HiTech

i remember the just can out a name to it ..the car in front of the looks like thos old ford capri that ran in the mini stocks ..   names leave me over time even the next photo yellow  22 .. 

 Those bodied cars  were heavy  .. ... but took some good hard hits  to wipe one out ..bounce off each other all day long  get out after the race looking hard for damage and only a tire mark or scratch was  all there were ,

8 hours ago, King237 said:

Oh I figured it out and you did too and we didn't have to "call out" anyone

writings on the wall .printed black an white heck i didnt even have to take a  snooze to see the light switched on ...someone needs to piuck it up ..

 THAT SHOULD  tell you something .. u figure out what i mean ..

YOU GOT ME too look into the efi .. looks good .but we will have ot have two of those setups ..  we have twin carbs .

2 hours ago, Radical said:

I agree. If you want to run up front you best have some money backing you. Otherwise, you'll just be out there going around. Just seeing what is in the classifieds is way more than I ever had to pay in the 90's for anything. Yes, I know price of things go up but if you consider inflation I think it has gone up more than the economy. I also believe the dirt tracks will eventually go away as well. More developers are buying up property. They can offer the track owner an offer he couldn't refuse. I hope it never comes to that.

i just wonder what nascar and other big shows will do once we go electric ... going to be a hugh grave yard of new and used cars and trucks .. . idont see local tracks being able ot follow ... by then  gas would be really sky high . .i hope not in my lifetime i will see that . unless i am lucky .

 brother has a jet boat   60 over  was a 468 13.to 1  but took it down to 10 to 1  .not my ideal .. ..  heads have been reworked . 208 valves  . 688 roller   eagle pistons eagle h beam   and  so on .the motor was  originally   build for an 9 second noval . .. we have two 750 holly carbs    ..    it runs  really good on the water for  a drag motor  .but i can tell the carbs are outdated and wearing out .. i was wondering  what the best carb would be in a decent budget price .. // . stay with  holley  .go with the demon   a brawler  and so on .i am used to racecar motor  this one is alittle out of my league alittle  but learning about it  .  it is solid roller   and i do have the lash set right  all msd  .    TIMING  MAX 34 AT THIS TIME  . would also like to know a good plug for this motor . 3/4 lenth ... plus whats your take on the carb selections  . 

5 minutes ago, RodneyRodriguez said:

Yes indeed men, whole new ballgame these days. It really has squeezed out the common racer. We saw the writing on the wall years ago when it became impossible to compete with the big money. You race for fun but hell you want to have a chance to do well. When we realized a top 5 was a win, it was time to do something else. It sucks.

Very much a snowball effect of how it got to where it is, and well said about Texas. Dirt it is and it is getting pretty complicated too I hope that bunch is able to work together and keep it thriving for many years to come.

i see dirt going the same way as paved .. the cost each year just to keep up with the jones  will do as it always has sooner or later a class is gone .. but that has always been part of racing .., just to figure the cost to race a car  counting fuel pit passes entry  food and such min average  low side about $300.00for a s small team  that is if you dont have major damage.my son decided it was time to get out, cost just to   buy the things the car needed  . and yes rod  getting in the top five is a win today ..u see alot of great drivers good teams  but dont have the money  to keep up or buy those $ 800.00 shocks  .

13 hours ago, top_shelf_12 said:

Think it was 10:22 when I took Maupin's Factory Stock Victory Lane photo. Think I need to find a better place to take those from, will work on that the remainder of the year.

BELOW THE PRESS BOX

5 hours ago, top_shelf_12 said:

Cotton Bowl is definitely a good place to go lately. If we were closer, I'd make more trips there myself. 

well i went out to my second race at the ranch  of the season ...worth it tonight ...   track was really good  from top to bottom and let alot of close  racing many  times  three  wide here  and sometimes four wide  ..jessie . allen and i dont know who was in the other car ran three wide most of the heat race  dog eat dog with jessie the meat .. how they did not hit each other was fantastic driving  . jesse was wall hugged most of the race with not inches to spare .. he said  the other drivers must have thought they had him where they wanted  where he would back out .. they dont know jessie  . racing at the old bull ring  pays off ..  

 CORRECTION  AFTER FURTHER THOUGHT .   i could be wrong but looks like  rebs on steroids ...

On 6/16/2022 at 8:43 PM, arob said:

 

fits you arob ..

2 hours ago, metroracer said:

What is that old Pop song.....   "Pave Paradice.....  Put up a Parking Lot,  Don't know what you got till it's gone !!!!

I just was remembering the Good Old Days as a Young Racer in Texas of the Choices of Paved Oval Track Speedways to go to as a Race Fan or as A Young Inspiring Racer to be starting out in the late 70's @ Meyer Speedway in Houston in the Six Cylinder Hobby Stock Division (  = Broncos).   Soon after that I started to get invitations to race at other Texas Oval Track Racing Venues like: Lone Star Speedway in the Austin area,  CC Speedway in the Corpus area,  Pan American Speedway in North S/A area, & at the Brand New "Hwy-16 Super Speedway on the "Poteet, Hwy -16 in south S/A.....

