Houston

[Cliff]

Short fields in the Pro classes. Pro Mod has a ton of entries. Larry Morgan doing good.

 

[Reese]

And NHRA glorifying No prep cars. And Courtney just ran 330 mph.
Also you are right, pro mod, awesome showing.

 

[Paul]

There's 16 cars in each TF and FC. Jeff Diehl didn't make a pass, once he does, he will be the 16th car to take time.

 

[Cliff]

Mike Castellana won round 1 Pro Mod, set ET record at 5.722 (251.77). Man that's quick for an NHRA legal car! What really impressed me is that he ran 3.769 / 200.35 1/8 mile, so he picked up almost 52 MPH on the back half. Also thought his 1/8 mile times were respectable for a car with a 1/4 mile set up.

 

[ironpony]

13 in PS (play death march funeral song here)....................

 

[Reese]

Mike Castellana won round 1 Pro Mod, set ET record at 5.722 (251.77). Man that's quick for an NHRA legal car! What really impressed me is that he ran 3.769 / 200.35 1/8 mile, so he picked up almost 52 MPH on the back half. Also thought his 1/8 mile times were respectable for a car with a 1/4 mile set up.

Frank Manzo working his magic.

 

[mgty3whlr]

Frank Manzo is the "Alan Johnson" of the non-fuel category.

 

[Cliff]

I love watching Xtreme Pro Mod on computer. Those cars can run quicker than NHRA TA/FC, with a short wheelbase. If NHRA ever ran that class 1/4 mile, it would take the place of the alky F/C's.

 

[justafan]

I love watching Xtreme Pro Mod on computer. Those cars can run quicker than NHRA TA/FC, with a short wheelbase. If NHRA ever ran that class 1/4 mile, it would take the place of the alky F/C's.

Agreed, but even better in person.

 

[tx_trojan]

All I'll say is that the Fri night/Q2 session never fails at RPR!

 

[Cliff]

I had a chance to go to RPR a few years ago, just for Sat. Have family that lives in College Station, about 1 1/2 hours N of Houston, & one of my nephews is a NASCAR fan. He really enjoyed the drags & I was really impressed with RPR. My big race every year is Wild Horse. Did get to see that 3.65 run by Leah in testing this year.

 

[Nunz]

Castellana ran 5.685 in the semis, reset the quickest ever PM run by a bunch!

 

[Cliff]

That 5.68 is roughly what the Pro Boost cars are running 1/8 mile. I think they are like 3.72 or around there. Still 5.68 is wild! Wow.....

 

[mick]

stock winner kevin helms misses a double in super stock: his .026 light breaks out by -.007....
norvell bowers for the win with .034 light, breaks out by -.003

congrats to bo butner and team for finally breaking thru for a win

 

[FABMAN]

I am really impressed on how well Bob V. ran this weekend, very competive .

 

[Nunz]

Another observation from the weekend, from TV it looked like a good crowd all 3 days.

 

[mgty3whlr]

The camera positions IMO were great and the new billboard thing with the stats is pretty cool also.

 

[Cliff]

One thing about Houston is that you get to see ALL the classes. Some nat'l events won't have T/AD or TA/FC, etc, but you get your moneys worth in Houston.

 

[Reese]

One thing about Houston is that you get to see ALL the classes. Some nat'l events won't have T/AD or TA/FC, etc, but you get your moneys worth in Houston.

Normally you do but this year they didn't have comp. Of course not to many people noticed.