Come one, come all, the TOPMA, the finest Outlaw Pro Mod organization in the land is coming to Texas Raceway this Friday night. Who's a comin' to be part of the action, to run what ya brung, and hope it's enuff? -- Selblok, 17:21:53 09/14/11 Wed
Well all you Taylor haters must be upset,love him or hate him he is still the man,good numbers from Gaylen too. -- Texas cars rule, 00:09:15 09/11/11 Sun
TOPMA Board -- Gaylen(TBH)LenMar Motorsports, 18:21:09 09/11/11 Sun
I removed alot of posts on here and alot of them just seen today, been busy at shop and been racig a little, we need to focus on the racing side and by all means please respect the other racers, its been a crazy year for alot of racers but lets keep it together just a few more months, Congrats to the Taylor Team on a very Impressive Win this weekend at the Rock, Comngrats to the Longorias on the 2011 Jr Dragter Championship and the Motorplex(Raymond Jr. Gotta be a Proud Dad), I was also very proud of my whole Team this weekend, got a few bugs to get worked out but its gonna be a Fast Hot Rod, other than the 2 passes a BHRA Race this was the first time back out since crash in Topeka,Bert Jackson a Extreme Pro Stock Racer lost his life this weekend after a top end Crash, we need to keep his family and Team in our Hearts and Prayers(Very Sad) as a Racing family we all know what we do and are always pushing these Hot Rods to the edge and sometimes the Bite Back, Just A Thought,Be Happy With Whats You Have Insted Of Being Down On What You Dont Have, it could all change in the Blink of a Eye, Thanks and I hope everyone has a Great ending of 2011, Im looking forward to 2012 already
Rockingham or Bust........ -- Mrs. TBH, 13:05:41 09/07/11 Wed
James Dean just pulled out of the parking lot in Mansfield, TX heading to Rockingham, NC to go play with the ADRL boyz. We had a great outing with the car at the BHRA Nationals at Kennedale so we are expecting to pick things up where we left off (hopefully) and improve. The weather conditions look good so we will see what he's capable of. Wish us luck! Brandon, be safe!
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Extra Points & Points Update -- TOPMA, 12:25:49 08/22/11 Mon
The extra points went to Gaylen "Texas Bounty Hunter" Smith for low ET (5 points) and Top MPH (5 points) while the best reaction points went to Eddie Roach for .010 RT against Gaylen in the first round (10 points).
1 Gaylen Smith 537
2 Randell Reid 338
3 David Baldwin 256
4 Doug Riesterer 219
5 Michelle Wilson 218
6 Jackie Deaver 212
7 Tim Cruce 208
8 Jerry Hunt 189
9 Mel Jackson 173
10 Eddie Roach 166
11 Gene Hector 161
12 Marty Neely 132
13 Bill Doucet 105
14 Chuck Poindexter 76
15 Clint Satterfield 59
16 Chuck Nuytten 56
17 Randy Rencher 56
18 Steve Gorman 55
19 Mark Daly 49
20 Eric Clark 46
21 Clayton Pool 34
22 Marc McClaskey 33
23 Jim Dudley 23
24 Kenny Duke 22
25 Joseph Butler 22
26 Perry Dunn Racing 21
27 Gaylon Gradick 11
28 Charles Letteer 11
29 Roger Trent 11
30 Tony Linduff 11
31 Wesley Woods (Cowboy) 11
Looking to trade or buy: -- Cisco Kid, 18:58:08 08/29/11 Mon
I have a CS2 73% transmission. I am looking to trade for a cs1, 19-25% tranny. Or Looking to trade gear sets for the CS2. Looking for 19-25%
kenny duke....plz call me,we talked about your powerglides for sale....finally got some $ but lost your number....214-780-6584,thanx -- kelly, 16:35:38 08/27/11 Sat
Texas Raceway August Results and Photos -- Photos by Toyse, 12:09:13 08/21/11 Sun
It was another record-setting, 107 degrees, Hot Texas Summer Night at Texas Raceway both on and off the track. A Big Texas welcome to Jim Dudley and that sharp-looking Orange Nitrous Camaro who made the pull from Missouri with Jerry Hunt trying to take that Texas Money back. Sixteen Out Law Pro Mods rolled into Texas Raceway and fifteen gave the track their best shot, thank you to Bubba Corzine and Track Crew for a job well done on the track surface. This is how they wound up after two intense filled qualifying session filled with Oil downs, fires, shaken, rattling and lane swapping.
