10,000+ RPM Dart LS Next Pro Stock Engine

Posted on Friday, October 6, 2017 by Roger

This is absolutely wild! See the entire article and dyno pull video courtesy of EngineLabs at the link here! 1160 horsepower from 400 cubes naturally aspirated with more yet to come from this Aussie Pro Stock motor! – Roger

 

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Our 2017 Racing Season In Review

Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2017 by Roger

Video/slideshow from our 2017 season:

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West Coast Grudge Racing

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2017 by Paul

Hello Race Fans,

I had a blast a few Sundays ago [September 10th] as I took the Mustang out to Pacific Raceways for a special event that featured the junior dragsters and the West Coast Grudge Series. We had a great turnout of over 30+ juniors battling it out for trophies & very special prizes and 100+ cars for the grudge series.

The grudge series was 1/8 mile only and I ran 7.43 on the test hit which is a new record for the car. I raced Tyler Botdke in his Mustang 2nd pass and ran 7.45 but he just nipped me at the stripe by .02 even though I treed him.

The final pass of the day against Derrick Shumsky in his Dart I ran 7.46 and once again got nipped at the stripe.

It is a no pressure all fun type of event where you can pair up with your buddies and looks like it will continue to grow in 2018 so come check it out.

Hope to see you all at the track! – Paul Young

 

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Woodburn Divisional

Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 by Roger

September 15 – 17th 2017:

Courtesy of NHRA Division 6

 

JML Motorsports – Joe Loch – Top Sportsman:

Launching the Camaro. Photo by Tony Hutchison

 

Edwards & Young Racing – Chris Young – Pro Bracket:

Tony Hutchison photo

 

Friday Update:

Joe Loch set a new personal best in the Q2 session, topped 213 MPH! 6.568 @ 213.11 MPH once again giving the JML Motorsports team the top spot in Top Sportsman qualifying!

 

TOP SPORTSMAN QUALIFYING:

1) Joe Loch, Renton, Wash., ’14 Camaro, 6.568 seconds, 213.11 mph
2) Mike Williams, Tilley, Alb., ’09 GXP, 6.883, 200.31
3) Paul Gladden, Tracy, Calif., ’70 Mustang, 6.910, 198.50
4) Craig Blaisdell, Anderson, Calif., ’14 Camaro, 6.975, 198.41
5) Don Sefton, Port Orchard, Wash., ’12 GXP, 7.010, 196.33
6) Terry Wilcox, Sumner, Wash., ’17 Camaro, 7.051, 197.10
7) Bobby Ray McMahan, Lodi, Calif., ’70 Cuda, 7.092, 193.96
8) Shawn Herbst, Selah, Wash., ’68 Firebird, 7.100, 195.35
9) Mike Ferderer, Buckley, Wash., ’06 Grand AM, 7.172, 188.60
10) John Tiegen, Grand Praririe, Alb., ’11 Cobalt, 7.227, 187.03

Saturday Update:

Chris ran a 10.55 @ 125.13 on his last qualifying pass. Joe went 6.59 @ 213.16. Now on to eliminations.

Chris won his 1st round peddling the car to take the win, Joe Loch broke out by .02 running a 6.580 @ 212 MPH with a .032 light in Top Sportsman ending his effort. On to Sunday eliminations as night fell on the track!

Sunday Update:

Chris lost in the 2nd round this morning when his competition cut a better reaction time. Chris ran an excellent 10.528 on a 10.52 dial, Paul did a good job with the dial-in considering it was the first hit of the day and racing into a headwind. Now to load up and get home safely! – Roger 

Woodburn Results – NHRA

 

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Clutch Testing – August 26th 2017 – Pacific Raceways

Posted on Monday, August 28, 2017 by Roger

 

Chevy!

 

August 26th 2017:

This was our first time out with the new Ram clutch and I will admit there was some anxiety on my part. Did we have our initial settings reasonably close [980 base pressure, 4.3 grams lever weight] or were we way out in left field? Was I going to let the clutch out at 5900 RPM and kill the engine after leaving for years at 7400 to 7800 with the old clutch? Or being set too light and driving thru the new clutch. I had some sleepless nights!

The first hit answered that question, we left the starting line at 5900 RPM and the car left well turning the rear slicks a couple revolutions and recorded a very solid 1.432 60-foot time and ran a 10.504 @ 127.97 MPH! Strangely with the new clutch, it felt like a much slower run because the launch was much smoother as were the shift points.

New Ram Sintered-iron fully adjustable clutch for 2018 with aluminum wheel

 

On our 2nd hit, we ran a 10.578 @ 127.20 MPH. We expected it to slow somewhat as the clutch disc seated. 

