Got word that Jon got married a few day's ago. And I hear it's to a super nice girl. And she would have to be, considering their awesome wedding cake. Check it out, it was cooked up by Cynthia's Cakes in Edinburg, Texas. Is that cool or what?





I ain't never had a wedding, but I got to tell you, my wife would have never gone for a car cake...LOL! Hang on to this girl Jon, she is something special. Make sure you bring her out to the races and let her make a couple of passes in the Blue Monster. Nothing like a girl who is as interested in cars as much as you are. That's an awesome combination. Congratualtions again and we wish you a long, happy marriage.

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• I called earlier and they said they was gonna be closed -- arguello, 15:58:59 07/25/08 Fri
• no its not -- 1320 performance FAN, 18:15:40 07/25/08 Fri
• track will open Wed. -- me, 22:51:02 07/25/08 Fri

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• Pro Street Videos???? -- undertaker598, 21:32:10 07/25/08 Fri

• CONGRAGULATIONS !! -- LUPE, 19:54:53 07/25/08 Fri

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• nice pictures there!!!1 -- 1320 performance FAN, 18:18:16 07/25/08 Fri

• YOU HAVE MY VOTE (REAPER) -- orlando, 01:41:51 07/24/08 Thu
• dang! yall really kicked ass with that. i almost coughed out my lung from laughing way too much. tommy and faustino yall have my vote too. but lower down the gas prices. pleeeeeeeeaaaaassse -- machete GearHeadRacing, 20:28:03 07/24/08 Thu

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• Mark, thanks for your coverage of the TPSA race. Larry's incident is a reminder of why the required safety measures are in place. The track crew and rescue personnel are to be commended for their outstanding response, and thank God that their services weren't needed except to remove the debris from the track. Our thanks to Julio, Isaac, the entire staff @ EIR and the great fans that came out and made our first trip to the Valley so much fun.<br><br>Mark, if you have a picture of the Salinas Cavalier please email it to me so I can post it on the TPSA board. Thanks! (NT) -- David Hubbard......Texas Pro Stock Association, 01:39:26 07/22/08 Tue
• mark do u have any pics of the cavalier -- 1320 performance fan, 08:42:51 07/22/08 Tue
• David, I will have a full photo gallery up this afternoon. As well as every round of the TPSA visit to the Rio Grande. You are welcome to any video's and pictures off our website. We are "hotlink" approved...LOL! -- Mod, 13:38:34 07/22/08 Tue
• <b>Glad the driver was OK. I see the track still has the metal guardrails....some tracks have the concrete barriers and this would have been worse. Great video, what happened does anyone know? </b> -- BULLET, 20:08:09 07/22/08 Tue
• Word is that Larry already took his engine to Jeff Naiser to be checked out. He also purchased another pro stock car. Larry sais he is not a quitter and he will be ready in time for their next race. -- undertaker598, 20:00:26 07/24/08 Thu

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• The video of the finals came up a bit short. Due to us losing power during the upload. The code has been refreshed and the full video is now uploaded. -- Mod, 14:35:05 07/24/08 Thu

• Thanks Gary, we really appreciate the feedback. I am working hard to get the video's up before Dolly knocks the power out. Stay tuned...should have the TPSA video's up in about 30 minutes... -- Mod, 16:01:58 07/23/08 Wed
• I second that. Thanks for some of the best hospitality we have had. Also wish to thank all those that make it possible for our Team "O" to travel around with these bad azz hot rods. Mr. "O", LP, Naiser Racing Engines, Slick Rick Cylinder Heads, JEGS.com, Mickey Thompson Tires, Kodiak Trailer Disc Brakes Boat Inn, Steel Structures and the rest of the crew. Larry knew better, he even said so after the crash, if your out of the groove-lift and DON'T get back in it! The Jerry Haas built Cavalier did its job and protected the driver. As of right now - we have plans to make the next race in Houston with another car. Gotta go - to dang busy to goof off on here! THANKS AGAIN and sorry we did not get to meet the texasdragracing.com crew and photographers. (NT) -- TEAM "O" - ALL IN MOTORSPORTS, 19:28:33 07/23/08 Wed

• Thanks to you, Abel and Abel for all the hard work. Nice pictures! -- HT, 07:51:54 07/23/08 Wed
• hell of a job on the pic's mark keep up the good work -- ronnie rodriguez(red monte carlo) raymondville tx, 13:00:54 07/23/08 Wed

• its a 2 -- !!!!!!!!!!!!!, 12:29:23 07/23/08 Wed

Gonna make this quick. Just came in from the garage and I am dead tired. But more on that in a bit. For now, here are some quick answers to your questions.

