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July <strong>2017</strong><br />
Volume 29 - Issue 2<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Night<br />
of<br />
Fire!<br />
Saturday<br />
Night<br />
July 22<br />
260 MPH Funny Cars!<br />
280 MPH Dragsters! Jets!<br />
Fireworks!<br />
Part of the NHRA Lucas Oil Regional Series With<br />
Stock, Super Stock, Comp, Super Comp,<br />
Super Gas, Super Street<br />
Copyright <strong>2017</strong> New England Dragway, Inc.<br />
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Publisher:<br />
New England Dragway, Inc.<br />
Editor:<br />
Joe Lombardo<br />
NHRA Division 1 Championship Battle!<br />
Dragsters and Funny Cars Return!<br />
Track Photographers:<br />
Dave McDonald<br />
Richie Coury - Primetime Video & Photo<br />
Mailing Address:<br />
280 Exeter Road<br />
Epping, NH 03042<br />
Phone:<br />
(603) 679-8001<br />
(603) 679-1955 Fax<br />
E-Mail:<br />
info@nedragway.com<br />
<strong>Web</strong>site:<br />
www.newenglanddragway.com<br />
General Manager:<br />
Joe Lombardo<br />
info@nedragway.com<br />
Marketing/Advertising Sales Director:<br />
Paul Lorenti<br />
paul@nedragway.com<br />
Race Director:<br />
Ron Heath<br />
ron@nedragway.com<br />
Ticketing Manager:<br />
Deb Clark<br />
deb@nedragway.com<br />
Concession Manager:<br />
Scott Wentworth<br />
scott@nedragway.com<br />
Operations Manager:<br />
Travis Keller<br />
travis@nedragway.com<br />
Drag racing fans know New<br />
England Dragway is an important<br />
stop on the NHRA Division 1<br />
Regional Tour. It’s the event that<br />
can make or break a racer’s quest<br />
for a <strong>2017</strong> championship title.<br />
All that translates into an event<br />
that gives every race fan a chance<br />
to see some of the most intense<br />
quarter mile action backed up by<br />
record setting performances.<br />
Competitors know that a strong<br />
showing at New England Dragway<br />
can pave the way to a coveted<br />
championship. They also know<br />
it’s a chance to showcase their<br />
performance prowess in front of<br />
thousands of eager race fans.<br />
The annual Night of Fire presented<br />
by the New England Ford Dealers,<br />
AAA Northern New England and<br />
NAPA Auto Parts features 280 MPH<br />
nitro fueled dragsters and 260 MPH<br />
funny cars.<br />
Local standouts like Matt Gill, Eric<br />
Lourie, and Fred Tigges will lead<br />
the funny car contingent. Over on<br />
the dragster side Duane Shields,<br />
Jackie Fricke and Rich Bourke<br />
lead a pack of Wally hungry A Fuel<br />
dragsters.<br />
All will be part of a night that<br />
wraps up with incredible jet car<br />
blasts courtesy of Team Hanna and<br />
a fantastic fireworks finale.<br />
Bring your non-winning New<br />
Hampshire Lottery ticket to the<br />
gate for a $5 discount off of general<br />
admission.<br />
Track Statistics:<br />
Elevation 90 feet above sea level<br />
Total Length 4,000 feet<br />
Shutdown Length 2,680<br />
Width of 1/4 mile 60 feet<br />
Width of Shutdown 60 feet<br />
Compulink StarTrak III Timing System<br />
Sanctioned by the National Hot Rod<br />
Association<br />
Special Notices:<br />
New England Dragway, Inc. is not<br />
responsible for any breach of contract<br />
between the drivers/owners of any<br />
scheduled race cars. The views expressed<br />
herein are those of their respective<br />
authors and do not necessarily reflect<br />
the views of New England Dragway, Inc.<br />
its management, Board of Directors or<br />
Stockholders. This publication assumes<br />
no responsibility for typographical errors,<br />
however we will reprint that portion<br />
of an ad in which any error occurs.<br />
Reproduction in whole or part of any of<br />
this publication is prohibited.<br />
Directions:<br />
For GPS: 1 Drag Street, Epping, NH<br />
From I-95: Take Exit 2 in New Hampshire<br />
and follow Route 101 West to Exit 8.<br />
Turn right at end of ramp.<br />
From I-93: Take Route 101 East to Exit 8.<br />
Turn left at end of ramp.<br />
