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Post by sportf on Jul 23, 2022 14:29:59 GMT
Victory Nostalgia Super Stock race at Eddyville 29-30 July. This is where it is happening this summer, Funny Car Chaos. Get that race car ready and be there!!!! Schedule to follow shortly, although we know Friday gates will open 1 PM. Weather is going to be great! Attachments:
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Post by victorynss on Jul 25, 2022 11:48:21 GMT
The weather looks awesome!!!! Becky and I look forward to seeing everyone there. This is going to be a great event! The Butcher
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Post by sportf on Jul 25, 2022 15:16:27 GMT
Eddyville Funny Car Chaos, Victory Nostalgia Super Stock racing schedule.
Gates open at 1 PM Friday. We will get two test hits Friday evening about 5 PM and this will set us up for our drivers meeting at 7PM.
If you feel confident in your index, we will note that at this meeting. You will have an opportunity to change it Saturday, and we are planning on one test, and one qualifier before eliminations about 2 pm or so on Saturday.
Snack out to follow drivers meeting. As usual, Victory will supply plates and utensils, and all racers, crew members, and family are welcome to join. If you can, bring a snack or crackers or so to share. This has been working out for us and there is always more than we should eat leftover.
Saturday, test hit at 10 AM or so, qualifying after that. Eliminations after 2 PM or so. The Duell “dead on” award is up to $400 here for any dead on elimination run or a perfect light in eliminations. We will have Victory hats and Tee shirts for sale here also.
Also, for the final race at Cordova, we will have two special awards that we will be giving out in addition to the “usual” race giveaways.
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Post by sportf on Jul 31, 2022 20:47:53 GMT
John Hamer wins Eddyville Victory NSS race while Shawn Johnston is runner up. Funny car Chaos comes to an end with a beautiful afternoon and evening of racing. Photos and details to follow.
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Post by sportf on Aug 1, 2022 19:09:14 GMT
Eddyville Victory NSS Racing 29-30 July 2022
We had a beautiful weekend of racing at the Funny Car Chaos event, held at Eddyville raceway. For this time of year, the weather couldn't have been better. As such, many of the Victory cars had a hard time slowing the cars to make the index.
21 Cars showed up to race, but, unfortunately, Matt Mothershed's car just couldn't make the shifter work and that left us with a 20 car ladder come Saturday morning.
Friday, we had two test hits among the 30 plus funny cars that showed up. They had qualifying hits also, so there was plenty of spectating to do as well. We had our drivers meeting, and then went on to our snack out and bench racing session to end a really nice day at the race track.
Saturday came and we all had a test hit before our final qualifying round. With the qualifying pass made, it turns out our current points leader, Shawn Johnston showed us why he is points leader; by being number one qualifier. Interestingly enough, this is the first time Shawn has been number one qualifier with Victory. On to the first round eliminations.
Round 1
Rosie Kossuth takes her 64 Dodge to the lanes and Fast Eddie Wheeldon lines his real '68 (Jim Van Zee) hemi Dart, along side. Lights come down and Eddie cuts a nice “done right here” bulb. This is the first time out for the Dart after a serious engine problem. Eddie never got a full test or qualifying hit on the car yet, and that didn't help him out here for sure. Rosie runs it out the back to show us she has the index covered.
Bob Lantero then lines his 6.41 Dart, along side the big wedge powered Barracuda of John Hamer with a 6.57 index. Bob is having a really great year, and no matter what happens, he will finish in the top 5 (most likely). Bob turns the starting line into the finish line when that 'dang it' bulb comes on and John gets to go to the next round.
Next, in an all Ford Galaxie round, Dick Monaco's white 64 lines up with Bob Westhoff's black 63. Dick cuts a light two times better than Bob's .060 light, but has trouble down track. With Dick's car drifting to the center line he makes a slight correction, which doesn't take, and then does, but more radically. As Dick said, 'Not much to do here, other than to lift, and race some other day”. Bob will go a couple more rounds here today, and has gone rounds most every race this year. Dick's problem may have been the track, as a little later, Jay Freihage will have a similar situation.