After this 2nd hit we looked closely at the Racepak data and lowered the base clutch pressure from 980 lbs to 920 lbs and went into the 1st round of Pro Bracket, and it responded well to our adjustment. We ran a 10.535 on a 10.56 dial, lifting at only 122.13 MPH. I thought I had scrubbed enough at the stripe but that wasn’t the case. Paul looked at the data and said it was on another 10.50 pass! Clearly it liked the lower base pressure. 

Ed Garfield, the Drag Strip Manager at Pacific Raceways, allowed us another time-only run to finish the day but I missed my shift points slowing to a 10.604 @ 126.02 MPH.

Nonetheless it was a very successful outing with the new clutch, in fact we recorded the quickest and fastest passes of the year on two hits! The new clutch is showing excellent potential. 

Over the winter we’ll increase the base pressure back to 980 lbs and reduce the lever weight by a gram to slow the lock-up a bit on the initial hit of the clutch and should be near perfect. We’re barely spiking the tires going into high gear so we’re very close! We’re looking for just a bit of slippage going into high. The data shows the clutch is locked up now at 6250, we would like to get that up to 6400 – 6500 RPM. 

My thanks to Chris, Paul & Pam for all their hard work this season! We had some breakage which took us out of races the past three years, but we hope with the new clutch it will be much easier on parts! The ’57 is done for this year but there are more races for the team yet to come in 2017!

My best,

Roger

 

 

1st hit with our new Ram clutch – Jim Doyle pic

3rd hit with our new Ram clutch after reducing base pressure 60#. First round of eliminations – Jim Doyle pic

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Division 6 Race at Pacific Raceways – August 2017

Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 by Roger

Chris had his ’71 Chevelle out for this weekend in Pro Bracket and Paul was giving him a hand. Plus they were helping with Joe Loch’s Top Sportsman Camaro.

Sunday morning Pro Bracket was first out and the air was excellent. Chris ran a solid 10.507 @ 125.83 MPH on a 10.49 dial. Unfortunately, Chris went red by – .004-seconds.

There is a curious observation from this weekend, in the left lane Chris had reaction times of .047 & .034.  In the right lane he recorded reaction times of .004, .003 and the -.004 in the first round. Question, is the roll-out equal in both lanes?

Great shot by Robert Fedyk at the August 2017 Divisional at Pacific Raceways

 

Joe Loch qualified #1 in Top Sportsman again negotiating a tricky track on the top end. In the first round he recorded a personal best MPH running a 6.573 @ 211.73 MPH on his first round bye run! Joe was eliminated in the 2nd round when he was tardy on the tree.

Next out is our ’57 for clutch testing on August 26th. – Roger 

 

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Edwards & Young Report – August 11, 2017 – Pacific Raceways

Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 by Paul

 

Good Evening Race Fans!

This past Friday I took the Handan Trailer Repair sponsored Mustang out to Pacific Raceways to check out what the West Coast Grudge deal is all about and see if I could go some rounds against my buddies in Sportsman.

In Sportsman I was able to pull out the 1st rd win in a rematch of the race prior to great driver Casey Reed.  But, unfortunately in the 2nd rd I lost to the newly crowned Sportsman track champ Kenny O’Keefe as he crushed me on the tree so my 12.01 on 12.00 dial was no match for him. 

We had an awesome turnout for the West Coast Grudge group as over 40+ cars joined the fun and fun it was.  You get to pair up with fellow racers whom you think are fairly close ET wise in 1/8 mile and run on an instant green tree with no times listed on the board.  I got the win in 1st race and in 2nd race treed my opponent but he ran me down by a fender. I was paired up in 3rd race with Sean Butler but unfortunately he had some issues with his car so made a solo pass of 7.51 which was best of the night for me.  

I think we may have something new and exciting with the West Coast Grudge deal as seems like people are enjoying the camaraderie that comes with running with this group and hopefully it will continue to grow in the future.

See you all out at Pacific Raceways – The Place To Race!  

Paul Young

 

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Edwards & Young Report – July 29th 2017 – Pacific Raceways

Posted on Sunday, July 30, 2017 by Roger

This race was a battle for the coveted Wally and everyone came with their A game no doubt!  I made 2 qual hits in Sportsman and 1st pass was 11.918 with .044 rt and 2nd pass was 11.912 with .031 rt so felt good going into eliminations.  I won 1st rd as I caught my opponent and took the stripe by .0164 to make sure I didn’t break out.

I faced the always tough Casey Reed 2nd rd and he strapped on a .009 rt against me in a double breakout race with his margin of victory being a minuscule .0004.  He earned the win for sure as like I said people stepped up their game this race.

