NHRA Sport Compact Nats at ATCO, May 20-21.

[the mike]

This is the sister show to the one at Englishtown, but a ton closer to me. I'll be headed there to snap some more pics.
Anyone else going?

[wrxman60]

that is gona be the same weekend as HIN in A.C. guys are gona have to choose which one to go to

[the mike]

Guess it all comes down to Show or Go. :wink:

I'll be at Atco, less gas to get there. :rofl:

[sesolcSTI]

Better pics too, can you say burnout box, hahaha. :thumbup:

[the mike]

I meant better stalker pics:devil:!!

[Orbit]

yeah. where is the secret link. haha!

I meant better stalker pics:devil:!!

[the mike]

I need to recover from resizing and uploading 68 pictures. I am old, remember.:)

[Orbit]

Hey, you are only 4 months older then i am.

I guess i may feel that way in 2 month too :(

I need to recover from resizing and uploading 68 pictures. I am old, remember.:)

[underpressure02]

I will be there with Teamxxxracing. Not sure if my car will be done to run SFWD but if not I will be running brackets. We owned the brackets on Saturday and Sunday at the E-town event looking to do it again at ATCO.

There is also NOPI in MD these two days also.

[HuffRex]

Guess it all comes down to Show or Go. :wink:

I'll be at Atco, less gas to get there. :rofl:
I'll be at ATCO!

[BobErT-]

HIN is in AC in June, i think the date is the 24th for that.

[TehWagon]

subscribing for reminder to add to calendar

[subwrxkid]

This looks cool, but I am heading to HIN AC. They called me the other day to see if I was enterin again this year, I told them the car is in peices lol, I am so pissed!

[TehWagon]

PS might want to change it to 20-21.
http://www.atcorace.com/artman/uploads/atco-hoc.pdf

[SUB2.5RS]

Cant people hit up one on one day and the other the next day. Im not sure what the days are for H.I.N? I just checked the weather and it said for the 20th it was going to BE 75 with showers so thats gonna suck going to ATCO if its going to rain. right?

[Twin_Cam]

I may be there the 21st. The 19th is my 21st birthday, so that weekend should be psychotic, but who knows. Put me in the "Possibly" column.

[sisforsurfing]

I'll be there on Sunday. I'll bring my camera and maybe something to write on if this would be good to cover for the news articles section. What day is everyone else going? if not both

[TehWagon]

i haven't decided which day yet- kind of depends.

[Twin_Cam]

I just got something in the mail about it...it looks like a good time. I'm definitely there. Sunday, to be exact. Saturday I'll be in AC celebrating my 21st birthday.

[TehWagon]

i'll prob go sunday- after a breast cancer walk i'm doing in the am (all are welcome at that btw)

[1320wrx]

ill be in AC on Saturday and Atco on Sunday

[karl]

caravan for atco on sunday! let me know if u want in...

[TehWagon]

i'll see ya there. i'm coming from da souff.

[the mike]

I'll see what the Brizownz Mizills crew is doing.

[Orbit]

I am down.

[the mike]

What time are we going? I would like to try to make the softball game Sunday as well.

[TehWagon]

Not that anyone cares, but that charity walk is in the am, so i'll be there after that. http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14322

[EvlEgl]

What time are we going? I would like to try to make the softball game Sunday as well.

Early...Im down for some softball...its a drive from atco though.

What time is it "suppossed to start"

[TehWagon]

3pm Scotta!

[EvlEgl]

no...the atco show not softball!!

[TehWagon]

oh- lemme check

edit - gates open 8am! doesn't say when racing starts though.

[EvlEgl]

wellthen...me and karl will be there at 8.

[TehWagon]

you two make such a cute couple :wiggle:

[the mike]

I gotta be at Karl's at 8? Aw **** that.:mrgreen:

[EvlEgl]

you could grab your sleeping bag and sleep over

Ha

[the mike]

It's not pink, it's lightish red!!!

[Driven]

I'll be there one way or another, hopefully with my car back together running in SRWD.

