Post by sportf on May 30, 2023 17:05:18 GMT
Eddyville bonus fun race wrap up
Well, we had a great points race on Saturday at Eddyville. Now the weather is just great and we are ready to have a Sunday race as well. 17 Cars and crews hung around to race in this beautiful weather. We raced in front of this terrific crowd, who enjoyed watching 'CHAOS IN THE CORN FIELD'. Wow, what an event to be a part of it. I mean, where else could you watch 23 Nitro cars make a pass and then into competition?
We had one qualifier for this race. To create a ladder, we qualified by the best reaction times. A ladder is always the best and fairest way to line up, and that way you can see a bye run coming at you, like the pros, and that can make you nervous. Also, it's the nostalgia super stock way, just like in the past.
John Hamer kills the tree with a .006 light for number one, followed by (me) Hoffman, Hoeft, and Strait, and Westhoff for the top 5. There is going to be some byes here, and John gets the first one.
Round one
Jeff Wood lines up with Curt Hoeft in his Comet verses 64 Plymouth for first pair. Curt is having a really good weekend, going to the semi's in Saturday's race. But that doesn't mean anything here. Curt turns on the I'm done here, right at the start, light. And Jeff takes the win. Jeff got lucky, as he was making a sandwich when the tree comes down. Later, that same day, he left the line, and takes the win.
Next, a Ford on Ford battle takes place when David Fuzner takes on that rocket ship Fairlane of Kevin Czajkowski. David puts on a .001 light on Kevin's much slower .015 light. Its like David didn't want to race, he just wanted to win with a light like that. It's neck and neck down the track, Fusner takes the win by an inch or so. Wow, that was a nice race. Although David was happier, Kevin didn't have a lot of regrets after looking at the time slip. Here is one of those cases that Kevin does everything right, but still is done anyway. And he'll come back for more......racing. This can be tough on the head sometimes.
Next, I take on Jay Freihage in his hemi powered Barracuda. He takes the left lane, I got the right. This is the same set up at Eddyville that twice before, just like this, we have lined up. Last time, Jay laid a perfect light on me. Time before he had like a .003 light. This all occurs to me as we go to the burn out box. Well, all I can do is try to do my best. I leave, then Jay leaves. Well, those gremlins Jay has been fighting save my day. I take the win, Jay puts it in the trailer and has some troubleshooting to do.
Derek Strait, in Large Marge lines up with Don Bruemmer. Don is strapped in and ready for that unknown thrill ride that just may be trying to kill him with hemi power. Well, unfortunately Don had his typical wheels up, violent launch, comes down and hits second in his chase of Large Marge, but does so just a little, I mean just a little, too soon. Marge goes on, Don gets ready to cheer on son Dalton.
John Landwehr then puts his Plymouth on the line against Dalton Bruemmer. Both of these guys have a launching dual, who can have the slowest light, and still win. Both are equally late, but only one can win. Both lights are almost equally slow........Dalton comes out ahead. Dalton gets lucky, John doesn't.
Brian Haberburger then takes his 64 Mopar to the line against Jim Hagenhoffs hemi. Jims hemi launches terrifically, but just too darn soon. Brian runs it out, showing us all he has the number covered, with a little to spare.
Next pair Bob Westhoff lines his Ford against Saturday's winner Don Gaines. Bob cuts a light on Donnie, and Donnie just can't catch him. Bob goes on.
Then, Bob Haberburger lines up with Clay Kossuth. The Haberburger guys are having a pretty good week end, and this round will make it better. Bob has got way more engine than he does tires, and has to watch how he launches, to keep from blowing off the tires. Bob leaves first, but Clay is right behind. Clay goes flying past Bob's A body with his 63 Dodge. Clay takes a little too much stripe, and Bob goes on.
John Hamer, number one qualifier, gets the test run bye to the next round.
Round 2
Once again, the ladder lines up Ford on Ford when Bob Westhoffs 63 lines up with David Fuzner's number 45 T Bolt. Typical Bob, kills the tree and allows no room for David to win. Sort of like what David did to Kevin last round. Bob goes on.
