Pure Stock Race in Stanton on June 25th & 26th

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Anybody going?

[Chevy454]

Well, I guess I should give it a shot! Will depend on work and the wife, but I'm gonna go ahead and get the car ready.

Pete, you and JJ good to go? Casey?? Anyone else...???

[COPO PETE]

Yes Sir, I and JJ will be there. You going Marlin?????? Should I bring extra beer???? Did ya finally get rid of that bogus camshaft and buy the one I told ya to 5 years ago????????? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Peter

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I'll be there, no car though - still finishing up the install of the Blueprint cam. Yes, you did tell me to do it 5 years ago - but some of us guys learn the hard way http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[Casey Marks]

Yep - I'll be there .....

I thought that Spotts character was gonna have his Deuce on-hand with his new cheater cylinder heads and GobiBeige-Print camshaft ?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

I guess I'll just havta bring the 'ole Biscayne then ........ http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I'll have it ready for the Englishtown race in July, the SCR race in Sept. and high hopes for the Stanton race in Sept.

You have a roller cam in that Biscayne?

[Casey Marks]

A roller cam ? What's that ?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Yep, and you didn't 'inhale' either http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Chevy454]

Well, I've reserved a room in Stanton, so now I'm committed! Hope they don't put me next door to those noisey Canucks...http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

M: what do you have left to button up the Deuce?

[NEATSS]

Rob, I've had a room reserved in Stanton since January. Is that why people keep telling me I should be committed?!!!

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[Chevy454]

Could be, Dave!

Hey, is your son (Reed?) still gonn abe makin' the trip with ya?

[NEATSS]

Reid and my wife will be making the trip with me next week. This is their first chance to attend a Pure Stock race without missing school. Deb will be piloting the Chevelle all weekend and Reid is really looking forward to meeting all of his P/S heroes!!! We're going to round up an extra helmet. Maybe some of you guys could take him for a ride in a real musclecar!!! See ya Thursday afternoon.

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[Chevy454]

Sure thing, Dave! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif Hopefully see ya Thursday!!

Hey Pete: anyone riding down with ya? would be a hoot to holler at Gary again! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[COPO PETE]

Rob..... yup. Since i got the new rig, I'm taking my two sons with me. Also Patrick from TO will be there. He is the official beer opener!
Peter http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Chevy454]

Cool! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I'll be there Friday morning, driving all Thurs. night http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Casey Marks]

You guys drive safe, and we'll see you on Friday.

Rumor has it ..... Marlin's buying the beer for those that are from Michigan, Ontario, and Missouri. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif (He hasn't seen how much those Canadians can drink ......) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Chevy454]

Hey Pete: any chance you, or possibly Casey, could save me a parking spot @ the track somewhere near you and the rest of the "clan"?

I'm not sure when we'll get out of here, so we may have to drive all night and roll into the track Friday morning...and I don't want to have to park in the back 40! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

[Casey Marks]

Are you bringin' the Queen Mary, or the Suburban with the 24'er ?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I've seen Pete and JJ drink when I was at the Sept race a few years ago, I couldn't afford their 'talent'. I'll be sure to buy my new buddy Casey just enough brew so that he spills his racing secrets though, http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Chevy454]

The Sub...

Thanks! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Casey Marks]

[ QUOTE ]
... his racing secrets .... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

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Racing secrets ?? Roller cams ??

..... all of these terms that I'm unfamiliar with ..... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

See 'ya Friday Marlin ! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif I'll be the one with the Olds t-shirt, towing a yellow Chevy, with a Dodge truck ...... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Your killin me http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Chevy454]

Welp, got in just shy of 4am this morning (Sunday), got a few hours of sleep, then spent the day with the family. Had around 72 cars and AWESOME weather in Stanton. Barometer wasn't anything to write home about, but that's racin'. Lots of cool cars, as usual, and well worth the 1600+ miles of driving. The Canucks were out in force, and as usual it was a riot a minute hangin' with those guys! Got to meet Pete's family as well as Marlin's, so now I can put some faces to the stories!

