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Did this car ever make a pass? I see nothing on NHRA Detailed Results or Qualifying Order. I do see Dean on the Entry List.
Not in competition. I was told he was going to be allowed to make “exhibition” passes at the end of the class. It’s not currently legal.
. Not sure if they have tried to make a pass or not.Why wouldn't it front-half very well? Not a challenge; I'm just curious as to why not. And unless a car was peddled in the front half I've never heard of any car in any class gaining 72mph in the back half except maybe one of the jets.
And can somebody explain this? I'm not an expert by any means when it comes to TAFC but I'm confused. TAFC minimum weight is 2300 pounds. The new supercharged nitro combination is limited to 85 percent and 1.17 to 1 blower overdrive. The cubic inch max is 465. They're allowed to run 14-71 Roots superchargers. They are limited to one mag and a 21 GPM fuel pump. And yesterday Del Worsham's car ran 286 miles per hour.
NHRA nostalgia nitro funny cars are allowed 500 cubic inches. They're allowed 14-71 Roots superchargers. The minimum weight is 2250 pounds. Nitro percentage is unlimited; run 100 percent if you so choose. Blower overdrive max is 70 percent. They too are limited to one mag and a 21 GPM fuel pump. The only difference I see is that most nostalgia cars use 2-speed planetary transmissions. And the speed record in that class was set by Jon Capps at 261 miles per hour.
So why would Del's car be 25mph faster?
MM
Nitro Member
Del's car is not limited to a 21 gpm pump. I drove a car with a pretty similar combo in it about 10 years ago and we basically ran it like an a/fuel car. Low RPM, a ton of primary weight and let it load and go. We spun the blower a little faster, because we had an old clapped out Littlefield 14-71 on it, but still only about 30 over with a 60 gpm pump. We ran mid 5.50s over 270 without ever having to lean on it. The only management we had on it was an MSD grid. Combo will go 5.20s @ 290 without a problem.
It doesn’t front half because of the lack of overdrive it doesn’t make the torque to get the car to move.
Some of your stated rules are wrong. It has to weigh 2650 lbs, and doesn’t have a fuel pump limit. Max of 500 cubic inch.
When comparing to a NFC, the main differences are- the blowers are MUCH more efficient, and the bodies are much more aerodynamic. Plus the big pump will feed it much more fuel.
Chili
Nitro Member
The car has yet to make a pass.Not in competition. I was told he was going to be allowed to make “exhibition” passes at the end of the class. It’s not currently legal.
I appreciate the clarification, Josh. Not knowing the rules myself I took them straight from the internet. Do you mean to tell me the almighty Google AI could be wrong?
For sure, that clears up my confusion. Thanks.
I wonder if he ever got paid for the IHRA race he ran?
MM
Nitro Member
Everybody got paid for every race except the last one, which he was not at.
He didn’t race with us.
Chili
Nitro Member
They should have ran it in nitro funny car this weekend. It’s legal and there was only 15 cars on the property. Winning alky funny car pays I think around $7500. Losing first round of nitro funny car pays around $10-$12000.
sfw1960
Nitro Member
Just saw it , Del is all class & the real deal.
Rasn1320
Nitro Member
I have a feeling blake is kinda needy lol. Still wonder what happened with him and head? Drinking issues?
CS
Nitro Member
Longtime crewman Jacob Slater is behind the wheel qualified #1 and has bye in E1
