Who's Going? B-P-O @ Raceway Park, Oct. 25, 2009

[Daytona]

BUICK - PONTIAC - OLDS PERFORMANCE DAY
October 25th, 2009

Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
230 Pension Road
Englishtown, NJ

Buick/Oldsmobile/Pontiac Performance Classes
Time Trials @ 10:00am
Eliminations @ 2:00pm


I'll be there. Will you?

[kwhauck]

definately want to but it is a long ways away and the car isn't done yet, my thought for next year though, i'm trying to decide between the bpo and ass.......

[Nate's Alero]

definately want to but it is a long ways away and the car isn't done yet, my thought for next year though, i'm trying to decide between the bpo and ass.......

Ass most Def.

no 1/4 at ass though..... meh!

[Redog]

definately want to but it is a long ways away and the car isn't done yet, my thought for next year though, i'm trying to decide between the bpo and ass.......


ASS '10 FTW

BOP isn't that big



Ass most Def.



Yeah right :rolleyes2:

[Nate's Alero]

Yeah right :rolleyes2:

you're just securing i get there one way or another....

or is that the goal :blink:

[Redog]

you're just securing i get there one way or another....

or is that the goal :blink:

Na not really securing anything, you backed out last year and are saying your going next year. Typical response

[Daytona]

BOP isn't that big
BPO hasn't had a significant turnout relative to ASS because (a) location relative to the majority of Aleromod members and (b) the majority of folks around here on the east coast are a bunch of kitties. All talk and no action:


"ASS sounds cool but it's too far. I wish we had something like that around here."
"Yeah. That would be cool."
"Ooh, let's all have a northeast meet!"
"Yeah!"
"I'd come if we had one"
"Me, too!"
"Let's plan one"
"Yeah."
"Hey, guys, Raceway Park already has a date scheduled. An Olds class just for us. And we can race for cash and a trophy. We won't have to plan anything - just show up - everything's already taken care of."
"Umm...."
"What?"
"I dunno..."
"What don't you know?"
"I'd like to do a meet but I'm not interested in actually getting off my ass to go to one. I'd rather talk about it instead."
"Yeah, me, too. I'll also an all-talk no-action kitty."
"Idiots! This could easily be ASS EAST if people just manned up and showed up."


If Jackyll could drive several hours up from VA and stay over in a hotel last year for BPO '08, the rest of you dinks could drive less than 2 hours this year.

This isn't kittymod.com, it's Aleromod.com. Get in your Alero and show up!

[Redog]

This isn't kittymod.com, it's Aleromod.com. Get in your Alero and show up!

As much as I agree, you and I both know this will NEVER happen, but I'm sure that people on here will still talk shit ;)

[Chipmunk-Alero]

My car is stock......really no point in going. Even if it is Bracket Racing.

[Redog]

My car is stock......really no point in going. Even if it is Bracket Racing.


Quoted so Mitch can see it. After all he's only won countless championships with cars that are 100% stock :rolleyes2:

[kwhauck]

same here.......bracket racing is about consistency, there is a bracket racer at bandimere that has a scion cube thing and runs consistent 22s and wins all the time.......

[jackal2000]

looks like it's the 3 of us again gents.

[zoL]

So what happens at this place?

[Vic28]

^^Not everybody has to race obviously... Atleast ppl can get together, have fun, race if they want, eat and get to know other alero owners....

[Redog]

^^ Yes this is true.

They do have a BOP car show as well and I think if your only going to show, it's cheaper. They also have a show and go class too ;)

I won this event last year. I beat a 12 second Cutlass in the final round. I beat a 10 second Cutlass in the first round. Both cars were on slicks ;)

[Daytona]

My car is stock......really no point in going. Even if it is Bracket Racing.
My Alero is 100% stock as well, but that didn't stop me last year, nor will it this year. My car is also not in good enough condition (thnaks to the clear coat peeling away on the spoiler and rear bumper) to win any Show awards.