The top 8 cars were either Mopar or Chevrolet, with JJ (#1), Pete (#3), and I (#7) representing the Chevys. JJ went an 11.99@118(mph?), Pete went 12.20@114(mph?), and I went [email protected], but all 3 of us won our shootouts. I believe Casey went some 13.4s in the 'Scayne, and even let Marlin play backseat driver on one of his passes! Benoit's LT-1 'Vette went 12.52@111!

Jimi Day and David Chamberlain from Imagine Motorsports showed up, and we got to visit for a quite a while about what projects they had in the shop, future projects, all about the HR454SS, the Inciner8tor, and the rest of the cool stuff they got going.

I gotta thank Big Dog and John for helping me wrench on the car, and for the "go-fast" advice. Wish we'd had more time to "tinker", but the *real* race cars http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif were breathing down our necks wanting onto the track.

I also made a couple of pulls on a chassis dyno...the ole yellow submarine made a respectable 416rwhp at 6400rpms! I would have thought the manifolds would have kept the peak under 6k, but dynos generally don't lie. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif The R3 Stude put down 365rwhp, and managed a 12.85 not long after that. A big THANKS to Steve Clay (269-420-0875) for lettin' us spin up the dyno!

[hvychev]

Cool! Great news Rob! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

I have just one question....what did the Gobi Beige sled run? Did he bring it? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Casey Marks]

Yep - the 'ole Biscayne went 13.49@104 on Saturday. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif As usual, I had a blast .... Met up with Marlin, and gave him a harrassin' as only he deserves. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif He can now be referred to as *ballast*, as I put him in the backseat to try to get some traction out of the 'Scayne. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif He wasn't able to bring his Deuce, as it is still apart. He promises to have it ready for September. If he doesn't, his harrassin' by me goes up a notch. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Casey Marks]

Here's a pic of the LT-1 Vette that ran the 12.50's ....

The "Stroker Boy" moniker on his trailer is one of my fine touches to his pit area ........ http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Casey Marks]

Here's a pic of Rob against his nemesis, a 69 1/2 6-Pak SuperBee.

[Casey Marks]

Pic of a '70 LS-6 Chevelle owned by my buddy Tim Clary (relation to "The" Clary's ?? ) vs. a '66 Hemi Coronet Deluxe.

[Casey Marks]

Here's a pic of my Biscayne up against a '72 Chevelle SS 454 - original owner car.

Please pay no attention to the pretty <font color="red">RED</font> bulb on my side of the tree. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Casey Marks]

Here's a pic of a '63 409/425 up against a '69 Pontiac Custom S 350HO.

[Casey Marks]

COPO Pete's ZL-1 Camaro up against the '66 Hemi Coronet Deluxe. White vs. white kinda has that "sanitary" race look ...... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Casey Marks]

Jimmy Johnston's '69 L-88 Vette up against a Sport Fury out of Texas !

[Mr70]

Who owns that 72 Blue SS454 Chevelle?
Was Dave McCutcheon there with his 1970 Mist Green L34 Chevelle?..what he run?
Thanks.

[Belair62]

Great pics Casy...

[Casey Marks]

I want to say that the owner's name is Dave Price ?? or Place ?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif I'm terrible remembering names, but the car was originally a 402, and he converted it to a 454. Strangely optioned car out of Illinois.

[Mr70]

Do you mean Gary Place from Homer Illinois?
If so,I thought that was him,but last time I saw that car it had a 402 in it.That explains it,Thanks.

[Casey Marks]

YEP !! That's it. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Chevy454]

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Here's a pic of Rob against his nemesis, a 69 1/2 6-Pak SuperBee.

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Yeah, I've "upgraded" my arch enemy within the last year. I went from an R3 Stude to those 440-6 'Bees...kinda like going from the Joker to Mr. Freeze! The thing with those 'Bees is that they hook so well that they just mat it out of the hole...they ALWAYS post the best 60 ft. times of any car their, so you always start off behind for the first 1/8 or so. And they're all 3 so darn consistent, that you'd better be on your game each and every time or you're in trouble.

