Dragweek 2017

[Stangman]

Does anyone know how it can be watched, it does start today right.

[machoneman]

Not sure of the drive part before the actual racing starts but HR's site below has all you need to view it, I think.

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/everything-need-know-watch-drag-week-2017-spectating-live-stream/

[cjshaker]

The racing and driving doesn't start till Monday. Tech day is Sunday, and that will take all day, I'm sure.

If you just do a YouTube search for Drag Week 2017 Live Stream, I'm sure it would come up for each days event. Or just go to Motor Trend's YouTube page. They're the ones who always stream it.

[thatdarncat]

Yup, should go live Monday morning. Last year they did video the Sunday night test & tune runs, but I don't think it was live, there was a link later.

Updates:
Right after Labor Day this week I took my '96 Mark VIII to my friends body shop for some paint touch up, I need to pick it up by 5 tonight. Paint will probably still be damp lol.

As of 2am today Joel's Coop still hadn't run, but I think he & Jeff still plan to have it ready. They were still finding various leaks, loose parts, etc.

[thatdarncat]

Spy photo from Joel's shop yesterday.

[cjshaker]

As of 2am today Joel's Coop still hadn't run, but I think he & Jeff still plan to have it ready. They were still finding various leaks, loose parts, etc.

I obviously lack a certain Drag Week element, 'cause there's no way I'd have the guts to run a car that's never even been started or driven. Cudos to Joel!

Got everything packed and ready to go today. I had to weld an exhaust hanger on the truck that broke on the trip back from Beaver Springs this spring. Did the normal procedure and unhooked the battery and disconnected the ignition, and was rewarded afterward with a truck that the engine would not shut off (it started fine), and none of the gauges worked except the fuel gauge. Are you freakin kidding me?!! I unplugged the distributor to kill the engine.

Of course the normal action in such circumstances is to panic, so I started running through my mind how to quickly wire up an ignition toggle switch instead of messing with the wiring and original ignition switch, which would have taken up way to much time that I didn't have. I wasn't too concerned about the temp and oil gauges because the truck never comes close to overheating and oil pressure is always stable. While I was thinking it over, I plugged the distributor back in and started it to make sure it would start. It started and shut off, but still no gauges. Hmmm   I started and stopped it two more times and suddenly the gauges started working again. A half dozen tries throughout the day and everything seemed fine and normal. Great!! I fixed that problem!

Drag Week..lol

[AlanCasida]

All I have left is load the car and my suit case. Probably the hardest thing for me so far was to leave my little dog at the Vets to board her while I was gone. She is 17 and this is the first time I have boarded her. I think it was a lot harder on me that it was on her. 

[cjshaker]

I feel for you, Alan. You get pretty attached to critters when they've been around so long. Sometimes even when they haven't. Hopefully they have some good people there who will love on her.

On the bright side, I've been watching the weather at Cordova. So far it's looking like it will be a pretty darn good week.

http://f1.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.678990000000056&lon=-90.31462999999997#.WbMgP8aQzcd

[Nightmist66]

I pulled my car in last night after work and installed some new MT drag radials. Plan on leaving them on the whole trip. Already changed oil, flushed trans., put new gear oil in the rear end this time, and gave it a quick once over. Just need to do some final detailing and it should be ready. Would have liked to put a different converter in it, but the stock will have to do for now...

[Stangman]

I know you guys are gonna be busy but when you check in for us on the forum
Tell us what class you guys are in . Makes it easier to find has in the videos. Glad you got done nightmist.

[cjshaker]

I'm running in Street Race Big Block Naturally Aspirated. They don't run specific classes at a time though, so it'll be hard to find individual people on the live stream.

[thatdarncat]

I made it to Davenport Iowa a little while ago. Motion Raceworks here is having a pre-dragweek party. Quite a few cars & people here. They have a couple food trucks here too, so this is my dinner stop. There is also some kind of internet radio broadcast going on, I don't know the site though.

[AlanCasida]

I made it to Davenport Iowa a little while ago. Motion Raceworks here is having a pre-dragweek party. Quite a few cars & people here. They have a couple food trucks here too, so this is my dinner stop. There is also some kind of internet radio broadcast going on, I don't know the site though.






Maybe that's where I should have stayed. I'm here in Clinton where there's nothing going on except some funky smell. 

[thatdarncat]

Word is Joel & Jeff left home about 1 am and are headed to Dragweek!

[57 lima bean]

Word is Joel & Jeff left home about 1 am and are headed to Dragweek!

    Plan B body?

[AlanCasida]

Word is Joel & Jeff left home about 1 am and are headed to Dragweek!

    Plan B body?

I talked to Joel in line and he is in his F.A.S.T. GTX or else it's a very highly customized Coupe.

[jayb]

They threw in the towel on the coupe at 1AM last night, with fuel pressure and fuel leakage issues on that 8 carb setup.  Imagine that LOL!  Hats off to Joel's trunk monkey, Jeff; he stopped by my place a week ago and told me he thought the GTX was going to be the ride because Joel wouldn't finish the coupe in time.  He called it...

