Date Posted:19:02:01 02/09/10 Tue Got the pics and video from Friday night done and uploaded. Again, the night was a little slow. So we did our best with what we had. It was supposed to be Import Night, but not enough imports showed up to make a race. Now that is right down weird. Either the economy is really kicking eveyone in the ass or there must have been some big import event happening that we didn't know about...LOL! Anyway, here are well over 100 pics from Friday and a sweet 5 minute highlight video...enjoy.
Date Posted:08:16:38 01/07/10 Thu Had a pretty bad accident at the track last night. This red truck lost it after the finish line, coming really close to hitting Charlie Deleon, in the other lane. Charlie had about 10mph more on the truck so he was able to clear the accident. Guy's, we cannot emphasize enough how important safety equipment is for your life and the life of your loved ones. You go out there and kill yourself, think about those you are leaving behind.
As you can see by the pics, things could have been a lot worse. Were it not for the roll cage in this truck, we all agreed last night that the driver would not be around today. Got to give major props to Roy Perez of Eagle Racecars for doing an outstanding job on the roll cage. As you can see, it did it's job. While the truck is basically a total loss, the cab (roof) is totally intact. Even after the truck rolled twice. The cage still held up. The driver walked away with just some minor cuts and bruises. I hear he did go to the hospital to get one of his arms checked out. Apperantley, he either did not have a window net installed or he didn't lock it into place.
Which brings me to another point. If you have the safety equipment available, use it! Why wouldn't you put up your net if it is there? Why wouldn't you put on your race gloves, pants, helmet, shoes..ect...etc...I hear some drivers come up to the line with their seat belts (race-harness) loose. In a roll-over like this one, a loose seat belt is not going to hold you in the vehicle. You will be thrown out of the car or beat to hell with the roll bar. Safety first guys, that always comes first.
One last thing, before rumors start flying all over the net, and I have seen them start already. No, a bump on the track did not cause this. An inspection of the truck after the accident found that one of the steering arms broke on the truck. When you have a 5000 pound vehicle traveling at close to 140 miles per hour the last thing you want is for a steering arm to break. Inspect before you race guys. Check out your suspension, make sure everything is nice and tight. Check for cracks, rust anything that might cause the part to fail.
Here is a video taken last year of this same truck having problems with it's steering. As you can see, the driver had absolutely no control of anything. And just let it coast into the guard rail. Also, we have some before and after pics. Hate to see this very popular truck go out like this. But, at least it did it's job and kept it's driver safe and he was able to go home to his family. And that is all that counts.
Date Posted:21:18:36 02/05/10 Fri
Just a little update to let folks know, we rented the track again today, from 2 to 6, and the track was hooking hard! Bounty Hunter ran 7.96 at 172 mph, on TT5's! I saw Cura run a string of 10.30's in Booger, at 131 mph. The Undertaker Chevelle ran 8.98 on motor and then, on the second hit, hurt the motor. I want to give up the number three spot, someone else needs to run for it, cause I will be down for a while. Frankie G went out and ran his fastest time ever 11.50 in his S-10 Blazer! George ran a string of low 11's, in his Chevelle, Lenny ran 12's in his Vette. Congrats to all. It was an awesom day of test and tune, I will try to get some photos up later on.
Date Posted:20:46:18 01/26/10 Tue Got the pics and video from Friday night done and uploaded. Man, it feels good to get back in the groove. Got a lot of stuff to post up, so I am going to keep it short. Enjoy...
Date Posted:15:15:42 02/06/10 Sat Got a text from Henry today. Told me to go ahead and take him off the board. Seems there just isn't anyone left to compete against. With him gone, this means that the board is all FORD now. Every spot holder on the board is a Mustang powered by a REAL Ford engine. Guess in the end, the Ford's outlasted the Chevy's.
With that said, how about we let the Ford dudes come up with the rules for 2010? Since they are now the majority, I feel they deserve to make some rules. Personally, I would like for us to go back to a Drag Radial only. And to have a maximum tire size of 275/60/15. No exceptions. I would even venture to say that all cars had to run the Mickey Thompson ET Street Radial tire in a 275/60/15.