1. About the #1 Spot challenge. THERE IS NO DRIVE! We don't do drives anymore. So to who ever brought that up, you're dreamin'....

2. Tommy Hernandez won Pro-Street Saturday night. He took out some of the biggest heavy hitters in the RGV to take home the cash, the trophy and the respect.

3. Yes, a Pro-Stock did flip over on Saturday. The driver was fine and he was out of the car before the rescue crew got there.

4. Yes, I do have video. No, don't know if I am going to post it yet.

5. Yes, I do have video from Wednesday night. Yes, I will post it and the pics as soon as I get a chance.

And finally! The TDR Elky project ran under it's own power tonight. I've been off work since Thursday and my kids and I have been hammering on it ever since. It was pretty cool to take it for a some what crazy drive. Seems the transmission is no good. Oh well, gonna have to yank it out. We'll get to it when we get to.

For now, here is a pic of the little "305" booger between the front tires. Didn't do anything to it other than clean it up. Speaking of cleaning up, as soon as we parked it in the garage, the transmission spilled it's guts all over my garage floor. The RGVOLDCARS.com cruise is on August 2nd, so we have that much time to get it all figured out.





With this out of the way, we can no go back to a some what normal life and get the board updated. I will have my son work on that tomorrow, while I am back at work. So stay tuned....and thank's for your patience.

• please post it i wasnt able to go i had a baseball game -- chevy fan, 00:12:55 07/21/08 Mon
• mark its ok to post video of the tpsa car that wrecked we would like to see it ourselves (NT) -- team "o", 20:16:50 07/21/08 Mon
• Hey Mod, just wanna let you know that we peiced together an awsome little small block and TM is up and runnin! My other monster small block is takin alot of money so we had to settle for a temp. We may not challenge for a spot just yet but we are trying to support texas drag at our local runs! WE are just waitin on our tags and I assure you that TROUBLE MAKER will look good next to the ELKY!!!! -- TROUBLE MAKER, 12:19:27 07/22/08 Tue

• Tony, give me a call tomorrow. Or shoot me an e-mail. Got something to ask you. -- Mod, 23:48:33 07/21/08 Mon
• E-mail sent -- Tony Bullett, 00:05:35 07/22/08 Tue
• ey that guy is a sucky driver lol!!!!!!1 -- 1320 performance fan, 08:48:01 07/22/08 Tue

• Challenge Accepted But but by the looks of it it will be Raining this Wed and Friday (NT) -- Cesar "1320 Performance", 12:50:09 07/21/08 Mon
• i just noticed the news about the storms heading our way. Lets try again when the weather clears probably next week. -- modsquad, 14:50:01 07/21/08 Mon

• asking -- huh, 13:25:24 07/21/08 Mon
• No, they were having starter issues. -- Racer X, 14:42:55 07/21/08 Mon

You read it right, the world famous "TEXAS PROSTOCK ASSOCIATION" is coming to the Rio Grande Valley. Look out for the ad's on TV and on radio on 94.5 "The Rock". The is the first time these guy's are coming to the Valley, so let's give them a big South Texas welcome. I hear our Ultimate Outlaw Champ will be greeting them with open arms. Got a call from Ruben Salinas today and he told me the new engine is going in as we speak and it will be ready for competition on Saturday. Make sure to get there early for the best seats. This is going to be an awesome show!!!.....

Now, according to their website, these are the guy's who have already commited to making the trip down here. And word is more are planning on making the trip as well....











Saturday is looking to be one heck of a show. If you love some close, side by side headsup action, and I know you do, otherwise you wouldn't be here...then you won't want to miss the Texas Pro Stock Association on their very first trip down South. See you all at the races on Saturday...