From I-495: Take Exit 51B to Route 125<br />
North. In approximately 18 miles take<br />
Route 101 East to Exit 8. Turn left at end<br />
of ramp.<br />
Track Policies:<br />
NO Alcohol<br />
NO Glass<br />
NO Coolers over 14 inches<br />
NO Spectator Golf Carts, ATV’s or<br />
Scooters<br />
NO Firearms<br />
ALL pets must be on a leash.<br />
ALL bags, backpacks and coolers subject<br />
to inspection.<br />
Copyright <strong>2017</strong><br />
New England Dragway, Inc.<br />
Lucas Oil Regional Fast Facts ...<br />
Friday July 21, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Gates Open 8 AM<br />
Time Trials 9 AM<br />
Comp Qualifying 5:30 PM<br />
Top Dragster Qualifying<br />
12:00 PM & 4:30 PM<br />
Top Sportsman Qualifying 12:30 PM & 5:00 PM<br />
Top Alcohol and Funny Car Qualifying 1:00 PM & 6 PM<br />
Saturday July 22, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Gates Open<br />
Time Trials<br />
Comp Qualifying<br />
8 AM<br />
9 AM<br />
12:30 PM & 4:00 PM<br />
Night of Fire Presented by New England Ford Dealers, AAA<br />
Northern New England, NAPA Auto Parts starts at 5:00 PM<br />
Sunday July 23, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Eliminations<br />
9AM<br />
General Admission: Friday $15.00;<br />
Saturday Night of Fire General Admission $25.00 ($20.00 in advance)<br />
Kids 10 & Under Free w/adult<br />
Free Parking<br />
Free Pit Pass<br />
Sunday $15.00<br />
Present your non-winning NH Lottery Ticket at the gate for $5.00 discount (cannot be<br />
combined with other offers or discounts)<br />
Tickets available online at www.newenglanddragway.com<br />
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<strong>2017</strong> Mello Yello NHRA Nationals Photo Feature ...<br />
Congratulates <strong>2017</strong> New England Nationals Champions<br />
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Chuck Rothermel - Super Gas<br />
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“Boston Strangler” Funny Car<br />
Returns to Epping<br />
Arnie Karp and Rick McGarvey<br />
came to New England Dragway for<br />
this year’s NHRA Mello Yello New<br />
England Nationals expecting to<br />
see another great weekend of drag<br />
racing.<br />
What half of the duo didn’t expect<br />
was the reveal of a painstakingly<br />
detailed reproduction of one of the<br />
famed “Boston Strangler” funny<br />
cars.<br />
Karp and McGarvey were part of<br />
a team that included Keith Hughes<br />
and the late Bob Ellison. With Karp<br />
handling the driving chores the<br />
team terrorized the funny car circuit<br />
keeping countless thousands of<br />
race fans on their feet whenever<br />
they competed.<br />
Paul decided to use the “Danger<br />
Zone” chassis, an original Ken Cox<br />
built design to move the project<br />
along. With all the pieces in place<br />
the build started to move forward.<br />
Maura recalled the team spent<br />
countless hours working on the<br />
aged fiberglass body in their quest<br />
to bring Arnie’s dream to life. The<br />
effort resulted in a pristine body<br />
that was painted and lettered by<br />
Blair and Don, rekindling long lost<br />
memories of a true drag racing icon.<br />
Making the event more special<br />
was the fact this was designed to<br />
be more than a show car. Everyone<br />
involved in the project was set on<br />
building a car to race and allow the<br />
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Arnie Karp returns to the New England Dragway starting line to line up his beloved<br />
“Boston Strangler” Funny Car with Jon Wall at the helm. (Richie Coury photo)<br />
While it’s hard to keep a secret in<br />
this digital age of ubiquitous social<br />
media forums Paul Zona and Blair<br />
Smith, along with Maura McGonigle<br />
and Don Parlee managed to<br />
partially pull off the feat. Their goal<br />
was to unveil the funny car to an<br />
unsuspecting McGarvey and Karp.<br />
All appeared to be going as planned<br />
until Rick was inadvertently tipped<br />
off about the surprise a few days<br />