I decided to give it a shot in Open Comp class that is ran by the West Coast Streetcar Association and it was pretty fun even though I lost 1st rd but I did get a good .066 rt so now know that I can cut a decent light if running a Pro Tree.  Thank you to my family and thank you to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair whom I had a chance to race and hang out with this weekend.

My Mustang also set a personal best in 60-feet this day, running a 1.579 to better the previous record of 1.587-seconds.

See you all at the next race we attend at The Place To Race – Pacific Raceways! – Paul Young

Paul on 7/29/2017 – Jim Doyle pic

 

 

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New Ram Clutch in Store for our ’57 in 2018

Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Roger

Since 2014 we have had breakage taking our ’57 out of races which we must address. It is clear that our older style Ram clutch with only static pressure adjustment and a very aggressive 6-paddle disc is no longer suited for our 3633-pound application.

In 2014 we qualified #1 in the Stick Shift bracket at the Nostalgia Race only to have our Doug-Nash transmission break.

In 2015 we installed our new 350 replacing our reliable 331 and matters have only gotten worse with the increased torque.

In June 2016 at the BC Super Shifters race at Pacific Raceways we broke the rear end.

At the same race this year, 2017, we broke the left axle on Sunday when the car was running very well.

The facts were clear, it was time to make an upgrade! After a long discussion on the phone with Cale Aronson of Black Magic Clutches he gave me several alternatives to address our clutch problem. One of the more economical suggestions was to go to the new Ram single disc sintered-iron systems which feature both base and centrifugal adjustment and an aluminum flywheel to soften the initial hit. You launch at a lower RPM and drive into the clutch. [Cale stated our present 6-paddle disc is VERY aggressive and is virtually locked up all the way down the track when you drop the clutch.] 

This newer Ram clutch is their answer to the very successful McLeod Soft Lok but with some improvements according to Cale. It features a thicker and segmented facing on the pressure plate to address the issue of warping.

So, for 2018 we’ll be using the new Ram clutch. It will take us time to learn what to set the base pressure and lever weights but we feel in the long haul the new clutch will be a major improvement. Mike at Ram has given us some initial settings and we’ll go from there. We’ll update this post below as we learn the process.

Update July 24, 2017:

We hope to have the new clutch in the car with a Racepak Sportsman Data Logger in August and get it out for some initial testing in late August for the 2018 season. I don’t want to go into the 2018 season blind.

My personal thanks to fellow gear-jammers Jamie Roth & Don McClure for their input on this style of clutch, it is greatly appreciated! – Roger

 

New Ram Sintered-iron fully adjustable clutch for 2018 with aluminum wheel

 

Here’s a video by Ram regarding this clutch system – Roger:

 

 

Update July 29, 2017:

Today Chris and I got the Racepak Sportsman unit installed and tested on stands. Pictures below – Roger

 

Capture of Racepak stored data. Engine RPM, driveshaft RPM and charging voltage. You can see the four shift points and the high gear 1:1 ratio above

 

Update July 31, 2017:

New Ram clutch arrived today. I checked the pressure ring height, set the base pressure & installed 4.3 grams of counterweight on the levers. Ready to install on August 12th. Had to update our database to include gram weights, pressure ring height & disc thickness for future reference.

For more pictures of the new clutch, see 2017 Photos in our photo gallery or below on this page.  – Roger

Ram Counter-weighted Clutch Instructions

If we launch at 5800-6000 RPM, we should be at peak torque:

Old Ram Clutch:

1800-2400# static only pressure plate, 6-paddle disc

Our old  Ram Long-style pressure plate with adjustable static pressure only

 

Our old Ram 6-paddle disc

 

New Ram fully adjustable pressure plate, sintered-iron disc & aluminum flywheel:

 

 

Ram aluminum flywheel with steel insert

 

Update August 12, 2017:

Thanks to Chris & Paul, we got the new Ram clutch in the car today. But it was what we discovered when taking it apart that was disturbing, the sprung hub center of the old 6-paddle disc with only 26 runs was failing, which we’ve never seen before. Perhaps the broken axle was a blessing in disguise! The new disc does not have a sprung hub and probably for good reason. This is why you run SFI approved scattershields and block plates. Pic of the damaged disc below – Roger.

Damaged disc, note missing dampner spring and missing stop bolt

 

August 26, 2017 Update:

Video report of all four runs of our clutch testing & run by Barry Hobson in his Pontiac! We’re very close on our clutch adjustments and will be ready for the 2018 season! – Roger

 

1st run data capture

Long Style Clutch Building and Design by Cale Aronson – March 21, 2019

 

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What I Love About Nostalgia Races

Posted on Monday, July 17, 2017 by Roger

I wrote this in July 2013 but still feel the same way today – Roger:

July 17th 2013:

Jim Doyle photo

 

Regardless if it is the annual Langley Loafers race at Mission, or the 1st Annual Wild West Nostalgia Race at Pacific Raceways, they are always very special races for me. Those that participate and come out to watch LOVE drag racing and are there to have a great time! They are a special breed that you don’t always see at the weekly races.

