PBMracing
11-26-2002, 10:30 AM
Four years is not a long period of time. I was at the NMRA's first event held at Maple Grove Raceway in 1999. It was a good turnout for the first time the Motorsport Nationals had several heads up classes. I am amazed as I look at how this organization has grown, and how we have grown as racers and fans within it. In every aspect, the people that populate this series are driven to improve.
While other sanctioning bodies have struggled with decreasing car counts, the NMRA has held steady and even grown. Not all classes are flourishing, but the ones that are doing well, are doing so in a big way.
We absolutely LOVE heads up racing. It doesn’t matter if it is our cars we are playing with or another class's cars that we are watching. We would like to thank the NMRA for providing a place for us to play with our hotrods. No, it may not be as cost effective as bracket racing, but none the less, it is heads up racing and the NMRA provides us with a highly anticipated magazine, publicity, forums to voice our opinions, a set of reasonable rules, open ears, and the desire to put on a good show. I am proud to say that we have many friends that work for the NMRA who truly enjoy the people that participate in the organization.
As utterly frustrating as what each and every one of our cars can be from time to time, the racers that compete with the NMRA are the best of any organization I have ever been involved with. Bowling Green was an absolutely fantastic turnout. 25 cars in each of our classes!
We know many of our fellow racers as friends. My sweetie Mary and Steph have contributed greatly to our getting to know many of these people with the wonderful cookouts they do Saturday night at the races. We could never thank them enough for taking care of all of us, and providing an environment that allows everyone to relax and unwind from a stressful day of racing. Thanks girls!
I could never tell the fans how much we appreciate all of their support. The longer we race, the more we hear stories of people traveling great distances to come attend these races. They come to meet the crazy folks they read about in the magazines. To all the folks that cruise on through our pits and give us a friendly hello and appreciate what we do, you are definitely first class people that really make it all worthwhile!
The competition in all of the NMRA’s classes gets tougher with every event! We came to the NMRA because of our desire to race a heads up format. We would like to offer our congratulations to all of the Hot Street racers who competed in 2002. Sometimes just getting everything together to go to the races is an accomplishment in itself! The competitiveness of the cars and people that populate this class never ceases to amaze me. Special congratulations to Brian Booze and team. You ran your butts off to win your first championship!
Congratulations also to the Real Street competitors. This class was bound to be a success with the vision of Steve Turner and James Lawrence laying the foundation for the class. Who would have thought these cars would be capable of the amazing performances they have attained since the classes inception? Special congratulations to Freddy Felts who was forced to change cars; and despite the adversity, he showed us that consistent performances win championships. Great Job Freddy!
Billy and I would like to thank all of the people that helped to complete the construction of our 2002 H/S car in an amazing 4 weeks time (after rollcage work was completed). Jim “NUG” McNaull, Pete Bilharz, Allen “Bud” Heath, my sweetie Mary, Mike Heath, Todd “Stangfireman” Savidge, and Josh “Slim91GT” Flynn.
We have created wonderful friendships with many different people and companies throughout the Performance Industry. These people have shared in our victories, and supported us during the times when we were lost. We would like to thank each and every one of them! Jason Smith and Vern House of Performance Automotive thanks for being involved in every facet of our cars performances, and building an absolutely killer car. Tony Bischoff and Gary Rohe of BES Racing Engines for top notch performance. Dominick and Dee Acquilante thanks for your support, use of the shop, and allowing Billy time off to go to the races. Rick Roberts and Vic Edelbrock of Edelbrock for your support of the Hot Street class, awesome cylinder heads and your involvement in our operation. Lenny, Harold and JR from Dynamic Transmissions/TCT Converters for front running reliable transmissions and torque converters. Bud Porter, Carl Zach, Mike Tritle and Ron Piasecki of Autometer for quality gauges and Data Logger equipment. Jr and Sr of Kooks Headers, Jimmy LaRocca and Andrew of LaRocca’s Performance. Linda and Bangin Bobby Hanlon of Hanlon Motorsports for the fast shifting Tremec. Bob Mylar of Weldon Fuel Pumps top quality fuel system components. Lucky of Lucky’s Race Cars for anything and everything. Will Baty of Centerforce Clutches for wonderful clutches. Ken and Dan Jones of ProCharger for your support, and excellent products. Chris Crecelius, Zach Baker and Steve Johnson of Holley for many different cutting edge products. Brian Carner and Jason Reiss of www.hardcore50.com for your vision of a racing community and your support of our racing program, Mark Wilkerson of Racecraft Inc. Dave Lanman of H.O.Fibertrends, Patrick James of Pro Systems, the worlds fastest carburetors. Larry Geddes of Geddex, Big Bob McDonald and Danny Jesel of Jesel Directè. Brian Downard of Mickey Thompson, Ricky Best of Vortech/Paxton, Artie Kaikou of Trick Flow Specialties, Ed Curtis of FlowTech Induction, Ronnie and Adam Manchester of R&D Manchester,
So what will 2003 hold for PBMracing? Hot Street is absolutely over the top and we are going to invest a maximum effort into every facet of the new car to regain the big number 1 on its window and make that car the first H/s car into the coveted 8 second zone.
We will continue to support the Evil Twin as it takes on a new mission of being a front running P/s car at the capable hands of owner Steve Moberley and hotshoe Darin Hendricks. We are very honored that these gentlemen chose to make the Evil Twin their weapon of choice. The enthusiasm they share and the people and companies that are behind them will definitely make this car a feared competitor and championship contender.