before the New England Nationals.<br />
Although Rick had a good idea of<br />
what was hidden under the car<br />
cover, Arnie didn’t. The look on an<br />
4<br />
again dominate the quarter mile.<br />
Jon Wall helped in that regard<br />
when he posted a 7.765 on the<br />
scoreboards just missing the<br />
original car’s best E.T. of 7.762 with<br />
Arnie at the helm.<br />
Including several races throughout<br />
New England Dragway for <strong>2017</strong> the<br />
team has a schedule of nine races<br />
on the calendar, including the Funny<br />
Car Nationals in Pennsylvania<br />
July 15. There’s a footnote to the<br />
story according to Maura. “After<br />
the unveiling ceremony I talked<br />
with Arnie’s grandchildren. None<br />
Fitting the body of the “Quarterhorse” and ”Little Red Wagon” to its new chassis was<br />
step one before moving into the shop for a full restoration. (Maura McGonigle photo)<br />
unsuspecting Arnie Karp’s face was<br />
priceless and worth every minute<br />
spent bringing this car back to life.<br />
How the project came to be is a<br />
story in itself. During an evening<br />
dinner with Zona, McGonigle and<br />
Smith, Arnie expressed a desire to<br />
build a “Boston Strangler” tribute<br />
car as a bucket list item. That lit<br />
the thinking lamp and a few weeks<br />
later Blair, Paul and Maura began<br />
for formulate a plan. Blair, who has<br />
a collection of nostalgia funny car<br />
plastic set aside for future projects<br />
thought he might have a body<br />
matching one of the cars carrying<br />
the “Boston Strangler” moniker.<br />
The one chosen was originally<br />
Frank Oglesby’s “Quarterhorse”<br />
that eventually became the “Little<br />
Red Wagon”.<br />
of them ever saw him or one of<br />
his cars race. All they had were<br />
pictures and stories shared by<br />
Arnie about the “Boston Strangler.<br />
“They were grateful for everything<br />
their grandfather’s friends did to<br />
bring those memories alive. That<br />
made the work truly worthwhile.”<br />
(l-r) Arnie Karp, Renee Karp, Joanne<br />
McGarvey and Rick McGarvey shed more<br />
than a few tears as the car was unveiled.<br />
(Richie Coury photo)<br />
Race Your Ride During Wednesday and Friday<br />
Street Nights<br />
One of the unique factors about<br />
Street Night at New England<br />
Dragway is anyone with a valid<br />
driver’s license can take a shot at<br />
the track. You don’t need to have<br />
all the performance goodies or a<br />
tire smoking monster. All you<br />
need is your daily driver and<br />
a desire to experience the<br />
thrill of putting the go pedal<br />
to the metal.<br />
Every Wednesday and<br />
Friday night men and<br />
women of all ages<br />
converge on New<br />
England Dragway<br />
to feel the rush of<br />
adrenaline of safe<br />
and legal racing<br />
on the same<br />
track as the<br />
professionals<br />
compete on.<br />
Some come<br />
up to race<br />
against<br />
t h e i r<br />
friends<br />
just for<br />
bragging<br />
rights. Others<br />
come to set up a<br />
baseline before they make any<br />
performance modifications. But<br />
most of all, everyone comes to<br />
have fun.<br />
There are a few rules. First, if<br />
you’re under the age of 18 you do<br />
need parental permission. Track<br />
officials can help you navigate that<br />
process. Your car or truck must<br />
have working seat belts, safe DOT<br />
approved tires, working headlights<br />
and taillights. In some cases you<br />
may be required to wear a<br />
helmet and long pants<br />
are required. It<br />
all depends upon<br />
the elapsed time<br />
of your vehicle.<br />
Rules are a<br />
bit different for<br />
motorcycles. Riders<br />
need over the ankle<br />
shoes or boots, a leather<br />
or jacket and a helmet.<br />
If your machine is quick<br />
enough you’ll need leather<br />
pants, as well.<br />
We know the first time out<br />
can be a bit stressful; especially<br />
if you haven’t watched racing<br />
before. Don’t worry. Track<br />
