Will Pennington's Blog (3)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Ya'll, Just in case you haven't seen this I wanted to send it again after discussing the facts with some Top Fuel friends of mine. After crunching some more numbers pertaining to clutch settings this is what I believe to be a little more accurate; 7000 rpm burnout =350 rpms light load 4.5 sec run @9500 = 711 rpms 2 +secs before clutch lockup = 300+rpms still only turns 1361 rpms in 1320 feet With a 116" r… Continue

My Fellow Brothers and Sisters, I, as well as all of us, hate to hear about anything of this sort, but it's something I just had to let you all know. A great man and racer has passed away here on the West coast and I mean GREAT !!!! When you get a small block in a '49 all steel behemoth, start it with the original key to run a low 9 @ high 140's yer my hero. Bob Turpin was this gentleman's name. The reason you guys might know him is because he was on the Pinks All Outtakes, in his Pink, not real… Continue

Dear Nate, Hey bud I know the trip is long and arduous but we really need something to spark some life into the racing community out here. We have the people, the cars and no where to go. My good friend Mark Meadors of Goodguys fame, (he's the Pres.) abandoned our old muscle car shootouts years ago and now he doesn't even run the Nostalgia Nats.any longer and we have nothin'!!! Did you see the stands at Pinks? This place is starving for some street car shootout style racing. Now Mels an old frie… Continue