Cagnazzi and Gray Motorsports joining forces (2 Viewers)

[legendman]

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/26860-shane-gray-cagnazzi-to-combine-forces-in-14

I hope this means Dave Connolly will be able to run a full season.

 

[mastertone]

well great, Money can buy anything,,UGH!

 

[my friends call me Zappy]

WaaHooo!!! Talk about a dream team, Erica, Connolly, Gray....can you say, trifecta..

 

[Paul]

WaaHooo!!! Talk about a dream team, Erica, Connolly, Gray....can you say, trifecta..

Erica and Dave need to procure funding in order to run next year.

 

[my friends call me Zappy]

Hello....Mr.Lucas?.p

 

[Tony]

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/26860-shane-gray-cagnazzi-to-combine-forces-in-14

I hope this means Dave Connolly will be able to run a full season.

If Johnny Gray and Victor Cagnazzi find a way to put Dave Connolly in a car next season, everyone else will be running for second place, IMO.

 

[JB3]

If Johnny Gray and Victor Cagnazzi find a way to put Dave Connolly in a car next season, everyone else will be running for second place, IMO.

So ...... are you saying Johnny Gray is not going to ensure his son has an equal (or better) shot at said championship? Johnny and Shane may disagree with you on your prediction.

 

[Super Mod]

This is just what Pro Stock needs. 3 or 4 "super teams" ...just like the fuel guys. Not the kind of revamping I thought the class needed

 

[HEMI6point1]

"Joining Forces?"

More like a billionaire buying the other guy out. LOL.

As long as EE and Connolly are able to secure funding that team is going to be pretty stout. Gray will contend too.

 

[Nunz]

Pro Stock is in more trouble than the fuel classes IMO. WJ was interviewed on the Espn3 broadcast last night. He said the competitve teams budget 200K/yr for valvesprings. $200,000!! So yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see more consolidation in PS going forward. I think they were saying that while Richie and Erica have their own rig, they'll need to find 1.5 mil to run a full pull.

 

[Super Mod]

Pro Stock is in more trouble than the fuel classes IMO. WJ was interviewed on the Espn3 broadcast last night. He said the competitve teams budget 200K/yr for valvesprings. $200,000!!

Why not limit the RPM's and cut the costs for everybody?

 

[Professor Dave]

Pro Stock is in more trouble than the fuel classes IMO. WJ was interviewed on the Espn3 broadcast last night. He said the competitve teams budget 200K/yr for valvesprings. $200,000!! So yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see more consolidation in PS going forward. I think they were saying that while Richie and Erica have their own rig, they'll need to find 1.5 mil to run a full pull.

Here is an idea that would cost R & D money in the short run, but save valve spring money in the long run-change the rules to allow DOHC motors.

 

[rollemup]

.....did I hear correctly the Mike Edwards is losing to of his top motor guys because of this deal

 

[SundayNiagara]

Competition Plus - Drag Racing Magazine - SHANE GRAY, CAGNAZZI TO COMBINE FORCES IN '14

I hope this means Dave Connolly will be able to run a full season.

I doubt you'll see that, too much baggage.

 

[JB3]

I doubt you'll see that, too much baggage.

Sounds like the plans are already known ...

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/26897-enders-stevens-not-ready-to-reveal-2014-plans

 

[mastertone]

If Johnny Gray and Victor Cagnazzi find a way to put Dave Connolly in a car next season, everyone else will be running for second place, IMO.

Sorry, they are at least 2 drivers as good as Connolly, Jeg, Vincent Nobile for example.

 

[PiPPi]

.....did I hear correctly the Mike Edwards is losing to of his top motor guys because of this deal

I heard that too.

 

[yoda]

... WJ was interviewed on the Espn3 broadcast last night. He said the competitve teams budget 200K/yr for valvesprings. $200,000!!...

Watching an old VHS of Indy 95 today, and Warren said valve springs were $1750 a set back then...

 

[MHayes]

Pro Stock is in more trouble than the fuel classes IMO. WJ was interviewed on the Espn3 broadcast last night. He said the competitve teams budget 200K/yr for valvesprings. $200,000!!

If $200,000 is really the case now, that's a substantial increase over what Larry Morgan was quoted saying back in 2011, which was $60,000 per year per car. With that, Larry said that he was only getting 3 runs before having to change springs!

https://www.highpowermedia.com/RET-Monitor/3236/valve-springs-cant-take-pro-stock-revs

 

[Sean D, shondoo]

If $200,000 is really the case now, that's a substantial increase over what Larry Morgan was quoted saying back in 2011, which was $60,000 per year per car. With that, Larry said that he was only getting 3 runs before having to change springs!

https://www.highpowermedia.com/RET-Monitor/3236/valve-springs-cant-take-pro-stock-revs

If the comparison is what Warren said versus what Morgan said, the majority of the difference is likely the fact that Warren was running 2 cars out of his stable. The balance could've likely been simply the amount of R&D.

Having dabbled in the performance spring arena, I can tell you that there's a reason they're so expensive. The material composition required to make the valve train act the way racers need it to has gotten pretty exotic. To start with, the base material isn't readily available. Plus, the material is very hard, making it difficult to work with on the coiler and exponentially harder on tools than run-of-the-mill spring grade wire. Add to that the multitude of post coiling processes still required on the springs and you've got an extremely high price part, no longer than they last with the aggressive camshaft/rpm applications of Pro Stock and blown alcohol.

Sean D