But I will be there racing the car and hanging with Ken, Jon, & whomever else shows.

And stock cars are indeed very consistent and consistency is king in bracket racing. I won a Points Championship in a 17-second 100% stock Camaro. I finished 2 points away from a 2nd Points Champinship in my 100% stock Daytona. I won an NHRA SportCompact National Event with my 100% stock Daytona.

And I'm going to win BPO '09 with my 100% stock Alero (I challenge thee, returning champion Redog, to a dual on the quarter mile! :p )

[Redog]

OK I'll flip you for lane choice

Heads I win, tails you lose ;)

[Daytona]

^Hahaha

[Redog]

Whoever voted for number 4 has my respect

[MotorCity]

too far for me :( i hate only being 16 i want to go to these things.. but ill be at ass :D

[Daytona]

^Been in your situation, too. But remember - good things come to those who wait.

[99 SVT Bolt]

http://www.racewaypark.com/mypictures/eventart/pontiac09.jpg

[Redog]

I can understand for people in other parts of the country not going. If you wantto make the drive out for this that's awesome, but I totally understand.

We really don't have too many people in this part of the country, but it's the people that live about 2 or less hours from ASS and don't come to that that really get me

[Daytona]

http://www.racewaypark.com/mypictures/eventart/pontiac09.jpg
One of the Pontiac Show-and-Go events was rescheduled to the 25th due to rain, so they put out this new flyer. Pontiac is just ONE of the brands being showcased on Sunday. They put out flyers for the Buick portion and for the Pontiac portion, but not the Olds portion of the program since we tend to get fewer registrants than the other 2 makes.

Olds will be fielding classes at BPO, though, so don't worry about a thing.

[Nate's Alero]

huh, looks like fun, guessing there are a shit - ton of people there?

[Daytona]

^I hope so, though it looks like the Aleromod contingent will be sparsely represented (again).

[Nate's Alero]

Meh, do you need to register to show your car? Or is it like a "show up"deal. Reference for next year

[Daytona]

^You can pay at the gate to spectate or to race. No advanced sign-up necessary. I dont think there's any extra charge to Show the car in addition to attendance or racing.

[jackal2000]

alright, just booked a room at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick in downtown Philly for tomorrow night. i'll be bringing a lady a friend with me. :)

[Daytona]

alright, just booked a room at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick in downtown Philly for tomorrow night. i'll be bringing a lady a friend with me. :)

Nice! Bow-chicka-bow-wow! :scpimp:

[wrestlingandrunning]

Good luck guys

[Daytona]

^Thanks!

[jackal2000]

might be a little late, it's gonna be a chore to get this chick out of bed lol

[kwhauck]

Good luck guys!!! make us proud!!!

[zoL]

Nate and I were down there for like 3 hours (11am-2pm). Didn't see Jackal or Daytona, and Nate called Redog, it turns out, he PUSSIED OUT!!! (j/k lol), but I definitely had a good time, never been to a track before and saw some amazing cars.

We were charged $15 for spectator! We got scammed $3, fuck.

[Bad99Olds]

might be a little late, it's gonna be a chore to get this chick out of bed lol

if its who i think it is you have 10 man points

[Nate's Alero]

Nate and I were down there for like 3 hours (11am-2pm). Didn't see Jackal or Daytona, and Nate called Redog, it turns out, he PUSSIED OUT!!! (j/k lol), but I definitely had a good time, never been to a track before and saw some amazing cars.

We were charged $15 for spectator! We got scammed $3, fuck.

of course, mom HAD to see the damned statue of liberty... we got lost in downtown Manhattan, got stuck in traffic on I-84 and it took us 8 hours to get home...


alero did well, 600 miles on 48 hours, Not bad for a 300$ car :coolio:

reason i left early, i got severe allergies, and was feeling real sick.

made it home.... on the way hone i gunned it and the low coolant light came on (oh noes)!

