I hung out with Ragsdale last ECTA meet.... and he has a Nice Stude and
Motor combination... If there was a way we may need to go to something like
a NON ELECTRONICS class someday.... in the mean time .. I gotta Play the
game I think.... I am chasing the same record as Bob.... D Gas Altered....
Or Blown till Rains Blew it away.... Now I really don't have a clue where I
am going.... Kugal is supposed to run B next year... and I really don't
want to run an E motor.... so that leaves me running Gas Altered again and
building what I want to drive anyway.... or at least that is the Plan this
week.... We'll See.... Keith
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On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:44:40 -0800 bbutters@dmi.net wrote:
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From: Carl Dreher[SMTP:focusrsh@arn.net]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 7:48 PM
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Electronics vs. old way
I've been wandering if the day isn't coming when the supercharged
classes are going to be dominated by the electronics managed tubocharged
motors and us guys who just don't want to go their are racing amongst
ourselves. I watch cars like Krugels CBG/Alt put the record where AA
cars dream of going. It would appear that if you have the money and the
inkling to use electronics to manage a tubo'd motor it is possible to pull
hundreds more HP than you can with mechanical means. I guess I wander if
one day the records will be split between electronics managed motors and
non. Kind of give us our own XO classes, maybe NE class (no electronics)
or will we just kind of disappear from the scene?? I admit I'm stuck in
the 60s but I like old cars and the way they were made to run back then and
besides I will also feel great if I can get my Hilborn to work properly.
Anybody else feel the same way? I know that either way you do it, It is a
great challenge with sat!
isfying results and electronics is here and now and the future, I just
feel its two different ball games, maybe its okay if we go the way of
Vintage racing someday. I've been crewing on Bob Ragsdales 53 stude
CBG/alt for the last few years which he has really worked to get the record
in the class. In l996 we qualified on an open record just in front of
David Parks tubocarged early Camaro, we broke and he set the record at
225, fought on for a couple of years and along comes Krugals awesome car
which puts the record where no Studebaker is likely to ever go. So its to
D class last year and along comes John Rain who sets the record at
something like 247, about dreamable max for Bobs car with its now near
state of the art dialed in injected, intercooled 671 supercharged chev
with electronic surveillance. So off to another class hopping some super
sleek tubo'd car doesn't get to the line before he has a chance. I hate
to see cars like this disappear like the flathea!
ds and GMC six cars almost did. Keep an eye on the situation in
of us can get suggestion forms at the timing stand and take action to keep
this style of doing things alive. Regards Kvach in N.Idaho
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