Slant Six Forum :: 2012 Predictions!!

I predict that Mason Dixon IV will be a 50 point race, which will be the first one on the East Coast for a while!

Also predict that there will be at least 4 turbocharged cars at Mason Dixon and the possibility that there could be 6! No kidding!

Also predict that there will be at least 4 "new" cars or highly modified cars of the past there also.

Also predict that one Covalt will make it out of the 1st round on both days! Laughing Laughing (6 car team)

Just grab one of those bars that shine from work!

Let's set a budget of $20 or less.

Okay, I'll get this party started!

Here's some of my predictions for the 2012 racing season. Feel free to add to this list. Anything goes. Do a copy/paste to keep it going like the Best times and Records threads.

1. Of course, I have to start it off by predicting that Mater (me

) is gonna whoop up on Cookie (wvenable) in "The Ultimate Slant 6 Grudge Match"! It won't be heads up, cuz even my "slow" car will be faster than his.

I'll even give him a chance and we'll do the best 3 out of 5 deal. Ain't I generous?

2. I will make some passes in more than 1 Slant 6 vehicle this year.

3. We will see at least a dozen brand new faces join us over the course of the year.

4. The National Champion Traveling Trophy will stay out West with the Killer Bees again this year. Yes,... I'm an East Coaster. I'm also somewhat of a realist.

At least when it comes to other people...

5. Guzzi Mark will have some issues with his new nitrous set up at Vegas, but will work at it until he re-sets the A/Nitrous record later in the season. His other A and B/Gas records will be safe this year, but someone will take the C/Gas record.

6. We will finally see a couple Slant 6 powered dragsters show up to set some of the new AA records. Brent Laney will set the bar nice and high at the Mo-Kan race 28 April in the "Green Grenade". He and Mark Goodman have teamed up again to build a sweet looking FED. It's good to see Team Green back in action with another Slant 6 project!

7. We will see at least three people return to race with us that have been absent for several years.

8. Mason-Dixon will have the highest car count for the year.

Next...

Gettin' closer on my predictions...

#1 will ALWAYS be a "No Brainer"...

#2 I fullfilled by making the first pass in Chase's new Duster at Woodburn...

#3 is done. Chase helped with this one by racing at Woodburn too.

We're up to 14 Rookies so far this year...

#4 and #5 still have a ways to be determined, but Mark did re-set his A/Nitrous record. We need a fast/heavy car to grab that C/Gas record from Mark still...

#6 is halfway there with "The Green Grenade" debut at Mo-Kan. There was a sweet HAMB style FED racing with us at Woodburn running 12's, so I s'pose we could consider that one done...

#7 is only 1/3rd done so far. I was hoping Mark Goodman would race at Mo-Kan, but he let the "Green Team Young Guns" take over driving... I'll have to start buggin' Howard Davis and Barry Harrison to schedule a re-match of their historic "Grudge Match"!

Howard has built a SERIOUS billet head/crank engine and he REALLY wants Barry to dust off his '66 Valiant for a heads up re-match... His words to me were, "You tell Barry to bring his 'baby bottle' (NOS) and a case of beer!"

#8 has been fulfilled (so far...) There were 17 cars at Mason-Dixon in May. Woodburn was the next closest with 10. Car counts for this weekend at Elk Creek and Samoa are closer to 10 than 17...

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Okay, I'll get this party started!

Here's some of my predictions for the 2012 racing season. Feel free to add to this list. Anything goes. Do a copy/paste to keep it going like the Best times and Records threads.

1. Of course, I have to start it off by predicting that Mater (me

) is gonna whoop up on Cookie (wvenable) in "The Ultimate Slant 6 Grudge Match"! It won't be heads up, cuz even my "slow" car will be faster than his.

I'll even give him a chance and we'll do the best 3 out of 5 deal. Ain't I generous?

2. I will make some passes in more than 1 Slant 6 vehicle this year.

At least when it comes to other people...

7. We will see at least three people return to race with us that have been absent for several years.

8. Mason-Dixon will have the highest car count for the year.

Next...

Okay, I'll get this party started!

Here's some of my predictions for the 2012 racing season. Feel free to add to this list. Anything goes. Do a copy/paste to keep it going like the Best times and Records threads.

1. Of course, I have to start it off by predicting that Mater (me

) is gonna whoop up on Cookie (wvenable) in "The Ultimate Slant 6 Grudge Match"! It won't be heads up, cuz even my "slow" car will be faster than his.

I'll even give him a chance and we'll do the best 3 out of 5 deal. Ain't I generous?