officials can help you understand<br />
the process for making a run.<br />
You’ll learn about the Christmas<br />
Tree, how to read a time slip, and<br />
ways to improve your reaction time.<br />
To learn more call the track at<br />
(603) 679-8001 and ask a member<br />
of our team to send you a Street<br />
Legal Style Drags by AAA brochure.<br />
It will help get you on track to a<br />
season of fun and excitement.<br />
Wednesday and Friday Street Nights are<br />
presented by<br />
AAA Insurance, Tasca Performance,<br />
WHEB & WGIR<br />
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<strong>2017</strong> Racing Schedule<br />
JULY<br />
Jul 1<br />
Jul 2<br />
Jul 5<br />
Jul 7<br />
Jul 8<br />
Jul 9<br />
Jul 12<br />
Jul 14<br />
Jul 15<br />
Jul 16<br />
Jul 19<br />
Jul 20<br />
Jul 21<br />
Jul 22<br />
Jul 23<br />
Jul 26<br />
Jul 28<br />
Jul 29<br />
Jul 30<br />
Sat Outlaw 10.5; Top Bike; Street Fighter; $50 1/8th Mile Gamblers; Test &<br />
Tune<br />
Sun NHRA All Access Challenge – (Super Pro, Pro, Motorcycle/Snowmobile)<br />
Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Sat VP Race Fuels ET Series #8 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire Pro,<br />
Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster; Dennis K. Burke Super Comp; Super Gas; Diesel Direct Super<br />
Street; Jr. Street; King of the Track (Points Run Off in SP, P,S, M)<br />
Sun VP Race Fuels ET Series #9 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire Pro,<br />
Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster; Dennis K. Burke Super Comp; Super Gas; Diesel Direct Super<br />
Street<br />
Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Sat Outlaw 10.5; NEX275; Top Bike; Street Fighter; Iannotti Bros. Select Cars<br />
Top Sportsman; Pro Comp; Test & Tune<br />
Sun VP Race Fuels ET Series #10 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire Pro,<br />
Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster; Iannotti Bros. Select Cars Top Sportsman; East Coast Flat<br />
Heads<br />
Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Thu NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional Championship Series presented by NAPA<br />
AUTO PARTS (Test Session Noon to 6PM)<br />
Fri NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional Championship Series Qualifying presented by<br />
NAPA AUTO PARTS<br />
Sat NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional Championship Series Finals plus Night of<br />
Fire presented by NAPA Auto Parts, and the New England Ford Dealers<br />
featuring: Jet Funny Cars, Wheelstander, Funny Cars, A/Fuel Dragsters,<br />
Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars, Fireworks<br />
Sun NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional Championship Series Finals presented by<br />
NAPA AUTO PARTS<br />
Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Sat Dennis K. Burke Super Comp; Super Gas; Diesel Direct Super Street;<br />
ASRA Stock/Super Stock; Test & Tune<br />
Sun VP Race Fuels ET Series #11 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire<br />
Pro, Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster; ASRA Stock/Super Stock; SWAP MEET<br />
AUGUST<br />
Aug 2 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Aug 4 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Aug 5 Sat NH Lottery Jet Cars Under the Stars presented by NAPA AUTO PARTS,<br />
and New England Ford Dealers featuring: Jet Truck, Jet Funny Cars, Jet<br />
Dragsters, Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars, Wheelstanders, Pro Comp: Abington<br />
Auto Mall Pro 7.0; Top Sportsman; Top Bike; Super Comp; Super Street;<br />
Central Mass Drag Racers; Street Fighter<br />
Aug 6 Sun VP Race Fuels ET Series #12 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire Pro,<br />
Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster<br />
Aug 9 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Aug 11 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Aug 12 Sat Tasca Ford Fest - featuring Mustang Showdown; Motorcycle Masters<br />
