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Norwalk in Trouble
- Thread starter Butch
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Might be short on both ends.
Same with all the tracks the NHRA owns or have owned.
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Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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NHRA no longer owns Columbus...
I said "or have owned". I know it was sold. Own a dump or sell a dump, they are all still dumps.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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We ran the fueler at Columbus when the Bowling Green event got moved for 2007. Everyone must have hated it, because that event went back to BG in 2008.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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Dale Suhr's "Orange Crate" nostalgia Top Fuel car, from here in Iowa. I wrenched on it for the 2007, 2008, and 2009 seasons, and the 2010 Goodguys Indy race. At the time, it was driven by Roger "Radar" Lechtenberg. Roger is currently the driver of the "Nitro Madness" fuel altered.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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I am not really the right guy to answer that. I am not a tuner, nor did I pay attention to that stuff. I really wish I did, when I had the chance. We use to run against "Dragster Dave" from Illinois. He had a late model Hemi with alky slicks. That car should have ran 5 flat. But, at the time, they barely were in the 5's. I have not stayed on top of how they are doing now, so I am not sure how far into the 5's they have gotten. Their crew chief has a modern A/Fuel car that his daughter drives. I believe the team is Anderson Family racing, or something along those lines.
Anywho, Bartone owned the NT/F for the past few years. He would run to about 900' and click it, and still ran in the low 5.50's. He has the current record at 5.531. Miss Nitro Kitty just won the March Meet with a line of 5.50's all weekend. And this is on a 12" tire, 6.71 stock helix, 21gpm pump, about 430cuin, no clutch management, and direct drive. I would imagine that by 2020, we will have a couple 5.49 passes.
Thanks for the info Justin. I know that Bartone ran 274 in a test in Florida a few years ago & I think he ran 270 at Bakersfield. That got me to thinking that T/AD with a blower can run 5.17 and 277. So if Bartone could run 274 on 12" tires, what could he run with "big" tires? Guessing that HP is similiar between T/AD & Nostalgia T/F. Just thinking that if Nostalgia T/F could run "unlimited" that even w/ 6:71 blower, you could see 5.20 - 280 +--. The technology has improved soooo much over the years that even a little blower car can run fast. There are a couple of Nostalgia A/F cars that run blown on alky, 6:71 blower, & they have been around 6.19 at 226. I was told that this combo has ability to run 5.90's on alky. Wow......
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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Kin Bates and Drew Austin ran 5.99s all weekend at the March Meet in Nostalgia A/Fuel. Bates with an injected nitro Chrysler 392 hemi, and Austin with an injected nitro Ford 429 hemi. They have two speeds, 15" tires, and a max of 550cuin.
I love watching those 2 cars. Saw them in Phoenix a few months ago at the Heritage opener. Really thought Austin would run a 5 in the final, but they had to shut it off. That was a great race, cool & overcast the whole weekend. I've been going to that race since it started in Phoenix area a few years ago, at the late Speedworld. Glad it is still run at Wild Horse.
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