Of course, these weather reports can be all over the road at times. According to "weather.gov", they show 90% for Fri, and 70% chance for Sat. Boo!! Fortunately, these forecasts are frequently wrong, so we will see what the next few days brings. How dare it rain on our March Meet parade.
The 2022 March Meet at Famoso Racway (1 Viewer)
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Of course, these weather reports can be all over the road at times. According to "weather.gov", they show 90% for Fri, and 70% chance for Sat. Boo!! Fortunately, these forecasts are frequently wrong, so we will see what the next few days brings. How dare it rain on our March Meet parade.
Re-Boot on the weather -
Thursday 72/44 5%
Friday 57/37 24%
Saturday 50/33 44%
Sunday 56/33 6%
The reality here is the Highs without Sun are usually only for maybe 1-2 hours. Those who get a decent hit Tommorow will be in a good qualifing spot. Friday and Saturday could be problamatic. Today was good. The last little NE1 car that I built ran 7:60-4 on a 7:60 index on test day at 2250 ft. DA. - tommorrow will be a crap shoot. The track is GOOD for now and the humidity is about 25%. By the way the announcers version of "Weepers" are fixed is a little different than what I usually see on the track.
qtermile14
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Looking at the Weather Channel site radar, and it looks like rain until about 1PM today.
glofria
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The price of gas and potential snow on The Grapevine is keeping me home, but I'm keeping up with whats happening at the track.
An article in the local rag:
www.bakersfield.com
An article in the local rag:
Capps returns to March Meet seeking second Fuel Altered championship
Ron Capps acknowledges that stepping away from his day job and driving an AA/Fuel Altered may not be the brightest thing to do.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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Yes, Cole is Patty's son. He has been in that car a hand full of time the past year or two. Brendan Murry is a "driver coach" so to speak for Cole. He has a lot of good people behind him, hoping and wishing him well. I do not have a lot of info on this deal, but I feel this is something that Cole is trying to do one his own, without handouts. I hope he sticks with it for many years.
Photos from Cole's FB page from prior events...
That dragster looks like an actual old car from the '68 to '70 time period, complete with Tom Hanna body. I am real curious to know the history behind it. Maybe it is a Woody car that his Dad helped build? I can't tell without looking at the car from the rear. Looks like a blown alcohol engine. That is a neat deal! He needs to put his name on the body somewhere like the old days, so us fans know he is in the car.
I think those NE classes would be a great way to go drag racing for relatively minimal cost. Too bad there are so few chances to race those cars during the year.
I think those NE classes would be a great way to go drag racing for relatively minimal cost. Too bad there are so few chances to race those cars during the year.
glofria
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Heads-up Comp Plus's youtube channell has some videos up now.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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$h!t track. $h!t weather.
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Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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As far as more NTF cars, they are out there. Travel and maintenance expenses need to go down, and payouts need to go up. I made a list of Heritage Series legal NTF cars about five years ago, and updated it every year. 2019 or 2020 was the high water mark of 36 cars. Currently for the 2022 season it is at 27. It is an even split between West Coast and Midwest teams. Jim Young's Extreme Top Fuel group in the Midwest tends to have better payouts and higher car counts.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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There are also 9 cars that are currently inactive. 3 cars that are a second car (old or backup) for those teams. 5 cars building built. And 2 outlaw cars that are not Heritage Series legal.
glofria
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Here on th west coast, the sad reality is that most of the racers (and crew) are aging out. Just look at some of the pit photos and you'll see a lot of grandpas and grandmas working on and around the cars. Shoot, Jim Murphy who runnered-up is over 80 years-old and I'm glad he's still out there.
Now as for myself, if I were to all of a sudden came into wealth, would I put something together and start running a car. Not likely. But I wish Jimmy and the guys in the MW all the success in th world, because that's where the future lies for N/TF.
Yes, the track was challenging at times, but some great numbers were put up too. Look for another race to be held at this track Memorial Weekend. Not officially announced, but that was the word being said in the stands.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
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That would be Darr Hawthorne. He helps with the UNFC series, and has the Nitro Reports show.
