I don't know if Tim will comment but after going to the Salt since 1974 I don't think you will ever find a group of better racers and competition. Running as fast as you can and if possible having that speed higher than the competition is just the icing on the cake and a week of racing is a long time.

Sorry but if someone called my competition a "scrub" in my pit I'd escort them out and not welcome them back. At Bonneville I've loaned gaskets, clutches, intakes and more to my competition trying to break my records and have seen it time and time again to others. Bonneville just does that to people.

Good luck and I hope the Unibody see closer to 150 before they need to leave..............JD

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

DryLake's, don't take it so seriously, all my nephews, brother in laws and good friends drive scrubs, I help them out every chance I get (and beleive me they ask for a lot of help) They tease me about being  Ford man and I tease them about driving scrubs but it is all in good fun, we will still support and love each other no matter what, but I will still call them scrub lovin Bowtie Bumpkins.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

You would not get along well with Jerry C. would ya! I was not insulting the folks who run there, but we all use that term for GM's favorite product. Probably won't change much. 

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Guess I just don't do that type of thing. I've never looked at calling any manufacturer anthing but their name. I personally don't like too see Toyotas win in NASCAR but they are still Toyotas. Happier when it's a Ford but they seem to be slow in coming lately.

I tow my race trailer with a F-250 and sometimes there is a 1/2 mile dirt track Super Stock 77 Camaro on back which my son owns. . . . . . . .JD

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Remember we Y block folks have been the butt of jokes for close to 50 years. All the magazines of the '50s and 60's ran down Fords and other brands, but particularily the Y blocks, in favor of the SB chev. It's a major change for us to come out on top and we like it. I race other brands in the pure stock catagory and have friends with all brands. But when i win, and I do, I let them know it. Trust me the same thing happens in reverse when I get beat. If you feel upset by that comment, I'm sorry, but it won't change. I'm fairly sure Tim feels the same, although he may be more "politically correct" about it than I have been!

We've been waiting and working for nigh onto 50 years for this.   

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Hey Peg I definately understand your point and know how good on feels when you best the competition; we've been one step ahead at Bonneville since 1975 and not using a "C". I hope by the end of the week Tim still has the top speed in his class.

Before the week started the speed in his class, D/PP is held by a C at 164. With a 305 cubic inch limit any showing like Tim has done is a major a accomplishment when you consider what is required to enter LSR venues with the safety rules that are enforce. I think the Dodge "Poly" engine would have a hard time going this fast using the same era truck. Of course no one would do that; they just go to a later truck same with the Fords. It does take a special guy to chase with "Y".

Not so for the "C" word. An injected aluminmun headed 302 "C" could probably put out 600+ ponies without too much trouble which is a lot and much harder to do with the trust Y and it's all legal. Tough to beat if it's in a 58/59 fleetside long bed put right on the ground.

I appauld all the guys here who are willing to race and enjoy Y-Blocks. and Hey at the "brackets" eveything is equal just not in LSR...........JD

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

On facebook, it was indicated that the Chevy had a dart block and heads. At almost 2hp/ci, if you want to get technical, it's a Chevy truck with an aftermarket engine which I'd bet does not have one Chevy component in it. You can get whatever power you want with an aftermarket engine.


Lawrenceville, GA

And I bet the Chevy has aftermarket shaft mounted roller rockers, "Like the Y came with Factory", and the LS aftermarket blocks are deep skirted, "like the Y came factory" (how it got its name) and Y when they want to build a stout scrub do they copy this 60 year old technology.

GM's newest baddest crate racing motor's most highlighted feature was shaft mounted rockers. took them over 50 years to catch on.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

It would be interesting to see what would happen if Tim & Ted and John Mummert would collude on an Aluminum Headed 305" Y for this class. THAT would really be fun to see! 

     Tim's running real well now for an Iron headed Y. 50+ year old heads against Dart parts, and he's competitive. The Dart stuff is good.  

I will agree with you on the Toyota thing, however it is what it is. I made parts for the big three for better than 35 years, I've seen foundries and a other auto parts manufacturing dissappear, to be replaced by Wal-Marts and "Service Sector" business's or worse. I am not a hater, but I'm not going to buy any Toyota's either.   

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

To be quite honest, I think the Chevy just needs some tuning, maybe a gear change, more weight in the rear. The Yellow brick is also a stepside so if the Chevy guys claimed power is not BS, he has nearly double the power Charlie had so I think he has the power to be a serious competitor in the class. One thing we don't know is the intent of the truck. Jake is built with land speed racing in mind which can give it an edge. Is the same true of the Chevy? Another unknown is the aerodynamics. We can guess all we want but the fact is no one knows how good or bad all three of these trucks are. It is possible that the Chevy has such bad aerodynamics that that extra power isn't really helping. It's also possible that the whole package just is not yet set up right but it has the best aerodynamics.



I got an email from Ted a couple weeks ago. He says he keeps learning things to squeeze out more power.


Lawrenceville, GA