HOUSTONLM04 Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 40 cars today 14.30's is best and all the top 10 are running sub-15's, everybody else is low 15's with a few WAY out in left field 16+... Weather looks like it's going to hold, track is real good but little rubber after grinding... ASA put out cones today to force them working the outside (good luck) All the local guys all struggled today... fastest is Hooks and he's running outside the top 20 on the speed charts (15.10's if I remember correctly). It looks like it's going to be well worth the $20 admission... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 Kenny Bumbera did alright and Casey Smith got 6th in practice.. Pos. # Driver Make Time Speed Margin 1 52 Butch Miller Chev. 14.660 92.087 0.000 2 55 Todd Kluever Chev. 14.769 91.408 0.109 3 63 Robbie Pyle Chev. 14.800 91.216 0.140 4 44 Peter Cozzolino Chev. 14.814 91.130 0.154 5 5 Rick Beebe Ford 14.821 91.087 0.161 6 R 08 Casey Smith Chev. 14.856 90.872 0.196 7 7 Gary St. Amant Chev. 14.861 90.842 0.201 8 15 Joey Miller Chev. 14.868 90.799 0.208 9 80 Bryan Reffner Chev. 14.873 90.769 0.213 10 R 29 Reed Sorenson Chev. 14.873 90.769 0.213 11 1 Kevin Cywinski Chev. 14.882 90.714 0.222 12 17 Mike Garvey Chev. 14.891 90.659 0.231 13 25 Mike Cope Chev. 14.896 90.628 0.236 14 R 91 Jesse Klug Chev. 14.930 90.422 0.270 15 2 Chad Wood Chev. 14.933 90.404 0.273 16 R 45 Dwayne Buggay Dodge 14.942 90.349 0.282 17 R 16 Tracy Gordon Pont. 14.944 90.337 0.284 18 R 30 Travis Kittleson Chev. 14.953 90.283 0.293 19 53 Glenn Allen, Jr Chev. 14.976 90.144 0.316 20 05 Chris Wimmer Chev. 15.002 89.988 0.342 21 00 Kenny Bumbera Chev. 15.013 89.922 0.353 22 R 23 Stephen Leicht Chev. 15.046 89.725 0.386 23 R 66 Boris Jurkovic Chev. 15.048 89.713 0.388 24 60 Ed Brown Chev. 15.061 89.635 0.401 25 87A John Webb Chev. 15.062 89.630 0.402 26 32 Troy Wangerin Chev. 15.075 89.552 0.415 27 33 Greg Stewart Chev. 15.084 89.499 0.424 28 71 Brett Sontag Chev. 15.106 89.368 0.446 29 97 Doug Hooks Pont. 15.116 89.309 0.456 30 R 06 Davin Scites Chev. 15.117 89.303 0.457 31 R 11 Ryan Hemphill Chev. 15.127 89.244 0.467 32 39 Shane Sieg Chev. 15.132 89.215 0.472 33 89 Chris Davidson Chev. 15.143 89.150 0.483 34 09 J.C. Beattie Chev. 15.157 89.068 0.497 35 8 John Silverthorne Chev. 15.202 88.804 0.542 36 R 07 Kris Stump Ford 15.289 88.299 0.629 37 82 Kyle Burts Chev. 15.306 88.201 0.646 38 R 69 Charlie Hanna Pont. 15.309 88.183 0.649 39 33A Greg Stewart Chev. 15.348 87.959 0.688 40 R 14 Jeremy Miller Chev. 15.787 85.513 1.127 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTONLM04 Posted April 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 I guess that's the difference between having the "facts" and simply going with the "gut"... (grin)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 Hey Houston LM04, Keep those LIVE reports coming in. Those of us not able to make it to Houston this weekend are anxious to hear how things are going! And gut feelings are good enough for me.. LOL Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 atleast you are there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ups88john Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 hey brad, you gonna make it to the race?? we will be heading down there tomorrow at about noon. Big John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ1796 Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 14.6, wow, I expected them to go faster than that. Romco top qualifier was like 14.2 wasnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy5249 Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 Times will drop when they qualify Romco does the same thing during practice run slower al day then go qualify at 3 to 4 tenthes quicker i think its going to be an exciting race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jont66 Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 ROMCO HAS MORE MOTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 alot more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy5249 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 You guys are right Romco does have alot more motor but working on a team for Romco and going to all the races. In practice Romco runs 14.50's and 60's and qualify at 14.20's according to my calculations that means that the times from practice to qualifying DROP by 3 to 4 tenths. Does anyone know what ASA qualifyed at and im sure my point will be shown in the times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar2248 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 MOTOR has nothing to do with them picking up their times. what does it matter if they have more motor, they have 2in wider tires than we do. And they will pick up atleast 2 tenths in qualifying randy5249. Don't look at their last practicies because everybody put their qual set ups on the cars, and did a mach qual run. Look at the first 2 practices. And i would like to say good job to the hooks crew, for changing the entire car up (bunch of changes) in 10 min and gettting doug out there in time for the last practice on friday. (GOOD JOB GUYS) ((PIcked him up 3 tenths in the last practice on friday)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar2248 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 the crew also picked him up more on saturday, Ran 15.1 on friday, and qualifyed at a 14.6!!!! GOOD JOB GUYS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 From the changes I seen to the track surface, look for a 14.00 or 13.90 pole time from ROMCO next time. ASA cars are a little slower due to less power, narrower track width and less aero downforce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUmscheid 51 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 i do believe the pole was a 14.3 by Robbie Pyle but i cant ramember exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy5249 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 Your right the pole was a 14.3. So my point is proven that the times did drop wether they are down on power or not. Pratice times where 14.5's and 6's. whitch means they dropped 2 to 3 tenths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Racer Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 I recall Pyle's time being 14.39, Garvey @ 14.44, then the rest were in the 14.5's. Their qualifying times were not that much better than practice times because they have to qualify with their race set-up. They are not allowed to touch the cars between qualifying and the race. Most of the guys that qualified well did it late in the session after a good groove was laid down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar2248 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 they picked their times up in the last session, they had new tires on and did some other stuff, for a mach qualifying run. Pyle did run a high 4 before then but he had new tires on. So they actually did pick up time in qualifying as do the romco guys. Weather you have motor or not, when the track cools you should pick up, and new tires help a ton. So the whole motor deal is nothing to discuss on this matter, unless i am missing the point of what jont66 and jason are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Pyle's fastest practice times on Sat were 14.503 in the early session and 14.389 in the late session. He qualified for the pole at 14.396 Butch Miller's were 14.608, 14.500 with 14.628 in qualifying. Just FYI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar2248 Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Late session was when everyone did MACH QUALIFYING, so that means his fastest time on sat was a .5, so .5-.3 = .2, he picked up 2 tenths in qualifying. From what yall are saying this is what i get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ1796 Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 2 inch wider tires would explain the difference in times, I just didnt realize that. By the way, does the ASA allow traction control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivicic Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 No Traction Control at all. I was told by Kluever that they even make them take body parts off in tech to check everywhere on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar2248 Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 they also have different computer boxes, to switch out of the cars to make sure nothing is done to them. (Like more power, or electronic tc etc...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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