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Old 10-18-07, 02:44 PM
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Nhra Sport Compact Finals @ Pomona

the finals are here and it should be a good one , most of the championships will be decided here so everyone will be ***** out ABEL has been doing a lot of t&t so i hope it all pans for him RENE for sure will there , i will be running Q16 so it should be a fun weekend in the modified class i am rooting for ken to take the event so lets see how it all pans out
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Will Abel be there for sure ?
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Manny, see you there Sunday
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Originally Posted by Viking War Hammer
Will Abel be there for sure ?
thats the word on the street , it will bve good to see him out there again
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Originally Posted by ultimatejay
Manny, see you there Sunday
for sure i will be running Q16 and i will also have JESUS "KILO" PADILLA in my pitts
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Ken is a funny dude...

"There was just no way that I could have overcome the 7.189 of Brent. I just backed out at the end when he literally went flying by me as though I was going backwards. How did he go that fast? Brent told me at the end of the run while we were rolling up our parachutes that he "sprayed it" That meaning nitrous."

"Here is what I am going to go the the World Finals with. Something new, stay tuned. NO PAIN - NO GAIN" www.kenscheepers.com

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Originally Posted by RoTaRyBoYz
"There was just no way that I could have overcome the 7.189 of Brent. I just backed out at the end when he literally went flying by me as though I was going backwards. How did he go that fast? Brent told me at the end of the run while we were rolling up our parachutes that he "sprayed it" That meaning nitrous."

"Here is what I am going to go the the World Finals with. Something new, stay tuned. NO PAIN - NO GAIN" www.kenscheepers.com



yeah he is well i guess the cat is out of the bag ....lets see what happens now
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OH OH!
Ken is an official junkie now!

Hope it all works out for him. Wishing him the best of luck and bring home that championship for Mazda.

Manny good luck in the q16.

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Originally Posted by crispeed
OH OH!
Ken is an official junkie now!

Hope it all works out for him. Wishing him the best of luck and bring home that championship for Mazda.

Manny good luck in the q16.

thanks bro ima gonna need it ken is long due for a championship he has worked really hard this year and delt with some good competition i hope he can pullit off
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Good luck to Ken from Sweden!

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i'll probably come up on my bike sunday
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this is a good chance for Abel to get another wally since its only a 3 car field.... It would be lovely to see him run down Titan and get the win but we all know this is a long shot because Titan's game is on high... i love drag racing, theres so many variables to determine the outcome of a race... guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow

ps. since im a betting man, i'll put $20 on Flaco
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Abel's 1st qualifying pass.

http://grs-motorsports.com/noticias/...0oct/flaco.wmv
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Good first pass! I think he lift off the throttle a little bit on the top end. Go for it Abel!

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Wtf!!!!

sweet jesus!!!! Abel just lost to Manny in the first round of eliminations.... This could have been a chance for a hometown runner up finish.. drag racing sucks ***, im gonna drink a beer & finish cleaning the interior of my rx3...

(W) Manny Cruz ('02Solara) 0.168 8.707 130.37
(L) Abel Ibarra ('04 RX-8) 0.522 16.427 62.84
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Ken Wins!!!!

boy this sport is amazing & so unpredictable...

W/L Driver RT ET Speed

(W) Ken Scheepers ('05 RX8) 0.055 18.958 39.61
(L) Brent Rau ('99 Eclipse) 0.108 19.527 39.66

Our first final of the day - Rau has clinched the championship...
They both are broke at the same moment and start coasting to the line! The crowd is going nuts, both cars have lost power and after a long wait Scheepers Nuclear Banana coasts to a victory in Modified. WOW! Ken Scheepers' MOV: 0.6221 seconds (approximately 36 feet).
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haha at ken scheepers
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Whats next????

well i think NHRA days are numbered, low crowds & low competitiors may bring the end to this scantioning body.... I just listened to an interview with Brad, the driver of the Titan scion and they're talking about running only a few races next year... He said that its getting frustrating having no competition in the class and i really dont blame them because NHRA has become a joke... sad to see it end like this, but i think they (NHRA) are the ones that did it to themselves...
http://grs-motorsports.com/front/index.html
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It was a lot better in the beginning before the days of the big budget companies sending a message that factory sponsership trumps talent. Then there were local talent and some out of town cars but it brought out the croweds. Now locally we are having fun trying to beat up some muscle cars, turbos are the great equalizers! There are alot of old school guys going turbo inted of noooozz! Hope something changes. Its great when the guy in the tower says its 80 cubic inches of bad *** car!
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Brad just about sums it up in this interview from his opinion of the NHRA Sport Compact series and I know for a fact that a lot of racers and fans alike would be in agreement with him.
It's nice to see the top player in the sport not holding back and speaking the truth.

Brad Personnet's interview compliments GRS Motorsport.com
http://grs-motorsports.com/noticias/...21oct/brad.wmv

Ken Scheeper's interview.
http://grs-motorsports.com/noticias/.../scheepers.wmv

Abel 'Flaco' Ibarra's interview
http://grs-motorsports.com/noticias/...1oct/flaco.wmv
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i wish it was a big crowd at pomona but it will never fill the stands on the other side. it wasnt even full at this 1
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Congrats to Ken!!

There are many changes planned for the future of sport compact drag racing. Hopefully they wil have a positive impact on the sport.

As Brad said Diesel fuel is expensive!! The main reason why we did not tow our car out was diesel fuel alone would have been about $7500 round trip. Even if you win you can't cover the expenses.
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What Changes????

Dee,

Can you please go into more detail about what you mentioned above?

Thanks
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Originally Posted by RoTaRyBoYz
sweet jesus!!!! Abel just lost to Manny in the first round of eliminations.... This could have been a chance for a hometown runner up finish.. drag racing sucks ***, im gonna drink a beer & finish cleaning the interior of my rx3...

(W) Manny Cruz ('02Solara) 0.168 8.707 130.37
(L) Abel Ibarra ('04 RX-8) 0.522 16.427 62.84
Yeah, Abel would have had an easy win if he just ran his normal pass of 7.3. WTF, I thought he had his **** dialed in?
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Originally Posted by crispeed
OH OH!
Ken is an official junkie now!

Hope it all works out for him. Wishing him the best of luck and bring home that championship for Mazda.

Manny good luck in the q16.
well i have to say ,had a hell of a weekend havent had that much fun in an event out here in CALIFORNIA like that before so it was a good fun ,besides me not even getting out of the waterbox it was great

had a great time @ the banquet got a bit shitface and got to hear some of the plans that nhra sportcompact has ,if they can manage to make it happen its gonna be a great future for our sport
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