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Waiting For Spring!

Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 by Roger

Coming your way in 2017!:

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Just Wondering…

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by Roger

December 13, 2016:

Over the years I’ve had a great sense of satisfaction building and designing our engines, maintaining the old Doug-Nash 5-speed, and setting up our own rear gears. Of course I’ve relied on machine shops to do the necessary machine work, but the engines were designed and assembled by us and we learned from our failures and successes.

The one exception was the 406 in the Chevelle. It was cost effective to purchase a short-block assembly with a Dart Little M block, Callies crank, Manley steel rods and Wiseco pistons. To have purchased the individual pieces and paid for the machine work and balance was not cost effective. But with that said we had great input on the build including what main journal diameter we wanted, compression ratio, etc. We also selected the heads, camshaft grind and put the engine together less the short-block assembly and have rebuilt it once ourselves.

Sadly, in my opinion, the trend today even in bracket racing is having your car completely built by someone else, purchase complete engines from an engine builder, etc. The other trend is to replace your ride every few years and go to a bigger engine. Certainly there have been many who have had great success with this type of program but I fail to understand where the personal satisfaction comes from?

Many of the very best racers in Modified Production were those who built their own engines, serviced their transmission, clutch & rear end, and worked hard to improve their chassis. Sadly we are like dinosaurs, creatures of the past.

Roger

Edwards & Young Tech Tips

Edwards & Young 331 in our ’57

Assembled 350 short-block currently in our ’57 with Wiseco pistons. Ring package: .043/.043/3mm low tension oil rings

Coated Wiseco pistons in our 350

406 valve train, 1.6 rockers on exhausts, 1.5 rockers on intakes. New roller lifters

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2016 by Roger

To all our family & friends and to all the troops here and deployed around the world, God speed & Merry Christmas!

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Handan Trailer Repair & Sales Teams Up With Edwards & Young Racing Again For 2017!

Posted on Friday, December 2, 2016 by Roger

I am very proud to announce that again for 2017 we will continue to have a great sponsorship from Handan Trailer Repairs & Sales for the upcoming season. They will again be riding on all four of our Edwards & Young Racing vehicles! We are very excited to once again be sponsored by such an outstanding company! Kimberly & John have sponsored our team starting in 2015!

They are also now on Facebook here!

Thank you to Kimberly Curtin Collecchi and her husband John for their continued support! – Chris Young

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QUARTER MILE STICK SHIFT DRAG RACING 2016

Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2016 by Roger

Some quarter mile drag racing action for the Ozark Mountain Super Shifters at Heartland Park Topeka during their inaugural Battle of The Brands event in October, 2016. Found by Jamie Roth of the BC Super Shifters:

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Hit Me With Your Best Shot!

Posted on Monday, September 26, 2016 by Roger

Music by Pat Benatar:

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Video Review of our 2016 Racing Season

Posted on Friday, September 16, 2016 by Roger

https://youtu.be/YsR6ncy42go

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Chris & Torri Close Our 2016 Season At The GM Nationals

Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2016 by Roger

On September 10th, Chris & Torri ran at the GM Nationals at Pacific Raceways in the Hot Rod class to close our 2016 racing season.

Dave Stoltz captured this picture of them together during a qualifying session:

Dave Stoltz photo of Chris & Torri side-by-side at the GM Nationals during qualifying in the Hot Rod class!

Torri went out in the 2nd round when she left early, and Chris was driving very well making it to the fourth round before his electric water pump failed, causing the engine to overheat and slowed slightly after cutting an outstanding .009-second reaction time. We don’t believe we’ve damaged the 406 but will check it closely over the winter. Counting his recent win at Champion Raceway, Chris strung together nine straight winning rounds before the water pump ended his day.

Chris also ran his quickest pass this year during this event running a 10.473 @ 126.13 MPH to identically match the ’57’s best run of 10.473 @ 127.26 MPH on July 10th of this year, and the density altitude of both runs was within 10 feet! The ’57 has a slight MPH edge and we’re very pleased with the performance of our two Chevrolets this year! Can you say match race?

During this 2016 season Paul, Chris & Torri each drove their cars to a final round appearance with both Paul & Chris winning their respective final rounds and Torri earning a well deserved runner-up! Not a bad year for Edwards & Young Racing!

Now we turn to the off season, Paul has had his damaged C-4 transmission rebuilt by Village Transmission, and we also have refreshed our old Doug-Nash 5-speed which is ready to go back in the ’57. We have no major upgrades planned for the cars over the winter.

Our sincere gratitude to Kimberly & John Collecchi of Handan Trailer Repair & Sales for all their support the past two seasons! They also sponsored two of the brackets during the 2016 Nostalgia Race at Pacific! – Roger

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Chris Wins No-Box Race at Champion!

Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 by Roger

And the winner is!

This past weekend, Barry Hobson & Chris traveled south to Medford, Oregon to race in the Street Outlaw featured event at Champion Raceway on September 4th.

Barry was racing his Grand Am in the Big-Tire Shootout, and Chris his Chevelle in the No-Box bracket race. All races this weekend were 1/8th mile only.

It took six rounds of racing, but Chris captured the win on Sunday evening, putting himself and his Chevelle in the Winner’s Circle! After the race Chris stated, “The car has been sooooooo good this year, have had multiple .001 to .002 break-outs this year and knew it was close. I’m just glad we got it done finally!”

In the first round of the Big Tire Shootout, Barry got off the starting line first against Doc but at approximately 300-feet rattled the tires hard forcing Barry to lift.

My thanks to Paul & Barry for helping Chris at Medford! – Roger

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David Reher: Oil Is Everything

Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2016 by Roger

A good article by David Reher on oil issues and broken rods as it appeared in NHRA’s National Dragster.

This season, several of our racing friends have broken rods. The common factor I have seen in their pictures is a blackened crank or the big end of the rod, which indicates a bearing clearance or oiling problem to me.

Double click on the image to enlarge it for viewing – Roger

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Division 6 Race at Pacific Raceways

Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016 by Roger

On August 18th through the 21st, the Land of the Leaders NHRA Division 6 was holding their points race at Pacific Raceways.

On Friday & Saturday the temps were in the 90’s but the track crew did an outstanding job of prepping and maintaining the track. Thankfully for the Sunday finals, the racers and track crew got welcome relief from the heat.

Despite the heat, Chris’ ’71 Chevelle ran very well throughout the long event. The density altitude varied from 1253 to 2957 feet throughout the weekend. His quickest run was 10.548, his slowest full-power pass was 10.616. That’s excellent for a small-block over that widespread of density altitude changes.

On Friday, Chris qualified for the No-Box Gambler race. He won the first round with a 10.616 on a 10.60 dial. He lost in the second round when he ran another 10.616 on a 10.59 when his opposition had a better reaction time.

On Sunday in Pro Bracket eliminations, Chris easily won the first round with a 10.951 on a 10.55 dial on the brakes. In the second round against Don “The Worm” Elgin, Chris cut an excellent .011 reaction time and broke out by .002 seconds on the brakes running a 10.548 on a 10.55 dial, SO CLOSE!

An excellent effort by Chris with Paul helping with the dial-ins over a long weekend of racing! They also helped Barry Hobson and Joe Loch running Top Sportsman. Some pictures below!

Over the winter, Chris would like to change the rear gears from the current 4.71’s to the 4.86 ratio which should pick up the car at least a tenth. – Roger