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CORY MAC TRACKER
(August
17-19, 2007) |
 Cory
McClenathan and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) visit
Reading, Pennsylvania for the NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple
Grove Raceway. This is the last chance for a few racers to
make their way into the Top 8 in their classes and the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series Countdown to the
Championship but unfortunately Cory McClenathan will just fall short
of that this season.
Cory qualified in the #11 spot
with a 4.597 ET at 320.81 MPH and will face Larry Dixon (4.557 ET at
321.96 MPH) in the first round of eliminations.
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QUARTERFLASH 2K
SETS 1/8 MILE ET RECORD?
(August
12, 2007) |
VW Paradise holds the current A/D
1/8 mile ET with a 4.58 in Kennedale, TX in 2001. Pending
approval from Hot VWs that record could belong to Keoke Desa and
Charles Asato in Quarterflash 2K.
Quarterflash 2K ran a 4.43 ET at
156 MPH backed up by a 4.44 ET at 153 MPH at Barona Raceway on
Saturday night, August 11th. Congrats from ACDRM.com!
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CORY MAC TRACKER
(August
10-12, 2007) |
Cory
McClenathan and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) make a stop
this weekend in Brainerd, Minnesota for the 26th Annual Lucas Oil
Nationals. This is the second to last race in the Countdown to
8 for the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series Countdown to the
Championship 2007 and time is running out for those racers who are
on the outside looking in at the Top 8. Cory falls into this
category as he is sitting 70 points behind the current #8 driver,
David Grubnic.
UPDATE #1 (Friday, August
10th) - After two qualifying runs Cory is 15th in the Top Fuel
qualifying ladder with a 4.805 ET at 285.71 MPH.
UPDATE #2 (Saturday, August
11th) - Cory could not improve on his previous best run and
actually falls to the #16 position with one round of qualifying
left.
UPDATE #3 (Saturday, August
11th) - Cory qualified in the #16 spot with a 4.666 ET at 323.12
MPH and will face the #1 qualifier, Tony Schumacher in the first
round of eliminations on Sunday.
UPDATE #4 (Sunday, August
12th) - Cory beats #1 qualifier Tony Schumacher and advances to
the second round. Cory runs his best pass of the weekend with
a 4.598 ET at 321.12 MPH to Tony's 5.588 ET at 177.79 MPH tire
smoking pass. Cory will face Larry Dixon in Round 2.
UPDATE #5 (Sunday, August
12th) - Cory's weekend ends against Larry Dixon, who runs the
quickest pass of the weekend, 4.547 ET at 322.65 MPH to the losing
5.128 ET at 202.09 MPH.
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TVWDRA POINTS RACE
#7
(August
12, 2007) |
 Raymond
Nolen won for the second time this year,
both times over Ricky Marshall.
Ricky's final run came to a quick end as
he left to soon and activated the red
light. This was Ricky's third
runner-up finish this year. Ricky
and Raymond moved up a spot each in the
2007 TVWDRA Points Race. The Top
five after the weekend are Curtis Conner
(201), Ricky Marshall (198), Raymond
Nolen (185), Bubba Clifton (182) and
James Brooke (138).
The
next event for the TVWDRA will be on
September 8th at Texas Raceway in
Kennedale, Texas. For more
information on the TVWDRA you can visit
their website at
www.tvwdra.org.
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OSV - PRA 2006 /
UNLIMITED STREET
(August
11, 2007) |
 After
receiving the new PRA 2006 DVD from
Ocean Street Video this past Friday, I couldn't wait to
get home and pop it into the DVD player
and watch some drag racing action.
I finally got to start the DVD around
8:00 PM that night and watched every bit
of action from start to finish, finally
getting to bed sometime after 1:00 AM.
It was well worth the late night!
From 8 second runs in the Pro Mod class,
old skool racers such as Ron Fleming,
Mike Hunsacker and Roger Crawford
tearing up the drag strip to the
Unlimited Street and Real Street classes
in Las Vegas and Fontana, this DVD as
something for everybody. For
more information on the PRA 2006 /
Unlimited Street DVD
plus many others from Ocean Street Video
you can visit their website at
www.oceanstreetvideo.com.
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DRAG RACING THIS WEEKEND
(August 8, 2007) |
The
Texas Volkswagen Drag Racing Association
(TVWDRA) is holding their seventh race
of the 2007 season this weekend.
The event, sponsored by
B-Quick Racing takes place August
11th at Texas Raceway in Kennedale,
Texas. Curtis Conner is the
current points leader (181) with Bubba
Clifton (162), Ricky Marshall (157),
Raymond Nolen (143) and James Brooke
(133) rounding out the top 5.
For
more information on this race or on the
TVWDRA you can visit their website at
www.tvwdra.org.
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LEONARD OTTO'S 70's
STYLE GASSER-DANGERINE
(August 5, 2007) |
If you know
anything Leonard Otto and his brother Pierre you would say they were
raised in a garage between engine blocks and project cars.
In the garage is where they developed their passion for transforming
wrecks into pieces of beauty that tear up drag strips. Leonard
has been drag racing since the early '90s and got into the VW drag
racing world a few years ago.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE . . .
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ACDRM.com UPDATES
(August 4, 2007) |
 We
added new entries to our
Drag Racer Directory/Database and
have over 20 entries so far. The
latest entries include
Jerry Burke-Fisher of Ohio,
James Buchan of Canada,
Meredith Horn Jr. of Texas,
John Meade of California and
Stian Abell Larsen of Norway.
We are always looking for more entries
so check out the section and submit your
info today!
The
point standings for the
Pro Racing Association and
East Coast Pro Racing Association
have been updated in our
Point
Standings section.