FINAL Qualifying Order
1. Gaylen Smith 57 Helair* 4.045 @ 148.01
2. Doug Riesterer 68 Camaro 4.074 @ 178.80
3. Randall Reid 68 Camaro* 4.113 @ 178.90
4. Michelle Wilson 00 Firebird 4.321 @ 166.58
5. David Baldwin 63 Corvette 4.388 @ 160.06
6. Jerry Hunt 53 Studebaker* 4.490 @ 176.56
7. Jim Dudley 68 Camaro 4.521 @ 156.48
8. Eddie Roach 94 Firebird 4.527 @ 158.11
9. Laramie Reid 05 Grand Am 4.626 @ 153.68
10. Mel Jackson 85 Camaro 4.683 @ 141.56
11. Jackie Deaver 90 Lumina 4.816 @ 150.25
12. Tim Cruce 54 Studebaker* 4.964 @ 152.55
13. Marty Neely 33 Hearse 5.154 @ 130.83
14. Phillip Wilson 67 Chevy II* 5.987 @ 85.24
15. Tommy Keeter 68 Camaro* 7.010 @ 66.19
* denotes Supercharged
ROUND 1
David Baldwin .075 4.366 @ 160.71 WINNER
Michelle Wilson .060 6.674 @ 76.95
HT set Michelle's 10.5 tire'ed Firebird on Kill because it hiked the front end up and was spitting sparks until it move to close the center line forcing Michelle to lift handing the win to Mr consistent Baldwin 63 Corvette.
Doug Riesterer .043 4.057 @ 176.58 WINNER
Jim Dudley .045 4.499 @ 152.47
We rarely get two ADRL Pro Nitrous car at the same race unfortunately they paired up in the first round. Both cars were stuck together spewing header flames until about three hundred feet when the Mad Scientist, Doug Riesterer, Reher Morrison powered 68 Camaro shot past for the win.
Gaylen Smith .057 3.969 @ 171.34 WINNER
Eddie Roach .010 4.558 @ 158.37
Eddie knew what he had to do when he came up against Gaylen Smith's HelAir, cut a killer reaction time but unfortunately the HelAir ripped and snorted fire to it's fastest elapsed time of the night.
Jerry Hunt 53 Studebaker .175 16.302 @ 31.34
Randall Reid 68 Camaro FOUL -.008 4.121 @ 177.23
I do not really know what happened here all I saw though my tiny world was the rusty stude went up on the trans brake after they both had all the bulbs on, Randall left and Jerry idled up the track.
ROUND 2
Doug Riesterer .110 4.080 @ 178.14 WINNER
Jerry Hunt BROKE
Jerry no showed in the lanes so they could not fix what ever was broke.
Mad Scientist Doug Riesterer sailed up the track with both pipes lit.
Gaylen Smith .103 3.973 @ 176.40 WINNER
David Baldwin .090 5.194 @ 95.98
Giant Killer Baldwin who put a light on The Bounty Hunter last month and won was not able to repeat the task and shut off when the HelAir passed him at sixty foot lights to set up an all LenMar final.
FINALS
Gaylen Smith .090 4.060 183.52 WINNER
Doug Riesterer .031 4.147 177.88
The Bounty Hunter 57 versus the Mad Scientist 68 Camaro, Screw Blown versus Bottle fed, weather and track conditions makes this a pretty evenly matched, last time these two meet Doug was the winner.
Doug had they advantage on the starting line but could not keep hold of the track, pedaling several times, must have been a close race on the top end because the Helair ran the Fastest Mile per Hour of the night, 183.52.
Thank you to all the Fans and Racers that came out in the Heat to Support Texas OutLaw ProMods and Texas Raceway.