Championship<br />
Aug 13 Sun Viking Motorsports Ford vs. Chevy Shootout; Outlaw 10.5; Top Bike; Street<br />
Fighter; Test & Tune<br />
Aug 16 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Aug 18 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Aug 19 Sat VP Race Fuels ET Series #13 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire Pro,<br />
Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster; Iannotti Bros. Select Cars Top Sportsman; Jr. Street<br />
Aug 20 Sun VP Race Fuels ET Series #14 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire<br />
Pro, Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster<br />
Aug 23 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Aug 25 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Aug 26 Sat VP Race Fuels ET Series #15 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire Pro,<br />
Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster; Dennis K. Burke Super Comp; Super Gas; Diesel Direct Super<br />
Street<br />
Aug 27 Sun Drag’n in the 50’s, presented by Mass Street Rods – Pro Comp; Abington<br />
Auto Mall Pro 7.0; No Test & Tune; SWAP MEET<br />
Aug 30 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Sep 1 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Sep 2 Sat VP Race Fuels ET Series #16 – Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro, A&B Tire Pro,<br />
Tim’s Speed & Custom Street, MOMS Motorcycle/Snowmobile, E.C.O.P.E.<br />
Junior Dragster; Iannotti Bros. Select Cars Top Sportsman; Dennis K. Burke<br />
Super Comp; Super Gas; Diesel Direct Super Street<br />
Sep 3 Sun Dennis K. Burke Super Comp; Super Gas; Diesel Direct Super Street; Top<br />
Bike; Street Fighter; $100 1/4 Mile Gamblers; Test & Tune<br />
Sep 6 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Sep 8 Fri Super Chevy; Test & Tune 12-6pm $75<br />
Sep 9 Sat Super Chevy Show; Pro Comp; Abington Auto Mall Pro 7.0; Outlaw 10.5;<br />
Iannotti Bros. Select Cars Top Sportsman<br />
Sep 10 Sun Super Chevy Show; Pro Comp; Abington Auto Mall Pro 7.0; Iannotti Bros.<br />
Select Cars Top Sportsman<br />
Sep 13 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Sep 15 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Sep 16 Sat Orient Express Bikes in the Valley Series; Test & Tune<br />
Sep 17 Sun Mopar Madness; Top Bike; Street Fighter; NEX275; Steve Reis Memorial<br />
Shootout<br />
Sep 20 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Sep 22 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Sep 23 Sat Buick Bash; $50 1/8th Mile Gamblers; Test & Tune<br />
Sep 24 Sun Old Fashioned Sundaaaay! presented by the Camsnappers – Pro Comp;<br />
Abington Auto Mall Pro 7.0; No Test & Tune; SWAP MEET<br />
Sep 27 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Sep 29 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Sep 30 Sat Outlaw 10.5; Dennis K. Burke Super Comp; Super Gas; Diesel Direct Super<br />
Street; Jr Drag Index Race; Test & Tune<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Oct 1 Sun Buddy Scurto Memorial: KOTH Race & NHRA Jr Dragster Challenge Race;<br />
Test & Tune<br />
Oct 4 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Oct 6 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Oct 7 Sat Outlaw 10.5; Top Bike; Street Fighter; Test & Tune<br />
Oct 8 Sun Import Face-Off<br />
Oct 11 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Oct 13 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Oct 14 Sat Central Mass Drag Racers; New Generation Challenge; Test & Tune<br />
Oct 15 Sun Test & Tune, East Coast Flat Heads, (IFO Rain Date—if necessary)<br />
Oct 18 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Oct 20 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Oct 21 Sat Top Bike; Street Fighter; Central Mass Drag Racers; Test & Tune<br />
Oct 22 Sun Test & Tune (CMDR Rain Date)<br />
Oct 25 Wed WGIR Street Night<br />
Oct 27 Fri Tasca Mod Shop/WHEB Street Night<br />
Oct 28 Sat Test & Tune<br />
Oct 29 Sun Test & Tune; SWAP MEET<br />
