Guys,
There will be many Rotary racers at this years Nitto NHRA Sport Compact World Finals @ Pomona this weekend. I'll be out there with Abel Ibarra and the Flaco Racing Team, and we hope to see a lot of Rotorheads out there supporting! Make sure to stop by the trailer and say hi to the team!

NHRA SCHEDULE DETAILS

The cool thing is that there will also be a import swap meet... hopefully some of you Rotary guys will sign-up, so I can go and LOW-BALL you!

NHRA IMPORT SWAP-MEET DETAILS



other Mazda guys running this weekend:

Ed BergenHoltz: PRO-FWD Golden Eagle Racing MazdaSpeed-6 (Current NHRA Champion)

Ken Scheepers: PRO-MODIFIED Team Ken Scheepers MazdaSpeed RX-8 (multiple NHRA event winner)

Demetrios Karagiannis: PRO-MODIFIED Reactive Racing Mazda RX-7 FD (Current record holder for the fastest uni-body RX7 in NHRA)

Jesus Padilla: ALL-MOTOR Kilo Racing Mazda RX-7 FB (Current & 3 times NHRA Champion)

Vince Tiaga: ALL-MOTOR Golden Eagle Racing MazdaSpeed-3

Rene Franco: PRO-MODIFIED Franco Mufflers RX-3

Joe ??: PRO-MODIFIED RX-7 FB


Along with all of these key Mazda runners will be a whole host of other dedicated Mazda drag professionals and amateurs. So come out and join team Mazda this weekend!


Cheers,

-Bern

 

hmmm....may be interesting....

 

Hell yeah I will be there on Saturday and Sunday
hope to see you there Bern
I cant miss this event

 

more details at:

http://www.socalrxclub.com/calendar_details.aspx?id=77



-Bern

 

I was planning on being there in my drag second gen, but i can't seem to get her running right. she is not running over 6,000 RPM's. guess i will just be there to watch




P.S. thanks to you forum menbers helping me get her up and running. hopfully we figure out the problem before IDRC goes to Palmdale.

 

i might go but i dont know yet

 

I will probely be there, hopefully Rene will keep his IC piping from blowing this time.

 

God willing, I will see you all tomorrow!

-Bern

 

hey Bern whats going on with flaco these days?? he didnt qualify at Etown and he bearly made it at this event...is it a car problem, track problem, tire shake problem or just plain bad luck?? a few races ago almost every pass was a 6 second one...i hope they have better luck next season, because i know these guys work very hard to get that car to run the numbers...why dont they update flaco-racing.com?? and why dont RN.com sell new Flaco merchandise,it might help the team financially since they dont have a main sponser....

 

The team is trying hard, but now that the motors are doing fine, and we've stepped-up the performance, other auxiliary systems are starting to break or show weakness...

at E-Town we had major waste-gate issues, but TIAL came through with a redesign that fixed these for Pomona. This weekend we were having major tire-shake issues getting out of the hole, but we had it solved when the turbo let go. That made two brand-new turbos in three days. We had a new Garrett set-up which worked great, but turned out to be a little fragile on the Rotary. Garrett has taken the turbos and assures us, that a fix in the works, and we have all confidence in them.

So this year, we finally found some secrets to keeping engines together, but other things started to break when we stepped it up. It's hard being the R&D guys for the Rotary... the piston boys all have the advantage of many teams sharing technology via suppliers, so they progress a lot faster. It also didn't help that we had zero budget to test this season.

On Flaco.Com, we will be launching an update in the off-season. RN.com has been in discussions with Flaco to sell new merchandise, but no firm decisions have been made yet...

Abel wanted to thank all the fans in the stands this weekend, and for the support this entire year. It's been the worst season ever for Flaco Racing, beyond stepping up the Rotary records with 6.79 ETs and 210 MPH, and the fans have still been there for the team. We hope to show better next season!

-Bern

 

Yeah we know Abel is not having a good year but I still support him 100%
I remember when he was dominating the import racing scene in his R100 which I think he should of never retired. And he was on top eventhough with his 3rd Gen which was a beast, it was crzay when he broke into the 6 seconds in that car. Now the RX8 which is the craziest looking car around will dominate once again as soon as he figures out all the little bugs on the car. I think he is just giving everyone a chance to be on top.
Rotaries are dominating on the Modified class but now its time to take back PRO RWD!!!

Hey Bern I believe I saw you there on Saturday! (Do you ware glasses????)

 

Thanks 13BNUT! Yes I wear glasses... I was wearing a button-down MazdaSpeed shirt on Saturday!

Congrat to Ken Scheepers and Dee K. for making the modified final. Dee took his first win ever at a pro-drag race event! Good to see th FD running strong. Ken lost 5th gear in the RX-8 and was no match for Dee like that. Also to Rene Franco for getting his old school RX-3 into the semi's with a 150mph blast!!

Also to Ed Bergenholtz for wrapping up the PRO-FWD title in his MazdaSpeed-6!

Great representation by Mazda and Rotary power at this event!!!

-Bern

 

sorry cant root for bergenholtz cuz hes not a rotary

 

yea... but there are no Rotaries in PRO-FWD.... so Ed is our Mazda choice!

-Bern

 

True we should support all Mazdas no matter what class they are in
At least Bergenholtz doesn't drive a honda anymore

 

You would think that Mazda would be willing to step up to the plate and be willing to sponsor such a promising car. It is too bad. Hopefully, you guys will get some major sponsorship soon.

 

A little event review for you guys!

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/709

-Bern