We at Taylor Racing are saddened to hear of the passing of Toney Russell. He was the owner of the Lowmad team with Joey Martin. He lost his battle with cancer after 12 years of fighting that horrible disease. Our prayers go out to the Russell family. -- T-Shirt Guy, 08:56:15 08/23/11 Tue
Congrats team TBH -- Pro Mod FAN4LIFE!!!!, 03:54:25 08/21/11 Sun
Congrats to Gaylen and team TBH/LenMar on your win last night at TXR and also to you and Jock on your match race win in San Antonio tonight.
MCAMIS PRO MOD 68 CAMARO ROLLER -- Tim Lewis, 09:16:34 08/18/11 Thu
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I noticed Gaylen and the crew did not make the trip to Va. hope all is ok, the vette was flying at BHRA look forward to the TOPMA at the Dale -- ProModFan, 19:34:32 08/15/11 Mon
Burton Auxier runs 3.74 and then backed up the record wit 3.75 in a nitrous car WTF ..... IM JUST SAYING DAAAAAAAAMN HOMIE after a while the cars goin to be too quick to be on the damn track -- CaMaRo_KiNg_2011, 11:43:20 08/14/11 Sun
Well we just left the hospital and the Byrd family seemed to be in good spirits. They said Devin has the doctors baffled....he woke up out of his coma and is doing alot better than the doctors assumed. He is talking, moving his arms, legs and the nurses even have him dancing a little. He even recognized my mom as "gaylens wife". Very good news! The Byrd family wanted everyone to kno how much they appreciate the donations! -- Ashley LiL TBH, 15:54:06 08/08/11 Mon
Good luck to all the teams at the B.H.R.A. Nationals tomorrow nite - Keep em straight & be safe . I hear a new altered will be there looking to make some Peanut "Butter" out of someone if they make it to the race? -- ole bystander, 21:44:01 08/04/11 Thu
LenMar Match Race -- You heard it here first!!!!!, 17:51:57 07/28/11 Thu
Word on the street is "LenMar" is going to BHRA for a in house grudge race.. Marks calling Gaylen out.. Mark's driving some raggedy ass pickup and Gaylen's in some rust bucket camaro. So with that said if you miss this its your loss.....
Congrats to Frankie & Crew for their win in ADRL XTF today!!! Guess the holeshot lose in PX woke him up!lol -- Come back to TOPMA you need the practice!, 22:09:20 07/16/11 Sat
Tonight we raised $1800 with the donations and bike raffle and that doesn't include Kennedale's match-up. That is amazing and thank you to everyone who contributed. All proceeds will go to Devin Byrd. -- Mrs. TBH, 23:28:59 07/22/11 Fri
Looking for a 16" 6lug trailer wheel to use as a spare -- chase, 17:43:11 07/19/11 Tue
Looking for a 16" 6lug trailer wheel to use as a spare, if anyone has one please let me know.
BIKE RAFFLE for Devin Byrd -- Gaylen(TBH), 17:49:00 07/20/11 Wed
Hey all you racers and fans, one of our racing families needs our help (Troy & Carla Byrd). We are going to buy some bicycles and raffle them off ($1 tickets) at Texas Raceway this Friday night at the Automatic Pro Mod race. We will also be accepting donations on their behalf. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO TROY, CARLA AND DEVIN BYRD. If you would like to donate items to be raffled off please contact either Gaylen Smith (972) 741-6703 or Bubba Corzine at the track (817) 483-0356. Your help and support is greatly appreciated. See ya at the races!
Please pray for Troy and Carla Byrd. Their son was the child hit by a suv on the sidewalk and the driver didn't stop. -- Hopes and prayers for you guys., 02:17:27 07/16/11 Sat
Texas Raceway July Results -- Photos by Toyse, 06:38:13 07/10/11 Sun
11 Cars braved the 100+ Texas Heat trying to Qualify for the 8 Car Field
Qualifying Session 1 went like this:
Final Qualifying Session went like this:
Eliminations went Like this:
Congratulations to Randell Reid on his Win
Thank you to all the Fans and Racers that came out and Braved the Heat.
