The MoPar EuroNats '08 • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **dave-r** » 15 Jan 2008 21:12

PRESS RELEASE

The Fifteenth Mopar EuroNationals will take place at Santa Pod Raceway;

Friday 25th, Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th

JULY 2008

NEW FOR THIS YEAR

The return of the Friday Nite Cruise with an organised burn out area

Special Challenger Tribute

Extended bar hours Saturday

22 hours of track time available

The biggest collection of American Muscle Cars at any event

Full three day ticket £40.00 Members Discount with Form £35.00
Day Ticket entry £20.00 Members Discount with Form £18.00
Track signing on fee £20.00 per day
NO DAY TICKET AVAILABLE FRIDAY..SORRY

Extended Saturday night Bar untill 1pm
All the usual favourite stuff and more!

Come and celebrate 15 years of Mopar mayhem

Rain or shine the show goes on.

by **dave-r** » 15 Jan 2008 22:33

All the usual stuff available
Friday racing 1pm till 7pm
Saturday racing 10 am till 9pm
Sunday racing 10am till 5pm
Show n Shine
Fireworks
live music, Fri and Sat nights
Burn Out Contest Sunday
The Girlies (by popular demand)
SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE DODGE CHALLENGER
ANYONE WITH A 2008 DODGE CHALLENGER WILL GET FREE ENTRY ON THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We want as many Challengers as possible at this years show to celebrate the launch of the new 2008 car.

by **dave-r** » 05 Feb 2008 13:27

Update.

2008 MoparEuroNats LATEST NEWS
Show Dates 25th 26th 27th July 2008
Gate Entry Prices
Weekend Gate £40.00 Members Discount £35.00
Daily Gate £20.00 Members Discount £18.00
SORRY THERE IS NO DAILY GATE AVAILABLE FRIDAY
NEW FOR 2008
Return of the Friday Night Cruise......to KFC Wellingborough.
Organised Friday Night Burn Out Arena
Live Band on Friday night
On site Dyno facility available Sat and Sun
Tribute to the Dodge Challenger
Changes to show car judging
Show car presentation moved to Sunday Lunchtime in the Car Corral
Ten years of the “French Connection”
New Race Car Class
COME AND CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY.....15 YEARS OF MOPAR MAYHEM !

by **dave-r** » 05 Feb 2008 14:25

NEW RACE CLASS NEW RACE CLASS NEW RACE CLASS NEWRACE CLASS

Nostalgia “Pro-Stock” – the Paul Worrow memorial class
Class specifications:

Any American car made from 1960 to 1974
Must have in-date Tax disc.
No tube frame cars.
Front suspension modification limited to bolt on components.
Stock style rear suspension, no back-halved cars, no ladder bars or aftermarket 4 links, bolt on traction devices allowed.
Wheel tubs and spring relocation allowed
Engine must use carburetors
No power adders (blowers, turbos or nitrous)
All other engine modifications allowed
Any kind of transmission allowed
Body modifications and fiber glass panels allowed
Slicks of any size allowed
Period style race car paint schemes actively encouraged.

Contact Pete Wiseman (07711 640 359) or John Pratt (07941061813) for further information.

by **dave-r** » 06 Feb 2008 10:58

EuroNats website;

http://www.mopareuronats.com

by **dave-r** » 06 Feb 2008 11:27

Calling all Dodge Challenger owners and enthusiasts, the MoparEuroNats 2008 is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary and planning an awesome tribute to the Dodge Challenger. We very much hope to have a new 2008 example at the show. Anyone with the new Challenger is welcome to come along and join in the fun. Get yourself to Santa Pod Raceway 25th,26th,27th July.
Go to www.mopareuronats.com or call 01730 268375 for more info.

by **Tim** » 06 Feb 2008 12:49

"Nostalgia “Pro-Stock” – the Paul Worrow memorial class
Class specifications:

Any American car made from 1960 to 1974
Must have in-date Tax disc.
No tube frame cars.
Front suspension modification limited to bolt on components.
Stock style rear suspension, no back-halved cars, no ladder bars or aftermarket 4 links, bolt on traction devices allowed.
Wheel tubs and spring relocation allowed
Engine must use carburetors
No power adders (blowers, turbos or nitrous)
All other engine modifications allowed
Any kind of transmission allowed
Body modifications and fiber glass panels allowed
Slicks of any size allowed
Period style race car paint schemes actively encouraged."

Poo!!

My old car was purpose built for this. :roll:

Get yourself down there and sign on Nana! :mrgreen:

by **dave-r** » 06 Feb 2008 13:26

Yes. Pete and John (Blue) both came up with this class in memory of their mate Paul Worrow who was ill for many years and finally lost his fight against brain cancer a year or two ago.

Quite lucky Pete and John managed to get this class in memory of their mate going though. Because their two cars didn't fit competitively in any other class but will be perfect for this one... :s023:

Just kidding....

No honestly. We needed a class like this because the KOS classes are not well thought out. This lets many tough street machines compete against each other without being in an "Unlimited" class.

by **Tim** » 08 Feb 2008 12:47

If all goes to plan and I win the EuroLottery tonight, I'll build a car just to compete in this class.