[Vic28]

of course, mom HAD to see the damned statue of liberty... we got lost in downtown Manhattan, got stuck in traffic on I-84 and it took us 8 hours to get home...


alero did well, 600 miles on 48 hours, Not bad for a 300$ car :coolio:

reason i left early, i got severe allergies, and was feeling real sick.

made it home.... on the way hone i gunned it and the low coolant light came on (oh noes)!
LOL, check that coolant man.
Where are the pics and track times from alero owners?

[Daytona]

You guys actually showed up? I did see one silver Alero w/ NY plates in the pits mid-morning but nobody near it. Jon and I parked against the return road fence by the ambulances (other side of the mini-tower adjacent to the car show area) since there was no other parking.

Ken was home sick. :( Jon got there late (after 11am) but I was there by 9:30am. But after seeing his passenger (I'll let Jon reveal her name if he desires), it was worth the wait. :scpimp:

The place was so packed, we didn't get our first time shot until Noon and then run #2 came @ 2:45pm. This was thanks to the Pontiac Show rain-out being rescheduled to today. WAY too many cars, plus they had almost 200 cars there just for test-and-tune.

They also combined the Buick and Olds classes into combined $ and Trophy-only classes, instead of having pure Olds classes like last year.

Jon lost 1st round (@ 3:30pm) in a close race in the B-O Trophy class and left around a half hour later. His plan was to drive straight back to VA non-stop. If he did, he got home before I did because...

I won Round 2 of the $ class @ 7:30pm (curfew time). Yeah, 4 hours in between rounds due to the ton of cars and all of the Pontiacs oiling down the track. By the time I got my payout & trophy and got my tires reinflated, and then got gas & drove the 45 minutes home, I didn't step foot in my house until 9:45pm.

There were 3 of us left in the B-O $ bracket at curfew. They were going to let us continue running if the 3rd guy was muffled, but he never returned to the lanes so we were forced to wait until all of the other muffled classes finished before they let us split money. Me and the 1 guy who showed each got $110.

My quickest run was the 1st one - 15.832 secs. @ 84.70mph. Had I known we were going to get 2 time shots I would have used the 1st one to go all out and push my car into the 15.7's (which was my goal this weekend anyway). But since we originally didn't think we were getting a 2nd time shot I ran the 1st one conservatively for dial. The other runs were 15.941 @ 83.88, 15.923 @ 85.35, and 16.701 @ 67.26 (ran a 18.50 sec. car and passed him half-track so I let off the gas). I'll post up slips when I have a chance to scan them in at work this week.

[Daytona]

And in case anyone was wondering, in regards to my ET's: my car's a 2002 GLS, full interior, bone stock, 3.4L w/ just under 74,800 miles, automatic trans, and OEM Eagle RSA's. Race weight with driver = 3,218 lbs.

[Bad99Olds]

Good shit!

[jackal2000]

if its who i think it is you have 10 man points

:ninja: yes i brought mary. was good to see mitch again, bummer ken was under the weather because it was a great day for racing.

i only ran my car 3 times, 2 time trials and one elimination round. i left my slips in the car but my first run was 15.3xx then a 15.2xx so i dialed in at a 15.22 for eliminations. i forget what car i raced against but he was dialed in at 12.06 so i had a big head start. i had the best tree of my life @ .116 but the car tanked and ran a 15.6 which was disturbing. it has never run that slow. i know it was a little on the hot side, the temp gauge was a little over half and i did add a gallon of 100 octane gas since my car was on E. i did some math on it and it should have been around 95 octane once mixed with what i had, but i can't imagine that hurt anything since all tuning i have ever done/had done was on 93 octane. i think i did let off the throttle a little bit since the other guy walked right by me after 1000' making me think he was going to break out, and i ended up losing by .18 seconds.

even though i was one and done i am still glad i made it up there. congrats on the money mitch that is good stuff. i'll be sure to tell mary about your winnings!

oh and i weighed my car after the second run... 3,400lbs with me in it. i left my huge sub box in the trunk plus i had baggage since it was a weekend trip. i think mary's bag alone was 50lbs lol