TOPMA at TXR this Friday 7/8/11 -- Don't miss it., 16:55:50 07/06/11 Wed
TOPMA stops at Texas Raceway in Kennedale, TX this Friday night 7/8/11. Don't miss it. Will Jerry Hunt be able to repeat his win from last month or will someone else take him down? Come find out! Qualifying starts at 7:00!!
Dallas Raceway Results - 7/2/11 -- Mrs. TBH, 11:41:32 07/05/11 Tue
It was hot and muggy on Saturday, July 2nd but that didn't stop 15 Pro Mod teams from braving the heat for the next stop of the chase for a championship. After 2 rounds of qualifying, here's what went down.....
#1 Gaylen Smith - 4.077 at 189 mph **Top MPH points**
#2 "Pizza" Joe Palmisano - 4.195 at 176 mph
#3 Jerry Hunt - 4.261 at 157 mph
#4 Bill Doucet - 4.375 at 146 mph
#5 David Baldwin - 4.401 at 162 mph
#6 Tim Cruce - 4.500 at 160 mph
#7 Eddie Roach - 4.506 at 159 mph
#8 Marty Neely - 4.625 at 151 mph
#9 John Sheffield - 4.671 at 154 mph
#10 Mel "Peanut" Jackson - 4.700 at 154 mph
#11 Marc McClaskey - 4.794 at 148 mph
#12 Eric Clark - 5.112 at 153 mph (hit wall - glad you're okay Eric!!)
#13 Wesley "Cowboy" Woods - 5.486 at 148 mph
#14 Chuck Poindexter - 8.782 at 49 mph
#15 Perry Dunn - No Time
Dallas Raceway and Gaylen & Celeste Smith sponsored the fireworks show just before first round. Fireworks were great!!!
First Round:
Bill Doucet (W) 4.101 at 175 mph (.052 RT)
David Baldwin (RU) 4.428 at 148 mph (.039 RT)
David had the starting line advantage but couldn't hold off the hard charging Vette at the hands of Bill Doucet.
Pizza Joe Palmisano (W) 4.165 at 177 mph (.005 RT)
Eddie Roach (RU) 4.514 at 158 mph (-.017 RT) Red light
Eddie knew he was going to have to leave first but he left a little too soon giving the automatic win to Pizza Joe who made another great run.
Tim Cruce (W) 8.893 at 77 mph (.318 RT)
Jerry Hunt (RU) No Time
Jerry was shut off due to an oil leak during the burnout. Tim left the starting line and got in his own oil dripping off the valve covers and blew the tires off and coasted thru for the win.
Gaylen Smith (W) 4.417 at 137 mph (.237 RT)
Marty Neely (RU) 4.548 at 155 mph (.556 RT)
Both drivers were dead late leaving the line but it was Gaylen coming away with an ugly win. Electrical problems still a problem on the '57 Chevy.
Semi-Finals:
Pizza Joe Palmisano (W) 4.543 at 119 mph (.121 mph)
Tim Cruce (RU) No Time
Now Tim was backed off the line due to an oil leak (still coming from the valve covers). Pizza Joe took off and lifted shortly after launch on his solo run.
Gaylen Smith (W) 4.054 at 188 mph (.096 RT) **Low ET points**
Bill Doucet (RU) 4.629 at 124 mph (.047 RT)
Bill left first but then encountered traction problems and Gaylen was on a better run still facing problems with the electronics.
Finals:
Gaylen Smith (W) 4.102 at 180 mph (.128 RT)
Pizza Joe Palmisano (RU) 4.103 at 178 mph (.200 RT)
What a final round! It was a great close race.
Congratulations to Gaylen Smith and Team TBH/LenMar for their win. It was a difficult night with the electrical problems but Gaylen, Brandon and the crew overcame them.
Congratulations to Pizza Joe Palmisano for your runner-up finish as well. Thanks for coming to race with us Texans!!
