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The Mopar Nationals Judged Show Competition - Just Do It!Written by on July 1, 2000 Contributors: Mopar Nationals Head Judge, Keith Rohm Afraid To Step Into The Judged Showfield Arena? Don't Be. Friendly Competition And Expert Evaluations Can Turn Your Mopar Into A Champ...Without Breaking The Bank.
The Mopar Nationals (that ultimate wing-ding for Pentastar enthusiasts worldwide) is the end-all, be-all gathering of the Mopar hobby. Whether you seek drag racing action, show competition, rare parts, or simple camaraderie, you'll find it here.
What you'll also find is something many folks view as a curious separation, both physically and "spiritually," within the ranks of the Mopar faithful. We're talking about the judged showfield arena, where restored, modified, and original classics of all flavors compete against each other, and themselves, for recognition and perfection. The perceived dichotomy stems from two facets of the showfield scene: physical location, and a more nebulous notion we'll call philosophy.
Mopar National attendees come to this annual event for any number of reasons, and show organizers do their best to accommodate their varied needs. Show cars that are competing for points and class awards have special requirements, such as a safe showfield with traffic control, minimal dust, and ample room for judging. Thanks to the layout of National Trails Raceway, in Columbus, Ohio, these needs are met, but at the expense of isolating the judged showfield from fun field participants and other venues. It's a necessity-the nature of the show car beast, if you will-not a choice of the judges or participants.
This physical separation has also led to a seemingly philosophical division of Mopar Nationals attendees. The idea that one relatively small group is treated to "special accommodations" while the rest of the participants are relegated to the "dirty back 40" has done much to create an emotional rift between judged and non-judged participants. From here the misconceptions and misunderstandings between the two groups continue to grow. The reality, however, is something entirely different. Perceptions aren't always what they seem, and differences are often not always so different after all.
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Because we feel that everyone who owns a classic Mopar and is interested in its preservation and continued use can benefit from participating in judged show competition, we wanted to give those readers who have pondered the possibilities of stepping up to a more competitive showing level an idea of what to expect and what can be gained. This article will attempt to explore what the judged showfield arena is all about and illustrate how everyone can participate and benefit from this unique Mopar experience.
Judged Competition Overview
There are three distinct areas of show competition at the Mopar Nationals: Modifieds; Stock, which also include the Senior Division; and OE Certified, with The Paddock being the primary sponsor of all the judged show classes.
Most popular are the Stock classes. Here the cars are assigned by body style and year, and compete against each other for First, Second, and Third places. Cars participating in the stock classes are evaluated against a set of standards by teams of judges who are extremely knowledgeable about the cars in those particular classes. Once a car places First in its Stock class, it can no longer compete in that class, and is only able to display in subsequent years, or must move on to the next level-Senior Division.
Senior Division is the next step up in the Mopar Nationals show hierarchy. Unlike the Stock class, Senior Division cars are not competing against others in their class. Instead, these cars are competing against an even more demanding set of standards. You are competing against yourself, trying to earn the highest possible points score as determined by your judging sheet.
Senior Division participants can remain in this class as long as they like, but at some point they often choose the next and final judging class-OE Certified.
Like the Senior Division, OE Certified cars are judged against a set of standards rather than fellow competitors, only these standards are even more demanding than the previous. A mere seven cars are selected each year to be judged in the OE Certified class. This is the high water mark of the Mopar show arena, and the cars scoring top marks in this class are considered to be the best of the best.
If "restification" is more your game, the Modified classes offer a chance for good spirited competition that pit enthusiasts' restoration and auto craft skills against one another. Here, judges look mostly at fit and finish, and the consistency of the car's theme.
As mentioned earlier, the judges for each class have exceptional knowledge of the cars to which they are assigned. This is especially helpful, not only in ensuring that all cars are judged on their correct merits, but that proper consideration is given for a car's peculiarities. If a judge owns five A-Bodies of his own, for example, he or she will know the three or four spots that seem to get the most chips, hood rub points, and other natures of the beast. This is extremely helpful when factoring in the "driven" or "use" status of a judged car. The judges are also fairly consistent from one year to the next. By continuing the same judging teams each year (many of which are husband and wife), participants benefit from continuity and judging consistency.