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• What time do the gates open? When is qualifying? -- undertaker598, 08:45:13 07/19/08 Sat
• Heard one of the prostocks rolled over at the track. Any pics or vids of it? Thank God the driver got out ok. (NT) -- Chuck (Bird of Prey), 03:01:18 07/20/08 Sun
• so did a car flip over or wat??? where is the video???? -- chevy fan, 22:04:41 07/20/08 Sun
• Yes a car flipped and it was the white w/the burnt orange stripe -- MVJ, 23:34:49 07/20/08 Sun
• where is the video? -- chevy fan, 00:00:46 07/21/08 Mon

If you ever wanted to see a car, built specifically for our Top 10, by our rules, then you wouldn't have to look any further than Rigo Trevino's "Big Bad '69" Camaro. Rigo recently challenged Charlie Delon for the #1 Spot. And he wanted me to tech the Camaro, to make sure it's fits all the rules. And let me tell you, it passed with flying colors. Everything was perfect! We snapped some pics of this beautiful ride while it was getting some last minute alignment at D & D Wheel Alignment, in McAllen, Texas.

Rigo also wanted me to get some video, just to let Charlie know that his day's as the #1 Spot holder are numbered. Charlie has been our #1 Big Dog for almost a year now. Officialy, the longest #1 Spot Holder we have ever had. But Rigo said, it's over. It's time for the "Original Big Dog" to take back what's his....Check out this thing, it is sick!....

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What's powering it? How about 565 cubic inches of "DeLeon Racing Engines" built madness. Javi Deleon, was given the task of building not only an engine that could take the #1 Spot without a problem, but also an engine that Rigo could take out for a cruise on pump gas.














Here are the tire measurment pics. As you can see, the tires are well within the rules. And check out the awesome interior. The interior is complete, right down to a brand new headliner. Yeah, that is a nitrous bottle. The engine is plenty strong as is, but it's not intercooled. A little spray will handle that inlet temperature heat without a problem. If you want to see this monster in action, it should be at Edinburg International Race Track. Come check it out and stay tuned for updates on the upcoming #1 Spot Race!...

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• challenge accepted for this friday....lets do it old school with a cruise. -- Carlos de Leon., 13:20:05 07/19/08 Sat
• DAMN!!!! Finally the original Big Dog is back and these two icons of the RGV drag racing scene are gonna bring it back old school. Can't wait to see who else wants in on this race.... -- TNP, 01:38:32 07/20/08 Sun
• So does this mean that the drive is back as a rule or it is only for the cars that can actually make the drive? -- Concerned viewer, 11:39:19 07/20/08 Sun
• did this race happen already? -- erick, 15:17:04 07/20/08 Sun
• no not yet...the challenge was accepted for this friday coming up(20th). -- machete:GearHeadRacing, 15:37:34 07/20/08 Sun
  • sorry. the 25th.friday -- machete:GearHeadRacing, 17:54:32 07/20/08 Sun

• I second that!!! (NT) -- undertaker598, 11:19:15 07/20/08 Sun

• The track in Rio Bravo ie(stands, swimming pool , parking )puts this one to shame except for the little bump close to the finish line (NT) -- Hope a new track goes up, 01:14:00 07/20/08 Sun

It's amazing what a little time, elbow grease and Dupli-Color paint can do. My kids and I spent the better part of yesterday getting the engine ready to drop in the Elky. The engine itself was already built, but man, did it need some help in the looks department. Nothing worse than someone asking to see your engine and it looks like this.....







Ugly! It's nothing special really. Just a stock 305 cubic inch rebuild with what sounds like a HUGE! camshaft. We don't expect to be a track monster with that little engine. But that's cool. The Elky is going to be our "Saturday Cruse In" Hot Rod. You can say it is now retired from it's track duties. This is how the egine looks now, thanks to help from Deleon Auto Accessories, The Speed Center and my buddy Abel, at Oreilly Auto Parts.











Guy's, when you are working on your Hot Rod, give our sponsors your business. If it was not for them, Texasdragracing would not be possible. And don't forget, always mention to them that you saw there ad on Texasdragracing.com. Stay tuned for an update later today. We are hoping to fire it up before 5:00pm tonight. Adios...

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Thank's to a good friend, Tommy Hearn, for hooking us up with this awesome 1967 El Camino. You all might remember it from when Danny Galeana owned it and ran it at our very first Boardwars races. Well, we are trying to get it back together this weekend for an upcoming RGVOLDCARS.com cruise, scheduled for Saturday, August 2nd, 2008. We have pretty much everything we need, but we are needing a more streetable Torque Convertor.