This should make things very interesting in 2010. It would make those with monster engines rethink their program. Maybe that 750 cubic inch monster with 800 shot of nitrous is not such a good idea. I don't know..I am just giving my thoughts. What do you guy's think? How can we make the board better and make things more interesting?
Date Posted:20:43:02 02/08/10 Mon Saturday night was a great night to go out for a cruise. Nothing like hanging out with some other cool car dudes and talking shop. We got there a little late due to running out of gas on the way there...LOL! Yeah, I forgot to gas up after the long cruise earlier in the day. Oh well..it happens. Check out the pics below and hope to see you at the next one. For your must up to date info on car show events, swap meets and other happenings, make sure to check out RGVOLDCARS.COM
Date Posted:20:34:42 02/08/10 Mon Here are a few pics from Saturday's Winter Cruise. The day was awesome and so were the rides. The cruise started at the Lowes in Weslaco, Texas. From there we headed North to the Delta Lake Park. Wish we could have stayed longer but the carburetor on our '73 Camaro decided to take a total crap on us. We went ahead and called it a day early and drove back home. Clicked on our classified's section and picked up a fresh 650 double-pump Holley carb for cheap. While I was there we also picked up a super nice 750 double-pumper to replace a junk carb I had. Lot's of good deals in our classified's, make sure to check it out. Oh yeah...and check out the cruise pics.
Date Posted:15:24:56 02/08/10 Mon
Have a 96 z28 lt-1. Some engine problems. Need some advice on a good shop to take it too here in the valley. Thinkin of takin it to sanolis. Any 1 kno a good shop in edinburg. Thanx
Date Posted:08:42:18 02/06/10 Sat Get Up!!! Polish up your ride and come and join us for the Winter Cruise!!! We will be meeting at the new Lowe's in Weslaco, Texas. The Lowe's is located off Expressway 83. You can't miss it. Everyone will meet there at 10:30AM and will depart for the cruise at 11:00AM. We will be driving North towards the Delta Lake area then come back in to town for lunch. We are cleaning up the rides right now. Get ready and come on out to the Winter Cruise. See you there...
Due to privacy issues these pics were the only ones we are able to put on the internet. Keith's craftsmanship is outstanding. We got to see alot of nice race cars that being built for the 2010 season among them was tim lynche's new corvette for ADRL.
G.O. RACE FUELS employee of the month MARCOS GUTIERREZ. We wanna Thank Him for such an outstanding job he did on saturday, Marcos showed up to dyno day wearing a white shirt and blind on strapping cars. By car number 7 and two really bad burns later he became a pro. From porsches, to vettes, to suv's, marcos learned them all. looked as if the cars were strapping themselves lol. Next time you see him give him wondering the track tell him thanks for his hard work -- G.O. RACE FUELS, 15:17:27 01/26/10 Tue
Date Posted:22:53:42 01/25/10 Mon Please help me welcome Mike Noriega's Noribilt shop to the Texasdragracing sponsor family. Mike is way up in San Antonio, Texas. But he has worked on quite a few valley cars and some nationally known turbo cars. The most famous being Onofre Benavidezs' Texas Flag Chevy II Nova. You might have seen the car on Passtime on The Speed Channel. From turbo car to nitrous cars, Mike can handle all kinds of fabrications. Thanks Mike for coming on board for 2010.
Date Posted:00:53:27 01/25/10 Mon
i would like to race tom white cobra against my Red G8 Gxp heres my #4578263 i would like to tell Tom THATS IT man your supercharge im all motor
Date Posted:21:22:17 01/26/10 Tue The South Texas Mustang Club, would like to announce their annual Padre Island Cruise. Open to anything Ford and especially Mustangs, the cruise usually gathers about 100 of the coolest Mustang's out there. I don't have anything to go in, but if someone wants to lend me a Cobra (hint-hint) to go in, I would gladly cover the event...LOL! Especially someone who can't drive them all out there..right Tom..hehe. Hmmm...I was just looking at the date. And I noticed it falls on Valentine's Day. Don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing..haha. Oh well, hope you all have lots of fun dudes.
