Will Haas save the day for WJ? (1 Viewer)

[Super Mod]

Warren loses a motor on his second pass and tags the wall. Jerry Haas is there to assess the damage. Is there anyone who would bet against WJ not making the show Sunday? not me

 

[JB]

Posted on DragRaceCentral:

6:21 p.m. Chassis builder Jerry Haas is here and after a quick survey of Warren's car, thinks it can be repaired. It won't be pretty, but it will be safe and raceable.

 

[Alan]

Posted on DragRaceCentral:

6:21 p.m. Chassis builder Jerry Haas is here and after a quick survey of Warren's car, thinks it can be repaired. It won't be pretty, but it will be safe and raceable.

Function before form as they say!

 

[Mary]

Thank you Mr. Haas for being there...I sure would love to see WJ in the show...it wouldn't be the same without him.

 

[Toby]

the body isn't going to be one of those deals where it will buff out, but it can be made raceable with some work. The tubing protecting the fuel cell got bent over, the front end needs a head light and some work, and the right rear quarter panel has a decent sized crease in it

 

[Paul]

the body isn't going to be one of those deals where it will buff out, but it can be made raceable with some work. The tubing protecting the fuel cell got bent over, the front end needs a head light and some work, and the right rear quarter panel has a decent sized crease in it

Thanks for the update Toby.

 

[chop]

Just got off the phone with corporate and the car is almost ready to go. It's amazing that in WJ's LONG career,this is only the third time he's been in the wall. WJ said if he could have seen anything,he could have kept it off the wall. The scary thing was,he didn't know where KJ was,couldn't see him. He figures he was on a .62 pass,too bad the engine let go and tomorrow is another day.

 

[CrewGuy]

Thanks for the update Mike. See you in Atlanta

 

[TJ]

Glad to see WJ will be back in action tomorrow. The Johnson team is making some new found steam this year and it shows in the MPH they are running. Warren went 208.42 in the first round and Kurt ran 208.42 in the second round today.

 

[chop]

Here's a quote from WJ's Friday presser that made Summits results page but was somehow deleted from NHRA's page. Looks like NHRA is policing what's posted by the teams PR people.

"Unfortunately, the new belly pan that was mandated for 2008 may have contained some of the oil, but it also served to funnel all the smoke inside the car, effectively blinding me. It was so thick I couldn't even see the windshield. The sad part is that if I could have seen where I was going, I believe I could have stopped it without any further problem at all.

"My troubles were complicated even further by this new, taller wicker bill we have to run for some unknown reason. It puts so much down force on the back that it effectively creates lift on the front end of the car, reducing the amount of steering control a driver has. This made it even harder for me to keep the car under control. These are issues that I have mentioned throughout the year that need to be addressed before something worse happens than a bent race car".

Seems that WJ has brought his concerns about what would happen to NHRA's attention but to no avail.

 

[NONE]

I remember in 1980 at Atlanta Dragway,(last year it was IHRA sanctioned) WJ blew both door off his Camaro during qualifying. He showed up on Sunday with two primered doors but he won the race.

I've got my tickets for Commerce in section "A". See you there.

Wayne.

 

[Sully]

The hardest part about getting the repairs done was locating GXP headlight and taillight assemblies to replace those broken in the crash.

 

[Reese]

I was impressed with how long Warren was able to keep it off the wall. Any other driver without all that seat time and this could have gotten uglier.

 

[chop]

The hardest part about getting the repairs done was locating GXP headlight and taillight assemblies to replace those broken in the crash.

As of about 9 PM last night,somebody had brought the lights to WJ. Wonder if there's a GXP sitting on a dealership lot with,oh well,never mind.

 

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Here's a quote from WJ's Friday presser that made Summits results page but was somehow deleted from NHRA's page. Looks like NHRA is policing what's posted by the teams PR people.

No surprise there, wouldn't be the first time.

Seems that WJ has brought his concerns about what would happen to NHRA's attention but to no avail.

I read something about this on CompPlus where he was saying the same thing. He doesn't like it at all and, like usual, NHRA won't listen to the experts.

 

[burnie]

He is lucky Kurt did not run into him.

 

[TJ]

WJ sprung a leak on the burnout in Rd 3 and had to sit out the round. KJ runs the quickest of the round with a 6.65 @ 208.04 and is still sitting in the #1 position.

 

[MM]

what's the lesson here??

ALWAYS HAVE A SPARE!!!!

good job by all to get the car back together

 

[vegasnitro]

I bet KJ about crapped his pants when Dubya Jay cossed in front of him and he was staring straight at his Dad's door!!! I am pulling for Dubya Jay in 4th round to make the show.

Wasn't there another Pro Stocker that ran it off the end of the track, thru the sandtrap and wadded it up good in the net?