Now, we are not looking for a handsout or anything free. What we are looking for is parts location help. What we need is a stall convertor in the 2000-2500 stall range. The Elky came with a 3500 stall convertor, which is way to loose for what we want to do. If anyone has something laying around they want to sell, give me a call at 956-655-2835 or shoot me an e-mail. I'll keep you all updated on the project.

Now, I know you all see the Malibu Wagon in the background. Well, the good news on that is that we already took the engine in for machine work at Pan American Automotive. Domingo told me the basic work is done. We just need to go in and choose some rods and pistons for the rotating assembly. We will keep you all updated on that too.

Thanks!
Mark M

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• Might want to mention, its for a TH400 transmission. -- Ryche, 22:08:28 07/15/08 Tue
• Or, for a TH350, they are the same convertor. -- Mod, 23:11:18 07/15/08 Tue
• no they aint. Torque converters are different. -- SPS, 14:00:56 07/16/08 Wed
• TH350/TH400's use the same type of torque convertor. Just look in Jeg's and Summit. It's the same part numbers for TH350/TH400 transmissions. Oh yeah, and ain't, ain't a word. -- GM Fan, 15:53:09 07/16/08 Wed
  • Ok, Nutty Professor....Thank's for the grammer...LOL. -- El Chapo, 18:13:39 07/16/08 Wed
• Found a torque convertor already. Thank's to Johnny from Rio Hondo, Tx. He needed a 3500 stall for his project. So we traded. Good deal. Thank's a bunch Johnny. We really appreciate it. -- Mod, 19:26:28 07/16/08 Wed
• mark i hape yall have as much fun with it as i did -- richard h, 07:44:11 07/18/08 Fri

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• any track action videos? -- 67 Rally Camaro, 21:36:05 07/13/08 Sun
• We do have some random video from Friday night, but I don't think we got your car in this one. But that's not a problem, we will be there this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. So if you are out there, we will definitly get you. -- mod, 13:48:32 07/14/08 Mon
• what happened to the half breed -- wondering, 15:23:59 07/14/08 Mon
• AWSOME VIDEOS MARK KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK -- TOMMY HERNANDEZ, 18:09:25 07/15/08 Tue
• So is Sylvester the new Ultimate Outlaw? Just Wondering? -- speck1, 11:09:30 07/17/08 Thu
  • Hey Mod, The Ultimate Outlaw is that and 1/8 th or 1/4 mile run for the board ? Didn't the undertaker and the tweety make a 1/4 mile ran for the outlaw spot. -- Beto-TDR Fan, 14:19:10 07/17/08 Thu
    • It was a 1/4 mile run the spot on the board. -- Tyler - TDR....FAN, 18:22:43 07/17/08 Thu

• hey mod why didnt the black svt lightning is not on the spot even tho he lost ruben jr lost too and he is still there and that svt lightning is way faster than that red truck its not fair but with all repect its your board -- SVT FAN, 02:50:05 07/15/08 Tue
• The Lightning was not part of our match races. It was just a random truck that Tony lined up with. Ruben Jr. kept his spot because he and the HPA Vette were racing for the #9 Spot. When you are a spot holder, challenging higher and you lose a race. You stay in the same spot. -- Mod, 07:17:32 07/15/08 Tue
• it will be a good race but i think that the spot holder should pick the light choice and lane choice if mark is going to pick the light might as well pick lanes for the drivers to -- joe dirt fan, 00:55:41 07/16/08 Wed
• tring to make it fare -- joe dirt fan, 01:02:12 07/16/08 Wed
• Reading comprehension owns you!...LOL! The only reason we went with a Pro-Tree at the Match Race madness was because of the amount of races. I explained that in my "Rules Of Engagement" post. For this race, Joe Dirt does have light & lane choice. Some of you need to slow down when you read and make sure you understand it...jeez... -- Mod, 07:20:17 07/16/08 Wed
• thanks for the response mark -- joe dirt fan, 21:16:48 07/16/08 Wed
• thanks for response -- joe dirt fan, 21:28:08 07/16/08 Wed
• I got no problems with lane choice or regular tree or pro tree............. -- 1 BAD 69-RIGO, 23:51:07 07/16/08 Wed

• When will this go down? Interested!!! (NT) -- undertaker598, 07:33:59 07/15/08 Tue

• 67 camaro -- ismael vasquez, 06:31:54 07/15/08 Tue

• Tony, I forgot that you asked me Friday about running for the #6 Spot. My son reminded me about it. I just haven't updated it. Check again... -- Mod, 00:35:59 07/15/08 Tue

Had a great time last night. Once again, The Big Dogs brought down the house. The stands were packed with race fans. When the Big Dogs came up to run, it looked like they were going to knock the fence over on the pitside. Awesome show guy's.

