Misc. Grudge Matches

Domestic any and all
#1

Date: April 06, 2013
Location: HMP - Houston Motorsports Park (1/8th mile)

Car: 68 Camaro
Engine: 540 cu.in.

My buddy Eric told me he had a grudge race set up in Houston so my gf and I took a trip down there to provide support.

Car ran it’s best time of 4.84 @ 145 (1st time this motor has run in this car) beating the previous 5.05 @ 143. He got the holeshot, but his opponent caught him at the very end and lost the race.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/D_Lo-/HMP%20April%206%202013/IMG_0078_zps0b0ebd58.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/D_Lo-/HMP%20April%206%202013/IMG_0085_zpsc5c52fbf.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/D_Lo-/HMP%20April%206%202013/IMG_0082_zps3cc1dede.jpg

Video
http://s61.photobucket.com/user/D_Lo-/media/HMP%20April%206%202013/GrudgeHMP040613_zps2318f392.mp4.html

Vid notes: There were 2 warm up runs and 1 final run. On both warm up runs the GoPro ended up looking at the sky on the launch. Had to use a wrench to tighten for the last run (trying not to strip the threads) and then the damn thing shuts off during a rev so no full pass with 1st person view.

I will use this thread to upload any more I attend.

#2

Looks like a fun event. I wouldn’t mind have a 5 second car haha

#3

My brain can’t cope with what a 5 sec 1/4 mile feels like. Wow.

#4

It was a lot of fun. The rules on grudge night were pretty lax; I hadn’t been to an event where we could be so close to the cars at staging. This was a 1/8th mile event, but that car is still translating to a 7.6 ish 1/4. He has another grudge set up against the same guy and will be making some additional tweaks.

#5

D lo.

I keep checking back for more…I like the thread idea…keep em coming.

#6

For sure. This spring has started out really busy with just everything life, but I’m hoping to attend some more as well as get more footage. I was in unfamiliar territory at that grudge. I was approaching a mustang that had two front mounted snails big enough to swallow babies, but he shut everything up when I got close enough for video. So I figured I’d observe that event.

#7

We have grudge matches here its nasty like that… b8g big money in it…guys race for crazy money…a fight broke out last year when a unknowing dude took a picture of a grudge cars motor as the guys were replacing spark plugs…its serious

#8

That track is lax! There’s like 15 people hanging out in the staging lanes!