Date Posted:21:13:49 01/26/10 Tue Almost forgot to post the pics from the Lonesome Dove show way back on the 17th. Don't know how I forgot, after all, it was an awesome show! Big thank you for the hosts for making us all feel so welcome. We were only able to stay for about an hour due to proir commitments, but we had a good time anyway.
Date Posted:21:03:22 01/26/10 Tue Dudes, what are you all waiting for? The cruise-in's have started and they are getting better and better. We have a lot more cars and people showing up. Seems some people bring out new cars every week...LOL! The cruise-in's are absolutely free, in most cases you get free food and it's just an over all great time. Hope to see some new faces at the next one.
Date Posted:08:13:15 01/25/10 Mon
Looking to see if there is a place where they have a waterjet to cut out some custom metal/aluminum pieces or even a table plasma cutter.
Thanks
JD
Date Posted:19:07:15 01/24/10 Sun Here are a few pics and a video from Saturday's dyno day. Joel Deleon told me they ran 46 cars thru the dyno on Saturday..wow! That is a lot of cars to get done in such a short time. The GO RACE FUEL guys worked their tails off. Ruben Sanchez, running the dyno, said he has never floored so many cars in one day...LOL! There were some very impressive machines out there too. Thanks again for everyone that came out and a big thank you to the sponsors for feeding and cooling down everyone out there. Check out the pics and a video put together by my youngest son.
Date Posted:16:52:41 01/23/10 Sat Just got back from the GO RACE FUELS & DELEON AUTO Dyno Day! And man, what a turnout. We have been there since 9:00AM and when we left right now at 4:00PM, they were still dynoing cars. Don't know how many it was but it was a lot. Big thanks to all the sponsors for the free food & drinks. We really appreciate it. We also dyno'ed the Toecutter Trans Am. And we were very happy with the number it threw down. Unfortunately, we did not make the most horsepower. That honor goes to Tom Redding from Weslaco, Texas. Pulling down 590 horsepower to the rear wheels...WOW!!!.....
Now, we are on our way to the HEB Cruise-In, in Weslaco, Texas. The is the first one of the year so I imagine it is going to be packed. It does not start for an hour, but we are leaving early to grab a good spot. Come on out, bring the kids, the lawn chairs and come hang out with us. See you all out there...
Date Posted:08:37:18 01/21/10 Thu Just got off the phone with Tommy Hearn. He wanted to update me on the Ghost. Said the engine is being freshened up right now. And the car is going to Leroy Greek's shop for some roll-bar updates. So it will be down for a while. Asked me to go ahead and open up the #1 Spot for anyone that wants to run for it. Let's see some challenges going. This has been the worst start to a new year that we have ever had. The fans demand match races!!!!......
Also, if you are currently a spot holder and your vehicle is down and not able to respond to a challenge. I want to ask you to kindly give up your spot so someone can run for it. You can always come back and challenge for it later like Tommy Hearn said he would. Said when he comes back, the new spot holder better be running 7's. Cause that is what they are going to need to keep up.....DAMN!!!....
Date Posted:12:29:11 01/23/10 Sat
I CHALLENGE FOR NUMBER ONE SPOT. I WON'T TAKE THE SPOT ON A SINGLE PASS, SO WHEN SOMEONE IS READY, POST UP.
THANKS, HENRY
Date Posted:23:00:51 01/21/10 Thu Can yo believe it? A real honest to goodness track action update? No freaking way! Well, yes...way! After what seemed like a year of rain, the weather finally cleared up enough to allow us to get back to dragracing. And after last weekends car show problem....LOL! I am ready to go back to racing. You know, Henry said no one throws gang signs at the track. Well...no they don't. But I have seen a few one finger salutes out there...heh. Anyway, here is the world famous track action video. And about 100 or so pics from last night. Check it out!!!!.....
Date Posted:09:25:51 01/17/10 Sun The cruise in was absolutley packed last night. What a great turn out for the first Chic-Fil-A cruise of the year. There were all kinds of cars out there. Everything from 4x4's to modern muscle to street rods and even lowriders. And this is where the trouble started. I guess because of it's location right off Expressway 83, this show attracts alot of spectators. And it also attracts alot of the fools that you don't want around. At one point, the lowrider dudes started a hopping contest. With two lowriders hopping side by side.
