DRO PROJECT CAR UPDATES

Columnist Jok Nicholson forwarded a photo of the DRO project cars he and his son Andy run, along with an update on their summer racing.

"The Project 4-Link (Attitude Adjusted), entering the fifth season of racing has been performing great. 7.70s at 173 in the 90-degree Iowa heat. Our switch to the TCI Top Dragster 'glide has been a blessing as it has never even quivered when I bump it into the stage beam. The King Demon tunnel ram carbs have been flawless for going on two seasons with little more than a good spraying with carb cleaner. The new 75301 MSD is a great tool and will be part of the Project 4-Link feature next month.

"I won a Quick 16 race late in June and have survived first round at all the events this season saving a bundle in "buy-backs." We are into the very hot part of the season and I struggle a little getting down a 140-degree track but that's expected with 970 H.P.....I don't really care, running "a-buck-seventy-five" in a bracket car is fun at the stripe!

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"Andy has been off to a pretty good start too with Back 2-Basics (All In). After some initial minor engine problems he has a runner-up in a Quick 16 and has been going as many rounds as me in out local track Summit Points races.

"I am still surprised the 500-inch Mopar we built is running 8.10 at 163 with a small 1050 carb and Mopar Stage IV heads. Not much of the trick stuff on this car but without Barry Grant/Demon, MSD, Comp Cams and RCI we would still be assembling it."

Nicholson adds a note to the readers: "It is fun writing the articles and getting our reader's responses. We have also had a lot of great ideas sent to us by you readers. Keep it up and somebody send me a "Lucky Charm" so we can start winning those .001 and .002 races that have been killing us lately." (Jok Nicholson photo) [7-19-2005]