[TehWagon]

SRWD = ?
sorry, still learning :o

[Driven]

SRWD = ?
sorry, still learning :o

Sport RWD http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2006/rules/ClassRegulations.pdf, page 34

I have to run against teams like the ESX WRX that runs low 9's with a crew of three plus driver that travel the country. It kinda sucks but it's a start, I'll catch up.

[TehWagon]

wow, cool! we'll be rootin for ya (after Julie, of course!) :rolleyes:

[TehWagon]

:bump: for this w/e!!!

[seneca]

I may crawl out of my shell and come out Sunday morning to see Julie do some whoopin. Is everyone shooting to be there by 8?

[TehWagon]

i'm not going to get there till after noon probably but i think some people are caravanning and hoping to be there early-ish.

[sisforsurfing]

I don't know how early I'll be getting there, as of now I'm still planning on going even though it's kind of a hike. Who knows how early I'll get up, hopefully I'll be there in time to see Julie kick some rear.

[peteyturbo]

Damn, I guess if I want to race, brackets will be the only viable option lolSport RWD http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2006/rules/ClassRegulations.pdf, page 34

I have to run against teams like the ESX WRX that runs low 9's with a crew of three plus driver that travel the country. It kinda sucks but it's a start, I'll catch up.

[Weenz0r]

I'm gonna head out in a bit. Cya there.

[Orbit]

julie is going to be there? i will be coming tomorrow.

I may crawl out of my shell and come out Sunday morning to see Julie do some whoopin. Is everyone shooting to be there by 8?

[seneca]

****in right she is.

[Weenz0r]

sweet avator sen :-D

[peteyturbo]

I was there all day, I am tired, and I will be there all day tommorow.. It got to the point I went to line up every 10 minutes for almost an hour, just to try to get the .000 light for the 375 bux, I would just go up and run a 25.03@40mph and drive right past the ticket booth..Closest I got was a .003.. I could have made 30 passes today if I wanted, I think I actually made over 10 passes. Anyway, there are alot of sick cars to look foward to tommorow.

[TehWagon]

good times out there. bailed b/c it was looking like rain, but good to see julie represent FTW!!! :supz:

[blubaja]

Ok....so where's all the pics?:-D

[peteyturbo]

I have some crappy video I will post up soon, none of julie though, just some 6 second passes, thats all :mrgreen:

[EvlEgl]

We have julie covered :)

Mike took plenty of her

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/Braindamaged0386/DSC03716.jpg

[blubaja]

I have some Julie pics. A nice one of her and Lux. But I have about 30 of just the car. Yaaaaay Julie!!!!!!

[EvlEgl]

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v227/Braindamaged0386/AtcoNationals/?sc=1&multi=7&addtype=local&media=image

My Contribution.

[blubaja]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/Braindamaged0386/AtcoNationals/DSC03716.jpg
There we go!

[olmytsi]

They need to step it up in that subaru. A manually shifted 240 with a much smaller budget is hangin with her.

Almost rained today but all we got was a few drops.

[EvlEgl]

They make her have more weight in the car...and they tune it to go slower. She has 250 Pounds of metal bars in the trunk. I was talking to the easy street crew and julie herself for awhile...It has alot of unusable power because of the class restrictions...Hell they call it a wrx even though its an Sti to save them from adding another 100 Pounds to the car.

[Driven]

They make her have more weight in the car...and they tune it to go slower. She has 250 Pounds of metal bars in the trunk. I was talking to the easy street crew and julie herself for awhile...It has alot of unusable power because of the class restrictions...Hell they call it a wrx even though its an Sti to save them from adding another 100 Pounds to the car.

Wow, how about you read the class rules before making a post like this.

The weight in their trunk is to get to the minimum weight, the minimum weight that ALL AWD cars with a turbo and nitrous need to be at (3200lbs). They do get a 100lb penalty for the insanely expensive non-OEM transmission they run, but that has nothing to do with it being a suburu or an STi.