Schedule Updates Available At<br />
www.newenglanddragway.com<br />
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NHRA Mello Yello New England Nationals<br />
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<strong>2017</strong> Eliminator Winners<br />
<strong>2017</strong> Eliminator Winners<br />
Brandon Karaquezian Tim’s Speed & Custom Street June 11<br />
Dave Miller Red’s Shoe Barn Super Pro June 11<br />
Dave Rossini 10.5 Super Street June 10<br />
David Belliveau 10.5 Fast Street June 10<br />
Jared Kinson A&B Tire Pro June 11<br />
Jim Dayotas 10.5 Wild Street June 10<br />
Justin Bruso Gamblers June 10<br />
Maddison Douglas ECOPE Junior B June 11<br />
Ricky Bell ECOPE Junior A June 11<br />
Steve George 10.5 Real Street June 10<br />
Brandon Miller ECOPE Junior A June 17<br />
Jason Mazzotta A&B Tire Pro June 17<br />
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<strong>2017</strong> Eliminator Winners<br />
Kyle Genualdo Junior Street June 17<br />
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Science Provides Benefits and<br />
Performance for Drag Racing<br />
By Gregg Hekimian<br />
Physicist, Hekimian Racing Engines<br />
Vacuum Insulated Cryogenics<br />
sounds like science fiction, but<br />
they’re facts of life at Hekimian<br />
Racing Engine’s Laboratory.<br />
Heat treating material to make<br />
it stronger has been around for<br />
a long time, but what the early<br />
pioneers didn’t know was that<br />
exposing materials to extreme cold<br />
temperatures could have the same<br />
and an even far greater effect.<br />
Liquid Nitrogen {LN2} and the<br />
means to handle it were in short<br />
supply back then.<br />
Enter Real Cryogenics, a process<br />
in which material such as steel and<br />
aluminum are exposed to severe<br />
cold, down to the -320 degrees F<br />
{boiling point} to make them more<br />
durable and stabilize the metal or<br />
aluminum. The closer you get to<br />
absolute zero (-459.67 F) the better,<br />
but once you cross that line of -460<br />
F, a point of severely diminishing<br />
returns, everything explodes into a<br />
powder like substance.<br />
However, by correctly applying<br />
Vacuum Insulated Cryogenics<br />
technology to engine components<br />
& machine tools, will last three to<br />
five times longer and in some cases<br />
even longer.<br />
Hekimian Racing Engines as<br />
an option are built with blocks,<br />
crankshafts, cylinder heads, pistons<br />
and more (anything that has a wear<br />
process,) that have been treated<br />
in a vacuum-insulated Cryogenic<br />
chamber.<br />
Hekimian Racing Engines vacuuminsulated<br />
Cryogenics is the real<br />
Cryogenics. There are two primary<br />
keys to the success of the process.<br />
The first is the design of the<br />
Cryogenic Chamber, also called<br />
the Cryogenic Processor. Our<br />
Machines hold a US Patent.<br />
The chambers proprietary shape<br />
(Cylindrical) optimizes LN2 even<br />
dispersal of the -320 F temperature,<br />
but never hits the components,<br />
it only cools down the chamber.<br />
Though liquid nitrogen is used<br />
to drop the temperature in the<br />
chamber, it never actually touches<br />
the metal components being<br />
treated. This would be a latent<br />
disaster.<br />
The second key to success is the<br />
rate at which the components<br />
are cooled, brought back to room<br />
temperature and then tempered to<br />
+ 300 F, then back down to room<br />
temps. This process is all within a<br />
4-day period. We go down slowly,<br />
so many degrees per minute,<br />
and then hold it at -320 F for 10-<br />
12 hours, so the Atomic Micro<br />
Structure can get very close to<br />
themselves and eliminate all the<br />
internal voids and stress risers<br />
which are in the component. Then<br />
we start coming back slowly all the<br />
way up to +300 F for tempering.<br />
This relaxes the metals that just<br />
went through a chaotic Math state.<br />
Then slowly back down to room<br />
temperature. This entire process<br />
