The Official Brown Cafe Racing Thread - Page 2 - Brown Cafe

mattwtrs · 05-11-2009, 05:55 AM

I wonder if that car was ADA'd after the beating it took?

Ferrari_Tifoso · 05-14-2009, 10:38 PM

Anyone follow Formula 1? In any case, the latest is that F1 may be close to comming to an end. Ferrari and several other manufacturer teams have threaten to pull out of the sport if the new rules for 2010 stay in place. The new rules basically would turn F1 into a two tier racing series. Teams can chose to compete under a 40 million GBP cap and have much more technical freedom (adjustable rear wing, engines with no rev limiter, etc), or spend whatever they want and race under the current restrictive rules.

Most likely a compromise will be reached, but this isn't a bluff on Ferrari's side. They really are prepared to leave the sport they have competed in for the last 60 years. There have even been talks of the manufactures starting up their own open wheel racing series, minus the FIA of course. I really hope things get settled out. It would be a shame to lose F1 just when there was gonna a fully American team entering the Championship.

MonavieLeaker · 05-22-2009, 02:13 PM

Pics from all the rain Daytona Intl Speedway has got

http://www.wesh.com/slideshow/weathe...40/detail.html

MonavieLeaker · 05-24-2009, 01:34 PM

Helio wins the Indy 500 the 15th Indy 500 win for Roger Penske

stevetheupsguy · 05-31-2009, 11:23 AM

OUCH!!!
Gordon hit the wall. Guess he'll have to work his way up from the back now.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player...bHzpNwGpvov7YF

MonavieLeaker · 06-11-2009, 08:03 PM

This weekend's NHRA event marks the 1 year anniversary of Scott Kalitta's fatal crash...RIP

YouTube - Scott Kalitta Tribute

wkmac · 06-12-2009, 08:36 PM

MonavieLeaker,

I noticed your avatar the other day and with this weekend being Etown just wanted to say how much I appreciate it.

Not sure if you saw Phil Burgess's column from July 7, 2008' "Dragster Inside" at NHRA.com entitled "Dry Hops in Heaven" but leading up to Etown, he's republished it again.

I noticed your pics from the Gators and not sure how old you are but thought if you hadn't you might enjoy Phil's article. I'm old school from the 70's and lots of these guys now gone are who I watched and in a few cases knew. As sad as it was to loose Scott, Phil's piece took away some of the sting and as the memories came flooding back, some of the misty eyes turned to smiled, grins and down right laughs.

I know massive fuel pumps, dual mags, tons of overdrive and computer data make the sport the 4 sec./300 mph sheer rush that it is but for me, bring back single pumps, single mags, 2 speed lencos and those iconic dry hops and I'm happy as can be with 6.10, 220 mph runs all day long. It's when the cars didn't say Castrol, UPS or Budweiser, they said Blue Max, Chi-Town Hustler, Jungle Jim or my fav. War Eagle! Huge, Huge, Dale Pulde fan!

This car in 1977' used a stock stroke 426 hemi and the word is, burnt only 9 pistons all season while winning the IHRA Funny Car Championship. Long smokey burnouts (Chi-Town and Jungle Jim not uncommon to end up a lot closer to the 1000 ft. mark than to the starting line when the smoke cleared) and those dry hops! Nothing will ever compare to that IMO.

Don't keep up like I use too as thanks to Steve Evans and the old TNN Sports Cavalcade, I got hooked on dirt roundy/round and open wheel, especially with the wings on the lid in the 1990's. Just lost the appeal to drag racing although I been watching ADRL and the Nostalgia Drag Racing for which Dale Pulde has brought the War Eagle back out and running the car. Here's a YouTube of the recent 2009' March Meet at Famosa Dragway and you can see the War Eagle at the 4:30 mark into the video. Notice all the FC's look like actual cars from the street.

YouTube - Drag Racing Nitro Nostalgia Funny Cars March Meet 2009

And speaking of heaven and FC's, here's a great piece about 1970's Chicago and FC's from a great website, CompetitionPlus.

MonavieLeaker · 06-13-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wkmac

MonavieLeaker,

I noticed your avatar the other day and with this weekend being Etown just wanted to say how much I appreciate it.

Not sure if you saw Phil Burgess's column from July 7, 2008' "Dragster Inside" at NHRA.com entitled "Dry Hops in Heaven" but leading up to Etown, he's republished it again.

I noticed your pics from the Gators and not sure how old you are but thought if you hadn't you might enjoy Phil's article. I'm old school from the 70's and lots of these guys now gone are who I watched and in a few cases knew. As sad as it was to loose Scott, Phil's piece took away some of the sting and as the memories came flooding back, some of the misty eyes turned to smiled, grins and down right laughs.