[57 lima bean]

Maybe they couldn't get the fuel pressure low enough.

[cjetmech]

LMAO. Trunk Monkey. That still cracks me up. Jay how would you rate Joel's skills in this field? And what would your expectations be of a world renowned trunk monkey? I might be looking to do a career change if theres good money in the trunkus monkus biz.

[Heo]

Saw Joel running 10.69 i think right now

[Stangman]

seen one pass were he got off of it was hoping he didnt hurt anything .  Ran like a 12.20 at only 80 miles an hour.

[cjetmech]

Anyone know whats powering that blue Cougar Eliminator running 8.80's?

[cjshaker]

A Paxton charged small block. I don't know the details because the owner wasn't there when I was looking at it. Very nice car though.

[Stangman]

Missed your run Doug did you run early

[cjshaker]

Missed your run Doug did you run early

Yep, it was a long haul today, so I wanted to get through and hit the road. Almost 300 miles with no overdrive, I knew it would be a long day on the road. I was in the lane after Alan and ran about 10-15 minutes after him. About a half hour after the racing started if I had to guess.

[Stangman]

Its kinda late tonight should be leaving work soon maybe i will look for it but more likely will look for tommorrows run. Glad you made it to the next track in one piece.

[TomP]

That Cougar is pretty wild, looks like it all fits under the stock hood.
Good luck the rest of the week.

[cjetmech]

A Paxton charged small block. I don't know the details because the owner wasn't there when I was looking at it. Very nice car though.

Thanks for that. Its a nice car. Good luck the rest of the week.

[Nightmist66]

Sorry to inform that Mr. Jim Kitchen with the 1968 Torino and his brother with the 64 Falcon are both out of competition.

My buddy with his twin turbo Ranger got in, but blew a head gasket and is also out of competition. The Fords are dropping like flies.

[1968Torino]

Yep, I'm out. Had a fair day at Cordova. Hit the road Monday for a long trip to gateway. About 30 miles from the track I found my brother on the side of the road with a lifter issue. After about six hours of work we had him on the road. We rolled into St. Louis about 4am and got a shower. Left for the track a smoked an alternator. We finally got a new one installed and headed for the track. In About the first 100 feet of the trip to the track we were trying to blow the air cleaner off the carb about every second. We made a decision just to get it to the track and look at it there. We rolled in about 10am. Pulled the valve covers off and found 2 two broken push rods that totally destroyed the rocker arms. Enough is enough. I started to help my brother with is car. More lifter problems, but this time the cam had taken enough damage it need to be replace. We both threw in the towel.
  Dragweek is challenging and rewarding. Sometimes just getting there is victory itself. I went for my son. The support was overwhelming. Kevin stopped by everyday. Several other members came by and expressed there support. It was a great time. No regrets. I watched Doug run from the stands. He has a beautiful car.
  We made a pass near the end of the street eliminator class. Pretty good launch. I hate that I let a pro tree surprise me. I left without enough rpm. About the middle of second the fuel pressure regulator quit. I barely made it. 12.99 @ 100 mph. 1.63 short time. 3830 lbs across the scales. All in all we loved it. Thanks everybody for everything.

[57 lima bean]

Great effort Jim.A bit of air under the tires on the Torino.You do inspire.

[jayb]

Yep, I'm out. Had a fair day at Cordova. Hit the road Monday for a long trip to gateway. About 30 miles from the track I found my brother on the side of the road with a lifter issue. After about six hours of work we had him on the road. We rolled into St. Louis about 4am and got a shower. Left for the track a smoked an alternator. We finally got a new one installed and headed for the track. In About the first 100 feet of the trip to the track we were trying to blow the air cleaner off the carb about every second. We made a decision just to get it to the track and look at it there. We rolled in about 10am. Pulled the valve covers off and found 2 two broken push rods that totally destroyed the rocker arms. Enough is enough. I started to help my brother with is car. More lifter problems, but this time the cam had taken enough damage it need to be replace. We both threw in the towel.
  Dragweek is challenging and rewarding. Sometimes just getting there is victory itself. I went for my son. The support was overwhelming. Kevin stopped by everyday. Several other members came by and expressed there support. It was a great time. No regrets. I watched Doug run from the stands. He has a beautiful car.
  We made a pass near the end of the street eliminator class. Pretty good launch. I hate that I let a pro tree surprise me. I left without enough rpm. About the middle of second the fuel pressure regulator quit. I barely made it. 12.99 @ 100 mph. 1.63 short time. 3830 lbs across the scales. All in all we loved it. Thanks everybody for everything.

Jim, as you found out the camraderie at Drag Week is most of the fun, and for sure just finishing the event is a victory.  I've had to drop out four times over the years, and its always disappointing, but I keep going back because of the people.  Nowhere else can you get a bunch of like-minded individuals together for a week long event.  There are no posers and no fakers at Drag Week; everyone there is the real deal.  I was sure sorry to see you drop out, but I hope you make it back next year.  I sure will...