is computer controlled to the<br />
exponential degree.<br />
It changes the metal completely, if<br />
I could use the term for going from<br />
steel to Kryptonite.<br />
If not properly applied, Fake<br />
Cryogenics can do more harm than<br />
good. The process can produce<br />
latent damages, structural problems<br />
in treating metal that, though not<br />
immediately apparent, will reveal<br />
themselves in an engine’s life cycle.<br />
But, with Real Vacuum Insulated<br />
Cryogenics, all the flaws and voids<br />
internally are taken out. It also<br />
removes the microscopical peaks<br />
and valleys on the surface of the<br />
metal making more HP, Tq & long<br />
term reliability.<br />
One small example; Oil travels<br />
around the rod and main journals<br />
that actually aerates the oil and<br />
heats it up and causes loss of<br />
lubricant.<br />
After Cryogenics, these peaks and<br />
valleys on the polished journals are<br />
gone so oil can do its authorized<br />
job of lubricating.<br />
How many times have you seen<br />
valve seats distort in the aluminum<br />
head? Too many times I’m afraid.<br />
Aluminum and metals, even the<br />
strongest ones out there move<br />
around due to the fact that there are<br />
still voids in the core of the metals.<br />
After Cryogenics, the metal is now<br />
stable and proper tolerances are<br />
in place to stay. Results; longevity,<br />
more horsepower, more torque.<br />
X-rays shown<br />
before and after<br />
Cryogenics.<br />
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Jan Richardson - Gentleman, Competitor<br />
There are many words that you<br />
could use when talking about Jan<br />
Richardson, but everyone would<br />
likely agree the word that best<br />
describes him is gentleman.<br />
Surrounded by family the man<br />
who had a passion for life Jan lost<br />
his battle with cancer on May 5,<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Jan’s love of drag racing began<br />
in his teens where he was taught<br />
about the intricacies of competition<br />
by local standout Larry “Cool<br />
Breeze” Little. Jan kept Larry’s<br />
memory alive by proudly displaying<br />
the “Cool Breeze” name of the side<br />
of his 160 MPH machine. More<br />
importantly, he shared the lessons<br />
learned early on with his fellow<br />
competitors.<br />
One of Jan’s longtime friends<br />
Fletcher Hillman summed up his<br />
life by saying, “Jan would help out<br />
anyone in need and had a heart of<br />
gold.” That sentiment is echoed by<br />
everyone who knew him.<br />
His “Big Dog” racing Malibu<br />
wagon was an absolute terror on<br />
the quarter mile. When you lined<br />
up against him and looked at the Pit<br />
Bull graphic on the side of his car<br />
you knew it wasn’t going to be an<br />
easy round.<br />
Jan’s son Ian plans to keep the<br />
“Cool Breeze” memory alive by<br />
campaigning the Malibu. No doubt<br />
his father will be looking down with<br />
a smile and whispering to Ian’s<br />
competition, “If you think you’re hot,<br />
The Breeze will cool you off.”<br />
New England Dragway<br />
Helps Promote Highway<br />
Safety August 5th<br />
On August 5, staff from the<br />
Injury Prevention Center at the<br />
Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-<br />
Hitchcock (CHaD) will be present<br />
throughout the New Hampshire<br />
Lottery Jet Cars Under the Stars<br />
show. Their attendance is another<br />
way that New England Dragway<br />
is helping CHaD to promote their<br />
“Safe Choices” highway safety<br />
educational programs throughout<br />
New Hampshire.<br />
Emphasis this year is on child<br />
passenger safety and teen driving.<br />
If you have a little one that you think<br />
is ready for a booster seat, a teen<br />
driver or soon to be teen driver be<br />
sure to stop by the pavilion to see<br />
what they have to offer.<br />
CHaD’s Child Passenger Safety<br />
(CPS) Coordinator, Julie Dietrich,<br />
will be available to discuss car<br />
seat safety and the proper use of<br />