I know massive fuel pumps, dual mags, tons of overdrive and computer data make the sport the 4 sec./300 mph sheer rush that it is but for me, bring back single pumps, single mags, 2 speed lencos and those iconic dry hops and I'm happy as can be with 6.10, 220 mph runs all day long. It's when the cars didn't say Castrol, UPS or Budweiser, they said Blue Max, Chi-Town Hustler, Jungle Jim or my fav. War Eagle! Huge, Huge, Dale Pulde fan!

This car in 1977' used a stock stroke 426 hemi and the word is, burnt only 9 pistons all season while winning the IHRA Funny Car Championship. Long smokey burnouts (Chi-Town and Jungle Jim not uncommon to end up a lot closer to the 1000 ft. mark than to the starting line when the smoke cleared) and those dry hops! Nothing will ever compare to that IMO.

Don't keep up like I use too as thanks to Steve Evans and the old TNN Sports Cavalcade, I got hooked on dirt roundy/round and open wheel, especially with the wings on the lid in the 1990's. Just lost the appeal to drag racing although I been watching ADRL and the Nostalgia Drag Racing for which Dale Pulde has brought the War Eagle back out and running the car. Here's a YouTube of the recent 2009' March Meet at Famosa Dragway and you can see the War Eagle at the 4:30 mark into the video. Notice all the FC's look like actual cars from the street.

YouTube - Drag Racing Nitro Nostalgia Funny Cars March Meet 2009

And speaking of heaven and FC's, here's a great piece about 1970's Chicago and FC's from a great website, CompetitionPlus.

Im 28...Just got into drag racing this year although I did kinda follow it last year......Cool vids....I'll check out those articles

.......Coworker of mine heard that NHRA is looking into 413 CU & 15% blower pressure for the Nitro cars

stevetheupsguy · 06-13-2009, 11:13 AM

Thanks for the nostalgia, wkmac, was cool watching those old funny cars.

MonavieLeaker · 06-21-2009, 12:41 PM

Tdoay marks the 1 year anniversary of Scott Kalitta's death at Englishtown...RIP

mattwtrs · 07-10-2009, 06:03 AM

In case anyone still follows Nascar UPS got a top 20 starting spot for a change at Chicago!

navigator · 08-04-2009, 10:51 PM

watch for new company E-1, working on new car all Battery, they think will need 3 battery change pr race. car comes into pitt battery is ejected as car rolls in and new is inserted.. Two cars shipped to Japan for testing. three builders all ready into this. all battery up front and motor on axles. all I know. this family is now moving to NC to be part of this operation

BLACKBOX · 08-07-2009, 09:43 PM

What's with the UPS Racing Team and David Ragan? Was it a good move to move to Ford instead of Toyota? With Denny Hamlin winning at Pocono again, I was hoping for some good things with the # 6 car but its just not happening this year.

Here we go again...Ragan to start at the 40th slot at Watkins Glen, FDX to start 3rd....man! nothing to get excited about.

morgahorse · 08-16-2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferrari_Tifoso

Anyone follow Formula 1? In any case, the latest is that F1 may be close to comming to an end. Ferrari and several other manufacturer teams have threaten to pull out of the sport if the new rules for 2010 stay in place. The new rules basically would turn F1 into a two tier racing series. Teams can chose to compete under a 40 million GBP cap and have much more technical freedom (adjustable rear wing, engines with no rev limiter, etc), or spend whatever they want and race under the current restrictive rules.

Most likely a compromise will be reached, but this isn't a bluff on Ferrari's side. They really are prepared to leave the sport they have competed in for the last 60 years. There have even been talks of the manufactures starting up their own open wheel racing series, minus the FIA of course. I really hope things get settled out. It would be a shame to lose F1 just when there was gonna a fully American team entering the Championship.

How about Massa getting whacked in the head and now Schumacher is going to fill in probably for the rest of the season.

I'm suffering withdrawals with this summer break.

MonavieLeaker · 08-17-2009, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morgahorse

How about Massa getting whacked in the head and now Schumacher is going to fill in probably for the rest of the season.

I'm suffering withdrawals with this summer break.

Schumacher aint doing it

klein · 08-17-2009, 12:24 PM

Just had to show you the video clip of our anuall Indy Race.

http://www.edmontonindy.com/index.ph...videos/video-1

morgahorse · 08-24-2009, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonavieLeaker

Schumacher aint doing it

I saw that. Did you watch the race?