That car should not be in that class, period. They need to step it up and move into a class thats a little more suited for their budget. The class they are in is intended for STREET cars. The rules state that the car must be registered and tagged and even must have items such as a horn and wipers. It also states that all factory controls must remain in place and operative. That car does not have all its controls in place any longer so it technically doesn't meet the rules.

The purpose of this class was intended to be for people to be able to race their street legal imports, but the insane budget of a team like Easy Street ruins it for the little guy. You can see just by the car counts dwindling, two whole cars at Atco? They also don't care about the spectator, they make one qualifying run? What happened to the racers putting on a show for the people who payed money to get in? Have you ever seen John Force sit out his remaining qualifying runs after qualifying number 1 in the first session? I don't think so.

Easystreet could compete in one of the pro catagories but they wouldn't dominate like they do in sport RWD. They'd still be the largest budget team in the class they decide to run in but I guess they like beating up on the little guys.

BTW, for all of you Julie nutswingers, anyone notice that she can't find the finish line? When asked "why did you hit the brakes before the end of the track" she replied with "I didn't know I did, everything is just happening so fast up there." This is after her second race in a row hitting the brakes well before the finish line.

For those of you who want to say "well you've never driven something that fast"... yes, I have, and I know where the finish line is when I race.

/rant off

[EvlEgl]

next time stick the tampoon in your vagina.

I was going by what Was told to me by not one not two but three ESX guys about adding weight and how the car is faster than 9's and yadda yadda yadda...rules are boring to me so i'm not gonna bother reading them.

To say she cant drive is crazy...its a 9 secodn subaru...TO just HOP in and drive it is kind fo hard...why she hit the brakes...I dunno, Mayeb she was going to fast and didnt want to have NHRA adding more weight to the car for being wuicker than they say they are.

[seneca]

he said nutswinger hehe.

[Driven]

next time stick the tampoon in your vagina.

I was going by what Was told to me by not one not two but three ESX guys about adding weight and how the car is faster than 9's and yadda yadda yadda...rules are boring to me so i'm not gonna bother reading them.

To say she cant drive is crazy...its a 9 secodn subaru...TO just HOP in and drive it is kind fo hard...why she hit the brakes...I dunno, Mayeb she was going to fast and didnt want to have NHRA adding more weight to the car for being wuicker than they say they are.

You should learn how to spell before trying to insult someone also.

I've driven a 9 second car also and I've driven a 9 second car that leaves a lot harder than her car. I know what it takes, you should speak on something you do know about.

Ever think that maybe they were blowing you full of BS because they are representing a shop that sells suburu parts so they are playing up their performance? The rules are published for everyone to read. There are no penalties for going too fast in a heads up class. I've read the rules hundreds of times since I built my car to compete in that class. I've also talked to the crew in the lanes where they know I'm not some "punk kid."

So once again, don't speak until you get your facts straight. If rules bore you then don't talk about them.

[EvlEgl]

Ever think that maybe I dont care enough?

When i'm in a 9 second class then i'll read the rules.

[peteyturbo]

Without that tranny she is nothing..The newest thing is having having a huge budget, throwin in a 50,000 dollar transmission so a gerbil could drive it, and then find an attractive women to drive it for publicity..That thing was not even in the 9's with her driving a manual if I remember correctly..That team is ***..Agree with driven..They are not the only team doing this BTW, its going on in the sFWD as well..

[sesolcSTI]

If you guys think she is just somebody of the street, then go to easystreets site and read her background. This is a direct quote from the site: "Julie is the youngest of our finalists at eighteen. Don’t let her age fool you though. She has been drag racing for nine years as a junior dragster and later in Super-Comp (8.04@163mph) and a 1968 Camaro (10.80@120mph)" So she obviously can handle a car regardless of what kind/price of transmission is in the car, and as far as braking before the finish line, she must be doing it for a reason?????

Im not arguing, im just stating some background about the driver......just my .02.

[UnderPoweredRS]

You should learn how to spell before trying to insult someone also.

