Special FX Class Announced For the Dave Duell 2010 Classic

 

Opel Engineering has put up $1500 for the Saturday FX Class Racing Eliminations at the 2010 Dave Duell Classic -- held during the Monster Mopar Weekend. The purse will be divided as follows:

• $1000 - First Place
• $300 - Runner Up
• $100 - Each of the Non-Advancing Semi-Finalists

 

NMCA 2009 Recap and 2010 Event Schedule

Pretty funny video of the 2009 season recap at NMCA

 

Event	Date
Bradenton Motorsports Park – Bradenton, FL	March 19-21, 2010
Beech Bend Raceway – Bowling Green, KY	April 30- May 2, 2010
Maple Grove Raceway - Reading, PA	Pennsylvania – June 4-6, 2010
Route 66 Raceway – Joliet, IL	Illinois – July 15-18, 2010
zMAX Dragway – Concord, NC	North Carolina – August 5-8, 2010
Milan Dragway - Milan, MI	Michigan – August 27-29, 2010
Gateway Int’l Raceway –Madison, IL	Illinois – October 7-10, 2010
*Houston Raceway Park – Houston, TX	Texas – November 12-14, 2010

* The Houston race is a non-points race that has yet to have the classes announced -- but I would think that NSS should be a given. This is a race combined with NMRA. A few weeks ago NMRA ran a non-points race in Houston to test the waters, and it was a success. In as much as the closest NMCA race to Houston is 800+ miles away -- I'm hoping that we can prove that Texans will attend (contrary to NMCA's current belief) these races and NMCA will replace one of the loser tracks with blowing sand or Nazi staff and mentally handicapped track preparers with a quality track like HRP.

 

I jut returned from PRI and the NMCA Awards banquet. I've asked for a couple of photos and videos related to NSS and NMC -- and will report on the event as soon as (if) I receive those photos and videos.

 

You sill have time to order and receive NSS calendars and other memorabilia in time to give as Christmas gifts. Click Here to view.

 

Cafe Press sells these exact same calendars on their site for $20 -- but you can still get them from my shop for $17.99. Check them out if you haven't already -- they're top shelf.

Uploading Photos

STOP & READ!

 

Photos & Videos: The Photo Policy always has been, and always will be, "Your Best Mopar Drag Racing Track Action Photos" The reason for this is that these photos are used to create a slideshow of quality race photos that others can embed on their web sites. Despite the many reminders, most of the photos uploaded are of people's motor homes, photos on the wall, cars on trailers, garages, non-Mopars, cars so far away you can't make them out, a sequence of 12 photos of the car in the staging lanes -- and even a toilet.

 

Please don't mistake this site for a photo hosting service. We're looking for quality race photos  of Mopars to create a quality slide-show. If you have nice photos of your race or street Mopars that are not in race action -- you might want to upload them in the MoparStyle Garage. If you are looking for a free photo host -- try Photo-Bucket. If you feel like you need a web site to upload any photo you want -- then look for the link in the right sidebar to create you own Ning site -- and name it "Joe's Do What He Wants Site", but please -- respect the policy of this site as we're trying to provide a quality slideshow for other sites.

 

Thank You

Use It Or Lose It

 

This web site's backbone is provided by Ning, and the main reason I selected it was its ability to maintain a membership and personal Blog for the members; their ability to upload photos and videos; and the Event Calendar -- all for Free.

 

However, Ning only will allow for active web sites to remain, and for those web sites to have active members. I currently maintain another Ning web site for Daytonas and Superbirds -- but Ning will be closing it due to not having the activity they expect. While this web site is currently not in that type of danger, a few of the registered members are -- due to inactivity. This is a pretty cool site for Mopar Drag Racers, and I strongly encourage you to visit the site frequently, use the features, and tell other Mopar Drag Racers of it.

 

Blog: Each registered member is allowed their own personal blog. A great use of it is as a race team's diary. Blog posts can be made public, private, or by invitation. Look at a few of the other blogs and then consider starting yours. You can post as often as you wish. Daily, Weekly, Monthly, after events -- however use wish.

 

Photos & Videos: Everyone is encouraged to upload their best Mopars in action at the track. However that's the key. These photos are used to make a slideshow, which can be displayed on people's web sites. Because of the slideshow, we're looking to keep it "their best Mopars in action at the track." Recently there has been a few members loading up photos not keeping with that theme -- thus having the slideshow not keeping with that theme. I've had to remove those photos. For those looking to host photos that are not Mopars at the track -- I suggest Photobucket.

 

Events: I strongly encourage all members to please use the event calendar to list any and all racing events where Mopars are invited to participate. I would like to see this site become the One-Stop site to view upcoming events. Tracks are starting to the list their 2010 events -- and I'd appreciate members listing those events as soon as they become aware of them.

 

NMCA 2010 Season Opener Announced

 

 

The NMCA Muscle Car Nationals is pleased to announce the NMCA season opener, the 8th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, will once again take place at Bradenton Motorsports Park the weekend of March 19-21, 2010. This awesome event features all the cars and all the stars of the NMCA racing heads-up and wheels-up in the Sunshine State! Always a racer and fan favorite, the NMCA season opener starts the season with a bang as hundreds of the fastest muscle cars travel to Florida for a high performance weekend. From 6-second wild Pro Street and Super Street cars to True Street and bracket racing...this event has it all!

 

If you haven't yet raced or attended a NMCA event -- you're missing some serious racing action.

 

Major Changes Made to MoparWiki

 

The Mopar Wiki site is a brand new concept of having everyone in the Mopar community to pull together and build the biggest and best database of Mopar Knowledge ever assembled. Over this last weekend, the sites landing page was updated -- and were many of the wikis. Point your browser to www.moparwiki.com and scope it out.

Important - Report Spammers

Like everywhere else, we're not immune to asshole spammers. Report them if you are spammed -- and I'll ban them and delete their posts.

Please, only upload good photos and Videos of Mopars in action at the track. We're really not looking for photos of cars in garages, photos of an unfinished car -- but photos worthy of being framed and hung on the wall. Feel free to add as many of your photos meeting this standard that you wish.

To maintain the quality of the slide show -- those photos not meeting the criteria will be removed. Don't not upload any photo which you do not have the permission to upload from the owner of the photo.

If you control a web site, check out the badges link at the bottom of the page for the code to have the photo slide show appear on your web site.