Competition Match Race of 2006

[Turbo Thom]

But in Pro Street, DHRA, there ain't but one winning. Now is there?

 

[COMP461]

Now the light went on .



This has been my whole deal with DHRA , the rules are subject to change at any time , if you make to much power, and win to much , then what ever your doing is now against the rules. Want to go faster , want to know the secret to going fast , winning…. .







WORK HARDER

THINK OUT SIDE THE BOX

WORK SMARTER

or



GRAB A LARGE BAG OF HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS

AND FEED THE BEAST ON SOME ONE ELSE’S KNOWLEDGE



Either way the answer is not to penalize one team for going faster ,and dominating the class , or maybe be like Eddie Hill did in the early nineties , cover up the throttle peddle with a towel, and have the entire pits wanting to look under it to see why he was better on the tree at 60 years old, and not know that his secret was really very simple ,LOTS OF HARD WORK



QUITE WHINING

 

[COMP461]

And before I forget , congratulations Darren Morrison and the whole Garmon team, its evident you hard work paid off .

 

[COMP461]

just a little bit of the future,

 

[COMP461]

Don't you get a little tired sucking your own wang??

if you mean marketing myself , then NOPE!!! because who else is going to!



oh well maybe the people that seek me out for a little exposure like this opportunity , or PM me for advice , but I guess these same people are knocking on you door also, asking for you to sign a press release .



Racing is all about positive public spotlight on corporate image ,and outside of a few nay Sayers like yourself that would like to hold Diesel racing down and portray its as a bunch of Stooges that don’t really care much for public exposure or the funding to run the fast times , because believe me it cost to run fast.



I sense a bit of animosity in the fact, that I make good on every performance prediction I espouse. I also get a feeling you don’t like the fact that more then a few spotlights are shinning on our accomplishments .

Face it, the diesel movement is going main stream , and what ever a few people's hang up about me ,or my corporate owners might be , the outside world doesn’t care . they buy the product faster then it can be made .



The general public wants to see spectacular performances the number on the scoreboard is all that maters , doesn’t matter how you hate the personality of the one that achieved the milestone , and whether it was it with or without or underweight.

The days of bashing people for a perceived past , no mater how real or contrived it might be are over . the reality is that HERE I AM and I’M not going anywhere but faster , and with more and more positive exposure .

 

[CMNS PWR]

Sounds like a Democrat trying to answer a question..... evade it and talk about something completely unrelated.

 

[Turbo Thom]

Greg... ... ... ... . I think the main thinking is if one team dominates, and goes fast all the time, other folks will not enter the fray. They will say, what's the use, I can't run with him. It's the time we live in. Why work hard, I can't win anyway. Equal opportunity is not what we're looking for, equal results, regardless of the input.



Some folks had rather show their expertise on the keyboard instead of the track. Fuss about what they don't do, but do nothing about it. That's just the way it is.



. . Preston. .

 

[Powerstroke racer]

Some people talk about going fast and some people go fast funny thing is it's always the ones doing the talking that have nothing more to do than criticize and :-{} "well if I put my motor in a light truck I could go faster "



Just do it or turn on the STFU light









DB nothing personal just business

 

[COMP461]

I would defiantly have a problem if one brand dominated, but when most trucks are Cummins and one TEAM is domination, that is no excuse to change a rule. The rest are just behind the power curve, and need to catch up.

There is no whining in Drag Racing, and this doesn’t have to be T ball where everyone gets a trophy. This is the reason, successful teams work hard, and if you can’t run with the fast teams, and you can’t make the power they do, open up your back pocket, take out you wallet and buy a motor from them. Another thing quit getting together in your self pity circles and whining to the sanction bodies about how this just isn’t fair, and would you slow them down or we will just take out toys and go home.



There is no mysterious secret magic dust sprinkled on their motors to make it faster, just a lot of hard work, and a little fundamental knowledge. If the truth were know, water /methanol is not the reason they go fast, nor is it that they are making anymore power then the rest of the pack.

IF you tune for water and with no warning you are prohibited to run it, sure you would slow down, until you found a way to get around it, and I’m sure the people in question would have in a few passes, but a big race where everything is on the line is no place to start testing.