There were a few glitches here and there. Like, some of the challengers did not make the show. And that's cool, I know problems come up and certain things just can't be helped. Even so, we still had a good time and we had some killer match races. It took a bit of scrambling, but we managed to get just about everyone a match race.

First up, the team of S & P Racing, consisting of Salinas and Perez. Sylvester was on rails last night and made an impressive 4.85 @ 150mph hit. Doing the math, that's a 7.61 to the 1/4 mile. Roy said Sylvester ripped out a 1.16 60ft and that is the best 60ft he has ever seen out of this car. This was even better than their hits in San Antonio. That's right, our little track has some bite!!!...Well, too bad SPS Racing didn't make the show. I am sure it would have been an awesome race. You know, we had a backup for this, but Ruben Ybarra in the Bounty Hunter blew a tire on a test pass. So Sylvester had to make a hit all alone.....





Next up is the BIG DOG himself. You love him, the dudes in the other lane hate him, CHARLIE "JOE DIRT" Deleon!!!...Man, what an awesome race he had with Anthony Rios, driving the Flaming Cheeto. Anthony is an excellent driver and he showed that by putting a serious light on Charlie. But that was not enough. Charlie came around the big Chevy for the win...Congrats!!!...FYI!!..A challenge for the #1 Spot has already been made. Stay tuned for an update....





This next race was another awesome battle. Henry "The Undertaker" Thomae dug a hole and buried the Thunder Chicken Nova in it. Henry said The Chicken was right next to him all the way down the 1/4 mile. That is, until Henry hit the "OH SHIT" Button...LOL! That's Henry's secret weapon. He told me it's the last defense against any opponent who thinks he can take The Red Rocket Chevelle down. I wonder if Henry is holding up a #1 for a reason? Like, maybe coming after Charlie?....





Next up is the team of Hernandez Racing. You know, nothing impresses me more than to see a dude unload his car, pull up to the line and take care of business. No test hits, no tuning, no messing around. Like Henry Thomae, Faustino Hernandez showed up, strapped in and said, Let's Do This!...He had a three way race with Ray Espericueta for the #3 Spot. Winner would go on to race Juan Penaflor for it. After a hard fought fight with The Problem Child Nova, Faustino came back and laid waste to Juan's Vitamin C Stang. I can see a re-challenge coming already.





Next up is "The Most Dangerous Man" in dragracing! Why do we call Bridgi that? Well, because when I asked him what lane he wanted for his match race against Danny Ybarra's King Kong S-10? He said, "both of them!" I asked, what? He said, "yeah, you tell Jason he can have what ever lane I'm not on...haha....This looked like it was going to be another killer race, except the S-10 lunched it's tranmission at the hit. So Bridgi took it easy. Not wanting to show what "El Gallito" Trans Am can really do...





Our next winner of the night was the HPA-Vette from 1320 Performance. I am sorry, I didn't get the drivers name, but thanks a bunch for showing others that it does not take an 8 second car to compete on Texasdragracing.com..Everyone and anyone can challenge. The Vette is a 12 second performer and they are willing to step up the game if need be. Congrats on your win.





The last match race was supposed to be between Tony Torres and Carlos with the Stang Killer Camaro. But the Camaro did not show. We still lined up Tony with a random Ford Lightning. Which Tony quickly showed his lights to. For his efforts, Tony still earned a Match Race trophy. That is how we roll here at Texasdragracing.com.





Thanks a bunch to all of you. Without the racers, the fans and the sponsors, we wouldn't be able to do what we do. We look forward to our upcoming challenges and as always, stay tuned to Texasdragracing.com for the best headsup action. We have more pics and of course, the video's. You won't want to miss those.

All right, before we go to the Cruise In at Texas Tops, here are the pics of the winners from last nights 9.90 Super Gas race. Once again, Sergio Paez made it to the final and the win. Right behind him in 2nd place was Tony Rocio. These guy's put on a good side by side show and we will have their video up as well later today....

