Update from Mission by Frank Merkl

Sleeperstang wrote:Your not understanding how drag racing works you see there is something called margin of victory, it's calculated by both cars ET, as well as reaction times from both cars... The .005 second red light would have taken the margin of victory from somewhere in the .085 range to .080... He still would have had to come up with the better part of a tenth to be even with me at the finish line... I beleive nhra has some articles on how to understand a drag race on there website if you still don't understand!

The question now becomes, how credible is a guy who posts a vid trash talking and claiming victory when he clearly red lights. Says he has no trouble admitting defeat but only offers excuses and blames others. Fast car or not you're a crybaby bitch.
You lost. Get over it. Douche

bruno wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAmjCc-AOCU

wow awesome race, very close. As already mentioned, closer then it should have been---but Frank already addressed that with his disappointment in the combo. Did Frank ever post what he thought was wrong with the 712? Why it didn't run any better?

Notice Frank's MPH. The car is clearly not hooking up well or losing traction down track. He'll get it sorted...Rematch!

Ok, gonna add my $.02 to this conversation...I've been friends with Frank for many years, watched him defend the Ford name back when it wasn't easy to do - back when there were NO aftermarket parts worth a shit for Fords, and everybody laughed at anybody running one. I lived that dream too...waiting 2 months for an Edelbrock Torker 460 intake that turned out to be an ill fitting POS that wouldn't run with the stock intake, cams desgned for BBC's etc. Frank is a farmer like me, he couldn't afford to have Bickel or Jones build his car, so he built it himself in his 2 car garage in Brooks. It's all steel except for the rear hatch and hood, and it's not light.
I've been after Frank for years to put a glide in the car to see what would happen, but he refuses to give up his C6. Why is that? It's because Frank has spent many years perfecting the C6, he has it living for a full race season at 1600hp in a nearly 3000lb car. Does it slow his car down? I say yes, Frank says no...not much. The man knows more about a C6 than anybody else on this planet, he's determined to run one in the sixes at over 200, and he will do it.
I've seen his car run 7.6 at nearly 190 mph in Med.Hat at 4000 corrected with the 600 inch wedge, with 2 kits, one would think the 712 Hemi in Mission with 3 would tickle the 6's, obviously there's something wrong with the Boss, he will figure it out.

To the guy he grudge raced, I'm facebook friends with Dillon too, he is an awesome driver and a good guy, I call him a good friend. Him and my daughter raced jr dragsters together back in the day. And his dad is a great guy too, his knowledge of Fords and drag racing is legendary around here, he tends to get a little enthusiastic about it sometimes, especially when the after race drinks are flowing, but if you ever need to know something about a BBF, or a C6, or a 9", or how to add 6" into a fender from a 93 Mustang, or plunk a Boss 429 valve cover onto a A441 head, or make a device to line bore a splayed 4 bolt main cap to fit a DOVE block...etc etc...etc..
He is a VERY intelligent man, he has forgot more about building racing stuff than most of us will ever know, calling him a redneck might make you feel good, I'm sure he doesn't care.
He has a new chassis he's going to be putting togther this winter, it will be light, the Boss will get sorted out, and he will be back.
When he finally runs the first 6 second, 200mph run with a C6, make sure you're in the other lane, so you're car will be in an historic photo!

i have a car of like franks, boss powered, runs in the 7's on motor,and will run in the 6's, it has ones of franks valve bodies in THE C6, yes it has a c6, im with frank on the glide thoughts.



frank knows what hes doing





-rich

I've stayed out of this , as " I" Know who won !! as I've only been drag racing for 38 years!! And when the Big RED one comes on ,your done !! Nick isn't that bad of a kid thou !! on the farm I've been busier that a 1 armed wallpaper hanger!! considering that on the weekend(Sept 11) we were out at Mission ,we had a 60-80 mph wind storm go threw at home and it devastated my Alfalfa seed crops to the tune of about a $400,000.00-$450,000.00 loss, uninsured-able loss! The same as I had in '09 . '06 , '02, '99, '98, '95&'94 . As a Farmer I'm probably the biggest gambler's out there , you live on the dream of the perfect year that you'll ring the Bell!! you spend $300 per acre on imput costs and hope for a crop in the bin ! This year I had it penciled out that I should have grossed $636,000 , I'll be just over $100,000 with $170,000 in imput costs on the books ! A $1000 bet on a Drag Race when you know who should win is a sure bet , I've Stooked $5000 pots playing 21 and won ,with half the deck of card left!! and stooked $500 pot and lost!! The 712 a lame duck and the heads are going to Kaase to get checked out and fixed or replaced as I think there's something no right with them and Charlie will be getting 3 sets of C heads to check out a fix or repair !! Suncoast is working on on a sweet new body for the new car , a 115-117" wb '67 Mustang Pro Mod body
Frank