Jim Hagenhoff's 65 hemi Belvedere then lines up with the 63 Max Wedge 4 speed car of Jim Ferguson. If you have ever tried a burnout in the water box with a 4 speed you would know what kind of actions this takes. For first time attempts, it usually doesn't work out. Both Jim and Jim cut similar, but not spectacular lights, and as such, they have a close race. Ferguson sees the hemi coming on, but has just enough room to tap the brakes before the finish line, only to see the 113 mph hemi go screaming by to take the win. I said later to Ferguson that a line lock and two step would be legal in his 4 speed. His reply was great, he said, “That's not the way it was done back then, and I'm old school all the way”. Yep, that's true.
Dalton Bruemmer then lines up with this writer. Dalton has this casual attitude about racing, and he is fun and relaxing to be around, because of it. I think he went to the Jeff Blick school of calm when I wasn't looking. I found, as the tree is coming down, that I'm thinking of a lot of different things, in one of those high speed thinking modes we sometimes find ourselves in. As this is happening, I see Dalton leave, and I come back to thinking about doing that myself, but too early. So my start line turns into the finish line, but I run it out anyway. And, the tires slipped anyway and I can't run the number for a double wammy loss. Earlier, Jimmy Ferguson's crew chief Mike, had shown me a video of my qualifying launch, with one tire wrinkling twice as much as the other. I need new tires despite the lack of age and runs.
David Fuzner's 64 T-Bolt then lines up with Jeff Wood's 64 Plymouth hardtop. I really like those Plymouth hardtops, that is one good looking Mopar. Now, watch Jeff's crew chief in the staging lanes, she has him well trained and versed in the prep time we have. Its always nice to have some help in the sunny heat of the staging lanes, and they both have fun at this. Jeff cuts a really nice .008 red light, but David really shows him the ropes here with his red light. But, since Jeff's red was before David's, Fuzner will go on to the next round. No “True Start” here in NSS racing.
Next Curt Hoeft's rocket powered Comet lines up with the 'Large Marge' car of Derek Strait. Derek puts a good .016 light on Curt and when the time slip was seen, it showed that it would have been hard for Curt to overcome that problem. Curt gave it a shot, but Derek takes the stripe and the big smile.
We have some fast cars in Victory, but curiously the fastest are the 65 Plymouths. I wonder why that is. So, Don Bruemmer's nuclear powered hemi 65 lines up with the 65 Plymouth “Sea Bisket” of Jon Landwehr. Landwehr's index of 6.25 haves him leave just a little before that 6.09 index of Don's. Jon turns on the “dang it ALL the way down the track” bulb, and Don runs it out the back door. If anyone was paying attention, Don showed that he has the index well covered and that will be the problem for the next round. Well at least Don gets to the next round, Jon and I are hoping for some gamblers race luck. Unfortunately for us, due to oil down delays, there will be no gamblers for Victory this time. . Steve Gantz then lines his 65 Plymouth up against the hemi powered Barracuda of Jay Freihage Steve takes off with a killer light but Jay is shortly behind. Jay's car starts to drift out of the groove and he is able to ever so gently bring it back and stay in it. As Jay comes full steam on the finish line, he is tapping the brakes knowing he has to slow. Steve sees Jay will take the stripe and backs down just a smidgen and watches Jay break out by .06. Jay had quite ride there, and this is the same lane that Dick Monaco drifted around in and had to back out just a few races prior. Steve moves to the money round, Jay joins the spectator group known as the “first round runner ups”.
