I'm going to the Mopar Nats this year, woohoo!!!! I was really pissed last
year when the R/T Nats were the same weekend, but this year they're in Oct,
so I'm good to go :) Plus I've already made sure I'm not gonna be on travel
that weekend, gonna take Thu, Fri and Mon off so I can stay all day Sunday
this time :) And yes, I'll definitely be racing, and I'll be a lil quicker
than the 15.4's I ran there two years ago ;) I'll have my intercooler on by
then (should have it on in the next couple weeks), hoping to have the
heads/cam in by then too, we'll see. Looking forward to seeing you guys
there and cruising Brice Road again!
-Dave
'02 FR RC R/T
Novi-2K & boltons...for now ;)
Low 12's in the winter, mid 12's in the heat (intercooler should take care
of that hehe)
""RayB"" <bpracing@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > When I do hit the Mopar Nat's with my 01' , I'm gonna Fly in
> > unannounced and
> > start dropping bombs on the track in the way of low ET's in a V6 4WD!
> >
> > And YES there will be quite a few Jaws dropping when I do!
> >
> > Ron
> > 01' Dakota Sport 3.9 4WD
>
> Don't mean to burst your bubble Ron but even if you show up at the Mopar
> Nats with a 10 second, 4-tire smokin, V6 Dak there will probably be 3
people
> who would care. You, me, and Jim Knox. Well maybe 5 if Bob Tom and Jon
> Steiger show up.
>
> As far as anyone else being impressed by what you actually run on the
track
> at this event....fugetaboutit! The only people who ever comment about my
> times do so by telling me how much quicker their truck (or their buddy's
> truck) is than mine. Is it here and is it being raced? Of course not!
>
> The Mopar Nats and the Chrysler Classic are the 2 largest Mopar events in
> the country with a race program. Good payout too! Yet you can usually
> count on one hand the number of Daks going down the track. Oh sure,
you'll
> find 20 or 30 in the pits with their hoods up, showing off their blowers
or
> nitrous setups but none of them will go near the track. They always tell
> me they run 12's or 11's in street trim but they also always have some
> excuse for why they aren't going to do it this weekend.
>
> These events don't have a truck class but that's no excuse to not race.
In
> addition to those entered in the bracket race program, any registered show
> or fun field participant at these events gets to make time trials and
> compete in a trophy race. Still no takers! I just don't understand the
> rationale behind hopping up a truck and not wanting to actually find out
how
> fast you really are or how your results compare to your peers.
>
> Now this wasn't meant to discourage you Ron, or anyone else on the list.
We
> need more like you and the others on the list who aren't afraid to run at
> the track to get to these events if at all possible and we'll have a great
> time. The more of us who participate, the more there will be to impress
> with exceptional performance and perhaps we could shame some of those
other
> Daks I mentioned into participating as well.
>
> Sorry for running long with this. I'm gonna blame Jim Knox for getting me
> started. ;-)
>
> RayB
> http://www.dragtruk.com/ENTRIES/20KM1FD2KWBP.html
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