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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 !

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.

EuroNats website;

http://www.mopareuronats.com

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.

"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.

Get yourself down there and sign on Nana!

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...

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.

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 ).

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

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

OK.

Lets have a list of people going.

Starting with me.

1. David Robson

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

dave-r wrote:OK.

Lets have a list of people going.

Starting with me.

1. David Robson

1. David Robson
2. Nanaskin
3. fbernard

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.

iam bringing my 72 challenger i just hope its good enough

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.

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

I will be there with my 70 , the 72 wont make it..not this year anyway!!

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.

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!!

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

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

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.

10 day forecast from Google Earth.

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

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

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

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?

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

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!!!

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