Stay tuned, something else might be just around the corner by way of another car!
We hope that everyone has wonderful holidays and a safe offseason, see ya at the NMRA races!
Chris and Billy
While other sanctioning bodies have struggled with decreasing car counts, the NMRA has held steady and even grown. Not all classes are flourishing, but the ones that are doing well, are doing so in a big way.
We absolutely LOVE heads up racing. It doesn’t matter if it is our cars we are playing with or another class's cars that we are watching. We would like to thank the NMRA for providing a place for us to play with our hotrods. No, it may not be as cost effective as bracket racing, but none the less, it is heads up racing and the NMRA provides us with a highly anticipated magazine, publicity, forums to voice our opinions, a set of reasonable rules, open ears, and the desire to put on a good show. I am proud to say that we have many friends that work for the NMRA who truly enjoy the people that participate in the organization.
As utterly frustrating as what each and every one of our cars can be from time to time, the racers that compete with the NMRA are the best of any organization I have ever been involved with. Bowling Green was an absolutely fantastic turnout. 25 cars in each of our classes!
We know many of our fellow racers as friends. My sweetie Mary and Steph have contributed greatly to our getting to know many of these people with the wonderful cookouts they do Saturday night at the races. We could never thank them enough for taking care of all of us, and providing an environment that allows everyone to relax and unwind from a stressful day of racing. Thanks girls!
I could never tell the fans how much we appreciate all of their support. The longer we race, the more we hear stories of people traveling great distances to come attend these races. They come to meet the crazy folks they read about in the magazines. To all the folks that cruise on through our pits and give us a friendly hello and appreciate what we do, you are definitely first class people that really make it all worthwhile!
The competition in all of the NMRA’s classes gets tougher with every event! We came to the NMRA because of our desire to race a heads up format. We would like to offer our congratulations to all of the Hot Street racers who competed in 2002. Sometimes just getting everything together to go to the races is an accomplishment in itself! The competitiveness of the cars and people that populate this class never ceases to amaze me. Special congratulations to Brian Booze and team. You ran your butts off to win your first championship!
Congratulations also to the Real Street competitors. This class was bound to be a success with the vision of Steve Turner and James Lawrence laying the foundation for the class. Who would have thought these cars would be capable of the amazing performances they have attained since the classes inception? Special congratulations to Freddy Felts who was forced to change cars; and despite the adversity, he showed us that consistent performances win championships. Great Job Freddy!
Billy and I would like to thank all of the people that helped to complete the construction of our 2002 H/S car in an amazing 4 weeks time (after rollcage work was completed). Jim “NUG” McNaull, Pete Bilharz, Allen “Bud” Heath, my sweetie Mary, Mike Heath, Todd “Stangfireman” Savidge, and Josh “Slim91GT” Flynn.
We have created wonderful friendships with many different people and companies throughout the Performance Industry. These people have shared in our victories, and supported us during the times when we were lost. We would like to thank each and every one of them! Jason Smith and Vern House of Performance Automotive thanks for being involved in every facet of our cars performances, and building an absolutely killer car. Tony Bischoff and Gary Rohe of BES Racing Engines for top notch performance. Dominick and Dee Acquilante thanks for your support, use of the shop, and allowing Billy time off to go to the races. Rick Roberts and Vic Edelbrock of Edelbrock for your support of the Hot Street class, awesome cylinder heads and your involvement in our operation. Lenny, Harold and JR from Dynamic Transmissions/TCT Converters for front running reliable transmissions and torque converters. Bud Porter, Carl Zach, Mike Tritle and Ron Piasecki of Autometer for quality gauges and Data Logger equipment. Jr and Sr of Kooks Headers, Jimmy LaRocca and Andrew of LaRocca’s Performance. Linda and Bangin Bobby Hanlon of Hanlon Motorsports for the fast shifting Tremec. Bob Mylar of Weldon Fuel Pumps top quality fuel system components. Lucky of Lucky’s Race Cars for anything and everything. Will Baty of Centerforce Clutches for wonderful clutches. Ken and Dan Jones of ProCharger for your support, and excellent products. Chris Crecelius, Zach Baker and Steve Johnson of Holley for many different cutting edge products. Brian Carner and Jason Reiss of www.hardcore50.com for your vision of a racing community and your support of our racing program, Mark Wilkerson of Racecraft Inc. Dave Lanman of H.O.Fibertrends, Patrick James of Pro Systems, the worlds fastest carburetors. Larry Geddes of Geddex, Big Bob McDonald and Danny Jesel of Jesel Directè. Brian Downard of Mickey Thompson, Ricky Best of Vortech/Paxton, Artie Kaikou of Trick Flow Specialties, Ed Curtis of FlowTech Induction, Ronnie and Adam Manchester of R&D Manchester,
So what will 2003 hold for PBMracing? Hot Street is absolutely over the top and we are going to invest a maximum effort into every facet of the new car to regain the big number 1 on its window and make that car the first H/s car into the coveted 8 second zone.
We will continue to support the Evil Twin as it takes on a new mission of being a front running P/s car at the capable hands of owner Steve Moberley and hotshoe Darin Hendricks. We are very honored that these gentlemen chose to make the Evil Twin their weapon of choice. The enthusiasm they share and the people and companies that are behind them will definitely make this car a feared competitor and championship contender.
Stay tuned, something else might be just around the corner by way of another car!
We hope that everyone has wonderful holidays and a safe offseason, see ya at the NMRA races!
Chris and Billy