We made some new friends this weekend with Bob M. & Kristin hanging out with us as we got the broken shifter repaired and back in the car. We had old friends stop and visit like Jim Burns and Tom Warnke and we reflected on bygone days. We loaned some tools to a few racers so they could get their buggy down the strip. And that’s the main theme I get from such races, that those participating like myself are there to enjoy going down the 1/4-mile and enjoying the friendship, the car show, and watching the old hot rods from the past. And these nostalgia races indeed have that flavor from the past when we used to head out to Puyallup Dragways on a Friday night for grudge racing. Not for prize money or trophies – there was none – but just to enjoy “run what you brung” down the strip and perhaps see some match racing like Don Garlits vs Jerry “The King” Ruth.

I was upset when the shifter handle broke on Saturday mainly because I wanted to watch the AA/Supercharged cars make a hit and visit the Bracketstars Car Show. But my wife Pam had my back and while Chris and I headed back to the shop to weld the shifter (and got rear ended along the way) she took video from the stands. So you see because of excellent team work, we got the old ’57 back in the show for Sunday and I didn’t miss a thing! And Chris got some outstanding pictures with his new Cannon Rebel camera which are part of our videos on our racing blog. I think Chris missed his calling! [See our 2013 Wild West Nostalgia Race Report].

As I said, I love these races. Drag racing at its very best! My sincere thanks to my entire family who make running the ’57 still possible. The old heap still throws some curve balls at us now and then, but together we manage to persevere and still have a great time!

Regards,

Roger Young

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Edwards & Young Report – July 8th & 9th 2017 – Pacific Raceways

Posted on Monday, July 10, 2017 by Roger

Hey Guys/Gals,

It was an action packed weekend for Edwards & Young Racing team as we had 3 cars in competition in total.

Saturday: Super Saturday w/Nostalgia Funny Cars & Cackle Fest

It was sure nice to see a large crowd out there for this race as the fans seemed to have a blast watching the Nostalgia Funny Cars go down the track.

Chris raced the always tough Jason Biscay in the 1st rd and just barely went red by .002 and ran on his dial while Jason went .015 on the tree and ran on his dial too so it was going to be extremely tough race all around. Chris did a great job as always during qualifying and I truly feel he was going to be hard to beat if we got pass Jason.

I was very fortunate in my 1st rd race win and had another 2-3 really close races along the way to the finals including ones against Gordon Rust and Jacob Holbrook in his lovely Mustang. In the finals I got treed by a bit but pushed my opponent out at the top end by running 11.99 on my 12.00 dial for the win. It was a great feeling to get the win as our sponsor Handan Semi-Trailer Repair was on hand at this race.

Paul in the Winner’s Circle on July 8, 2017 – Jim Doyle pic
(L to R) Woody Hloshyk II, Ed Garfield, Joe Loch, Paul & Chris Young

 

Sunday: Nostalgia Race

Chris ran Street Machine 2 and Torri ran Hot Rod 1 in this cool race and both did a great job on their qualifying hits so we were feeling really good going into eliminations.

Chris took on James Van Cleve 1st rd in a great race as they both chopped the tree down but by a narrow margin James got the win in a double breakout. He went on to win the whole race for his class so we were happy to see him get the win since he earned it against Chris.

Torri had a small 4-car field where she made it to the finals and too had an extremely close race where she got edged out by .002 on a breakout to Joe Locke. We were very happy for Torri in making it to the finals as she did a great job of driving once again.

Huge thanks to our family for their support as always and to Kimberly & John of Handan Semi-Trailer Repair.

See you all again soon at The Place To Race! – Paul Young

 

 

Jerry “The King” Ruth at Cacklefest – Mark Gardner photo

 

Great retro-type shot by Mike Gardner!

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Congratulations Chris!

Posted on Saturday, July 1, 2017 by Roger

Chris just got a new ride, and it’s NICE! A 2014 3500 HD Silverado with the 6.6L diesel Duramax engine with a ton of torque, Allison 6-speed transmission and all the bells and whistles! And he has cup holders EVERYWHERE! What are we going to do with a tow rig that has A/C, cruise control, Bose stereo, On-Star and much more! He purchased this at Burien Chevrolet where Pam and I purchased our 2013 Traverse last October. A friendly, solid dealership!

 

 

Very similar to what Chris purchased:

 

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