Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race

[Chevy454]

So, anyone heading to Michigan for this event September 8 & 9?

I wish I had attended the Factory Stock Race in Ohio this past spring and gotten to see Hassett wring out that ZL-1! He ran mid-high 13s, but it was a COLD day and his first time out with the car.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Rob:
Neal Robbins is attending with his '68 L89 Nova SS to unseat Phil Brewer's L89 Nova from last year. In test runs, Neal was running 12.50's at 112 mph. Pretty good for a stock engine with stock cam, I imagine he will run even better in Stanton, MI this weekend.

Neal has been the only guy to run his '70 Yenko Nova at this event, including a few heads up runs against Pete Simpson's Canadian COPO Nova. The Yenko ran respectible 13.80's at 103 mph after fighting massive wheelspin all the way through 3rd gear. This Yenko Nova has run a best of 13.45 at 106 mph with cool dry air, and better traction. Hope to see more Yenko and COPO cars this year.
M

[JoeC]

Good Luck Rob. I hope you get the Chevelle into the 12's. Let us know what times you ran.

[JSC83]

Hey now......I did cut some pretty good lights though. I know you were not putting me down or anything I'm just joking around. Besides if I wasn't I could just take you out on the basketball court and whip you both to get even. *cough* yea right *cough*

Jonathan



P.S. Hope you guys don't mention my red lights.

[sYc]

The Yellow Yenko Camaro's best was a 13.70, not as good as last year when we ran 13.20s, but OK, since most of the driving was done by my youngest son Jonathan, who began his racing career at this year's reunion. Also, with the reunion right before the event, we did not spend the time we should have to get the car ready, but enough excuses. We never could get the LS-6 to pull hard on the top end, so it really suffered. We suspect ignition problems, but have not had time to troubleshoot. But, with all of this going on, we still had a great time. The highlight was on Saturday, when a TV crew from SpeedVision spent the day filming us and our cars. They followed us around as we raced/worked on the cars, they interviewed us all and even put an announcer and camera in the Yenko as it made a pass. As per the other cars, 2 of the faster cars, both Novas, were not allowed to qualify. I heard that it had to do with their aluminum heads.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Neal L89 Nova couldn't 60 foot at this track, so he was running 12.70's at 113 mph. I heard the Yellow Yenko was running high 13' to low 14's?? How about the LS6?? What happened to Brewer's Nova? Trailered?
M

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Not bad times Jonathan! It won't be long before you are running in the 12.90's like Peter Simpson's COPO Camaro. Pete says the biggest improvement on his car was staying on top of the jets when the temperature/humidity changes, and of course traction in the first 60 feet.

Good Luck,
Marlin

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I understand that if a car had aluminum heads on it, then it was pulled out and requested that a valve cover be pulled. One Nova would not pull its cover, the other voluntarily removed itself from the race and only ran time trials. The third alum. head Nova ran without protest.

I expect that the organizers will be suspect towards any car that currently runs in the NMCA - B.F. Goodrich classes, as many of them are capable of running in the 12.0's. Supposedly, if they run 11.99 or faster NMCA will disqualify them!

I look forward to a fun event next year, and hope to see more Yenko cars there.
Marlin



[Edited by YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY (09-22-2000 at 08:15 AM).]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Rob:
Did you find anything out with your LS6 now that you have looked it over after the race? Any problems, or just lack of traction?
M

[Chevy454]

M:

Well, I did find one thing out about the LS-6...IT'S GONE!!!!

After many hours of thought, I let the car go, as my ultimate goal has been to find a Yenko Chevelle...so, hopefully in the near future, I can give those pesky Buicks @ the Pure Stock Drags a taste of their own medicine (an A-body taking on the "other" A-bodies!). Simpson's COPO Chevelle has gone 12's numerous times, so 12's aren't a totally absurd number. I figure if the Buicks can go 12.40s with 8.5:1 compression, then what can I do with 11:1? Maybe I can con some of those "other" A-body guys into giving me some chassis tips .

As far as the NSCA "Factory Pure Stock" class, it's essentially a 12.0 bracket class cause 11.99 and quicker requires a cage. But, I hope to have a car (Y-Chevelle?) that I can run both the PSMCDR & the NSCA events with, and give the fans an idea what these Supercars are all about!

I'm not sure about all the "hub-bub" with the Novas...all I know is that Jimmie J was PISSED! I saw where he got DQ'ed from the NSCA event the following weekend as well! I bet he was HOT! He told me the reason he couldn't run at the PSMCDR was that he had later aluminum heads on. He said they were GM Performance parts heads, which were a copy of the original head, but the exhaust valve was like .004" bigger and the exhaust(?) port was like <10 cc's smaller...something like that.