Then there was the cruising. We had guys just driving around in circles over and over and over. You all remember when this used to happen at EIRT? When people would just cruise in circles. EIRT put a major stop to that crap. There was this one dude with a Grand Prix that thought the car was a transformer. He kept driving around with all four doors open, the hood and even the trunk open. Not to mention the loud rap music bumping out of this thing.
Then it got even better. Guess someone told the truck guys about the cruise in. Next thing we know, a bunch of trucks showed up. And just like I have seen happen before, things got stupid. With truck guys doing burnouts in front of everyone. And then there were the guys throwing gang signs at people that were just spectating. Seriously? Gang signs? Things got totally out of hand, Mission PD was called and they put an end to the whole thing. Don't know how to clean this mess up, but I don't believe Target will allow the organizers to block off the area further to keep this from happening. Anyway, here are some pics we snapped off from last night. Hope these aren't the last of this show.
Date Posted:18:20:42 01/20/10 Wed
I am needing an 03/04 stock cobra blower pulley. I will be coming down to the valley Friday night (weather permitting) and would like to pick one up. If you have one let me know lxlawwfo@yahoo.com or post up here.
Date Posted:11:34:15 01/16/10 Sat Sunday, the show will be at the LONESOME DOVE BAR & GRILL. The Lonesome Dove is located at 13606 N. Trosper (8 3/4 mile N. Trosper). The car show is open to all vehicles 20 years or older. It is FREE to enter and there is a FREE lunch plate for every vehicle registered. Door prizes every hour, people's choice awards, music, food and fun all day. The show is from 12 Noon till 5:00pm. Come on out, bring your ride and enjoy good food & music with fellow gear heads. For more information call (956)585-2111. See you all out there.
Date Posted:08:38:45 01/17/10 Sun Got the pics from last weekends Autorama in Corpus Christi uploaded. I got to tell you, the show was not half bad. The venue was kind of small, but the quality of the cars was great. I really don't see why we can't have an Autorama type show here in the Valley. The new McAllen Convention Center is just as big if not bigger than the convention center in Corpus. Who knows, maybe someone will work on that. Anyway, here are some pics we snapped while at the show. We didn't get pics of every single car. Just the ones that caught our eye.
Date Posted:18:57:24 01/15/10 Fri You guys probably know already, but just got word that the races are cancelled for tonight. Man, that cold rainy weather came out of no where. Hope the weekend clear up. Got some good shows planned for this Saturday and Sunday. Stay tuned for more info...
Date Posted:21:46:41 01/12/10 Tue All right, got the pics from last Wednesday night done and uploaded. As you all know, the track had a crash that night so we are short on the pics and way short on the video. So short that we don't even have one...LOL! Sorry dudes, the accident happened just as I was unwrapping the video camera. Here are the pics my buddy Abel snapped off before the end of the night.
Date Posted:20:48:11 01/10/10 Sun
I want to get a supercharger, for my 383 stroker, can anybody help me with any advice on what i am going to need , send me any comment, to email add. Thank you.
Date Posted:23:48:57 01/04/10 Mon It's good to know that if I ever give up the site, we have people that can pick it up and run with it. Just look at the great job Richard Guerra and Henry Thomae did with the pictures from last Wednesday's track rental. Also the great video of the Phenom. Awesome job dudes, we really appreciate the help. Here are some highlight pics and the picture gallery.
Date Posted:12:35:07 01/03/10 Sun This is something that almost got away from us. After a long absence, the ISCA (International Show Car Association) is making a return to South Texas. This coming weekend, January 8th thru the 10th, The Alamo Hotrods will be hosting the Alamo Hotrods Autorama. I know of a few Valley cars that will be featured at this show. And you will also see cars from all over the country. The show is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We plan on going out there on Saturday. Hope to see you all there.