Last Pair. Shawn Johnston then lines up his “Kid Vicious” racing Plymouth, against the real max wedge 63 Plymouth of Jerry Stellrecht. For the third time in my memory, and the second race in a row, a Victory racer stages on an incorrect dial and goes out. If you remember, at the Mopar Bash in St. Louis, TeVault staged on a 12.0 index instead of his 10.0. About 4 years ago Dalton Bruemmer's car number was entered wrong and it gave him an 8.50 dial instead of the 11.25 he was looking for. Jerry staged on a 6.93 instead of a 6.73, while Shawn staged on a correct 6.89. Jerry left first, which must have been confusing. At the finish line, Shawn could see he was going to take the stripe and backed off, allowing Jerry to break out with a 6.800 on that bad 6.93 “index”. Another way to loose at the track that hurts, and we move on.
Round two.
John Hamer lines up the big wedge powered Barracuda against Lady Max Wedge Rosie Kossuth. John cuts a better light and Rosie just can't catch John at the stripe and John takes the win. Rosie stayed in it and ran just .01 over as she tried to shove him out, but no luck there. Although she was better than 50% of us first round runner ups, she joins the spectator gang anyway.
Bobby Westhoff then takes his black 63 Galaxie to the line against Dalton 'Cool Hand' Bruemmer's 65 Plymouth. Dalton cuts a better light, but for some unknown reason, the car slows a little and this allows Bob to sneak by for the win. None of this showed until looking at the time slip, of course. One guy looks at his time slip and figures out how he won, the other guy looks at the time slip and figures out why he lost. At least with my red light, I could figure out why I lost without looking at anything. (oh, BTW, did you ever notice, Miss Universe is always from Earth?)
Then Shawn Johnston lines up with pit neighbor David Fuzner. David was on a roll this day, but it was the 'red light' roll. So, that didn't work out, and 'Kid Vicious'' racing goes on (and on and on).
Derek Strait then runs Jim Hagenhoff. In a test hit, Jim pulled the wheels on his car and must have went out at least 150-200 feet in the smoothest wheelie ever to be seen, in quite some time. Jim had the index covered, and really could have won this round had he turned on a green bulb. But, green was not Jim's color here, and the start line was the finish line as well. Derek ran it out, covered the index and then some, and goes on to more money.
Steve Gantz then shows Don Bruemmer how to run the top end. Steve had a better light, but Don had some speed. As they come on the finish line, Don sees he can take the stripe and just puts a little tap on the brakes. Not quite enough, just a little. If he could have dropped a .03 more, the day would have been better. But then, Steve was right there. Steve goes on to the money round.
Round 3 Derek Strait pulls his 65 Dodge into the beams against Bobby Westhoff. Bobby takes off on his 7.37 index and Derek launches off on his 7.21. For some reason, Bobby's crew chief Gary and him don't know why, the car slows a little and won't run the number. Derek runs dead on with a 3 to take the win.
Then, eventual winner John Hamer lines up with Steve Gantz's 65 Plymouth hardtop. Hamer cuts a good light, Steve, not so much. Steve's light was one of those “you are done right here at the start” lights and John goes on. At this point, its dark, and its been a long day. But, somebody is going to win this, and you got to hang in there to do that.
Number one qualifier, Shawn Johnston, finally hangs in there long enough to get a bye run for his qualifying position, and he cuts a great light and runs a little under. Back at the pits, he gets a little more speed ready for the next round, the semis.
Round 4
Shawn Johnston then lines up with Derek Strait. Derek is on a pass that is not going to be passed, and Shawn lets him take the stripe only to have Derek break out in the cool evening air.
John Hamer gets the bye into the finals here and hits the tree hard and runs dead on. Kinda sets the stage for what will happen next.
Final round.
This round was run no later that 12 minutes after the last pass these guys made. They both pull into the water box in the well lit night air, to a full Funny Car Chaos crowd. Everyone in the place would like to be these guys right now, but only these racers get to be these racers. With all the Victory gang at the start line, the lights come down. Johnston's light is a little better but John catches Shawn before the stripe and passes him to take the win. What a great night for both of these guys, what a great night for Victory.
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