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  1. Chris is entered. Couple more from the Southeast, Bubba Pollard and Jake Finch
  2. In years past, gun drilled bolts were legal. The issue is really not that the bolt is drilled, but more it is how much. It is one thing to take a 3/4 inch diameter bolt and drill about a 1/4 out of the center. .750-.250 leaves .500, which means you have .250 wall thickness. In that instance, it actually gives a bit of strength to the bolt being a tube rather than a solid. But, 1/4 inch was OK, so lets put on the racer hat and decide a few more ounces can be saved if we drill it out a half inch. .750 - .500 leaves .250, or a 1/8 inch wall thickness. And that is the shank. remember the entire bolt is drilled. Lets go out to the threads and measure the wall diameter in the thread valleys. It is going to be less than the 1/8 inch. So if you look at the bolt in question, it is significantly drilled. This leaves a potential for the threaded area to crack, break, and release the bolt, giving it a chance to vibrate out. This has happened. That is why every SLM sanctioning body in the country has a no drilled bolt in the suspension clause, and some go so far as to ban them over the entire car. As for a DQ over one bolt, where do you draw the line? If you are on this forum, you have something to do with racing. OK, one bolt, we'll let it slide. you will say, well, its only two bolts. then only three bolts. You all have seen a scenario played out like this.
  3. The car company Copart is involved in the sale of grandview and i-30 to go along with their purchase and destruction of Concord Motor Speedway in 2019.
  4. Taylor Gray (and his brother Tanner) are Johnny's Grandsons. Their Dad, Shane Gray, was a NHRA Pro Stock driver, following in Johnny's footsteps. Ya'll may also remember Tanner was the NHRA Pro Stock Champion a few years ago before switching to stock cars. Ron, Johnny did not, he was out of stock cars by then. He raced late models into the late 80's or so, and that was mostly the TROC and Texas Grand Prix events at Texas World. He then entered the drag racing world; he has raced in several classes.
  5. txtom

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    “The sound of his conversation prior to the spin led me to believe he spun on purpose. He asked someone to look at the replay before the said something he shouldnt. The crew chief said he looked at it and he could say what he wanted. A few laps late, the spin.” I could write a book on how much of this goes on in racing. Listen to enough scanners and you can pick the code words they use. Driver says “ I got a tire going down” Spotter says “ We need a caution” Sound innocent enough? Well, the drivers spins himself or someone else to get a caution. Heard it at every short track I’ve been to where radios are involved, and heard it at the Snowball Derby by some of the most recognizable names that run there. And, yes, I have heard it in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series in the few races I have attended at that level. Now in no way am I bashing Elliott by this, but he is not above doing things like creating his own caution.
  6. Uh, No....... The Ultimate Super series for dirt late models announced a $25,000 points championship, and many of their races pay $10,000 to win.
  7. Happy New Years yo you Mike! Let’s hope for a better 2022.....
  8. There is a message on the Facebook page of the Alamo City Motorplex Drag Strip that states it is closing after their truck event this weekend. Early rumor is the property has been sold and will not remain a racetrack.
  9. Ask anyone with a slab home on that same black dirt that COTA is built on about settling issues. Same black dirt underneath Texas World Speedway. Remember the grandstand settling issues?
  10. Thoughts and prayers to the Family of Tex Horn, the “Poteet Pistol”. Tex passed last night of Covid complications.
  11. They ran over berms on a road course? So what exactly is new about that?
  12. Thoughts and prayers to the Family of Darrell Godfredson. Darrell was a long time racer and later helped his son Chip, and more recently could be seen in the pits of his Grandson Garrett. He also promoted Shady Oaks Speedway many years back. Rest in Peace Darrell.
  13. Reading further on this, it is apparent that Roth Motorsports supplies the hauler and cash. Ruetzel supplies car, engines and crew. Everything about the car was under control of his guys. Not anyone from Roth. And Reutzel had a tech issue just a couple months ago in that series. Dennis and Theresa Roth are stand up folks that rarely travel to the races anymore. I do not believe that they had any knowledge of what Reutzel and his guys did. Ruetzel admitted what happened was his doing, And hopefully the Roth’s will move on to another driver with more morals and appreciation for what the Roth organization means to sprint car racing.
  14. REB, Yello Belly is still running. Not sure if we can round up enough weapons to go there........
  15. Heart of Texas Kart Club, Waco Texoma Speedway Karts Wichia Falls L87 Speedway Karts Corpus Motorsports Ranch,. Cresson club track Couple more kart dirt tracks in south Texas, but names escape me at the moment.
  16. Movie coming that will feature Chattanooga area drivers. This includes Freddy and Harold Fryar. Looks like it will air next week at the link below: https://www.itsinthebloodmovie.com/?fbclid=IwAR124jQ1L0Vue1cuc9m1tIMshPtzDxoMYrzMw3zStmpJGr6NQMCWYFWZuqE
  17. Birthday wishes are in order for our fearless keyboard commando Nick Holt. I couldn’t figure how use a larger font so he could read this; hopefully Sandra reads this to him!
  18. Yes, Lots of Late Models that you saw at the short tracks. Funny story from back then-- on a practice day, "Moose" Bowen and Luke Griffin are standing watching an open practice. Some guy in a sports car (SCCA style racer) come pulling back into the pits, gets out of his car fairly near where Moose and Luke are standing. Remember both were pretty large size men. The guy gets out all shaken and mad and when his crew asked him what was wrong, he went into a tirade about the true late model guys; how fast they were going, how close they were racing each other and others, and how loose the cars were. He went on to say they were dangerous and should not be out there. Luke and Moose started laughing, and when the sporty guy asked why they were laughing, Griffin said, "Hey, they are out there just having fun, wait until tomorrow when they get serious". Would have loved to see the guys face when Luke said that. I have no idea if anyone out there has any results from those Aquafest races; also do not know who promoted them.
  19. Some pics I received of Auggie "Hands" Hartkopf. No discussion of Central Texas drag racing goes very far without his name coming up.
  20. Longhorn is now a field. It was plowed up last fall. Here is a pic taken from turn three back towards turn 1.
  21. Back abound Christmas/New years, I went by there and ran into a guy that stated he was the new owner. We talked for several minutes and the basic story then was it was going to be torn down. That man I talked to is the owner of a prominent CC Wrecker business; That would validate the thought that it will be a wrecker yard.
  22. Just found out that Bubba Storbeck passed a couple days ago. 1976 Track Champion at Pan American.
  23. Please Keep Paul Horelka and his family in your thoughts and prayers. His wife Carol passed away yesterday.
  24. So, I’m in Corpus today and went by the track earlier. Ran into a guy that is either the new owner or is involved. Most of you Corpus guys will know who it is. Had a very candid and cordial conversation with him; very nice man, and it appears from what he said that we have probably seen our last race
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