't treat the bracket racers very well back then. I skipped racing the event for about ten years because of that. Last year I tried it again & it was a cluster because of a last-minute surprise rule change. Anyway, I plan on running the No-E Class & wanted to run one of their all run together Index Classes, scrap that idea! Now, I'm mildly considering the Open Comp Class with a .500 pro light. I'm not overly thrilled about not getting a clean tree. I do have a way to get around them picking my automatic dial-in for eliminations. I'll just hold or bag about .15 during my qualifying runs. We don't even need to discuss this & I'll do the No-E class. Sorry to muddle up your thread! 1700/781L https://streetcarsupernationals.com/las-vegas-rules/