Injured or not Schumacher would've been better than Badoer.

Good for Rubinho though he deserved another finally.

morgahorse · 08-24-2009, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by klein

Just had to show you the video clip of our anuall Indy Race.

http://www.edmontonindy.com/index.ph...videos/video-1

I saw that race too... I miss CART/Champcar. It was good to see Tracy racing again.

MonavieLeaker · 08-26-2009, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morgahorse

I saw that. Did you watch the race?

Injured or not Schumacher would've been better than Badoer.

Good for Rubinho though he deserved another finally.

I'd like to watch F1...But Im not getting up at 6am in the morning to do so

MonavieLeaker · 08-26-2009, 06:31 PM

2010 NHRA Schedule

Series Remains at 24 events; Second Event Added in Charlotte; Countdown to the Championship to Start at Mac Tools U.S. Nationals

It’s the newest and most spectacular drag racing venue on the tour, and in 2010 zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C. will play host to two NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events. The new event is one of several exciting changes NHRA announced today as the world’s largest motorsports sanctioning organization revealed its 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule. The state-of-the-art dragstrip in the Charlotte, N.C. metro region will be the setting for two events: one in the spring and one in the fall, with an inaugural event added to the schedule on March 25-28, and the third annual NHRA Carolinas Nationals set for Sept. 16-19.

“Charlotte is quickly becoming a motorsports capital in the United States, rivaled only by Indianapolis, and the reception we have received from the fans and the number of major sponsors and teams that use the area as a base lead us to believe that it will provide the market foundation for those two races to evolve into among the two biggest events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series,” said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. The inaugural race in September last year featured special guests, packed stands and significant corporate hospitality.

The 56th Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Sept. 1-6 at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, will represent the first race in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to 1, NHRA’s championship playoffs. The Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, the world’s largest and most prestigious drag racing event, is scheduled for its traditional spot on the calendar -- Labor Day weekend.

NHRA will kick off the season with a significant milestone event, the 50th Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (Feb. 11-14). NHRA will pay tribute to its past throughout what figures to be one of the most memorable and nostalgic race weeks in the sport’s history as many of the legendary cars, drivers and magical moments will be honored. The hot rod culture runs deep in Southern California and its roots deepest at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, where in February of 1961 NHRA founder Wally Parks hosted the first-ever running of the now-historic and iconic Kragen O’Reilly Winternationals.

The 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule remains a 24-race schedule. Two events – the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. (Oct. 7-10) and the O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals in Memphis, Tenn. (Aug. 20-22) – will swap traditional dates. The Memphis event now serves as the last race of the regular season and the final chance for Full Throttle professional teams to secure their positions in the top 10 for the Countdown to 1 playoffs.

In addition, the grueling Western Swing will take on a new look in 2010. The swing begins in Seattle with the NHRA Northwest Nationals (July 9-11), and will be followed by the FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. (July 16-1

, and conclude with the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Denver (July 23-25).

The summer will heat up for the professional participants as they vie for a spot in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship. Leading into the Western Swing, the schedule will feature four events in a row during the month of June. The United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago (June 3-6) will be followed in consecutive weeks by the United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. (June 10-13); NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn. (June 18-20); and the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio (June 24-27). The Thunder Valley NHRA Nationals was moved to this stretch in June to accommodate the early-spring Charlotte event.

As is tradition, the season concludes right back where it started in Pomona, Calif. with the 46th running of the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals (Nov. 11-14). The event has become “championship” weekend as most of the NHRA Full Throttle world championships in the four professional categories have been crowned at the event since the beginning of the playoff-style format in 2007.

Events that round out the early part of the season include the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix (Feb. 26-2

; the 41st annual NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. (March 11-14); the first of two stops to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the 11th SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals (April 9-11); the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston (April 16-1

; and the 14th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis (April 30 – May 2). The first Las Vegas event is scheduled as a three-day event in 2010.

In the middle of May, the series stops at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga. to celebrate the 30th running of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals (May 14-16), scheduled as a three-day event in 2010. Other venues with significant milestone anniversary events include the June 18-20 event in Bristol, Tenn. (10th); the 25th annual O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex in Dallas (Sept. 23-26); and the 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals (Oct. 28-31).

Other traditional stops on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule include: the 22nd annual O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan. (May 21-23); and Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. (Aug. 12-15).

The Pro Stock Motorcycle class, the only professional category that doesn’t compete at all 24 events, will be featured at its traditional venues, which represent a 17-race schedule.

2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Schedule

50th annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals Feb. 11-14

Pomona, Calif.

