Top alky dragsters (1 Viewer)

[M Jones]

Can anybody tell me who is still running blowers, thanks

 

[sutton]

Mark
There were 4 in Seattle, 1 was world champion Shawn Cowie. they were running in the teens. the class winner was Severance. the blown cars, there are less and less of them these days, but they are my favorite of the class.
Larry Sutton---

 

[none]

I know that Larry is old and senile, so I'm not going to blame him for the miscount......

Blown cars:
Taylor Januik,
Jon Bradford, (EFI and torque converter)
Mike Austin,
Joey Severance,
and Shawn Cowie

Alan

 

[M Jones]

Mark
There were 4 in Seattle, 1 was world champion Shawn Cowie. they were running in the teens. the class winner was Severance. the blown cars, there are less and less of them these days, but they are my favorite of the class.
Larry Sutton---

Larry, thanks for info, I thought severance was still blown, good to see him back in the fast mix, iI remember back to many years ago I had a t-shirt with a picture of a blown hemi with the words saying ( injection is nice but I would rather be blown), also seen one that reversed the preference, always loved the blower cars in any class

 

[sutton]

CORRECTION; THERE WERE AT LEAST 4 IN SEATTLE.
(OLD) Larry Sutton---
PS; Alan I can still see the Nile from here when it rains.

 

[M Jones]

I know that Larry is old and senile, so I'm not going to blame him for the miscount......

Blown cars:
Taylor Januik,
Jon Bradford, (EFI and torque converter)
Mike Austin,
Joey Severance,
and Shawn Cowie

Alan

Hi alan, my favorite top alky car is the one I painted for Duane shields in 2000, what a great looking blown motor he had, I was hoping more blower would find the teens, makes the class way more fun to watch

 

[Chili]

Others not in attendance in Seattle are Shaunda Blintzler, Tom Fox Jr, Chris Demke, James Stevens, and Brandon Greco.

 

[Pete]

Others not in attendance in Seattle are Shaunda Blintzler, Tom Fox Jr, Chris Demke, James Stevens, and Brandon Greco.

Add Brett Winward and Dan Dietrich to that list

 

[Mike]

I miss watching Marty Thacker race.

 

[Gone Dead Train]

I miss watching Marty Thacker race.

Me too, Marty always did fantastic wheels up launches.

 

[Jack]

I know that Larry is old and senile, so I'm not going to blame him for the miscount......

Blown cars:
Taylor Januik,
Jon Bradford, (EFI and torque converter)
Mike Austin,
Joey Severance,
and Shawn Cowie

Alan

Aren't Tom Fox and Mike Hepp here back east still running blowers?

 

[Nunz]

I've actually noticed a bit of a resurgence in blown alky cars in TAD in the past few years, I think the parity is pretty good now for the dragsters.

 

[T.Smith]

John Paul Gutierrez

 

[Chili]

John Paul Gutierrez

I was going to list him but wasn’t sure if he was still racing since he hasn’t appeared at any event this year. Same with Nick Spiegel out of Nebraska. He is a teammate to James Steven’s.

 

[T.Smith]

I was going to list him but wasn’t sure if he was still racing since he hasn’t appeared at any event this year. Same with Nick Spiegel out of Nebraska. He is a teammate to James Steven’s.

The 2024 U.S. Nationals is the last national event I could find. We won't count them out just yet.

 

[Burnnitro1320]

Nick will be back as soon as golf season is over

 

[Jack]

1. Not a TAD but has anyone noticed Team Bartone has gone back to the blower car again?​

 

[M Jones]

Me too, Marty always did fantastic wheels up launches.

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Saw one of those at the starting line behind him when he raced shield’s, it was wild

 

[M Jones]

1. Not a TAD but has anyone noticed Team Bartone has gone back to the blower car again?​

That’s interesting

 

[Chili]

1. Not a TAD but has anyone noticed Team Bartone has gone back to the blower car again?​

They felt that the nitro percentage was too low to be competitive in the injected car.