(.5 cuz Cookie didn't show up and I did. )

2. I will make some passes in more than 1 Slant 6 vehicle this year.

(Yep! GodsRods Duster II and "Stella". )

3. We will see at least a dozen brand new faces join us over the course of the year.
(Oh yeah! How'z about 22 of 'em!? )

4. The National Champion Traveling Trophy will stay out West with the Killer Bees again this year. Yes,... I'm an East Coaster. I'm also somewhat of a realist.

At least when it comes to other people...

(Yep. CJ wrapped hat one up reall good. )

5. Guzzi Mark will have some issues with his new nitrous set up at Vegas, but will work at it until he re-sets the A/Nitrous record later in the season. His other A and B/Gas records will be safe this year, but someone will take the C/Gas record.
(.5 cuz Mark did all that schtuff, but no one stepped up and took his C/Gas record.)

6. We will finally see a couple Slant 6 powered dragsters show up to set some of the new AA records. Brent Laney will set the bar nice and high at the Mo-Kan race 28 April in the "Green Grenade". He and Mark Goodman have teamed up again to build a sweet looking FED. It's good to see Team Green back in action with another Slant 6 project!

(Another .5 cuz we seen the "Green Grenade" and Walt's HAMB style car this year, but neither one submitted fer any records. )

7. We will see at least three people return to race with us that have been absent for several years.
(Missed this one. I wuz hopin' Howard Davis and Barry Harrison would show up at Clay City, but that didn't happen. I guess I could claim .3 fer Brent Laney racin' at Mo-Kan, but 1/3 ain't at least 1/2... )

8. Mason-Dixon will have the highest car count for the year.
(Got that one! Well, actually Team Covalt got that one, but I predicted it! )

Next...

Author:	Dart270 [ Wed May 16, 2012 7:01 am ]
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You bringin' some a that to M-D this weekend, Ron?? We need to work on Master James to get to a race this year... Lou

Author:	Rick Covalt [ Tue May 22, 2012 3:29 pm ]
Post subject:	Hmmm?
Quote: I predict that Mason Dixon IV will be a 50 point race, which will be the first one on the East Coast for a while! Also predict that there will be at least 4 turbocharged cars at Mason Dixon and the possibility that there could be 6! No kidding! Also predict that there will be at least 4 "new" cars or highly modified cars of the past there also. Also predict that one Covalt will make it out of the 1st round on both days! Laughing Laughing (6 car team) Well I guess I'm better than 50/50 We did have a 50 point race Saturday. There were also enough cars for a 50 point race Sunday if there was no breakage. There were 4 turbo cars. Lou madsen, Charles Brooks, and Brian's Sweet new/old car, and Sam Powell's Dart (not racing) Will's new turbo wasn't quite done and my local friends twin turbo is not quite done yet either. that would have been 6. Only 2 new cars, Mine and Brian Mimken And 1 Covalt did make it out of the 1st rd. each day! Rick

Author:	805moparkid [ Sat May 26, 2012 6:29 pm ]
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hoping to run 13.50's by the end of the year and set D/G there as well...

Author:	wvenable [ Mon May 28, 2012 7:10 am ]
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I predict that Mater will somehow get (git in Kentuckyese) himself stationed overseas before Clay City as an excuse not to face the Piggie! Happy Memorial Day Mater! Thanks for your service.

Author:	Rob Simmons [ Tue May 29, 2012 6:33 am ]
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Did you bug my work phone!? Or do you just have ESPN...

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Author:	Rob Simmons [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:12 am ]
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Looks like I'm stayin' put for now. Just be ready for Clay City Cookie.

Author:	wvenable [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:31 am ]
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How can we make this more interesting Mater? Maybe we could make a little side bet kinda like Govenors do when their NFL football teams play. I will put up something good from IN you put up something good from KY. Let's set a budget of $20 or less. For example: I could put up some tasty morsels from Zydecos Award winning Cajun or some suds from Sun King an Indy Microbrewery. What do ya say Mater? BTW don't want any KY tomatos IN tomatos are the best ya can git!

Author:	Rob Simmons [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:31 am ]
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Sounds good. I'll figger out some Kentucky-like sumthin' er other... (Not that I'll need to have it at the ready seein' as how there ain't no way I can lose. )

Author:	wvenable [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:49 am ]
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Just grab one of those bars that shine from work!

Author:	Rob Simmons [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:40 pm ]
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Quote: Just grab one of those bars that shine from work! Quote: Let's set a budget of $20 or less.

