Mission, B.C. 1999 Race Video

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011 by Roger

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About Roger

Driver of our '57 Chev from 1972-2019, Vietnam veteran (A Troop, 3/17th Air Cavalry Scout helicopter Line Chief and later Cobra Periodic Inspection team leader), retired ASE rated automotive mechanic. Roger became involved in drag racing during his high school days and after his stint in the Army ran E & F/MP [Modified Production] here in Division 6 before switching to bracket racing when the '57 became obsolete for class racing. He often raced at Puyallup, Kent-Pacific Raceways, Bremerton, Portland & the original Mission, B.C. track.
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10 Responses to Mission, B.C. 1999 Race Video

  1. Roger says:
    Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 10:09 am

    All these runs were with the solid hub clutch disc installed. The car was quick with that clutch disc and shifted great (lighter disc), but it fractured some teeth in the rear end.

    I loved that disc, but it was just too brutal on the rear gears.

  2. Paul Young says:
    Monday, November 21, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    Can only imagine what it would run now with a clutchless. That makes the 10.60 pass at Pacific that much more impressive considering the weather difference between tracks and the change with the clutch compared to the 10.54 pass at Mission.

  3. Butch says:
    Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    I believe you gained some power with the second ring gaps. I know some other builders and racers who have too. On the Camaro’s 406 that ran low 10’s with GM heads, we had the second rings gapped over .030″. It seems the more you go, the more power it makes but it makes sense.

    I mean you have a ring say .183″ deep, and a gap is say .040″ wide, there is only maybe .005″ depth of the gap showing as 99% of the ring should be in the ring land, so it only makes sense that it allows pressure relief and allows crank case vacuum to help pull a vacuum under the top ring to help seat it faster.

    Makes perfect sense, and guys like you, me and others who have used .031″ rings, know the most important thing is sealing the ring to the block and the bottom of the ring land.

    Roger, that car is awesome no matter how you look at! My opinion, I like it with the front end loose, BUT your the driver and might not like driving it like a leap frog! Watch some of your videos and people around looking at your staging RPM’s, and when you go wide open they are like “HUH”!!

    • Roger says:
      Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:05 pm

      “Roger, that car is awesome no matter how you look at! My opinion, I like it with the front end loose, BUT your the driver and might not like driving it like a leap frog!”

      Butch, I looked up the setup on that pass, and the car was not set up very loose. We were then running the solid-hub paddle clutch disc and 2300# pressure plate setting made the clutch hit harder and the chassis reacted to that. Unfortunately that clutch disc was tough on the transmission and rear gears, but it sure shifted great with the lighter Ram disc!

      After the damage to the transmission and rear gears, we soon switched back to the Ram sprung-hub paddle disc.

  4. Butch says:
    Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    Roger I was talking about the 10.802 pass in 2009 with the brand new clutch, new shocks, new tires and fresh engine where the front end was loose then you tightened it up for the 10.60 pass! That pass sure does look good although being your driving may not like playing leap frog down the track but it sure does look beautiful! This video in the YouTube link below,,,

    http://www.youtube.com/user/flyingfivespeed#p/u/30/YTMjYIl0Yao

    One of the nicest 1955 to 1957 cars there are! Alex’s 1955 was PEA GREEN!

    • Roger says:
      Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:36 pm

      My back still aches watching that again! 🙂

      The crowd loves it, but it’s a real chore trying to watch the tach for the shift points while be riding a bull !

  5. Butch says:
    Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Shift light! 🙂

    • Roger says:
      Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 3:34 pm

      I’m not as consistent with a shift light as I am watching the tach. That may seem strange to the younger generation but after many years of using the tach to anticipate pulling the shifter, it still works for me. I’m old school where before launch chips with a two-step, we had to have one eye on the tree and the other on the tach for launching the car at the proper RPM.

      I guess I’m like trying to teach an old dog new tricks! 🙂

  6. Butch says:
    Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    That is funny because I can see Dad shift, He grabs it to pull a gear and as soon as he moves to pull it the light is coming on. Then your watching the light in second gear, he starts instantly when the light comes on.

    I can do it CLOSE, I prefer a shift light. When we use to do things on other surfaces where they shouldn’t have been, I noticed many times I was not looking at the light and noticed I was also shifting when the light came on.

    You know what tach I have? The old Pro Auto-Meter that is a 10,000rpm 5″ face. I don’t like the Auto-Meter shift light, I have the MSD Ignition shift light and I like it because it seems as if the human body reacts to the red blink better, and when I told you about that, you told me about the red and blue lights

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