Those were the Days,   So Many to Pick & Choose From ( Sort of Pick Your Poison So to Speak !!!!)   Now we Anit Got Nary a One of them left....

HMP is the ONLY Rae of Sun shine let in the Whole State of Texas with the Abundance & Over Loaded with Willing & Able Racers "Chomping & the Bit ( Including Me !!!) to be able Race Sort of Like Amatore Nascar Home Track Style Paved Oval Short Track Racing.

In My Late 50's I bought a Pro-Stock race car and started to race at HMP in 2014 & early 2015,   But there was a lot of Drama & Things going on at the track & in my Personal life at that time frame..... In 2015, HMP oval track shut down....   So Raced at CTS about four time that year.   Racing in the Budweiser 250 in July of 2015 in the 50 lap Super Stock race was the Fun-est time I had ever had in My Whole life in that One Race,   However I Cut Down a right rear tire 10 laps in and still finished up 17th of a 27 Super Stock Field.   I got race that night with Bob Caufield with his '56 Chevy.....   What a Treat that was, Bob was able to finish the race and placed 10th.... 

Don't get me wrong, I did Not Burn up the Track in 2014 & 2015 at All,  I Just in the need for valuable "Seat Time",   But Race Tracks Closing Down Right & Left.....  That Need for Valuable Seat time just faded away....   CTS Closed, CC Speedway Closed around that time as well.

Yep those were the Good Old Days that I Miss So Much in my life....

Unfortunately, Due to Circumstances out of our Control....   HMP Now only a Limited Oval Track Event Schedule Available per year.

All Meaning My Life Long Deams & Hopes of Multiple Paved Oval Track Racing Venues in The Grate State of Texas with its Abondance of Willing & Talented Race Car Driver & the Deep Rooted Talented Racing Families that S/A , CC, Austin, & Houston Area has to offer to the Racing World is:  Fore Give Me - A Shame in the Worst Degree....   In My Opinion.....   Organized Paved Short Oval Track Racing can only be Short Lived in a Reality Real World Situation with only a Few Race Dates to Work With !!!   In a Manor of Speaking with no Real Fault to Any One in-concern or Particularly !!!!    Sort of like Me Years back,  Some Times We just Can't see the Forest because of the Trees or Just Can't Smell the Coffee.....

In My Case,  In My Young life....  There were Many Paved Oval Tracks to choose from !!!   Now, We are Grateful to have just One Paved Oval to Race Fan at or Racer Race at these....

I am 67 now,  So My Hopes & Dreams with the Passioned Fire for Driving a Race Car or even going to My Local Speedway to Enjoy some Good Old Time Asphalt Texas Style Short Track Racing......  ( I Repeat =  TEXAS STYLE) at Multiple Racing venues with a Full Racing Season & With a Full Championship Season End Awards Banquet)  is going by the wayside before my Eyes...... & Other Texas Racers as well....

So if You Have a spare Ten Million or So lying around to help keep Texas Racers on the Racing Map to help keep our Dreams Alive & Well fo a long time to come...

All Meaning -  Learn From My Mistakes of Not "Seeing the Forest Because of the Trees, or Not Smelling the Coffee while the Coffee is Brewing....

Now I can only wish that I had "Seen the Trees" or "Smelled that Coffee While the Coffee was Brewing a long time ago...

Now there is all most No Trees to See, & all most No Coffee to Smell in the Racing World in this Area.

So a Word of Advice for Free = Lets ALL Stop Bitching about one thing or the Other..... " AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPEEDWAY IN ONE FORM OR FASION !!!"

So My Long Time Passion for Racing Texas Style does Not have the Same Fate as the Dinasaur.....  Right Now it is Headed that Way in My Opinion....

Thanks for Your Time, Best Wishes....

John Cornish #02

i am 66  and know just what you are talking about . .. , but the thing about racing in the future  is cost  as it always has been   finding kids today that want to race on a track  outside of your family is getting even harder .. ..you cant go out and find a carbed  car or truck anymore    .makes it hard to get the everyday kid to get involed .. and with electric on its way in  our type of cars from those days you mentioned are going to go by the way side  .. look at nascar they left us local racers behind  .all electronic now .. even the car  lost the trans missions and solid rear axels  ..we can not compete with that  .. a young person who was never around   cars and motors like ours  would not know the first thing about  the workings ....as for bitching  you know and i know that will never  ever go away .. what did go away for the most part is saturday night at the fights .. havent  seen a tire iron or jack or screwdriver a peice of pipe anything being thrown or used against another in a long time .. unheard today .. texas beinmg a big time football and baseball state has always had  hard time in getting  folks in the stands where  a young pup like we were could  say hey i can do that . i want  to do that and do so  ..shoot have you seen the cost of just a  factory stock .. and pulling a car with a dolly   wont work   i n the old days we could build many of the parts not  anymore  ..the dallor   isnt worth much  anymore  .it wont go as far  so  it takes alot of those bills to buy anything or just to get a car to the racetrack  pay your way in .. it cost the team  just to drive up to texana  enter the car pit passes fuel  food    an average of three hundred   min  .the equipment in the thousands .. . thats is alot of bucks  its a wonder we still have any racing  .. shoot just to get in the pits  dont even own a car cost 35 bucks ......