Water / methanol dose two things and both can be done in other ways, give a real race a brick wall, and he will find away to get over, under, or around it.



As I see it the Garmon team are Drag racers first and diesel people second, this is why they are winning, it’s called track savvy. This is the same reason why I run fast. Up till now it’s been no secret that I didn’t have much over 800 hp, and if the truth were know , almost identical power to Scott Bentz but people like my self , Scott, Keating , Fletcher , and Garmon also have this same ability. Get to making power, read what you truck is telling you, and go win. And P. S. for a price I will guarantee any team out there I could improve you track time in one afternoon at the track.





Quit whining

 

[Turbo Thom]

Greg, I think that 'bout says it all. But Jeff was a diesel tech first, and sort of fell into racing.



. . Preston. .

 

[KLockliear]

Do you know something about the Wolverine that we don't

I thought you already knew everything?

I am satisfied in the fact that the edge truck is history , A good source with in the edge camp has confirmed the fact that is forever to be a show queen, the truth according to this source was that not one wrench has been turned since last year , they have given up.

With the new articles coming out in multiple magazines, I am totally satisfied that their attempt to hijack my own accomplishments have been halted in their track, the magazines will tell the real story now, but just in case we are running adds in several publications with my challenge the additional fact that edge or Keith will not respond to the is further proof that they are conceding , so the next time some one tries to tell me That I can’t be for sure that I’m the fastest , well their the one in the dark

And just because you like to read about it so much - check the COVER of Diesel Power Mag next month. :-laf

 

[Amish Elegance]

Comp, take your pills with some turkey. We've all heard this sermon before. As for that poster... ROTFLMAO!! Congrats on the ARP deal, hopefully the money will help get that truck out on a track again soon. Keep spinin those wrenches, people wanna see ya take it a 1320 or two. But seriously, you wanna talk about good ole boys. I see a big en' smack center of that one. :-laf



"nay Sayers like yourself that would like to hold Diesel racing down and portray its as a bunch of good old boys. "



Photoshop that poster or retract that statement. :-laf Dont like good ole boys, eh? Pot to kettle, by the looks of ya, you is one. Take it as a compliment.



As to the rest of that mess you're spoutin about. Let yer brain and ears warm up before ya dump the clutch on your mouth. You could do some damage cold firein' that thing like that. All sanctioning bodies revise rules. EX: http://www.nhra.com/apcm/templates/general.asp?articleid=2211&zoneid=60&navsource=rule revisions

Its about closing gaps and focusing the classes. Everybody does it. F1 must really be on your SH list. That aside, I haven't heard anything about no water meth restrictions for next year. Alcohol though... thats another story. Rumor has it, your buddies at NHRA aren't too enthused about it either. Here you had all your troops set up and ready to fight, and the battle is on a whole nudder' field. :{ Shame.

 

[COMP461]

I thought you already knew everything?











And just because you like to read about it so much - check the COVER of Diesel Power Mag next month. :-laf

Spend enough money and even a show queen with no chance of performance will get some . again bring it to the track, PUT UP OR SHUT UP

 

[COMP461]

All sanctioning bodies revise rules. EX: http://www.nhra.com/apcm/templates/general.asp?articleid=2211&zoneid=60&navsource=rule revisions

Its about closing gaps and focusing the classes. Everybody does it. F1 must really be on your SH list. That aside, I haven't heard anything about no water meth restrictions for next year. Alcohol though... thats another story. Rumor has it, your buddies at NHRA aren't too enthused about it either. Here you had all your troops set up and ready to fight, and the battle is on a whole nudder' field. :{ Shame.

I have no problem with rule revision for safety , are to make competition closer, example if a particular engine make is dominating the class , you do something to make the underperforming engine combination perform better such as make the Powerstroke carry less weight , sorry David , and this would include more racers , example if DHRA wanted to include more racers give the Powerstroke a 500 lbs weight break. , but when one Cummins runs faster then all the rest, stop trying to pick apart their combination. If water / methanol is so great, why isn’t every one running it.