Dalton Bruemmer then takes his 65 Plymouth to the line against Derek Strait's 'Large Marge'. These guys have lined up many a time, but Dalton will take the win here. I'll post the time slip later, but a closer race may not be possible. It was a squeaker.
Bob Haberburger lines up against John Hamer's in his Barracuda. John takes off after Bob, but leaves a little too soon and turns on the dang it bulb. Bob goes on, and on.
Jeff Wood then takes his hard launching 64 Plymouth up against Brian Haberburger's 'Black Max', a '64 Dodge. Jeff takes out Brian when Brian leaves too soon. Brian joins the support team for Bob. As you can see in the photos, there is a large support team for Bob at this point.
This writer then gets a bye into the next round.
Third Round
Bob Haberburger then runs Bob Westhoff. Bob takes out Bob, and Haberburger goes on, and then on one more time to the finals.
Dalton then lines his 65 Plywood up against the 63 Plywood of mine, Hoffman. Here is where my luck comes in. Dalton turns on the red, I cut a disastrous light, but it doesn't matter. I go on, now both the Bruemmers are on the Victory Support team.
Jeff Wood recieves a bye into the semi's.
Fourth round, semis
I line up with Jeff Woods. Lights are .003 apart, so almost dead even. We are both on a 6.73 index. When we launch and the wheels come down, I go to second and look over, smiling as I'm 2 feet in front of Jeff. But just like that, Jeff is dead even, maybe ahead. All the way down the track, it is side by side. My win light comes on, but it couldn't have been by much. It's a stress reliever when you see the win light. Not so much when you don't.
Haberburger gets the bye to the finals.
Final Round
Well, we know how this must go, but it was not a clean win by me. Bob blows the tires off. I don't see this until I watch a video after, but I pass Bob about 150 feet out and look back to see he has problems. I run slow and the win light comes on. Bob needs far more traction, and although he had winning launches in previous rounds, that stopped here. Bob's brother, Brian, shows us the video. Bob may even have crossed the centerline trying to make it a race between us. But, not to happen.
We get some great group photos in the evening sun, and some leave, while others go to watch the final rounds in Funny car and Nitro classes. Great day, great friends, another great Victory NSS day.
Well, we had a great points race on Saturday at Eddyville. Now the weather is just great and we are ready to have a Sunday race as well. 17 Cars and crews hung around to race in this beautiful weather. We raced in front of this terrific crowd, who enjoyed watching 'CHAOS IN THE CORN FIELD'. Wow, what an event to be a part of it. I mean, where else could you watch 23 Nitro cars make a pass and then into competition?
We had one qualifier for this race. To create a ladder, we qualified by the best reaction times. A ladder is always the best and fairest way to line up, and that way you can see a bye run coming at you, like the pros, and that can make you nervous. Also, it's the nostalgia super stock way, just like in the past.
John Hamer kills the tree with a .006 light for number one, followed by (me) Hoffman, Hoeft, and Strait, and Westhoff for the top 5. There is going to be some byes here, and John gets the first one.
Round one
Jeff Wood lines up with Curt Hoeft in his Comet verses 64 Plymouth for first pair. Curt is having a really good weekend, going to the semi's in Saturday's race. But that doesn't mean anything here. Curt turns on the I'm done here, right at the start, light. And Jeff takes the win. Jeff got lucky, as he was making a sandwich when the tree comes down. Later, that same day, he left the line, and takes the win.
Next, a Ford on Ford battle takes place when David Fuzner takes on that rocket ship Fairlane of Kevin Czajkowski. David puts on a .001 light on Kevin's much slower .015 light. Its like David didn't want to race, he just wanted to win with a light like that. It's neck and neck down the track, Fusner takes the win by an inch or so. Wow, that was a nice race. Although David was happier, Kevin didn't have a lot of regrets after looking at the time slip. Here is one of those cases that Kevin does everything right, but still is done anyway. And he'll come back for more......racing. This can be tough on the head sometimes.
Next, I take on Jay Freihage in his hemi powered Barracuda. He takes the left lane, I got the right. This is the same set up at Eddyville that twice before, just like this, we have lined up. Last time, Jay laid a perfect light on me. Time before he had like a .003 light. This all occurs to me as we go to the burn out box. Well, all I can do is try to do my best. I leave, then Jay leaves. Well, those gremlins Jay has been fighting save my day. I take the win, Jay puts it in the trailer and has some troubleshooting to do.