I've driven a 9 second car also and I've driven a 9 second car that leaves a lot harder than her car. I know what it takes, you should speak on something you do know about.

Ever think that maybe they were blowing you full of BS because they are representing a shop that sells suburu parts so they are playing up their performance? The rules are published for everyone to read. There are no penalties for going too fast in a heads up class. I've read the rules hundreds of times since I built my car to compete in that class. I've also talked to the crew in the lanes where they know I'm not some "punk kid."

So once again, don't speak until you get your facts straight. If rules bore you then don't talk about them.

there is 300 pounds bolted in the trunk. The extra weight is becuase of being AWD and having two power adders. Yes if they removed the weight the car would go 8s no problem but they would no longer meet the rules. As for the control not working on the car I know they are all in place I'm not sure if they all work still or not.

[Driven]

Ever think that maybe I dont care enough?

When i'm in a 9 second class then i'll read the rules.

If you don't care enough then don't post. It's not hard.

Without that tranny she is nothing..The newest thing is having having a huge budget, throwin in a 50,000 dollar transmission so a gerbil could drive it, and then find an attractive women to drive it for publicity..That thing was not even in the 9's with her driving a manual if I remember correctly..That team is ***..Agree with driven..They are not the only team doing this BTW, its going on in the sFWD as well..

Somebody that knows what they are talking about, thank you.

If you guys think she is just somebody of the street, then go to easystreets site and read her background. This is a direct quote from the site: "Julie is the youngest of our finalists at eighteen. Don’t let her age fool you though. She has been drag racing for nine years as a junior dragster and later in Super-Comp (8.04@163mph) and a 1968 Camaro (10.80@120mph)" So she obviously can handle a car regardless of what kind/price of transmission is in the car, and as far as braking before the finish line, she must be doing it for a reason?????

Im not arguing, im just stating some background about the driver......just my .02.

I never said she was someone off the street. I have just as much racing experience as her and I can tell you, I always know where the finish line is. She is the one that stated "everything happens so fast", not me. If the car was on the verge of some portion of the rules, I'd agree with you that they are purposely braking for a reason, but it's not. From 8.50 - 9.99 the rules remain the same. At 150, the only change in rules is the requirement of a parachute, which they have. The rules DO NOT require an AWD car to pull the chute at 150mph, so that is another non-issue.

there is 300 pounds bolted in the trunk. The extra weight is becuase of being AWD and having two power adders. Yes if they removed the weight the car would go 8s no problem but they would no longer meet the rules. As for the control not working on the car I know they are all in place I'm not sure if they all work still or not.

I know that there is weight in the back of the car, I'm not disputing that. All I am saying is that their max weight is the same as everyone else's max weight with the same modifications (AWD, 2 power adders and non-OEM trans). It's not my fault they removed too much weight from the car and have to add weight back in.

Also, I'm pretty sure the car no longer has HVAC controls in it. They are the controls in particular that I was refering to. The car has a carbon fiber piece replacing where the HVAC and radio are stock. I didn't look close enough to notice any other items missing, but I'm sure they are there.

[2point4DSM]

Scott, you need to relax. Tony makes a good point.

[peteyturbo]

Who is Scott and who is Tony??:cool: Scott, you need to relax. Tony makes a good point.

[EvlEgl]

I'm fine.

The Dont post if I dont care line is old already...dont you realize its the internet? Considering you repeated what I already said about not caring about rules and that there boring...Now i'm suppossed to not post...Whoo Hoo.

What fun would it be seeing you get all riled up over an Internet forum if I didnt post. You spent more time typing the responses over soemthing as petty as rules for racing.

I get your point...like I said i dont race with rules nor do I care to research them...I was going by what I was told. Sue me.

And Wil I am calm. I dont get upset over what happens on here.

