Powered By Ford Race 2012!!!

Still waiting on the date from BJ but this is happenning so if you have a Ford powered racecar and you"re in the Midwest you should be here, we will have 2 bracket classes and 3 heads up classes. Ron Leek and BJ do their best to keep the track a family friendly environment so even if you don't have a racecar come on out and spectate.

Powered By Ford Race Classes


Bracket Classes

Street:
14.00-slower requires mufflers, current registration,
DOT tires, no delay boxes or throttle stops allowed.

Pro:
13.99-faster may run open headers, any tires allowed,
any poweradders allowed, no delay boxes or throttle stops allowed.

Heads-Up Classes

10.5 Tire Non-Power Adder:
Any size engine and trans allowed,
must race on a 10.5 wide treadwidth tire, no delay boxes or
throttle stop allowed

10.5 Tire Power Adder:
Must race on 10.5 wide tread width tires any power-adders allowed,
no delay boxes or throttle stops allowed.

Big Tire Class (door cars)

All In:
This is the run what you brung and hope you brought enough class.
Any tire size allowed and any power-adder allowed.
No delay boxes or throttle stops allowed.
No belly aching allowed.
No whining allowed.

No crying allowed.

1) All vehicles must be NHRA legal for the times/speeds they run.
2) All vehicles must be powered by a Ford/Mercury/Lincoln engine.

3) No entry fees will be refunded due to forefit

http://www.poweredbyfordrace.com/

Put up or shut up!

If you or your company would like to sponsor this event lease email me at bigblok86gt@yahoo.com

Why no delay boxes or throttle stops in the big tire class? I thought run what ya brung meant anything goes?

The big tire deal is a heads up pro tree deal, I'm not sure either would help much in that style of class.

Exactly like Barney said and there is no delay boxes in the bracket classes because the majority of the people don't run one it is alot easier for a guy with a box to zero it out then a guy without one trying to compete with electronics, but if we have 16 cars with delay boxes we will have a super-pro class. I am gonna have Chris add that info this weekend.

The idea behind the way the rules are set-up is to allow as many different cars as possible to be competitive, this is only the second year for this race.

Garagedoor Bob (ZBob) is supplying a new garage door opener for the farthest travelled with a street/strip car and Chris and I are working on getting some other bigger sponsors as well.

PS I know for sure you are not gonna want a throttle stop in the big tire class!!!

I don't know how many cars you'll have, but I was just thinking there might be some top sportsman cars that could. At least qualify. I don't think a box is an advantage on a pro tree and I have a jumper plug so I could take my box out if I came to the race. Just thought it was something to look at and with a no whining rule, somebody had to start whining.

im fine with no box, or eltc shifter,or any of that stuff. let the driver do his job

Ok I am gonna change things just a little in hopes of getting as many people into this as possible but not excluding any.

1. We will have a Super-Pro class this will be a delaybox/throttle stop class. This class will include dragsters and door cars, and will be a bracket class.

2. Big tire class is aimed at door cars and will remain basically the same but we will allow door cars that have delay boxes installed to run but the box must be zeroed out and a piece of tape over the display. No throttle stops allowed to be used, I realize their may be some bracket cars that would be interested in running this class so we will have to make sure they are not used although I am pretty sure they will be useless.

BJ texted me last night and should have a date real soon it will probably be on a Sunday.

I still need sponsors!!!

So far ZephyrBob is contributing a brand new Liftmaster garage door opener to the longest traveled to the race with a street/strip car.

I am thinking some gift certificates would make great sponsorships, if you would like to contribute to a specific class or all classes we plan on having 6 classes three heads up and three bracket classes.

Your business will get a banner add on the race website as well as be included on the event t-shirts.

Speaking of T-shirts I am planning on having ~150 shirts made and need some imput on sizes is appreciated, obviously I can't have one made for every size but I was thinking 50 mens large and 100 in extra large

email any questions to bigblok86gt@yahoo.com

Talked with BJ yesterday and he said he will be finishing the schedule this week so should have a confirmed date within a week!

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The race will either be Aug 25th or Sept 15th will know for sure tomorrow morning. Let's fill the lanes with Ford Power!!!

We will be lobbying for sponsorship from Summit, Jegs, and Ford Racing as well as some others but please feel free to email me if you would like to put your name into the race.

Eric Millard

bigblok86gt@yahoo.com

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I am still waiting on confirmation of the date from BJ, but I wanted to clarify soemthing;

This race is in Byron, IL about 45 miles south of the WI border and about 20 minutes West of I-39 off Highway 72. The track is great and the staff is friendly and the owners work hard to keep things very family friendly.

Speeking of family friendly I have been contemplating having a Powerwheels race for the kids maybe run them to the 330' line.

