Actually the NHRA gives the win to WJ!
https://www.nhra.com/news/2019/wj-c...ness-victory-legend-vs-legend-toyota-shootout
https://www.nhra.com/news/2019/wj-c...ness-victory-legend-vs-legend-toyota-shootout
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SoCal Racer
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It was cool to see the legends and overall the concept was interesting and well executed, but watching those cars "launch" was painful. Kind of sad to realize how many other legends we've lost.
I remember Warren saying once that those early Pro Stocks were really on the ragged edge, and when they showed his Hurst Olds run (what a classic piece of footage!) you could really see it.
So maybe they do this at three more races, and then at Pomona 2 the winners run off for a championship
I remember Warren saying once that those early Pro Stocks were really on the ragged edge, and when they showed his Hurst Olds run (what a classic piece of footage!) you could really see it.
So maybe they do this at three more races, and then at Pomona 2 the winners run off for a championship
mike
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He's confused because the intake is covered from the factory?
stitcherbob
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that's an act....he probably rented one as soon as he heard what they were racing and took it completely apart back at his shop....
DrRocket
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I honestly got the sense that most of the others weren't really trying all that hard.
The Professor obviously showed up with the intention of winning. Now, if the car's "inspection" was just a show for the TV camera? Who knows.
If he's anything like my late uncle, it didn't matter. Racing, poker, Monopoly, hell, old maid. It didn't make a difference. He was out for blood.
Nice to know Shirley and Rahn are still amicable.
Also, did I hear right? Larry Morgan is supplying P/S motorcycle motors?
The Professor obviously showed up with the intention of winning. Now, if the car's "inspection" was just a show for the TV camera? Who knows.
If he's anything like my late uncle, it didn't matter. Racing, poker, Monopoly, hell, old maid. It didn't make a difference. He was out for blood.
Nice to know Shirley and Rahn are still amicable.
Also, did I hear right? Larry Morgan is supplying P/S motorcycle motors?
Jer
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Toyota is prob like,how the hell did he run so fast? Lol
stitcherbob
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one trick to getting full throttle on an EFI car is to drill open the mounting holes on the TPS sensor and you get some adjustment there. Now, at least on my Dodge, if you tap on the TPS in CC direction with say a screwdriver handle or just grab the housing and twist it you can get it to move a little and open the throttle faster(or wider)....depends on how tight the mount is but there should be some room between the holes and the screws so the factory can fine tune it.
Or......WJ is just the best doorslammer guy of the bunch....
Or......WJ is just the best doorslammer guy of the bunch....
FABMAN
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Has been for sometime now.
R.I.P. O.C.I.R.
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Ace vs The King at Seattle.
ironpony
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It was one of very few events that he was amicable for the interview, well as amicable as WJ can be.
I walked up to his trailer in Indy one year on a Sunday, no one else around, he invited me in and talked to me like we were old friends. I had some old pictures of his car from the previous season in my backpack. I showed them to him he signed them and told me about them. It was a great 15 minutes.
I was actually a little nervous because he has that sign that kinda says stay away do not bother me.
I walked up to his trailer in Indy one year on a Sunday, no one else around, he invited me in and talked to me like we were old friends. I had some old pictures of his car from the previous season in my backpack. I showed them to him he signed them and told me about them. It was a great 15 minutes.
I was actually a little nervous because he has that sign that kinda says stay away do not bother me.
Rajunz
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After Warren won the Final, Ace talked him in to swapping cars, and Ace beat him in Warren's car and said "I rest my case. Warren took us all to School this weekend ".
sammi
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Why is everyone so astonished that a life long engine builder/car tuner beat 6 nitro people and a bike guy in a stock car. Who's to say if a Toyota dealer mechanic whispered into WJ's ear about an "easter egg" built into the ECU and accessible by a certain sequence of button pushing on the dash. The Japanese motorcycle companies in the late 90's and early 2000's built all kinds of racer features into their ECUs that were accessible by grounding certain pins on the ECU. Also, there are only another two or three thousand bracket hitters around the country that could make that thing run low 14's with only a screw driver and a tire pressure gauge.
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Mike_in_Toney
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I heard he told everyone else that the Eco mode made it run faster.
mikebcurve
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I don't think very many of us were surprised. I assumed he was going to win as soon as they announced him. I got a kick out of watching the other sitting ducks waiting for their whooping, lol
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