Anything new from PRI releasted????

 

SCRANTON has a new Toyota Solara for PRO RWD and Ara Arslanian is now in charge of race operations for AEM and will be driving the AEM CIVIC that STEPH P drove.

 

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I thought he was just doing the dragster next year and building a new Solara for 2007... That is what I get for thinking.

 

Any news from NHRA?

 

good question, they were supposed to release some new info for 2006.

 

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so is Ara relocating to the West Coast????? will he be pulling double duty with the dragster? Where is the import drag racing hall of fame at???? Since steph is retired he needs to be inducted....i guess maybe wait a season or two like the other sports...

 

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ara with honda power??!! NICE!!! good luck to him! is scranton still looking for a second driver?
-Roger

 

I honestly think the dragster class is done before it even got started to be honest.

Cause i'm pretty sure Don NaseJr. might be building something 10.5 tire-ish

 

hold up!!!! the dragster class done b4 it starts?????WTF!!!!

AEM dragster(complete)
Don Nase(Complete)
Scott Revell (well what ever happened to his project????)

expletive....this is ridiculous...money down the drain....hell invite some of the comp eliminator guys to run...

 

Dont quote me on that... thats just how i feel. knowing and seeing what other people are building and doing for the next year,like you said...could possibly be a waste of money. but one thing for sure. the definitly can run comp eliminator or top dragster classes.

 

Nase is going forward with the dragster. Matt's old car is in the Tial booth with For Sale written on it....$70K for the roller. His new car looks awesome. Just spoke with Javier, and they are still finalizing the details for the release. Will not be announced at PRI.

 

Yeah but they may have an Ecotec motor in it right???

 

wow.....never saw that coming!

 

Congrats to Ara Maybe Steph will get his head on straight and sit his butt in that AEM Dragster. It is bad for the sport to lose him...especially to drifting

He is the import drag racing icon. It will be sad without him.

 

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He is the import drag racing icon. It will be sad without him.</TD></TR></TABLE>

things change and people change so what ever he wants to do ill support him hes a cool homie....go ahead bro do what you got to do $$$

 

here right now, Scranton's new car is amazing... Humphries car is on display. Just met Casey from Burns, very nice guy and their k20 inconel header is badass!

 

Just so you all know, I don't believe that Steph actually was in charge of making the decision to leave drag racing, if you know what I mean....

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Burn's makes some great products, the best in the biz IMO!!! And Casey is great. If you have a chance, speak with Jack as well. VERY smart guy!!

 

Why would he be "asked" to leave? *if you can say

 

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I wouldn't think he was "asked" to leave - more like asked to concentrate more on the drifting side of the things. Working on the car, getting more seat time, campaigning at all the events nationwide next year, etc.

Whether we like it or not, drifting is getting good press. AEM will get press regardless on the drag car whether or not Steph's behind the wheel. I'm sure someone can only pull double duty and travel that much for so long.

But then again I could be completely wrong, Papadakis could just be a machine comprised of nuts and bolts and AEM inserted him with a new program for 2006

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jason tC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I wouldn't think he was "asked" to leave - more like asked to concentrate more on the drifting side of the things. Working on the car, getting more seat time, campaigning at all the events nationwide next year, etc.

Whether we like it or not, drifting is getting good press. AEM will get press regardless on the drag car whether or not Steph's behind the wheel. I'm sure someone can only pull double duty and travel that much for so long.

But then again I could be completely wrong, Papadakis could just be a machine comprised of nuts and bolts and AEM inserted him with a new program for 2006 </TD></TR></TABLE>

Correct. Marketing dollars and marketing appeal are the drivers of this situation. Steph is a smart guy and holds a large reputation, so people respect him no matter what he does, but sometimes leverage can be used to make people move. I will miss Steph at the drags, but remember, that doesn't mean he is gone forever

 

any rule updates from the NDRA?

 

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thats what i want to know

 

One new thing that i saw that wasw cool was the turbosmart e boost2 controller it has a gear select option. Not a whole lot of import stuff. Not about the show but there is a lot of hott *** gurls at the clubs.

 

For NHRA and whatever they decide,cause its gonna be good.

 

yeah i got some news

friday nights after hour activities were insane and we are doing it all over again tonight

i do remember some with camera phones snapping away - not sure if there are any good ones