booster seats. This is important<br />
because, to the surprise of many<br />
parents, too many children are<br />
not properly restrained. It is not<br />
uncommon for parents to be<br />
uncertain about when their child<br />
can safely begin using booster<br />
seats. Therefore, many children<br />
skip over the use of a booster<br />
seat. Improper use of car seats<br />
and booster seats can present<br />
very real danger in the event of a<br />
crash. Stop by this event and have<br />
your child try to walk under the<br />
child passenger safety bar. If they<br />
can, it means a booster seat is still<br />
highly recommended for them.<br />
The CPS coordinator will have<br />
some booster seats available at<br />
no charge.<br />
CHaD’s Youth Operator<br />
Coordinator, Chelsie Hubicsak-<br />
Muldowney, and Highway Safety<br />
Specialist, Howard Hedegard<br />
will also be available to provide<br />
important information about<br />
distracted and impaired driving<br />
and the importance of seat belt<br />
use. They will have giveaways<br />
and educational handouts.<br />
New Hampshire’s hands-free law<br />
has reduced distracted driving<br />
crashes significantly. Prior to the<br />
law, distracted driving was the<br />
second leading cause of fatal<br />
crashes. It is now number six.<br />
Although this is a big reduction,<br />
there is still room for improvement.<br />
Come try our virtual reality<br />
simulator to see just how risky<br />
distracted driving really is.<br />
Also, did you know that teen<br />
drivers have the highest crash<br />
rate. That’s right even higher<br />
than the crash rate of grandma<br />
and gramps. New Hampshire has<br />
an increasingly active teen driver<br />
educational program. Stop by to<br />
learn more about how you can<br />
help your teen driver or soon to be<br />
driver understand the importance<br />
of making good and safe choices.<br />
CHaD’s Injury Prevention Center<br />
and New England Dragway<br />
take improving knowledge and<br />
education about driving safely<br />
serious. So, please come by the<br />
pavilion and chat with any or all of<br />
the representatives at the “Safe<br />
Choices” highway safety event on<br />
August 5 during the NH Lottery Jet<br />
Cars Under the Stars show.<br />
Celebrating 40 years of high performance!<br />
Head Work<br />
• Complete Valve Job<br />
• Guide Installing & ID Reducing<br />
• Install Seats<br />
• Straight & Angle Head Milling<br />
• Machine For Jesel or T&D<br />
Rockers<br />
• Flow Bench Work<br />
Balancing<br />
• Complete Engine Balancing<br />
• Crank Lightening<br />
• Knife Edging<br />
• Cross Drilling<br />
• Flywheel Grinding<br />
Rod Work<br />
• Resize Big End<br />
• Install Bronze Bushings<br />
• Polish Beams & Lightening<br />
• Equalize Center to Center<br />
Distance<br />
Crank Grinding<br />
• Capacity from 1 cylinder to 83”<br />
long shafts<br />
• Index Grinding & Radiusing<br />
• Stroking & Destroking<br />
• Chamfering & Polishing<br />
• Keyway Repair<br />
• Journal Repair & Welding<br />
• O.D. of Shaft Welding Back to<br />
Standard<br />
Block Machining<br />
• Boring & Honing with Torque<br />
Plates<br />
• Line Hone or Bore Main Line<br />
• Install Lifter Bushings<br />
• Roller Cam Bearings<br />
• Resurface & Square Block<br />
Decks<br />
Inspection Equipment<br />
• Magnaflux<br />
• Pressure Testing<br />
• Sonic Testing<br />
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Swap Meet<br />
Flea Market Schedule<br />
Vendor Spaces Start at $30<br />
Free Parking and Admission For Buyers!<br />
Last Sunday of the Month April - October<br />
July 30<br />
August 27<br />
September 24<br />
October 29<br />
• Full Service CNC Machining<br />
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• 3, 4 and 5 Axis Milling<br />
• Multi Axis Turning<br />
• Prototypes through<br />
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• ITAR Registered<br />
• AS-9100 certification pending<br />
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