Congrats Dan......

http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2006...ufinal2results

Also, congrats to Ken Scheepers with his 7.86 run

 

Congrats Dan! I knew it would happen this season! Your hard work is finally paying off. I'm proud to see the team with a win under its belt. Hopefully this will be the first of many victories!

Grats Ken also on such a great time stamp!

 

congrats!

 

Damn Eric, you beat me to it. Dan did awesome today. Took home the trophy. The car looks good and ran great! Great job dan!

 

Congrats to both of them

 

DAmn i wanted to be the first to congradulate Ken. He has worked very hard to get into the 7's and deserves tons of praise for his dedication. Also congrats to Dan for bringing one home for the Rotary's

As for me horrible weekend lots of broken parts and bad luck, but i was very proud of my rotary buddies!!!!

 

What problems are you running into this year? You're running a 3 rotor now right?

 

Dees probably going to bitch at me for speaking for him but hes running a 2rotor still. He tried some aftermarket eccentric shaft which was a bad move because its locking up on him. Go ahead dee, i await the phone call

 

I could have sworn I heard talks of him running a 3 rotor this year. Why is he using a aftermarket e-shaft? What's wrong with the stocker?

 

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First event....

 

Eric , can you desribe some of the class car mods allowed for the RX7's we seee here?
I thought we get hung out to dry with mod limitations or lack of and the Supra takes it.
Thanks. Congrats D!

 

He was talking about running the 20b but i think he stayed with the 2rotor do to some regulations. Actually i may be mistaken about the e-shaft. It may be the stock one. Im not sure exactly what the complications were yesterday.

 

We are trying many things new on our 13b program but none of them i can blame at this point. On our first pass we overboosted to about 88psi I do not think i could ever build a rotary to hold this much boost

Due to the compressed schedule with qualifying and eliminations on the same day this mistake cost us big time.

Sorry Dan did not mean to jack your thread Congrats again great job!!!!!!!!!

 

Congrats Danny! VERY nice! Wanted to know if you made that change we spoke about, IM me when you get a chance.

 

Congrats Dan,
Way to dominate the class. Good to see you keep backing that 9sec. pass up too. 143mph is some good stuff on all turbo!

 

No problem D. Jack all you want. Lucky win for me. Sorry to hear about the car man. I know how you feel, you ever find out if the cause of engine 2 was an accident? Probably, but can't help but wonder.

 

Just got home and unloaded today. Thanks to everyone for their congrats, sorry for the delay. I'm real psyched about the win, although unfortunately, it's not really the way I had hoped. I'm happy that all the hard work that has gone into the car lately, finally brought home a wally (which I could just kiss, it's so nice to look at) .

This time I just got lucky with what happened to Julie and all, although the car did pull off a pretty good pass during qualifying (although I was shooting for a low 10 sec pass, so the competition wouldn't be ready when it came time), but.......for the run against Mark and the final run the cars 60fts were suffering, and it took me 3 jabs each run to get the car into 3rd gear. Unfortunately I think the stock trans is finally reaching its limit, although it's hard to tell yet. With the way the car was holding up, Julie would have taken me out for sure. On the way home, Ken and I talked for a while and brainstormed about coming up with some possible causes, and I spoke with Chris and Ari, and Carl as well. Fortunately, with Carl, I did get some really good input. We might have found a solution, but I'm not sure yet. I have to do some research with the car quickly, as well as try to leave for E-Town in 8 days. The car is dangerously close to 150mph, so I have to install a chute, and must try to do some R&D. For some other things. This is hard to do on such a small budget, thanks to Chris and Ari, it's just barely possible. I'm approaching some potential sponsors, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll try to keep up and stay on top, but money's tight.

The real congrats goes to Ken with pulling off the 7.80 pass @ 171mph! That car is a beast, and is finally starting to break out of it's box. It shot straight out like a banana on a slip-and-slide! I like the words from Ken while talking with Mazdaspeed motorsports - "We were haulin'-a-little-hay!" It made me laugh pretty hard to hear that, still does while I type it. So far Ken and I are enjoying teaming up together to attack the scene, and I feel lucky to have so much help from the guys at Rotary, Jesus, D, Ken, and all of you on this forum. Thanks for your support!

 

Awesome stuff, really inspiring. Makes me proud to drive a rotary

Congrats to Ken and Dan, and I hope all works out for ya D!

 

Congrats Dan !!!! from Athens .

Pan.

 

You should let us in on what you and Karl have come up with the transmission problem

 

Congrats Dan!! About time a rotary beat that Suby! So you coming to the Vegas race? I'd love to see the car since i didn't get a chance to the last go round.

 

Will do.

 

Didn't really beat the Subaru yet, just putting the pressure on her to mess up. Planning to, as long as my pocket can support it or I pick up some sponsor money. I hope to see you there.

 

Dan, why aren't you and the other rotary guys running NOPI?

 

Competition is not worth the effort. Those guys are way out of our league, as far as the BFG Street class goes. We basically have to pick one or the other due to overlapping events and time to prepare. For the class that we could hold a candle to, the coverage is virtually nill. NHRA is a well known and established sanctioning body, and for me, is geared more towards racing with a show, instead of NOPI which is a show with racing. Basically, preference, at least for me. Also, the rules are different between NHRA and NOPI classes, so much so, that gearing up your car for one event could potentially hurt you at the other. Like lexan windows for example. You get the idea.