Derek Strait, in Large Marge lines up with Don Bruemmer. Don is strapped in and ready for that unknown thrill ride that just may be trying to kill him with hemi power. Well, unfortunately Don had his typical wheels up, violent launch, comes down and hits second in his chase of Large Marge, but does so just a little, I mean just a little, too soon. Marge goes on, Don gets ready to cheer on son Dalton.
John Landwehr then puts his Plymouth on the line against Dalton Bruemmer. Both of these guys have a launching dual, who can have the slowest light, and still win. Both are equally late, but only one can win. Both lights are almost equally slow........Dalton comes out ahead. Dalton gets lucky, John doesn't.
Brian Haberburger then takes his 64 Mopar to the line against Jim Hagenhoffs hemi. Jims hemi launches terrifically, but just too darn soon. Brian runs it out, showing us all he has the number covered, with a little to spare.
Next pair Bob Westhoff lines his Ford against Saturday's winner Don Gaines. Bob cuts a light on Donnie, and Donnie just can't catch him. Bob goes on.
Then, Bob Haberburger lines up with Clay Kossuth. The Haberburger guys are having a pretty good week end, and this round will make it better. Bob has got way more engine than he does tires, and has to watch how he launches, to keep from blowing off the tires. Bob leaves first, but Clay is right behind. Clay goes flying past Bob's A body with his 63 Dodge. Clay takes a little too much stripe, and Bob goes on.
John Hamer, number one qualifier, gets the test run bye to the next round.
Round 2
Once again, the ladder lines up Ford on Ford when Bob Westhoffs 63 lines up with David Fuzner's number 45 T Bolt. Typical Bob, kills the tree and allows no room for David to win. Sort of like what David did to Kevin last round. Bob goes on.
Dalton Bruemmer then takes his 65 Plymouth to the line against Derek Strait's 'Large Marge'. These guys have lined up many a time, but Dalton will take the win here. I'll post the time slip later, but a closer race may not be possible. It was a squeaker.
Bob Haberburger lines up against John Hamer's in his Barracuda. John takes off after Bob, but leaves a little too soon and turns on the dang it bulb. Bob goes on, and on.
Jeff Wood then takes his hard launching 64 Plymouth up against Brian Haberburger's 'Black Max', a '64 Dodge. Jeff takes out Brian when Brian leaves too soon. Brian joins the support team for Bob. As you can see in the photos, there is a large support team for Bob at this point.
This writer then gets a bye into the next round.
Third Round
Bob Haberburger then runs Bob Westhoff. Bob takes out Bob, and Haberburger goes on, and then on one more time to the finals.
Dalton then lines his 65 Plywood up against the 63 Plywood of mine, Hoffman. Here is where my luck comes in. Dalton turns on the red, I cut a disastrous light, but it doesn't matter. I go on, now both the Bruemmers are on the Victory Support team.
Jeff Wood recieves a bye into the semi's.
Fourth round, semis
I line up with Jeff Woods. Lights are .003 apart, so almost dead even. We are both on a 6.73 index. When we launch and the wheels come down, I go to second and look over, smiling as I'm 2 feet in front of Jeff. But just like that, Jeff is dead even, maybe ahead. All the way down the track, it is side by side. My win light comes on, but it couldn't have been by much. It's a stress reliever when you see the win light. Not so much when you don't.
Haberburger gets the bye to the finals.
Final Round
Well, we know how this must go, but it was not a clean win by me. Bob blows the tires off. I don't see this until I watch a video after, but I pass Bob about 150 feet out and look back to see he has problems. I run slow and the win light comes on. Bob needs far more traction, and although he had winning launches in previous rounds, that stopped here. Bob's brother, Brian, shows us the video. Bob may even have crossed the centerline trying to make it a race between us. But, not to happen.
We get some great group photos in the evening sun, and some leave, while others go to watch the final rounds in Funny car and Nitro classes. Great day, great friends, another great Victory NSS day.