Rob Lloyd #1 qualifier

[tvanlant]

I was just checking the final round of qualifying for stock eliminator at Hebron, Ohio, and Rob Lloyd (Shelgame) has the #1 spot by a long way with a 13.86. Thats 1.588 under!!!

Nicely done Rob, but it's too bad you'll get whacked with horsepower now

The #2 qualifier was only 1.31 under, so Rob's got the 96-car field covered without a doubt!

[tvanlant]

Here's the link to the qualifying list:
http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r=100#indextop

[turbovanman²]

Way to go Rob,

[cordes]

Excellent. It is always great to see guys from the site. Especially those that give so much to the community. Way to go Rob!

[Directconnection]

Bill Baker is #41!

Got a feeling it's not the same billy baker, though.

Amazing how the index is so far off from what they run stock, yet people are able to beat the index easily.

[BadAssPerformance]

Nice job Rob!

Also gotta give props to my old roomie, Tim Kish, qualified 22/119 with a 13.233 on a 14.35 index (-1.117) in Super Stock with his '99 "all motor" Neon

http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...47385#indextop

[ShelGame]

Yeah, major OOPS on my part. The car's never run that fast. The air was really good for the non-IC turbo enigne. nice and cool and dry. Oh well.

I'm gonna get ~2hp now. That'll bump me right out of C/FS, I can only run A/FS or B/FS now.

Got a Wally, though. For the C/FS class win...

[tvanlant]

1.58 under was an accident?!! If I would have seen 1.41 under, I would have thought, "oh crap, that wasn't supposed to happen, air must be a little better than he thought." But when I seen the 1.58, I thought, "he must be bored and decided enough holding back.. let it rip!"
Oh well, you'll probably still be a ways ahead of the competition. Can't you stay in C if you pack on a few pounds? Who are going to be your main competitors if you have to jump to B? The SRT4s can run in B, can't they?

[BadAssPerformance]

Yeah, major OOPS on my part. The car's never run that fast. The air was really good for the non-IC turbo enigne. nice and cool and dry. Oh well.

I'm gonna get ~2hp now. That'll bump me right out of C/FS, I can only run A/FS or B/FS now.

Got a Wally, though. For the C/FS class win...

Congrats on the Wally!

[ShelGame]

1.58 under was an accident?!! If I would have seen 1.41 under, I would have thought, "oh crap, that wasn't supposed to happen, air must be a little better than he thought." But when I seen the 1.58, I thought, "he must be bored and decided enough holding back.. let it rip!"
Oh well, you'll probably still be a ways ahead of the competition. Can't you stay in C if you pack on a few pounds? Who are going to be your main competitors if you have to jump to B? The SRT4s can run in B, can't they?

Yeah, 1.58 was a big accident. I wanted to go 1.15 under. I had to add 75lbs (more) to the car to get to NHRA C/FS weight. And, I took the boost down to 14psi. The car didn't slow down, it went faster! I think I need some wastegate tuning. There's no way it ran that fast at 14psi. More likely it was up near 18 for most of the run. I didn't look at the guage. Plus, the starting line was terrible. I kicked up a bunch of "marbles" - I think - sounded like rocks rattling around in the wheel wells. I thought I broke something. So, I really wasn't watching the boost, I was listening for noises. I hit 5000 rpm at ~ 1000ft and thought "that's too fast" - but I didn't think to back off. I don't usually hit 5000 until just before crossing the stripe.

Actually, I was wrong. I think they're going to hit me with 6HP. Either way, the car was at 16.07 lb/hp when they had it factored at 165HP. At 171, that goes to 15.5 now. B/FS is a 16.00-17.50 class. A/FS is 13.00 to 16.00. The car was a "natural" B car; now it's a "natural" A car. They only let you bump or down 1 class. So, no more C for me. Unless I claim it as a '91 .

[tvanlant]

Yeah, I thought you might be wishful thinking when you said 2 hp. I thought this year you could go 3 different classes? Or is that only 1 up, 1 down, or natural class - not down 2 classes?

Why were you in C anyway? Was this the first event you've run it in C?

[ShelGame]

Yeah, I thought you might be wishful thinking when you said 2 hp. I thought this year you could go 3 different classes? Or is that only 1 up, 1 down, or natural class - not down 2 classes?

Why were you in C anyway? Was this the first event you've run it in C?

They let you bump up or down 1 class. But not 2.

First NHRA event I've run in C. There was another guy running in B. If I didn't know him, I'd probably have run him - I'm faster than he is. But, he works at MPR and builds a lot of our stuff...