The newest drag racer gears up!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

The Mopar thingy on the nose came with the car - and it's air brushed, and under the clear coat. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img] The deal was such that during prior ownership, the track champion got a free paint job from Kohr's Customs which is a Mopar resto shop here in PA. They really did a beautiful job on the car, and I can't bring myself to sand it all down. So, we left it alone, and our vinyl guy actually tied in the colors with the Ben Bear Racing design. Funny you mention, bec/ after the first run I've never even noticed it being there! This experience has been the proverbial 'drinking from the firehose', so the Mopar isignia is no longer a priority. We'll likely change it when Ben decides to migrate away from the Ben Bear Racing motiff.

Bristol is the best track I've ever been to, hands down. There is nothing bad to say about it. Staying at a local Super8 type of hotel was crazy reasonable at $50/night, and we shared the room with our racing buddies. Super Walmart on the way to the track kept the cost of ice and food/snacks down, and the bathrooms were not only huge, they were spotless. There is a separate Shower House, a 1/4 mile of RV hookups - 2 deep, a Hospitality Suite for more trailer or RV's (read; quiet, next to a meandering creek, not on the main RV row which is 'party city'!). Overall, an awesome track. Oh, they have deep fried twinkies too - Ben's new favorite!

The DEEP staging thing is actually track specific, and Bristol allowed deep staging - even for kids older than 8-9 I believe. The general rule that most tracks follow is that DEEP is allowed for the 12.90 cars bec/ the cars react so slow, and the kids are learning how to cut a light. However, you must put DEEP on the car so they can over ride the Autostart on the tree's computer. We never mess around at the line, we courtesy stage and then immediately DEEP stage. Our take is that we are there to race, not play head games. As long as you do that, most tracks will not give you a hard time.

Staging DEEP has improved RT's dramatically, as much or more than raising the idle to within several hundred RPM of clutch engagement. We are now moving up to 8.90, so we will no longer stage DEEP - and although some feel that 8-9's should not stage DEEP, I felt that I'd rather reposition the car vs have Benjamin relearn the tree.