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

[Chevy454]

The Sub...

Thanks!

[Casey Marks]

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... his racing secrets ....

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Racing secrets ?? Roller cams ??

..... all of these terms that I'm unfamiliar with .....

See 'ya Friday Marlin ! I'll be the one with the Olds t-shirt, towing a yellow Chevy, with a Dodge truck ......

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Your killin me

[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 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. 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!

I have just one question....what did the Gobi Beige sled run? Did he bring it?

[Casey Marks]

Yep - the 'ole Biscayne went 13.49@104 on Saturday. As usual, I had a blast .... Met up with Marlin, and gave him a harrassin' as only he deserves. 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. 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.

[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 ........

[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.