• mark I believe the Guy's name is Caesar and I saw the vette run 11.94 a couple of times that night and I think the car only has an exahust and Tuned by them... -- TDR race fan, 13:50:38 07/13/08 Sun
  • YES THAT IS MY NAME AND THE CAR DID RUN THAT 5 TIMES THAT NIGHT AND THE CAR HAS KOOKS HEADERS,CAI AND TUNED BY 1320 PERFORMANCE -- HPAVETTE "1320 PERFORMANCE", 16:33:29 07/13/08 Sun

Weather man says it does not look good for racing this week. But, I think the weather man is just guessing at it. I got my fingers and my eyes crossed that the weather will clear up by race date. Edinburg International Racetrack has a lot going on that day. First up, the local Valley Corvette Club will be having their club meeting and shootout. That is awesome, I love to see Corvette's out there tearing it up. For more info on joining their club, be sure to click on the banner below....





Also, this same Friday night, they will be running the 9.90 Super Gas class. This is where cars with electronics battle it out to see who can come closer to the 9.90 Index. The class is pretty cool. I just don't like how the cars nose over after the launch. But oh well, that is how the class works. If anyone wants to run the class, get with Isaac at the race track. He will sign you right up...





And in between all that, Texasdragracing.com will open up the Dog Pound and let the Dogs Run Free!!!...We got alot of racing to get done, so I am lookin for cooperation from everyone!...If you have a three-way, I need you in lane #10 no later than 9:00PM!!!....All the rest of the match racers need to be in lane #10 no later than 10:00PM!!!....This is going to take everyones cooperation to work out smoothly. So make sure you know who you are racing and get in the lanes on time. Below is the match races that I have going so far. THE CHALLENGES ARE NOW CLOSED!!!...The trophies will be ordered tomorrow so we cannot take any more challengers!!!....Everyone cross your fingers that the rains go away and we will see you at the races on Friday, July 11th. Texasdragracing.com, home of The Fastest Cars in South Texas!!!.....

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• Rain Rain go away, so these cars can come and play! -- Indian Dancer, 11:41:57 07/07/08 Mon
• The weather is looking better. And the weather man said we should be clear by Wednesday. So it is looking like we will have a good shot at getting the races done on Friday. Take a look at the Match Race banner. I have updated the Spot Races. It seems Sergio (Tweety) will not be making the call on Friday and will be giving up the Outlaw Spot. So in his place, Ruben Ybarra and the Bounty Hunter have stepped up to the plate. Also, Zeke dropped out, so Jesse Torres will be taking his place. So we still have a full card on Friday. Tell your friends, bring out the family and watch some awesome match races!!!... -- Mod, 20:38:55 07/07/08 Mon
  • so then the outlaw is a three way race??? -- ICEMAN, 19:22:18 07/08/08 Tue
• Do you see three cars up there?..... -- NO!!!!, 21:34:43 07/08/08 Tue
• let him race we dont want anybody feeling left out mark -- RUBEN YBARRA, 21:53:36 07/08/08 Tue
• the only thing is now he has to run as a challenger because he told you he was not running so he lost his spot and now he is challenging the winner of the outlaw race whether it be sylvester or myself with the winner of race having lane choice is that correct mark -- RUBEN YBARRA, 22:01:39 07/08/08 Tue
  • funny thing ruben is that i never said i wasnt going to make it....my father cannot run....im still going to be there!!! but fine mark wants to play these games even tho i put my challenge up two weeks in advance fine no hard feelings!!!.... just seems like he favors other racers!!! just like i havent recieved my sticker while i was driving the vette haha.....ill still be out there testing!! good luck ruben and sp racing may the best man win! -- ICEMAN (sergio JR.), 22:29:01 07/08/08 Tue
• Dude, I don't play favorites. What we got here is, failure to communicate. Yesterday, I get a call from Tommy Hearn, he tells me, "SERGIO IS OUT, HE IS NOT RACING"...So I ask, ok, what about the kid? Can he drive? He say's, "NO, SERGIO WILL NOT LET HIM DRIVE"...All right, so I have to scramble and get something going. We have a trophy ordered and we have to get a race. So I called Ruben Ybarra and asked if he could help? He say's sure, I will step in for Tweety. Then today, I get a call from Tommy Hearn, and he tells me, "HEY, SERGIO WILL BE THERE ON FRIDAY"....So my response is, what???....You already told me he was not going to make it. In any event, I will be calling your Dad in the morning and getting this all straightened out. If Tweety shows up on Friday, then Ruben Ybarra will step aside and let the original race happen. If not, then he is there as a backup. Hope that helps clears this mess up. -- Mod, 22:51:05 07/08/08 Tue
• you are correct so it is you and i winner races sylvester i posted earlier cause i thought you were out of race just as well but not a problem see you at theraces -- RUBEN YBARRA, 22:56:37 07/08/08 Tue
• i guess mark and i were posting at the same time but anyway lets just get some races going besides allthese post dont mean a thing mark decides who runs whom -- RUBEN YBARRA, 23:08:10 07/08/08 Tue
• DAMN TOMMY, GET YOURSELF A FAST CAR ALREADY!!! HAHA -- undertaker598, 00:26:56 07/09/08 Wed
  • told you thats the problem with getting news from the grapevine!!! someone needs to mind their own business.....bad karma racing has nothing to do with sps racing totally different team....mark if u ever need answers just call me up instead of listening to someone who doesnt know first hand.....and i am driving!!! oh and the car is ready!!! either it be in tweety or marvin i will be there!!! -- ICEMAN (SPS RACING), 14:35:55 07/09/08 Wed
• calling out the #3 spot for this friday on the 11th 1/4mile killer vs vitamin C!!!!!!!! -- Hernandez racing "1/4 mile killer", 23:31:18 07/09/08 Wed
• LETS GET READY TO RUMBLLLEEEEEEEE ! -- Michael Buffer, 17:20:47 07/11/08 Fri
• I was reading TDR and I didn't see Tweety tonight....oh well -- TDR fan, 02:28:24 07/12/08 Sat
• We got to get some of those central texas good ole boys to bring their cars down to try and run down Sylvestor! -- race fan, 19:05:57 07/12/08 Sat
• Joooooooooooe Diiiiiiiiirt!!! Heck of a race last night!!! -- tdr fan, 19:09:06 07/12/08 Sat
• hey iceman it looks like the grapevine was alot closer than your firsthand info oh by the way its not smart to bad mouth your dads engine customers they are the ones that help tro pay the bills where you can race -- JD, 07:59:45 07/13/08 Sun