SHOOT WE SHOULD NAME THIS TEXAS POLITCALZONE .. THAT WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING .. ..I CANT BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT IN CAPLOCKS MUST BE THE WEATHER ..

8 hours ago, Radical said:

It's just that some of us attended one of Nick's suspension workshops. I for one still have a head that spins in one direction and does a 180 and spins in the other direction. This cycles about every 3 minutes. Once mine and possibly others can stop this wobbly situation maybe the chatter will pick up. 

chatter chatter bing bong .. ok .. i havent ofund my mind after nicks class see what i mean  . the f is in the wrong spot i am just one adjustment away from correcting that little tight in the turns ..the f stands for  that word that starts with f and ends with uck ..and it isnt what  you think the word is .. now you woke me up .... damn its hot out there ..threw the meat on the outside zgrill smoker  and never plugged it in  .. burgers were cooked just right and hour later .. dang  the dems should be happy i didnt polute the air today  .except a few backfires in my jeans ..  

13 hours ago, NickHolt said:

HiTech, I'm here and watching you... 

So good to see Jesse end up at the front of the field.  And congrats to Chuck Perry too!  Home team doing well.

Great write up top...

dont watch to closely ..

9 hours ago, top_shelf_12 said:

Good to see you back up in the stand too. We even met a couple from Pennsylvania who are used to Late Models and 410 Sprints, they enjoyed SUS, so Mr. Waller, keep doing what you're doing, you have a good series going and thanks for making the trek down here.

Had a talk with jesse tonight he had fun with   first top five all year its cost  alot of money to get his car fast enough under the hood to least see the top five ..  he had an issue getting on the tech pad  jimmy said something to him  like have not seen you around in a long time  . jesse laughed said i have not  been  this high up with  needing to go to tech in a long time . i have not  spent as much time on the racecars or even going this year ... maybe that s why he is doing  better  lol ..  i did work hard on the car while i was there tonight .i adjusted the carb mixture for him  darn reaching for that screwdriver was tough  ..i was locked in a four day  battle with a chevy truck that should have taken 7 hours to repair   starting thursday morning and woking 16 plus hours a day  though saterday and  partly sunday and today ..   beat the hell out of me ..turning two screws on jesse carb  was a vacation ..glad  nick and friends keep this sight up and going  and u keep us informed  on this local track  helps alot ..btw way where is nick ..

4 hours ago, RodneyRodriguez said:

Well JJ led a lap, but not the day he was looking for wound up in the fence. This race is like no other.

This year's race was a Grand Slam. 

figured he was staying  out to lead a lap ..  .. looks like he turned in to early or to far and lost it .. 

4 minutes ago, top_shelf_12 said:

Danielsen challenges Perry for the lead 

i suppose the  phone went dead

1 minute ago, top_shelf_12 said:

Low battery so hopefully make it through this one. Thank you HiTech.

WELCOME .. the race i was waiting for and your battery is going low ..was that planned

GOOD JOB AGAIN TOP

On 5/26/2022 at 11:36 AM, 24nomo said:

Those of us who go or watch it on TV dont want them to change it.  I like to go an check out the Monster Energy girls and Torchys Tacos.   The races are not the only action at the track, but it gives us a reason to meet and raise hell

On 5/26/2022 at 11:36 AM, 24nomo said:

Those of us who go or watch it on TV dont want them to change it.  I like to go an check out the Monster Energy girls and Torchys Tacos.   The races are not the only action at the track, but it gives us a reason to meet and raise hell

 lol ..tried to watch jr win his first  race there .. thank god my wife would go the rest rooms or get drinks  ..two  ladies  in bathing suits if you call them that   would pass by every few minutes .. sure missed alot of action on the track ..  ..  

7 hours ago, 24nomo said:

Side by side bumper to bumper is overrated.  Many of those tracks you cant pass without wrecking.  At TMS, you have to lift considerably in turn 1 and 2 and that separates the good from the bad and you can sure pass there.   Blaney had em covered, I like it when the best car wins

 . u just made my point ...... change the track to improve the racing .

6 hours ago, top_shelf_12 said:

It has been for IndyCar and the Truck Series. Some of the closest finishes in both series are at TMS.

i am not talking about those .. nascar is the big show and that show isnt all that good ... 

 THE TEXAS TRACK NEED TO BE RECONFIGURED SOME HOW  in a way where it creates more close racing  more side by side and more chances of passing .. THIS TRACK HAS NEVER  been a side by side track its never been a bumper to bumper track ..  last time i was there was 2002 and it rained out sunday . we spent over a thousand to go  and weather  sent us home i  could not call my boss and get an ok to take the monday off .. i was the boss and i had a contract with fed ex ground and no one else  knew my  country route ..so i had to come home ..