[Bad99Olds]

:ninja: yes i brought mary. was good to see mitch again, bummer ken was under the weather because it was a great day for racing.

i only ran my car 3 times, 2 time trials and one elimination round. i left my slips in the car but my first run was 15.3xx then a 15.2xx so i dialed in at a 15.22 for eliminations. i forget what car i raced against but he was dialed in at 12.06 so i had a big head start. i had the best tree of my life @ .116 but the car tanked and ran a 15.6 which was disturbing. it has never run that slow. i know it was a little on the hot side, the temp gauge was a little over half and i did add a gallon of 100 octane gas since my car was on E. i did some math on it and it should have been around 95 octane once mixed with what i had, but i can't imagine that hurt anything since all tuning i have ever done/had done was on 93 octane. i think i did let off the throttle a little bit since the other guy walked right by me after 1000' making me think he was going to break out, and i ended up losing by .18 seconds.

even though i was one and done i am still glad i made it up there. congrats on the money mitch that is good stuff. i'll be sure to tell mary about your winnings!

oh and i weighed my car after the second run... 3,400lbs with me in it. i left my huge sub box in the trunk plus i had baggage since it was a weekend trip. i think mary's bag alone was 50lbs lol

You are officially my hero. And of course her bad weighed 50 pounds, shes a chick, they bring along a lot of shit.

[kwhauck]

who's mary?

[Bad99Olds]

who's mary?

A rather attractive woman, I had the privelage of meeting her in person. Deffinitly too good for Jon though :)

[kwhauck]

pics now!!

[Daytona]

A rather attractive woman, I had the privelage of meeting her in person. Deffinitly too good for Jon though :)
LOL!!!

I wish I had someone that looked like that working for me. She took a bunch of pics so hopefully Jon can get those posted up. She also had the cutest sign made up to cheer Jon on! LOL!!!!

Yeah it was definitely great seeing Jon again. Too bad we didn't get to hook up with anybody else. I don't think the 100 octane hurt anything either. I've run that in my Daytona without incident. All it does is allow for a cleaner, more efficient burn, more aggressive tuning, and less chance of detonation. And with the way Jon's car was set up I would have thought the computer would have loved the extra octane. I really think it had more to do with his engine temp, the track conditions, and maybe how he launched it and eased at the end. I ran only 87 octane (less than 1/4 tank full) and kept the engine temps below the mid-line.

My lights (in run order): .094, .059, .043, and .031
It was pretty easy finding the sweet spot on the tree with her. I only had to do a few minor tweaks to how I launched her vs. the Daytona to get my lights down. 1000-1100 RPM and hitting it on the top of the 3rd bulb. Left her in 3rd gear all day. Would have loved to see what she would have run full out at the end of the night when the temps dropped into the 40's (or on the first run when the track was clean and the temps were in the mid 50's). I would have launched higher and then manually shifted to really push her.

[jackal2000]

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8904/ldd6a7517875a4a059b6e2b.jpg

[Bad99Olds]

Please tell me those didnt get bigger...


and by that i mean her bangs look way longer

[kwhauck]

holy shit, those bangs are long.....

[Bad99Olds]

the bangs are very distracting

[Oldsnut]

I hope you showed her your hose Jon.

[Bad99Olds]

I hope you showed her your hose Jon.

Probably not. My guess is he fell asleep braiding her hair and being little spoon.

[Nate's Alero]

Saw daytona's car.. never saw jon's though :(

[Oldsnut]

Probably not. My guess is he fell asleep braiding her hair and being little spoon.
He has been out of country a long time ya know. Give him a break man.

[Bad99Olds]

He has been out of country a long time ya know. Give him a break man.

Haha oh I know. The time difference gave me something to do while at work, which was IM Jon, and ask him the same 10 qustions every day. Haha.

[Daytona]

My time slip pics. First 2 are time shots and the second 2 are eliminations. My car #: 4281.