Forms and other good stuff.
Dave-- hope to see you there.
http://www.78ta.com/nats/
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Forms and other good stuff.
Dave-- hope to see you there.
http://www.78ta.com/nats/
Looks like a great event.....
Wish I were closer.......:hi:
I gotta try and make it this year.
Had a blast last year. Took home a 4th in a class. Not bad for my first year there. Looking forward to it again.
Pfff, still no drag racing on the schedule, and this after having discussions with the club late last year. With expressed interest even, guess nobody is stepping up to the plate to make it happen. Oh well.
Damn I hate when these events are so damn far from me, one of these years I will have the money and time to go and visit these events. Somebody should take alot of pics when they go and post them up!!
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Originally Posted by bluehawk2000
A bit far for me too. Really want to check it out though.
Your alot closer than I am lol, I want to just hit the lottery and one year just hit every main LSX event!!:woot2:Quote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
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Originally Posted by bluehawk2000
Come on up to the GM Nationals in June. We have a thread in Eastern Members on it. :)
I barely have the money to drive to saint louis in march, hopefully this new job pulls threw, so I will be able to goto fbody week at myrtle in july!! Where is the nationals at?Quote:
Originally Posted by pajeff02
Carlisle, PAQuote:
Originally Posted by bluehawk2000
Yea def don't have the funds for that, maybe by next year after BLET I will be able to have the funds for it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Knight
Edit: Idk I thought it was farther than what it was I will see after I get back from STL next month and let you know!! http://classic.mapquest.com/maps?1c=...0.8433&2v=CITY
I agree, there is a massive LACK of 'performance' to this venue. Don't get me wrong, i love shows-but pontiac is performance so they should have some damn track events!Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebirdjones
Maybe with the casino going into Columbus, the folks putting the event together could look at moving the venue in a year or 2 to the new casino hotel. National Trails Dragstrip is local (about 20-30 minutes from the casino property) and there used to be weekly autocross events at the casino property location, so I know there are people locally that would help get an autocross event together. The guy that runs FRRAX.com(F-Body Road Racing And Autocross) is in Galloway, near the casino location. The Rt 270 loop could be used for the cruise and maybe run over to the other side of the outerbelt. There are a few smaller towns to choose from, including Pickerington. Nice old downtown that is accommodating to cars, as there are a few car shows a year there. A couple nice downtown parks to park at as well as the downtown area.
The current location is cool too, don't get me wrong. :slash:
Yep, they used to have "All Pontiac" drag racing at KilKare on Saturday during the weekend of this event. Bruce Fulper used to come all the way out from California and put the whole thing on in conjunction with the TA nats. He did it for 10 years straight?? (if my memory is correct) but a car wreck on the way home,,,,coupled with the lack of support from the TA nats (can't go into detail here and don't want to ruin the thread) Bruce decided it was best not to waste his time with it anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by third_shift|studios
Ever since there has been no Pontiac drag racing, and not much interest from the club in general to put something on either. From that point on I quit going to the TA nats. I can't do the lawn chair nationals without a little action mixed in. So I simply took my weekend off for the TriPower Nats in Norwalk instead.
I agree with you I also quit going to th TA Nats because its the same every year (the people are nice). There are no dyno tests, no new vendors, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebirdjones
You are exactly right, I liked the people, and they need something to spice it up. A portable dyno brought in would be a nice addition.Quote:
Originally Posted by 024mula
That's exactly what the Tri-power Nats do, and it's busy all day despite all the drag racing too. Here's mine on there.
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...rebirdpic1.jpg
For $60 you get a pull along with a wideband reading. I can't imagine the money this guy brought in over a 3 day period, non stop. My father was on there twice with his car :lol:
Something like this would be nice for the TA nats if they aren't going to bother with the drags anymore.
I can only remember 1 year that there was a dyno at the Nats. Maybe 2005?
it was a crappy weekend for a dyno too. Kilkare is only about 20 minutes down the road and with enough flyers put in cars on saturday morning you might get a dozen or so guys interested for Saturday night. Of course that's cruise in night in Tipp City. The average age club member putting on the Nats is probably 55+. The shows were much more fun 10 years ago. I think most members are afraid of the racing and dyno thing, liability reasons. Pontiac Tri-Nationals is a better deal.
I love the Tri-power nats.Quote:
Originally Posted by timowen1
At the TA nats, they used to do the drag racing on Saturday mornings so it didn't interfear with the Tipp city cruise in. I like it because it was done by noon, and allowed us to cruise back over to the show, hang, and get ready for the cruise.
I'm in that age bracket, and I still love to race my stuff. I'm not afraid to beat the snott out of that ole bird ;)
Def going to try to make it out there! Im deploying in March but going to try to get my R&R leave for mid Aug. Hope to see some of you guys there if I can make it
You have a VERY nice look'n Firebird Formula.Quote:
Originally Posted by FirebirdjonesYou are exactly right, I liked the people, and they need something to spice it up. A portable dyno brought in would be a nice addition.
That's exactly what the Tri-power Nats do, and it's busy all day despite all the drag racing too. Here's mine on there.
For $60 you get a pull along with a wideband reading. I can't imagine the money this guy brought in over a 3 day period, non stop. My father was on there twice with his car :lol:
Something like this would be nice for the TA nats if they aren't going to bother with the drags anymore.
Thank you sir.
The first year I had it at the T/A Nats, (15 years ago??) I remember getting a letter in the mail a couple weeks later that they send out to all attendies, that has a car count with years participating etc....
They listed on the letter that they were sad to say they didn't have any from the 701/2 model year. I guess they wanted to pride themselves as having every model presented.
I thought that was funny, since mine is a 70. Which some people refer to a 70 as a 701/2 because of the late introduction due to the GM strike.
I had to write back and tell them they did in fact have a 70 1/2 participate,,,,,mine :chuckles: I couldn't believe a bunch of Fbody experts in a club didn't catch that one.
They are all just 1970 models that were introduced early in the 1970 calender year (rather than Aug of 69 the preceeding year)
If you were there last year they are mailing out entry forms
You can probally find everthing you need here.........................
http://www.78ta.com/nats/regform.html
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