I reckon 90% of cars that get on the track at the Nats would be eligible for this class. I was always put off by the KOS classes because the definitions were a bit confusing.

Good going on setting up a workable race class (whatever their motives :wink:

).

by **bananaskin** » 02 Apr 2008 15:50

Tim wrote:
Get yourself down there and sign on Nana!

Cars in bits, and i wouldnt even be old enough! :lol:

by **dave-r** » 02 Jun 2008 13:25

OK.

Lets have a list of people going.

Starting with me.

1. David Robson

by **fbernard** » 02 Jun 2008 14:16

Going too! And I hope that will be with the car. I'd hate to be a pedestrian two years in a row...

by **bananaskin** » 02 Jun 2008 15:32

dave-r wrote:OK.

Lets have a list of people going.

Starting with me.

1. David Robson

1. David Robson
2. Nanaskin
3. fbernard

by **christer** » 02 Jun 2008 20:52

I have some vague plans to somehow get there and to see with my own eyes what all the fuzz is about.

Let us see if I make it. It is about time.

by **david340** » 17 Jun 2008 12:19

iam bringing my 72 challenger i just hope its good enough

by **dave-r** » 17 Jun 2008 12:32

Don't be silly. Of course it is good enough. In fact there are very few "show quality cars" there. Most are "drivers" at best. The whole idea is not to see who can piss the highest. But to drive the cars and enjoy them.

It is getting very touch and go if my car will make it there. But I will be there regardless.

by **david340** » 18 Jun 2008 6:27

i hope you get the car done on time dave id love to see it there if you dont get it done on time you can take my challenger and ill bring the roadrunner.

hope i get a chance to meet you when i am over there

by **RedRaven** » 18 Jun 2008 7:20

I will be there with my 70 :mrgreen:

, the 72 wont make it..not this year anyway!!

by **dave-r** » 18 Jun 2008 8:40

david340 wrote:if you dont get it done on time you can take my challenger and ill bring the roadrunner.

Hey that's a great offer thanks!

david340 wrote: hope i get a chance to meet you when i am over there

You will only be disappointed. :lol:

by **RedRaven** » 18 Jun 2008 9:20

dave-r wrote:You will only be disappointed.

He wont be when we get you tanked up and you show him your pinky finger trick Dave!! :shock:

by **dave-r** » 18 Jun 2008 9:36

I could do with some stronger beer mats though Wayne. Thoses ones in The Percy were too soft and easy.

by **Elephant Racing** » 15 Jul 2008 12:29

Dave, keep us updated about weather predictions please...I try to make some time to go and come over again. Would like to make some runs again to improve my shifting thing. Looks like I finally have a setup which survives.

Dragstrip experiences...
2 yrs ago it smoked the clutch = got a good one which pulled wheels up last year.
Last year it spit the teeth out = got in new passon performance tranny.
Last month the linkage gave trouble resulting in bad disc = got new disc and went hydraulic clutch to dump the linkage.

Last weekend it finally survived. Had no testing before the races, not even on the street so went racing to sort it all out and see how it does.

Made 4 runs... 13.00@112mph... 12.40@123mph... NO ET run... 11.40@122mph with wheels up. And still running so would like te get some more runs so hope I can make it to the Nats again. When shifting like a pro there should be some real low 10's possible. Sometime...

Cheers,
Hans

by **dave-r** » 15 Jul 2008 12:59

Thanks for the update Hans.

I will start posting 5 day weather forecasts from Tuesday next week but accuracy is never very good on these things.

by **dave-r** » 18 Jul 2008 10:51

10 day forecast from Google Earth.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/b ... cm_ite=map

by **drewcrane** » 18 Jul 2008 12:07

Made 4 runs... 13.00@112mph... 12.40@123mph... NO ET run... 11.40@122mph with wheels up very, very impressive!wow :lol2:

by **fbernard** » 18 Jul 2008 12:25

"Partly Cloudy", "Mostly Sunny", that's the kind of weather we always have.

by **dave-r** » 18 Jul 2008 12:48

I told Hans before he fitted it that a 4-speed was a pain in the butt but would he listen to his Uncle Dave? :roll:

by **drewcrane** » 18 Jul 2008 16:13

"Partly Cloudy", "Mostly Sunny wow same here!lol same difference :s001:

by **RedRaven** » 18 Jul 2008 18:07

dave-r wrote:I could do with some stronger beer mats though Wayne. Thoses ones in The Percy were too soft and easy.

The Percy where you had the boxing club upstairs!!! :wink:

by **Elephant Racing** » 18 Jul 2008 18:45

As for the tranny choice I am a bit narrow minded Dave, I know :lol:

but bnow I m've made my first decent run with the 4-speed I can assure you it feels so much more wicked, neater etc. then an automatic. This 11.4 gave much more adrenaline / rush then my best with an automatic running 10.5's. Even more to come as this was my first run leaving at decent rpm's while still shifting like a granny.

But I could run it onto the trailer at the end of the weekend instead of using the winch so I was happy anyway. As long as it's not the same part which fails every time I will keep on trying... :mrgreen:

And besides that these 4 runs upped my total 4-speed runs to only 9 so give me some time and the ET's will come down...I hope...haha

Will post some photo's of the rides of the team elsewhere.