HAPPY 4th OF JULY EVERYONE. Have a great, safe holiday - and remember 'FREE'DOM is NEVER FREE -DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED - Make sure it is never taken away!!! -- granny, 11:26:36 07/04/11 Mon
Congrats to Team TBH!!! -- TOPMA FAN 4 LIFE, 12:11:31 07/03/11 Sun
Congratulations Gaylen on your win! What an awesome final round! 4.102 to a 4.103. I know it was a little late but a crash and several oil downs one right after the other makes for a slow night. I enjoyed the firework sow!
yellow belly dragway( gaylen) -- chippo, 12:43:27 06/28/11 Tue
gaylen do you remember cars like the waxahachie giant killer? i remember the cold bear chevy 2 go go do you remember those old cars
Gaylen wrecked the James Dean looked like car blew oil pan maybe it was an explosion oil got onto the track and cause him to slam into the wall hes ok got out of the car on his own power THANK LORD YOU OK GAYLEN AND CAME OUT WITH NO INJURIES -- CaMaRo_KiNg_2011, 16:38:12 06/18/11 Sat
Lil Paul -- kayla estes, 17:18:21 06/17/11 Fri
ok so i know this has nothing to do with Dragracing but Lil Paul ( Lil MadMan ) is comming down from collage in about a week and ahalf for a visit and i'd like to know if people can pray for him to have a safe trip home and back.He's done so good so far ,and times HAVE been rough for him but he needs to know people are rooting for him to finish collage( in september he graduates collage we ,the taylor family and i are hoping.) so please pray thay he gets down safely and when he gets back up he graduates in september. he has so many loved ones and we should come together to help him realise that he's doing good((:
Radical Race Gear -- Chase Huffman, 15:45:58 06/22/11 Wed
I was contacted by Ralph “Butch” Lamb, formerly of Advanced Race Wear and RH2way, in early December 2010 to do design work for his new established crew shirt apparel business, Radical Race Gear. I had previously done design work for him when at Advanced Race Wear, partnership with his ex-wife and ex-father in-law, after his falling out with Brad at RH2.
When contacted again by Butch I laid some guidelines out, how design process and payment would be made. All was good, work flowing greatly, everything going as planned and talked about. That was until April 2011 came around, Butch was “out of town” and could not send payment as originally agreed, and going off good past payments as well as working relationship, I went ahead with design process as requested. I have still yet to be paid on over 8 shirts designs.
Also, during whole process I had subcontracted Butch & Radical Race Gear to print a few shirt orders that I had personally sold. Knowing that he used an overseas printer. I did not like the idea of using another overseas printer after previous experiences with them. I went ahead with the orders, the new printer had showed strong quality control and had contacted me if any problems arose in designs for Butch. I received all 7 orders that I placed, and yet only 1 of the orders were correct to the design proof that was also sent with all artwork. Some orders missing letters, whole words, logo placement and dimensions changed, colors not correct, and sizing off. I was told by Butch that he would contact supplier and get straightened out and get back with me.
I have sent numerous emails, made numerous phone calls and nothing from Butch or anyone at his company. On Monday June 20th we sent another email knowing I would not receive an answer. I finally received an answer via email that same afternoon and was told that I was not going to get paid and that the shirts that were printed wrong were now our problem and since we submitted the art we accepted the shirts. Butch and Radical Race Gear have informed that I would not be paid for all back invoices because I stopped work. Work was halted due to no payment as per our agreement of ½ amount to start design and ½ at customer approval.
I also have been contacted by unhappy customers of Radical Race Gear as well as Advanced Race Wear personally due to the same lack of communication that Butch & Radical Race Gear and Advanced Race Wear (when he was there) have displayed.
This is a warning to not do business with Butch Lamb & Radical Race Gear! Many customers have told me that once they paid him that he would not return phone calls or emails
Have a safe trip & good luck at NC - show em how TX does it!!! (NT) -- granny, 23:07:35 09/07/11 Wed
4 SALE 1972 VEGA GT BACKHALF DRAG CAR VIDEO AT WWW.VEGABOYRACING.COM $10500.00 RACE READY 120S 60 FOOT -- THANKS, 16:33:02 07/28/11 Thu 
-- Randy, 13:23:39 07/18/11 Mon 
They put the right pic on the TXR poster this week didn't they - LOL (NT) -- granny, 10:30:10 07/09/11 Sat