 

[Dockboy]

Some people talk about going fast and some people go fast funny thing is it's always the ones doing the talking that have nothing more to do than criticize and :-{} "well if I put my motor in a light truck I could go faster "



Just do it or turn on the STFU light









DB nothing personal just business

Whatever makes you feel better David

 

[COMP461]

Comp, take your pills with some turkey. We've all heard this sermon before. As for that poster... ROTFLMAO!! Congrats on the ARP deal, hopefully the money will help get that truck out on a track again soon. Keep spinin those wrenches, people wanna see ya take it a 1320 or two. But seriously, you wanna talk about good ole boys. I see a big en' smack center of that one. :-laf



"nay Sayers like yourself that would like to hold Diesel racing down and portray its as a bunch of good old boys. "



Photoshop that poster or retract that statement. :-laf Dont like good ole boys, eh? Pot to kettle, by the looks of ya, you is one. Take it as a compliment.



:{ Shame.

ok not good old boys , bad discription , that everyone I nkow including me most of the time changed to Stooges , but you know what I ment lol

 

[KLockliear]

Spend enough money and even a show queen with no chance of performance will get some . again bring it to the track, PUT UP OR SHUT UP

Haha. Do I smell jealousy? And YOU'RE telling ME to shut up? I think you need to go back and do a search or something... more people on here have told you exactly that than I think any other member EVER! And I'm not the one starting up these threads. You just keep letting your fingers do the typing and keep putting that foot in your mouth - it's fun to watch.

 

[DHRA]

Haha. Do I smell jealousy? And YOU'RE telling ME to shut up? I think you need to go back and do a search or something... more people on here have told you exactly that than I think any other member EVER! And I'm not the one starting up these threads. You just keep letting your fingers do the typing and keep putting that foot in your mouth - it's fun to watch.

First of all Greg, you of all people should appreciate a sanctioning organization that listens to its members, hell if NHRA listened to you, there would have been several diesel classes by now. The Pro Street members approached DHRA with the rule changes and voted on them during IRP. They (the racers) implemented the changes to allow for a team with lesser money compete. The rules also allow a nitrous vehicle to be competitive, (they weren't this year).

As far as water/meth; nothing has been decided, but I want you to think of some things; alcohol has been used with no weight penalty for that extra edge, and the result has been blown engines, oil on the track, and last time I checked alcohol is slightly flammable. Okay, so let's break that down; extra edge=more power when needed, about a 1/2 second more power in some cases. Blown engines, how about rebuilding the engine 6 times this year? Cost prohibitive, most people are not willing to blow an engine per race and that throws the $$$$ per cube very high. Other teams are starting to play with 100% injection in the air stream and it seems to most motorsports officials that this could be leading to a nasty fire or explosion. Lastly, the changes will continue, its called growth, and DHRA is blessed with plenty of that. I think Keith said it all, JEALOUSY-you wreak of it.

 

[Turbo Thom]

I agree with the blown engines, Eric. That cost is unreal.



And no, Greg. I never said water/meth was the end all, of all things. The greatest, I never said either. It's just that on the truck in question, his entire power system is grounded on that injection theory. Not I agree what he's spent is not a problem to anyone else. That came our of his pocket with very little help from anywhere. It's has not said anywhere, 'cause Darren is just a quiet person, but truth be known, he has probably spent upwards of( I rephrased the previous statement. ) $100,000. 00 on that truck over the 3 years I know it's been on the track. It's has been built to win, it does. Darren has done he own work, with Jeff's knowledge involved. I don't know if you have noticed, but Darren has developed into one hell of a racer. You will hardly ever see him tree'd, and that's part of the winning system.



My point is this deal has been as an indivual, no corporate sponser, working at his own task. One boy who wanted to win and is willing to work his tail off and get the wife mad as a hornet, to do it. So why is he in trouble?



. . Preston. .

 

[COMP461]

ok I have to agree on 100% , but the only reason for 100 % is timing enhancement , but how do you police this, water only , that’s hard to police, if you allow fluid injections as a power enhancer , what is to keep them from nitro or others potential catastrophic mixtures