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Was Dave McCutcheon there with his 1970 Mist Green L34 Chevelle?..what he run?


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Yep, Dave (NeatSS) was there...BUT, the question isn't what did HE run, but what did his WIFE run?!? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif And better yet, who has the better reaction times in the family?!? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Oh, and as you said, I believe Gary Place is the guy. I kept hearing it on the loud speaker, and it seemed as I'd heard the name before, but wasn't sure where... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[copo9566aa]

Thanks cool pics http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[COPO PETE]

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The Canucks were out in force, and as usual it was a riot a minute hangin' with those guys!

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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif
Peter

[BUIZILLA]

Isn't that Don Cossey's Fury? I seem to remember that car from back in the early NMCA days?

JH

[NEATSS]

Yep, Dave (NeatSS) was there...BUT, the question isn't what did HE run, but what did his WIFE run?!? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif And better yet, who has the better reaction times in the family?!? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Yes, we were there and had a great time! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif The car performed perfectly running consistent 14.90's all weekend. The poor old Chevelle turned 175K on the way to the track Saturday and we rewarded it with over 30 passes that weekend. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Reid road along on as many of those passes as he could. This was Deb's first time ever on the track. On the third pass she cut a .505 light. The rest of the weekend she pretty well had .500 something lights. She won her shootout with .512 .483 .571 lights http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Yeah, its true, I've been racing in this event since '96 and have never scored a "W" without the sandbagger rule. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif I'll try harder in September!! Maybe she will give me a few pointers! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[COPO PETE]

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Isn't that Don Cossey's Fury? I seem to remember that car from back in the early NMCA days?

JH

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Nope. They both had there cars at Norwalk last year. They do look identicle!
Peter

[Chevy454]

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Isn't that Don Cossey's Fury? I seem to remember that car from back in the early NMCA days?

Nope. They both had there cars at Norwalk last year.

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Yeah, I pitted right next to Don @ Norwalk...and he is probably the only Pure Stock racer whose tow rig/trailer combo is bigger than mine! My wife saw his motorhome and said if we got one of those, she'd LIVE at the racetrack!

And to add more confusion, Jeff Petersen (the *other* black Fury) ran NMCA/NSCA for a while as well. Hey Pete: do you remember what ET/MPH Cossey ran @ Norwalk last year? I was too busy playing tranny guy to see much racing... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Mr70]

Dave
For your Mrs.- http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif
For your Chevelle hitting 175K &amp; making 30+ passes- http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif
For you-front row seats come September http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[Chevy454]

Dave:

I still feel bad about not taking Reid down the track in the yellow Submarine...next time, tell him to just come up and slap me and tell me to get in the friggin' car!

[COPO PETE]

Rob... Don was having a lot of problems that day. 12.6 was around his best. Every time he hit second gear he did a lane change http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif I don't think he was enjoying it! I took my kid down the track on a 12.3 pass and got $hit http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif Suppose to take passengers only if ya went slower than 14.0! Who knew?????? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif
Peter

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Pure Stock is the way To Rock http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

What an awesome event, got back last night after spending 4 additional days on Michigan's western shore in Grand Haven. The racing was excellent as always, and it was very cool to put some faces with some names - even that Casey guy http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

The LT1 Vette was a killer car, what an amazing time from the Ragin Cajin!

[MikeA]

Was there any Skylarks there and if so, how did they run? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Casey Marks]

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... even that Casey guy http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif ...

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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Yes, there were a few GS's &amp; GSZ's racing, I don't remember the times though - the Chevy's were rockin!

I have to admit, the yellow Yenko Camaro &amp; 'cayne were my favorite cars of the event - and both were running very well. I guess my big butt didn't give Casey enough 'ballast' since it gave a slower 60' time http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Casey Marks]

That was you in the back seat ? I thought it was a blow-up doll ...... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

no, that 'person' showed up later that night when we were goofin on you http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif