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Don Gillespie |
Ronnie Sox (M) from
Graham, North Carolina
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
1265 ) |
1994 - Category: PM-NITROUS, Type: NN, Class: Pro Modified, Div: 2 |
"Ronnie Sox" Owned by Ronnie Sox
from
Graham, North Carolina
USA
| Crew Chief: Ronnie Sox |
'64 Mercury Comet by
TM Race Cars |
Powered by Nitrous-Carbureted Gas 707 Ford by Jon Kaase with
4 speed manual transmission |
1/4 Mile ET: |
6.920 at IHRA Darlington SC 3/13/94 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
197.41 at IHRA Darlington SC 3/13/94 |
1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile ET: |
4.355 at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1994 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 45.98,
MPH 36.52 |
Entry is 1.00596 times average ET and 0.98136 times average MPH |
1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 72.91,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.98753 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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1994 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 6.579 ET, 218.81 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.290 ET, 172.87 MPH |
1994 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 6.879 ET, 201.16 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.410 ET, 163.69 MPH |
1994 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 7.379 ET, 187.53 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.740 ET, 152.29 MPH |
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Notes: Ran 6.78 at 209 in 1993. |
Submitted by Draglist Archives, Last updated on Monday, October 17, 2022, 01:43:08 AM by
Ron Howard.
Approved by Bill Pratt. |
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Don Gillespie |
Shirl Greer (M) from
Kingsport, Tennessee
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
207 ) |
1989 - Category: FUELFC, Type: FN, Class: AA/FC, Div: 3 |
"Tosti Asti Spumante" Owned by Carl & Pat Fumerelle
from
Lincoln Park, Michigan
USA
| Crew Chief: Doug & Phil Bloom |
'88 Chevrolet Corvette by
Hal Canode |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 500 Arias by Batten Performance with
3 speed manual transmission |
1/4 Mile ET: |
6.338 at IHRA Milan MI 1989 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
232.91 at IHRA Milan MI 1989 |
1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1989 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 00.98,
MPH 00.99 |
Entry is 1.11369 times average ET and 0.91355 times average MPH |
1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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1989 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 5.132 ET, 286.62 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1989 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 5.691 ET, 254.95 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1989 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 6.191 ET, 234.36 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: At the IHRA Loctite/Nationwise World Nationals, Greer ran 8.165/65.84 which was only good for 6th Alternate. | This B&W photo from Bristol Dragway at the end of the track by Dave Gillespie. He took a series of pictures of the car and of Shirl. This was Shirl's return to driving after he was forced into retirement from the subsequent fire at his garage from a lightning hit. Kind of a spooky scenario being that his championship car from the seventies was Chain Lightning. These B&W shots are really good. Some of them have a really good perspective of the driver behind that mammoth B-4 overhead cam motor we ran. Shirl loved the power it produced. He mentioned once while talking to Bret Kepner from ESPN that he felt the torque it produced right up through the frame rails. The original driver, Carl Fumerelle, had the same feeling of the Batten motor. It was a pleasure to see Shirl drive the car. He likened it to a Sunday drive in the old station wagon. He was that comfortable. I wish we could have done more with Shirl. He is truly one of the best drivers ever and truly one of the original southern gentlemen. The color photo is from Milan Dragway in 1989 at the Northern Nationals. I do not know who took this photo. It's nice though. If the photographer has any more, please contact me. If you were on the outside looking in (I mean as a fan or spectator) you only see what happens in front of you. But if you come from the inside (other teams, drivers, owners and engine builders) there is a whole different perspective of what we tried to do. Any new design is going to have inherent concerns. Especially if is a whole new idea right out of the box. No data on fuel demands. No data on valve train weight. No data on piston speed in conjunction with spring pressure. No data on blower configuration. No data on cam design, fuel, air flow. No data on cam shaft harmonics at high rpms. These are all things that you try to figure into the operational product, but until you feed the monster and light her up, you really don't know what happens when the cage is opened. We found out, sometimes as an embarrassing shut down, sometimes as a fire, and sometimes with total destruction of components. Don Garlits told me one day when he was studying the car: "Never give up on your dreams, and never let the guys upstairs stop you from progress. After all, all of us got here because of someone's idea. Hey, I'm Don Garlits, and if I wanna put rubber bands on my front end as tires, well, they won't stop me because I've tried everything." - Phil Bloom |
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Rob McCabe.
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