26th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals Feb. 26-28

Phoenix

41st annual NHRA Gatornationals March 11-14

Gainesville, Fla. (PSM)

Inaugural NHRA Nationals March 25-28

Concord, N.C.

11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals April 9-11

Las Vegas

23rd annual O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals April 16-18

Houston (PSM)

14th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals April 30 – May 2

St. Louis (PSM)

30th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals May 14-16

Commerce, Ga. (PSM)

22nd annual O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals May 21-23

Topeka, Kan.

13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals June 3-6

Chicago (PSM)

41st annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals June 10-13

Englishtown, N.J. (PSM)

10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals June 18-20

Bristol, Tenn.

Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals June 24-27

Norwalk, Ohio (PSM)

23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals July 9-11

Seattle

23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals July 16-18

Sonoma, Calif. (PSM)

31st annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals July 23-25

Denver (PSM)

29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Aug. 12-15

Brainerd, Minn. (PSM)

23rd annual O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals Aug. 20-22

Memphis, Tenn. (PSM)

56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Sept. 1–6

Indianapolis (PSM)

Third annual NHRA Carolinas Nationals Sept. 16-19

Concord, N.C. (PSM)

25th annual O’Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals Sept. 23-26

Dallas (PSM)

26th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals Oct. 7-10

Reading, Pa. (PSM)

10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals Oct. 28-31

Las Vegas (PSM)

46th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals Nov.11-14

Pomona, Calif. (PSM)

(PSM) - Event will include Pro Stock Motorcycle

morgahorse · 08-30-2009, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonavieLeaker

I'd like to watch F1...But Im not getting up at 6am in the morning to do so

I am. Always have always will. Besides I can catch up on my sleep during the cab race.

Had a great time last night. I went to the IRL race in Joliet, talk about some close racing. Of course if I didn't know it was Aug. I would've thought it was Oct. the way weather was.

wkmac · 09-06-2009, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonavieLeaker

2010 NHRA Schedule

Series Remains at 24 events; Second Event Added in Charlotte; Countdown to the Championship to Start at Mac Tools U.S. Nationals

It’s the newest and most spectacular drag racing venue on the tour, and in 2010 zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C. will play host to two NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events. The new event is one of several exciting changes NHRA announced today as the world’s largest motorsports sanctioning organization revealed its 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule. The state-of-the-art dragstrip in the Charlotte, N.C. metro region will be the setting for two events: one in the spring and one in the fall, with an inaugural event added to the schedule on March 25-28, and the third annual NHRA Carolinas Nationals set for Sept. 16-19.

“Charlotte is quickly becoming a motorsports capital in the United States, rivaled only by Indianapolis, and the reception we have received from the fans and the number of major sponsors and teams that use the area as a base lead us to believe that it will provide the market foundation for those two races to evolve into among the two biggest events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series,” said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. The inaugural race in September last year featured special guests, packed stands and significant corporate hospitality.

Speaking of Charlotte, don't know if you saw this concerning plans for the upcoming drag race at Zmax Dragway.

Been keeping up with the US Nationals going on as we speak as Big Daddy Don Garlits returned to the driver seat but not behind the infamous Swamp Rat. Sadly, Big failed to make the show as Stock Eliminator ain't as easy as some might think.

pickup · 09-06-2009, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wkmac

Speaking of Charlotte, don't know if you saw this concerning plans for the upcoming drag race at Zmax Dragway.

Been keeping up with the US Nationals going on as we speak as Big Daddy Don Garlits returned to the driver seat but not behind the infamous Swamp Rat. Sadly, Big failed to make the show as Stock Eliminator ain't as easy as some might think.

Look at the sheeple, focusing on silly car races when their focus should be on things that truly affect them. Can't claim to be down the rabbit hole if you know stuff like this. Have you lost your red pills?

(RELAX: I'm just busting wkmac's chops. So please delete the angry replies you might have already started)

MonavieLeaker · 11-15-2009, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wkmac

Speaking of Charlotte, don't know if you saw this concerning plans for the upcoming drag race at Zmax Dragway.

Been keeping up with the US Nationals going on as we speak as Big Daddy Don Garlits returned to the driver seat but not behind the infamous Swamp Rat. Sadly, Big failed to make the show as Stock Eliminator ain't as easy as some might think.

That was great seeing TF and FC run 4 wide.....JJ wins NSCS Title..My boy Kyle Busch has the NNWS title locked up..Ron Hornaday wins the NCWTS title...Schumacher wins the TF title and Robert Hight wins the FC title