• Are tire sizes going to be checked? -- A race fan, 06:45:25 07/11/08 Fri
• Awesom plan!!! -- undertaker598, 08:05:18 07/11/08 Fri
• the Car is ready to go!!! Good Luck to Everyone!!! (NT) -- HPAVette " 1320 Performance", 09:32:37 07/11/08 Fri
• mark im stuck at h-e-b changed my time to work wont be out till10pm so i try to get out before -- twisted281, 16:53:09 07/11/08 Fri
• Your race with the HPA Vette is scheduled for 9:00PM. See if you can make it please. If not, the Vette and the Truck are going at it. Sorry.... -- Mod, 18:20:21 07/11/08 Fri
• well im try to make it by 9:30 the latest..... if i cant make it oh well my LOST + -- twisted 281, 20:06:10 07/11/08 Fri

Does this weather suck or what? We had all these plans to do a motor swap and just spend the entire weekend working on the hotrods. But now, it's all wet and muddy and crappy. Oh well, nothing left to do but play virtual hotrodding and update Texasdragracing.com. So, how about you waste 10 minutes of your life watching the track action from this past Wednesday night? The video is full of great action, great music and it will help you forget the rain.


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Hope you all enjoyed that. Next is up the always awesome photo gallery. Well, it's not so awesome this time around. Seems our 14 year old photog was having an off-day. That's the same thing as a bad hair day, except it involves a camera. Thought I would explain that for you guys who have no clue what in the hell I am talking about. The pics are blurry, some are dark and well, they are just about the most awful pics we have gotten in a long time...LOL!...Enjoy....I'll be back in a little while with updates on our upcoming Match Race Friday.