[peteyturbo]

This is how alot of people got their racing career.. It's called "alot of money"!!If you guys think she is just somebody of the street, then go to easystreets site and read her background. This is a direct quote from the site: "Julie is the youngest of our finalists at eighteen. Don’t let her age fool you though. She has been drag racing for nine years as a junior dragster and later in Super-Comp (8.04@163mph) and a 1968 Camaro (10.80@120mph)" So she obviously can handle a car regardless of what kind/price of transmission is in the car, and as far as braking before the finish line, she must be doing it for a reason?????

Im not arguing, im just stating some background about the driver......just my .02.

[sesolcSTI]

I'd agree with you that they are purposely braking for a reason, but it's not. From 8.50 - 9.99 the rules remain the same.

So she ran 9.1ish right? If she braked hard a good bit before the finish line, then does it make sense that its possible that the car can beat a 8.50? Somebody had asked her if it will go faster than 9's and there is great speculation that it is very capable to run faster than 9's. Maybe they are just running as conservative as they can and still win races?

And as far as, "everything is happening so fast", that is obviously just some excuse. She used to race 8sec cars. She could just be playing the innocent girl racer card. The brakes are being hit for a reason, bottom line.

[TehWagon]

agreed. you don't race since 9 years old and play the dumb blonde card. she knows what she's doing out there.

[the mike]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/themike/nitto1.jpg

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[blubaja]

Thanks for more great pics Mike!

[TehWagon]

wow. evidently mike has turned into a creepy butt stalker.




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/themike/nitto2.jpg


and isn't this lux's butt? i recognize the guinness lanyard.

[the mike]

No that's Karl's head.

[TehWagon]

i quoted the wrong pic, numbnuts.

[peteyturbo]

And as far as, "everything is happening so fast", that is obviously just some excuse. She used to race 8sec cars. She could just be playing the innocent girl racer card. The brakes are being hit for a reason, bottom line.

"She used to race 8 second cars" gives here very little credibility in my book, and really is not a factor in judging someones skill behind the wheel necessarily.. She has not even been cutting good lights last weekend, and thats basiclly the only thing she can mess up driving that car, aside from hitting the brakes early:rofl:
She is a decent driver, but she basicly has the race season bought for her..

[sesolcSTI]

"She used to race 8 second cars" gives here very little credibility in my book, and really is not a factor in judging someones skill behind the wheel necessarily.. She has not even been cutting good lights last weekend, and thats basiclly the only thing she can mess up driving that car, aside from hitting the brakes early:rofl:
She is a decent driver, but she basicly has the race season bought for her..

So racing for half of her life gives her little credibility? Im pretty sure that in the years that she has been racing she has obtained the necessary skills to know what she is doing. And the hitting the brakes deal......that is done for a reason....read my last post explaining that maybe the car can run an 8.5 or better and they are just running the car as hard as they have to to ensure a win? I dunno, im not arguing, im just throwing my .02 out there. Regardless she deserves all the respect of all the other drivers in the import drag world.

[peteyturbo]

Agree to disagree:mrgreen: So racing for half of her life gives her little credibility? Im pretty sure that in the years that she has been racing she has obtained the necessary skills to know what she is doing. And the hitting the brakes deal......that is done for a reason....read my last post explaining that maybe the car can run an 8.5 or better and they are just running the car as hard as they have to to ensure a win? I dunno, im not arguing, im just throwing my .02 out there. Regardless she deserves all the respect of all the other drivers in the import drag world.

[xEJ20x]

and isn't this lux's butt? i recognize the guinness lanyard.

Yea....I recognize that Peep rabbit anywhere.

[sesolcSTI]

Agree to disagree:mrgreen:

Eh, i guess some people are just haters. :rolleyes:

[peteyturbo]

Don't start, you know I could easily say something that would be detrimental to your character as well..Fact is, she can't drive all that well..Eh, i guess some people are just haters. :rolleyes:

[sesolcSTI]

Don't start, you know I could easily say something that would be detrimental to your character as well..Fact is, she can't drive all that well..

Haha, yes sir! I won't start :help: :help:, hahahahaha . I guess i'll just agree to disagree with you. Your opinion is your opinion, and mine is mine.