Author:	Rob Simmons [ Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:35 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 2012 Predictions!!
Gettin' closer on my predictions... #1 will ALWAYS be a "No Brainer"... #2 I fullfilled by making the first pass in Chase's new Duster at Woodburn... #3 is done. Chase helped with this one by racing at Woodburn too. We're up to 14 Rookies so far this year... #4 and #5 still have a ways to be determined, but Mark did re-set his A/Nitrous record. We need a fast/heavy car to grab that C/Gas record from Mark still... #6 is halfway there with "The Green Grenade" debut at Mo-Kan. There was a sweet HAMB style FED racing with us at Woodburn running 12's, so I s'pose we could consider that one done... #7 is only 1/3rd done so far. I was hoping Mark Goodman would race at Mo-Kan, but he let the "Green Team Young Guns" take over driving... I'll have to start buggin' Howard Davis and Barry Harrison to schedule a re-match of their historic "Grudge Match"! Howard has built a SERIOUS billet head/crank engine and he REALLY wants Barry to dust off his '66 Valiant for a heads up re-match... His words to me were, "You tell Barry to bring his 'baby bottle' (NOS) and a case of beer!" #8 has been fulfilled (so far...) There were 17 cars at Mason-Dixon in May. Woodburn was the next closest with 10. Car counts for this weekend at Elk Creek and Samoa are closer to 10 than 17... Quote: Okay, I'll get this party started! Here's some of my predictions for the 2012 racing season. Feel free to add to this list. Anything goes. Do a copy/paste to keep it going like the Best times and Records threads. 1. Of course, I have to start it off by predicting that Mater (me ) is gonna whoop up on Cookie (wvenable) in "The Ultimate Slant 6 Grudge Match"! It won't be heads up, cuz even my "slow" car will be faster than his. I'll even give him a chance and we'll do the best 3 out of 5 deal. Ain't I generous? 2. I will make some passes in more than 1 Slant 6 vehicle this year. 3. We will see at least a dozen brand new faces join us over the course of the year. 4. The National Champion Traveling Trophy will stay out West with the Killer Bees again this year. Yes,... I'm an East Coaster. I'm also somewhat of a realist. At least when it comes to other people... 5. Guzzi Mark will have some issues with his new nitrous set up at Vegas, but will work at it until he re-sets the A/Nitrous record later in the season. His other A and B/Gas records will be safe this year, but someone will take the C/Gas record. 6. We will finally see a couple Slant 6 powered dragsters show up to set some of the new AA records. Brent Laney will set the bar nice and high at the Mo-Kan race 28 April in the "Green Grenade". He and Mark Goodman have teamed up again to build a sweet looking FED. It's good to see Team Green back in action with another Slant 6 project! 7. We will see at least three people return to race with us that have been absent for several years. 8. Mason-Dixon will have the highest car count for the year. Next...

Author:	Rob Simmons [ Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:10 am ]
Post subject:	Getting closer to 100%... :-(
Unfortunately, my predictions are getting even closer to being fulfilled... With the second East Coast "Rain Out" at Knoxville, it's going to be even harder for the East Coasters to bring that Traveling Trophy back East this year. Charlie Schmid towed all the way up from Florida for this event. He stood one of the best chances at the Championship. He told me that he does not plan to tow back up for Bristol or Clay City. Rookie Frank Funk actually leads the East Coasters in points right now. He and Ryan Covalt came all the way down from Pennsylvania with 3 cars for this event! With another Mason-Dixon race added to the calendar in October, this young Rookie may be the East Coasters' best chance at a National Championship this year! Hey Frank! Don't wait for Mason-Dixon to race again though! Ryan will be at Clay City for the "Fast Four and Grudge Matches Galore" event. Plan to come with him! You'll need the allowable 5 races to pick your points from to compete with those Killer Bees! So,... Unless Rookie Frank Funk can pull this off,... I'm pretty much calling my predictions "fulfilled". What's that you say? What about #5 and that C/Gas record being taken away from "Record Collector" Mark Etheridge... Not to worry! I've got a deal worked out with Howard Davis on that. He holds the C/Alcohol record at 11.27, but he's willing to run on Gas at Clay City if no one else has taken the record by then... Either that, or I'll set up the Challenger to run on Gas for Clay City (instead of that 55 gallons of methanol sitting in the garage) and take Mark's A/Gas record instead! That should do it. All done! (#1 ain't even worth mentionin'... Cookie's already Crumblin' all over the place... ) Quote: Gettin' closer on my predictions... #1 will ALWAYS be a "No Brainer"... #2 I fullfilled by making the first pass in Chase's new Duster at Woodburn... #3 is done. Chase helped with this one by racing at Woodburn too. We're up to 14 Rookies so far this year... #4 and #5 still have a ways to be determined, but Mark did re-set his A/Nitrous record. We need a fast/heavy car to grab that C/Gas record from Mark still... #6 is halfway there with "The Green Grenade" debut at Mo-Kan. There was a sweet HAMB style FED racing with us at Woodburn running 12's, so I s'pose we could consider that one done... #7 is only 1/3rd done so far. I was hoping Mark Goodman would race at Mo-Kan, but he let the "Green Team Young Guns" take over driving... I'll have to start buggin' Howard Davis and Barry Harrison to schedule a re-match of their historic "Grudge Match"! Howard has built a SERIOUS billet head/crank engine and he REALLY wants Barry to dust off his '66 Valiant for a heads up re-match... His words to me were, "You tell Barry to bring his 'baby bottle' (NOS) and a case of beer!" #8 has been fulfilled (so far...) There were 17 cars at Mason-Dixon in May. Woodburn was the next closest with 10. Car counts for this weekend at Elk Creek and Samoa are closer to 10 than 17... Quote: Okay, I'll get this party started! Here's some of my predictions for the 2012 racing season. Feel free to add to this list. Anything goes. Do a copy/paste to keep it going like the Best times and Records threads. 1. Of course, I have to start it off by predicting that Mater (me ) is gonna whoop up on Cookie (wvenable) in "The Ultimate Slant 6 Grudge Match"! It won't be heads up, cuz even my "slow" car will be faster than his. I'll even give him a chance and we'll do the best 3 out of 5 deal. Ain't I generous? 2. I will make some passes in more than 1 Slant 6 vehicle this year. 3. We will see at least a dozen brand new faces join us over the course of the year. 4. The National Champion Traveling Trophy will stay out West with the Killer Bees again this year. Yes,... I'm an East Coaster. I'm also somewhat of a realist. At least when it comes to other people... 5. Guzzi Mark will have some issues with his new nitrous set up at Vegas, but will work at it until he re-sets the A/Nitrous record later in the season. His other A and B/Gas records will be safe this year, but someone will take the C/Gas record. 6. We will finally see a couple Slant 6 powered dragsters show up to set some of the new AA records. Brent Laney will set the bar nice and high at the Mo-Kan race 28 April in the "Green Grenade". He and Mark Goodman have teamed up again to build a sweet looking FED. It's good to see Team Green back in action with another Slant 6 project! 7. We will see at least three people return to race with us that have been absent for several years. 8. Mason-Dixon will have the highest car count for the year. Next...