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• just wondering if anybody knows what that g8 ran, oh and is it the gt or v6, thanks! -- thinking of buying one!, 19:46:36 07/05/08 Sat
• Thanks for the great Vid. -- LightsOut281, 03:18:20 07/06/08 Sun
• the g8 was a gt l76 6.0 powered one....i believe it ran 14.1 best of the night... or 14.4...not sure..but sexy and pretty quick. -- Bullett, 12:36:22 07/06/08 Sun
• I ran a 14.2 with a 2.17 60'. I could not hook that well with the 19's. -- TexasG8, 19:23:58 07/06/08 Sun
• Sorry for the double post mod can you delete one please. All I have done to the car so far is the magnaflow cat back. -- TexasG8, 19:54:16 07/06/08 Sun
• can some one post the video for 6/25/08 -- ed, 09:55:48 07/10/08 Thu
  • Sorry, I dont think we have video from that day.... Ill check anyways..... -- Ryche, 20:40:53 07/10/08 Thu
• if you do can you post it Thnaks. -- ed, 08:20:17 07/11/08 Fri

• number 3 spot -- "Espericueta Racing", 23:13:18 07/09/08 Wed
• we challenge too -- Espericueta Racing, 23:15:06 07/09/08 Wed
• nice 2 have u back lets do it 2morrow the 11th i run winner espiricueta vs hdz brothers -- juan p, 13:05:17 07/10/08 Thu
• ok sounds good will be there!!! -- Espericueta Racing " PROBLEM CHILD", 23:35:51 07/10/08 Thu

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• Mark, I think you should give Hernandez racing or Juan Penaflor a call, maybe they will fill in for Zeke!!! (NT) -- undertaker598, 07:30:47 07/07/08 Mon
• Dam Zeke thats cool. Congrats jon!!!!! (NT) -- PeteM, 07:31:04 07/07/08 Mon

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• Hey Mark, looks like your July 11th race could have a better turnout than the tracks Outlaw deal. Bet more spectators show up too. Can't wait to line up with Thunder Chicken again. Get with me on the trophies I will sponsor... -- undertaker598, 23:51:56 06/24/08 Tue
• The 11th sounds great!! See you all there! -- Tony Bullet, 01:05:28 06/25/08 Wed
• Challange for the # 10 spot -- HPAVette " 1320 Performance", 15:38:52 06/25/08 Wed
• Hey mark can you put me into for the number 10 spot i would like to run for it maybe on july 11th or when ever -- 1 twisted281, 16:14:03 06/25/08 Wed
• I have updated the list. The Flaming Cheeto has stepped up for the #1 Spot. HPA Vette and Twisted 281, I need pictures of your cars so I can post them up. If you have some, please e-mail them to me at mod@texasdragracing.com With these challenges, it closes the door for the #10 Spot. Thanks for joining in guys. -- Mod, 18:14:32 06/25/08 Wed
• diesel truck -- ruben jr, 03:00:25 06/30/08 Mon
• hey mark...i would like to get in on the outlaw race as well...lets make it a three way what do you say...??? -- ICEMAN, 17:43:29 06/30/08 Mon
• I would preffer not to do that. But thanks for asking. -- Mod, 22:17:37 06/30/08 Mon
  • i dont see why not the challenge is two weeks in advance??? whats the big deal...you always have three way runs whats the difference now?? -- ICEMAN, 11:29:38 07/01/08 Tue
    • oh and not to mention you even said that more cars might join in....why am i being left out on it??? -- ICEMAN, 11:32:46 07/01/08 Tue
• CALLING OUT A CHALLENGE FOR THE #4 SPOT ! -- "1 BAD BIRD" NOW CALLED "EL GALLITO BLANCO", 21:45:34 07/02/08 Wed
• alright like how you turn away and ignore the questions mod...thanks bro -- ICEMAN, 11:19:58 07/03/08 Thu
• I am not ignoring the question Sergio. Fact is, I have already spoken to different people who have spoken to your Dad and the car you are talking about will not be ready by race day. Unless you bought another car that no one in the Valley knows about, your challenge is pointless. But, if you insist, bring out the car, I know Ruben Ybarra wants in on the Ultimate Outlaw Race too, so he is willing to run any new comers. So, let's make this a 4-way. See you at the races. -- Mod, 16:20:20 07/03/08 Thu
  • well thats what happens when you get news through the grapevine...i want to thanks everyone for their concerns lol ....i just didnt want to have any crying on race day.....!!!! see u at the line guys!!! -- ICEMAN, 12:54:43 07/06/08 Sun
• Since Ruben's car doesn't fit the top ten rules, he said heck with it and is going with a bigger tire just for the 11th... -- undertaker598, 07:16:26 07/04/08 Fri

• Thank you I was wondering when they were going to air that. -- J.G, 18:42:51 07/04/08 Fri