This was from Chris Scharfenberger moments ago;

I was just wanted to let you know that the website got 386 hits in the last 30 days. It also had 1432 page views. There were lots of page views on the picture pages. There were 90+ hits on the race info page. And 94 of the 386 hits came from the Northern Illinois area alone. All the rest of the hits were pretty evenly scattered throughout the U.S. There were quite a few hits from Texas as well. I just thought you might be interested. This may turn out to be a good year for the "Powered By Ford Race".

Byron just posted their 2012 event schedule. The Aug date has a
bike race 2 day weekend event scheduled and the Sep date has a
Jr Dragster race 2 day weekend event scheduled. So in either case
this isnt going to be an exclusive Ford race event. Just FYI so
everyone is aware.....

I already knew he wouldn't give us an exclusive Ford only day, he will never turn away test and tuners and my main goal was to avoid a date when there is another car race going on. Last year there were 3 or 4 events going on besides ours and I am trying to avoid that but we better make a good showing or we will get mixed in with a bunch of other events in 2013.

AlkyPinto wrote:Byron just posted their 2012 event schedule. The Aug date has a
bike race 2 day weekend event scheduled and the Sep date has a
Jr Dragster race 2 day weekend event scheduled. So in either case
this isnt going to be an exclusive Ford race event. Just FYI so
everyone is aware.....

thats how he does it, BJ said he'll never have just a chevy,ford,dodge day, always test and tune, having it on bike day or jr day works out good, theres plenty of time to get a race in, byron is ran very well

BOSS 429 wrote:

AlkyPinto wrote:Byron just posted their 2012 event schedule. The Aug date has a
bike race 2 day weekend event scheduled and the Sep date has a
Jr Dragster race 2 day weekend event scheduled. So in either case
this isnt going to be an exclusive Ford race event. Just FYI so
everyone is aware.....

thats how he does it, BJ said he'll never have just a chevy,ford,dodge day, always test and tune, having it on bike day or jr day works out good, theres plenty of time to get a race in, byron is ran very well

Well if it's on a jr day or a bike day, all SS cars should plan on working on their suspension tune up. They WILL NOT spray the track during the course of the event.

It won't be on Sept 15th Bj has already said he will not be there that weekend and he does not wish to have them mis-handle the event. And rest assured the track will be sprayed if we have it on the same day as motorcycles. I have discussed this very thing with BJ and he says the track is prepped the same way every single day that the track is open even on days when they only have test and tune.

bigblok2000ranger wrote:It won't be on Sept 15th Bj has already said he will not be there that weekend and he does not wish to have them mis-handle the event. And rest assured the track will be sprayed if we have it on the same day as motorcycles. I have discussed this very thing with BJ and he says the track is prepped the same way every single day that the track is open ESPECIALLY on days when they only have BIG EVENTS.

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Barney wrote:

bigblok2000ranger wrote:It won't be on Sept 15th Bj has already said he will not be there that weekend and he does not wish to have them mis-handle the event. And rest assured the track will be sprayed if we have it on the same day as motorcycles. I have discussed this very thing with BJ and he says the track is prepped the same way every single day that the track is open ESPECIALLY on days when they only have BIG EVENTS.

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Well I guess we better make it a big event then, huh!!! BJ said CMC had over a hundred cars there last year and quite a few of them plan on attending this race so should have a big turnout. I honestly think we should see car counts in the hundreds this year.


P.S. I talked to BJ about the Mud Drag idea and he said no this year as it would cost thousands with preparing a pit but if a club would get ahold of him that it is not out the question in the future. I think if a club or orginization would be able to hold a series that may be an idea in the future.

bigblok2000ranger wrote:

Barney wrote:

bigblok2000ranger wrote:It won't be on Sept 15th Bj has already said he will not be there that weekend and he does not wish to have them mis-handle the event. And rest assured the track will be sprayed if we have it on the same day as motorcycles. I have discussed this very thing with BJ and he says the track is prepped the same way every single day that the track is open ESPECIALLY on days when they only have BIG EVENTS.

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Well I guess we better make it a big event then, huh!!! BJ said CMC had over a hundred cars there last year and quite a few of them plan on attending this race so should have a big turnout. I honestly think we should see car counts in the hundreds this year.


P.S. I talked to BJ about the Mud Drag idea and he said no this year as it would cost thousands with preparing a pit but if a club would get ahold of him that it is not out the question in the future. I think if a club or orginization would be able to hold a series that may be an idea in the future.

CMC = mucho street cars. But that's cool. Most of those guys are pretty cool. Once you get a final date, lemme know and I'll put it on chitown raing.com. Those guys will bring a few cars out....

Byron always hooks for me, track prep generally isn't an issue. Not to mention the facilities are pretty good there. At big events the track will take your shoes off.

nobody wants your off