Author:	wvenable [ Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:58 pm ]
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Author:	Rob Simmons [ Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:09 pm ]
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Quote: I thought you wuz gittin' ready ta start teachin' them yungins. What er you doin' rollin' yer eyes at me!? If you've got time ta roll yer eyes, then you've got time ta git one of them cars runnin'! When you need them parts I got fer ya?

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Author:	Rob Simmons [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:01 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: 2012 Predictions!! I got about 5.5 outta 8 :-)
Quote: Okay, I'll get this party started! Here's some of my predictions for the 2012 racing season. Feel free to add to this list. Anything goes. Do a copy/paste to keep it going like the Best times and Records threads. 1. Of course, I have to start it off by predicting that Mater (me ) is gonna whoop up on Cookie (wvenable) in "The Ultimate Slant 6 Grudge Match"! It won't be heads up, cuz even my "slow" car will be faster than his. I'll even give him a chance and we'll do the best 3 out of 5 deal. Ain't I generous? (.5 cuz Cookie didn't show up and I did. ) 2. I will make some passes in more than 1 Slant 6 vehicle this year. (Yep! GodsRods Duster II and "Stella". ) 3. We will see at least a dozen brand new faces join us over the course of the year. (Oh yeah! How'z about 22 of 'em!? ) 4. The National Champion Traveling Trophy will stay out West with the Killer Bees again this year. Yes,... I'm an East Coaster. I'm also somewhat of a realist. At least when it comes to other people... (Yep. CJ wrapped hat one up reall good. ) 5. Guzzi Mark will have some issues with his new nitrous set up at Vegas, but will work at it until he re-sets the A/Nitrous record later in the season. His other A and B/Gas records will be safe this year, but someone will take the C/Gas record. (.5 cuz Mark did all that schtuff, but no one stepped up and took his C/Gas record.) 6. We will finally see a couple Slant 6 powered dragsters show up to set some of the new AA records. Brent Laney will set the bar nice and high at the Mo-Kan race 28 April in the "Green Grenade". He and Mark Goodman have teamed up again to build a sweet looking FED. It's good to see Team Green back in action with another Slant 6 project! (Another .5 cuz we seen the "Green Grenade" and Walt's HAMB style car this year, but neither one submitted fer any records. ) 7. We will see at least three people return to race with us that have been absent for several years. (Missed this one. I wuz hopin' Howard Davis and Barry Harrison would show up at Clay City, but that didn't happen. I guess I could claim .3 fer Brent Laney racin' at Mo-Kan, but 1/3 ain't at least 1/2... ) 8. Mason-Dixon will have the highest car count for the year. (Got that one! Well, actually Team Covalt got that one, but I predicted it! ) Next... If my Kentuckian math is right,... add 3,... carry the one,... divide by 12,... That's about 5.5.