and to the Kid , I had $5K with me !!
Frank

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bruno wrote:

Sleeperstang wrote:I went an 8.014 to his 8.018... But I red lit on the WRONG tree so it doesn't count I guess! I love how this has turned into a big bragging-fest after everything was settled... If I knew they felt this way, there most certainly would have been a re-match... and it wouldn't have been an 8.0 tuneup... Maybe if they show up next year, we can have a re-match? hopefully both teams will have some better numbers...

So if you add back in the .005 red that means he would have run a 8.019? So a lost even if he would have cut a .000 light?

The reaction time doesn't change the ET ..The clock doesn't start until the car moves. If he'd have been .0004 green or better he would've won no matter what reaction time Frank's car had. But ...red light is a loser everytime unless the other car crosses the centerline....

Dillon made it look like a race and tipped out of the bottles in the top end for a 174 mph pass instead of a 187pass
Frank

I've always thought the rules were pretty simple, no gray area there. Are they different up there in the great white north?

You go Red=You lose!
You cross the centerline=You lose!
You touch the wall=You lose!

It's pretty simple...The MPH that Frank's car pulled over the car means that his car was the fastest...not the quickest that pass , but the fastest. The other guy redlit ,so the race was over anyway.383 SBC....WTFE...Never seen a Chebbie guy tell the truth about what they're running

Guys who knows how big his motor really is it can be a 400 plus stroked 383 but it also has a blower on the car and I bet he was running the bottle also, because the times I have seen for him this year have been 8.40's 8.50's. so I bet he has a 400 plus cubed motor with a blower and nitrous on the car, his name is Nick Duda is what I found. Heck next time instead of whining about the tree if it was not right he needs to click it off and come back to run again, with such a big difference in trees after first bulb he could have shut the car down instead of actually leaving and than asked to do it on the 4 pro tree.

Doug

That is one chevy boy that must have had it "turned up!" eh Blake??

cobrakid8 wrote:Guys who knows how big his motor really is it can be a 400 plus stroked 383 but it also has a blower on the car and I bet he was running the bottle also, because the times I have seen for him this year have been 8.40's 8.50's. so I bet he has a 400 plus cubed motor with a blower and nitrous on the car, his name is Nick Duda is what I found. Heck next time instead of whining about the tree if it was not right he needs to click it off and come back to run again, with such a big difference in trees after first bulb he could have shut the car down instead of actually leaving and than asked to do it on the 4 pro tree.

Doug

My motor consists of a stock 4 bolt 350 block, half filled. An eagle 383 (385 cuz of .040 over) rotating assembly, probe off the shelf dished pistons, victor jr cylinder heads, 162ci b&m supercharger (8psi) .625" lift roller cam, an 850 demon carb, two plates, one with an 86 n20 jet, and the other usualy runs a 82, but for our match race i took it down to 78 due to the probe pistons caving in the centers (.150 thick) .. i have an off the shelf tci super street-fighter convertor, with a stock case powerglide, 3.89 gears and 35 spline axles... the car has gone as quick as 7.89 at 172mph (2680lbs), and 60 fts 1.15 consistantly... it has been 7.92 through the mufflers back to back, but for bracket racing (canada west doorslammers) i choose to run it in the top half of the ladder with just one kit on. There are no secrets to what my power-plant is. There is no doubt that the car i was racing should have beaten me... i was banking on the fact that i knew i could make it down the track and he was going to spin... i wasnt wrong... the only reason i took the race challenge on was to prove that my little 383ci motor could get there first, and it did.. red-light or not... i agree it would be great to see the merkl boys get into the 6s with the three speed... i think they have the ability, and the cubic inches!