Date Posted:22:49:14 01/05/10 Tue Tonight's update marks the final track update for 2009. This is from last Wednesday the 30th. My buddy Abel snapped off about 100 pics and we got some of the nights best runs. The first race day of the 2010 season is right around the corner. There is a track rental this Wednesday as well as test & tune from 6pm forward. Weather man say's it is going to be really ugly on Friday, so we are going to take advantage and be out there tomorrow night. See you all out there. Bring a sweater because it is going to be really cold....
Date Posted:21:40:50 01/02/10 Sat
I KNOW SOME OF YOU MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE RECENT TRACK RENTAL I HOSTED. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN THIS WEDNESDAY! I ALREADY HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT FROM JULIO. SO FAR IT IS UNDERTAKER, SEABISQUIT, BOUNTY HUNTER, HERMAN TURBO STANG, ANGEL NEMESIS TURBO BIKE, GEORGE DE LOS SANTOS "NO MERCY RACING", SERGIO CASTANEDA, SJ RACING BLACK NOVA. GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS ROOM FOR FOUR MORE CARS. WITH PRO STREET/ PRO GAS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER DIALING IN THE CARS IS A MUST. A HUNDRED BUCKS TO COME OUT AND RUN OVER AND OVER AGAIN TILL YOU CAN'T RUN ANY MORE, LOL. CALL ME IF INTERESTED 245-7771.
THANKS, HENRY
Date Posted:15:11:01 01/05/10 Tue
1983 4-Link Chevette, Tube Chassis with funny car cage, 406 SBC roller motor, Eagle rotating assembly, Glide, Dana Rearend, Strut Front, MSD 7-AL 2, MSD 2 step, K&R Pro cube (Box and buttons can be removed in seconds so u can run the car in both box and no-box), Hurst Pistol Grip Shifter with elecric shift solenoid, Autometer Gauges, 32-14 Hoosier Slicks. Will go red on 4-tenths pro tree, runs low 6.40's. Neat clean car that turns heads and wins races.
$13,500 Turnkey
For more pics and info call me at 361-318-3493 or email me at pennington4186@hotmail.com
Date Posted:16:30:33 12/22/09 Tue
OK FELLOWS, HERE'S THE DEAL. I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH JULIO ABOUT RENTING THE TRACK. CURA AND I ARE THINKING ABOUT GETTING THIS SET UP FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2009, FROM 1 P.M. TILL 6 P.M. TEN CARS MAXIMUM ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH! I ALREADY HAVE FOUR CARS CONFIRMED, WE NEED SIX MORE. CALL ME OR POST UP IF YOU WANT TO TEST AND TUNE WEDNESDAY, 12-30-09, FROM 1 TO 6. THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE LANE OPEN, SO NO SIDE BY SIDE RACING, JUST TIME TO TWEAK THAT SUSPENSION TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT. OR TUNE THAT TURBO OR NITROUS TO GET IT RIGHT FOR 2010. CALL ME TO CONFIRM 245-7771. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL.
THANKS, HENRY
Date Posted:13:10:07 01/02/10 Sat Holiday's are over, it's time to get back into the car scene. Tonight is the very first cruise in of 2010. The location is the Colonial Village Shopping Center in McAllen. Loated on N. 10th street and La Vista. Grab a sweater, polish up your ride and come on out to the cruise in. The show gets going around 6:30pm and everyone who brings a car gets a free snow cone. See you all there...
Date Posted:17:49:47 12/31/09 Thu Before you dudes go out and get so faded you won't even remember your name, I wanted to say HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!....I also want to thank eveyone for supporting our little corner of the world wide web. Everyone from our sponsors, to our racers and race fans. If it wasn't for all of you, there would be no point to any of this. Also, big thanks to Julio, Paul and Isaac at Edinburg International Racetrack, for giving us a place to call home. We look forward to some awesome racing in 2010. The ET's have been dropping like the stock market...LOL! Everyone stay safe tonight and see you all at the races....