We
are also in the process of updating our
extensive links section and if you have
a link you would like to see posted you
can email us at
jculley@acdrm.com with the URL and
we will add it. If you have a
business or website and would like to
get a little more exposure then just a
link, you can now advertise on Air
Cooled Drag Racing Monthly.
Check our our
Advertising section for details.
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ED RUCKER'S NEW
RIDE
(August
2, 2007) |
 Ed
Rucker who owns a VW shop in Oklahoma City, OK recently purchased
this Pro Stock '56 VW Bug formerly driven by Pat Fox and has turned
it into a Pro Mod style drag car. He plans on making a few
races around the country in '08 after getting the car dialed-in.
So far in testing he has run a 10.02 ET at 137 MPH with very little
boost.
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CORY MAC TRACKER
(August
2, 2007) |
Former
VW racer Cory McClenathan is starting his own racing team that will
debut at the 26th annual Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainard, MN on
August 9-12.
For the entire story
CLICK HERE.
Cory dropped 3 spots in the
standings after his first round loss last weekend and is currently
70 points behind Dave Grubnic who is occupying the #8 and last spot
in the Countdown to the Championship with two races remaining in the
Countdown to 8.
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AIR COOLED DRAG
RACING MONTHLY - AUGUST 2007 |
Welcome to the August issue of
Air Cooled Drag Racing Monthly.
Leonard Otto's beautiful 70's Style Gasser named Dangerine graces
our cover and a story with some pictures will follow in a few days.
July was a busy month with 2 or 3 events almost every weekend,
August will be a little slower but we will be sure to try and bring
you as much coverage and results as we can. We introduced a
new feature here at ACDRM.com last month, our Drag Racer Directory /
Database. Our goal is to have the biggest database of air
cooled drag racers from all over the world. You can check out
the section and see details about submitting your information by
CLICKING HERE.
Thanks to everyone who takes the time to check us out and we hope
you have a great month!
Jason Culley
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~ HIGHLIGHTS FROM
JULY 2007 ~ |
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VOLYMANIA 2007 WAS
MUY BUENO!
(July
31, 2007) |
 ARTICLE
AND PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ERIC ELLIS - Early morning rain
fell all over the island on Sunday 7/15, but by 10:30 am the sun was
out, and people were pouring in the gates of Ponce International
Raceway in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
By the time that show car
judging and racing eliminations began after noon, the parking
lot, pit area, and stands were packed with "Volkys" and their
owners. I'd say that the attendance at this VW event rivals some
of the "biggies" that I've been to in the U.S. - despite the
iffy weather in the A.M.
"Team USA" consisted of Ken
Fisher (FL), David Dulany (TX), Daniel Rodriguez (NJ) and Bill
Danner (PA). Bill, Daniel, and David competed in the Pro Stock
class, along with 11 other cars from Puerto Rico(!). Ken Fisher
made the trip with his killer New Beetle, and match-raced
against Ivan "Rabbit" and his badass Corrado.
High winds and a tough to
tame track resulted in the decision to shorten the racing to 1/8
mile. Due to the high number of racers in attendance, and a few
cleanups, final rounds in all classes were run after dark.
Ken Fisher came out on top
in the match racing. The best runs for Ken and Ivan were a 5.49
@ 133mph for Fisher and a 5.76 @ 132mph for Rabbit.
Unfortunately, two racers
from Team USA (David Dulany and Bill Danner) went out early
in Pro Stock class eliminations, but U.S. racer Daniel
Rodriguez finished in third place. In the Pro Stock final,
it was veteran Jorge Diaz in the "Profetta" Notchback versus
young gun, Freddie Matías - both with beautiful cars. Jorge
took the win, followed by an emotional starting line
celebration with friends, family, and fans.
In the Pro Mod class,
Nelson Alemán used his "El Castor" entry to defeat Felipe
Lozada and "Don Pipe" with a 5.85 @ 129mph versus a 7.43 @
89mph.
U.S. racers who were
invited to Volkymania, but didn't make the trip down to the
island missed out in a big way - maybe next time!
A big thank you goes out
to Edison Lluch, Hugo Umpierre, Ruben Hernandez and everyone
else from Puerto Rico who showed me a good time and great
hospitality.
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ERIK'S RANTS!!!
(July 12, 2007) |
Admit it . . . we all wanna be
cool. We all wanna look like the super-stud with balls of steel,
ready willing & able to do anything challenging or do things that
many folks would consider crazy. We all want to be "that guy" that
others talk about. We all want to be bold, tough, and fearless, and
claim we ain't ascared of nuttin'. Well, ok, I'll concede -- I'm to
blame as well, to a certain degree. We all want to do things that
make others envious, because somehow it helps support our own
self-worth. Human nature, I guess. But at what cost? At what cost to
ourselves? At what cost to our families? At what cost to our
financial stability?
CLICK HERE TO READ
THE REST OF THE RANT . . .
DISCLAIMER - The views expressed by "ErikTheRed" Ormosen do not necessarily represent the views of ACDRM.com
or any of it's staff.
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DINO BAKOLAS: PAST,
PRESENT AND FUTURE
(July 8, 2007) |
ARTICLE BY JASON CULLEY
- Dino Bakolas of Las Vegas, NV has been
drag racing since the early '80s, but like a few in the VW drag
racing world he didn't start in one. His first quarter mile
vehicle was a Chevy Vega. He also raced a '66 Chevrolet Nova that
was his daily driver during the week and ran 10's at the drag strip
on the weekends. You could say Dino was primarily a Chevy guy
until some friends dragged him to a Bug-In at Orange County
International Raceway and he was blown away by how fast these four
cylinder Volkswagens were getting down the drag strip.
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