Timinva

Any word yet? Looking forward to seeing everyone again. Tim

Goodys1ton

Tim,
Was there any days in specific that were being mentioned? I would be interested in this one, since it is in my back yard.

Dieseldude4x4

I need a good excuse to get away even though I won't be drag racing (new clutch won't hold the new horsepower).
We shut down the end of October and will be shut down into the first week in December or so and that's only if everything goes right which they usually don't. Depending on what date you set is whether I can make this one or not. I'll be watching.

Goodys1ton

Is there still an interest, I know I am and others seem to be. Does any one remeber who set it up last time?

fourwhls00

I just did a search on it and John_P and Papasmurf put it together.

I am interested, lets see if we can get Porterfield and crew to make it happen.

John_P

Thanks for the interest in the N.C. Dyno and Drag Race Event
fellas! I will contact Chris Dubie and see what we can put
together for later this year. We had it in December of last
year and it was a little cold, so maybe we could shoot for
early or mid November if that sounds good for everyone.
Check your schedules and get back to me. I will discuss
this with Chris (PapaSmurf) and some of last year
"sponsors" and get back to you guys.

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Mike D

I'm interested in attending. I'll keep an eye on the thread. NC 18 needs to have another get together anyway. The last one was too long ago.

PapaSmurf

Hello
John and his son John and I and my son Geoffrey will be going out to the local drag strip ( Coastal Plains Dragway) tomarrow evening. John and I talked about putting another meet together and we will see if the CPD folks will support us.
I am thinking opening it up to anyone with a pickup can run. There was a ford f150 down in Commerce Ga. that ran a 14? mph in the 1/4 mile against the Jeff Garmon drag truck. Course it was on drugs. If we put a race together I am thinking it should be structured as follows.
I Diesel only, auto tranny
II Diesel only, stick shift tranny
III Gas only, auto tranny
IV Gas only, stick shift tranny
V RUN WHAT YOU BRUNG (is that a word) Run anything you want with four wheels.
John and I talked about the event, some of the above is just me thinking out loud on the computer.

The only rule that I think we need is the following.
If your not here to a have a good time and enjoy each others company than, don't bother to show up.

Please don't get the wrong idea we had a good time last year, I just don't want to get a bunch of attitude going this year.
Any thoughts on this please send them to John or I. PM them if you like.
Take care
See Ya
Chris

John_P

Chris has given a pretty good rundown on what we need
to do to have the event again. Wayne Murphy @ "Waynes
Dyno and Performance" in Jacksonville has graciously
agreed to run our trucks on his Dynojet again this year.
Thanks Wayne! He suggested the first Saturday in
December (the 4th) as a "target date." As we did last
year, we can do dyno runs on Saturday and then go
to the drag strip on Sunday provided that "Coastal
Plains Dragstrip" will work with us like they did last
year. I recently attended the N.C. Hemi Owners Group
get together (Dyno and Drag Race) and the dragstrip
required a deposit from them. Our contact from last year
(Gary) has left the track, so Chris and I will talk to the
management tomorrow night to see what they require.

A couple of members have e-mailed me asking that this
be a Dodge Truck Only Event. Whatever is decided upon
by all of you, I agree with Chris about breaking the trucks
down into classes similar to what Chris described or what
"Hammer" is going to do at the "Fall Brawl Event." This
would apply to the dyno event and the drag racing.

Give us your thoughts and input. We will get back to you
after we talk to the management at "Coastal Plains Dragway."

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Timinva

Thanks guys if I can help let me know. Had a good time last year and I for one dont care if you want to allow the GM and Ford diesels to show up, the more the merry'er. John you get your 12v dynoed yet? Tim

cethane

Count me in. All brands are fine with me. I was surprised at the #'s the Duramax's put down last year.

John_P

We talked to the management at "Coastal Plains Dragway"
last night. They have had some personnel leave, namely,
the guy who helped us out last year, Gary. Their rules
and procedures have changed quite a bit since our event
last year. They said that as soon as the colder weather
starts (probably early November) they will change their
"test and tune" night from Thursdays to Sunday. IF the
temperatures don't get below 45 degrees the track would
be open like any other "test and tune" day and the admission
for racing would be $15.00 for each truck and $8.00 for any
spectator. However, if the temperature DOES get below 45
degrees they said they will probably close the track for the
winter. In that case, we would need to "rent" the track for
the day. Their fee for that is $300.00 for a half day and $400.00
for all day. "All day" is considered to be from 9 AM to 5 PM.
One advantage to this is we would have the track all to
ourselves like last year. Under this "rental" situation we
will need around fifteen (15) members to put in about
$25.00 each to rent this track for the one day. This would
keep the cost fairly low for the racers. This is what Tom
Wheeler from the N.C. Dodge Hemi Owners Association
(DTW) did about a month ago and it worked out well.
Johnner and I attended that event and had a great time.
I told Tom I would like to invite members of his group and
will post this on the dtw website.

So, in summary, we can go ahead and schedule the dyno
event and wait to see about the racetrack in which case if
they close for the winter we will be out of luck. Or we can
go ahead and schedule the event and will need around
fifteen FIRM commitments from anyone who wants to race.

Let me know what you think.

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dwinnett

You guys can count me in. Had a great time last year. Papa's a Grandpa? Is Leslie a momma now? I guess she's all growed up and haired over since I saw her. Congratulations!

David

Lary Ellis (Top)

If this is to be a DTR chapter event then it has to be open to any brand of vehicle. We do NOT discriminate against any brand vehicle, or individual.

Unless of course as John has already stated, Someone brings an attitude with them. It is all about having fun and being courteous to one another.

I hope I can make this event myself, I may cook us up some Brats if I can find a fire hat

king d

i would hate to think they i couldnt attend the event i actually started just because i dont have a dodge