Date Posted:13:03:41 12/31/09 Thu It always amazes me how many dudes will sit here and crap on our local track. "Oh, my car doesn't hook...oh..there is a big bump in the track...blah...blah...blah" Check these guys out in Mexico. They are doing what they love and ain't no one going to stop them. I don't think they run slicks, I think they run mud tires...LOL! This is a good idea for anyone that doesn't want to run at EIRT. Open up your own "Dirt Drag Racing Track"....HAHA!....God bless Mexicans and there spirit. I can already see The Ghost & The Undertaker coming up to the line with big 33 inch knobbies bolted on the back...heh.
Date Posted:20:52:46 12/29/09 Tue Here are the track updates from last Wednesday night. A lot of cars out that night, just not a lot of fast ones. We went ahead and snapped a bunch of pics and got some of the fastest cars out there on video. There was this white turbocharged full size Chevy out there. Ran an 8 second pass from what I can remember. That is down right cool by my book. Ralph "The Hired Gun" was also out trying to tame The Phenom Stang. Looks like they finally got the car running straight and strong. Check out the video and track pics below....
Date Posted:09:02:28 12/24/09 Thu
Went to the track yesterday and the Timers were off we were slower on motor and slower on Nitrous talked to Different people and they were off on their times also Bad!! I guess they are still getting those timers right!!!
Date Posted:17:37:32 12/24/09 Thu
67 Camaro back half round tube,Chrome Molly, 4-link,anti roll bar,brace 9'ford rea rend, Santhuff front and rear shocks, 85'wheelie bars, MSD programmable 7530 and NOS timers. 4.10 gears,glide trans w/brake PTC converter. Motor is fresh with only 5 passes,new rods,pistons, cam. 698 bbc split carbs 3 foggers. All glass except roof and quarters 36,000 or best offer. This car has new tubular A-arms with Santhuff coil overs springs & shocks, new rear Santhuff shocks,new wheelie bars. Front end completely re-done, rack, new fuel cell,new slicks. As stated in the ad. the motor is fresh, also nos solenoids have been change to speedtech. Car will go straight down the track. Someone buy this car will be in the hunt right now, I know. Cash is King. Call me...for more details call 512 -775-6563 or view pictures at www.atomicdogdragracing.com classified page.
Date Posted:14:26:47 12/22/09 Tue As you all know, our government just LOVES!!! giving out our cash. So here is something that might benefit the racing community. We might start seeing some nicer golf carts in the pits..LOL! If you bought a cart that fits these rules and you didn't take the $6500 credit, then you better call your accountant right now!!!....
The government has a bunch of wacky credits available to people who buy plug-in electric vehicles. These credits were granted in the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, and we presume they were aimed at getting people to buy plug-in electric cars. In typical fashion, loopholes were identified and now the government is shelling out thousands of dollars to people buying so-called "road worthy" golf carts, and we don't mean Kias, we mean actual golf carts.
A Chicago Tribune story mentions that dealers and manufacturers can't build these things fast enough as the window on the big credits closes at the end of the year, so people are rushing to buy.
So what makes a golf cart "road worthy"? According to the story, "Regular golf carts don't qualify for the tax credit, but if a model has windshield wipers, taillights, headlights, blinkers and seat belts, it is considered roadworthy and can be purchased at a massive discount, courtesy of the federal government."
Check you calender, it's not April first. This is actually happening.
Date Posted:13:53:13 12/21/09 Mon
Miller Four Link car w/582 Shaffirof BBC and BTE Glide.
Have build sheet and dyno sheet on engine. Made 1030 HP. It is the Pro Series 582 with upgraded BMF Heads on Shaffirofs website. Trans is BTE case with 1.80 straight cuts. No Junk. Car has run 4.69 @ 148. Super Consistant and reliable. Have time slips to prove it. All MSD and K&R electonics. Very Clean Car. Car will win races... Guaranteed!!!!!!
Pics at edinburgracetrack.com
$30,000
For More info call
Date Posted:13:34:47 12/21/09 Mon
Chevette turnkey w/406 SBC and Glide. Dana Rearend. 4 link. strut Front end. Runs 6.40 leaving at 3000 and shifting at 5200. Will go red on 4 tenths pro tree. Proven Winner. Many pics at edinburgracetrack.com. Call for more info.
supercharger