One thing many don't realize until trying their hand at judged showing is that judged competition should be viewed as a tool to achieve a specific level of perfection, rather than being an end in itself. The judging framework at the Mopar Nationals is designed to allow competitors to learn about and improve their cars through a fun, competitive, and structured system. The progressive nature of the judged showfield allows participants to enjoy competition at a level they are comfortable with from both a technical and financial point of view.
Myths And Misconceptions
There is something for everyone in the judged showfield arena. Unfortunately, many potential participants never make it to the field due to the many incorrect assumptions and misconceptions surrounding judged competition. For example.
"Judged Cars Are Trailer Queens"
Mopar buffs hold the proud distinction of being among the more active enthusiasts in the classic car hobby. We get in, fire the engine, and get down the highway. That being the case, we also know how difficult it is to keep a driven car clean. A quick glance at most of the judged showfield entrants and one would imagine them all to be trailer queens. Not so.
On a national level, people who do not normally trailer [their cars], do," says Mopar Nationals Head Judge Keith Rohm. "The reason is that to compete in a judged showfield type arena...you've been cleaning for so many weeks or even months, most folks aren't going to drive to the show even though they may drive [their car] to cruises, on sunny weekends, or to non-national level competitions.
"Most folks bring their cars in on a support trailer, have them judged, then drive them the whole weekend. Also, the predominance of 30-50 year-old participants will not give up their cruise control and A/C for a long-distance haul to the Nats. Those who say that they do drive their cars most likely do, as evidenced by scuffs and stone chips, but when they come to the Nats, they trailer them for the most part. And that is the big difference between the fun field and showfield. Fun field participants will drive their vehicles no matter how nice the car is, and they don't have another agenda. The others want to keep them as clean as possible to show, then cut loose after the judging.
"Strictly trailer queens are a lot smaller percentage of the judged show arena than folks might think. That is until you get in the Senior Division, and those that often take First and Second in each class probably see more time on the street locally than they do on a trailer."
"Driven Cars Don't Stand A Chance"
One of the things that keeps the Mopar scene alive, healthy, and vibrant is the fact that we tend to drive our cars more than most. That's where the fun is, and, as such, the judges in the Modified, Stock, and Senior Division classes take into account cars that see road time.
"Judged showfield," says Rohm, "does not make a distinction between trailered-only and driven cars. For one reason, it's an impossibility to separate the two. The solution, therefore, is to make no distinctions. However, the judges are handed the responsibility of exercising discretion. For example, if a man has a stone chip that has been attempted to be properly repaired, [judges] do not count off or [are not] really critical because that man's car has some road scars. In theory, the judges can look at a trailered-only car and a driven car and, taking into account use, care, and maintenance, judge the two fairly and competitively.
"Judges take into consideration minor and mild shown usage. Once you get into cars that have been driven a while and the undercarriage needs to be repainted and all,those folks know their bad points, but are being judged to better evaluate the finer points of their car.
"In sum, judges give consideration to selectively driven cars and occasionally driven cars."
"Quality Cars Get More Judging Time" Human nature being what it is, it's understandable to realize that many folks think judged cars that are obviously not as far along in the restoration/rebuild process as others within their same class will get the short end of the judging time card. Not so.
According to Rohm, everybody is given equal judging time and consideration. All cars are judged by folks who appreciate that particular model, so there are no prejudices, as are evident at some shows. The judges may know going into a specific car that it will not be a First, Second, or even Third place finisher. Nevertheless, judges will not "blow by" this car in favor of spending more time on one that is obviously higher up the food chain. Instead, the judges will spend time to find all of the things that the owner is there to find out. After all, the Stock class competition is not an end, but rather a means to an end-that being to help you build your car to the level you desire. As such, few serious contenders are "too rough" to not benefit from the judging experience.
"It Takes Big Bucks"
Another part of the perceived split between the judged and the non-judged crowd is the erroneous assumption that money is the big separator between the two. Nothing could be less accurate. While it is true that the majority of cars participating in OE Certified competition are the necessary beneficiaries of serious financial investment, such level of perfection is not a prerequisite for Stock and Senior class judging. What is required is patience, tenacity, and thorough, quality work on the part of the owner. Interestingly enough, many of the cars which grace the fun field at the Mopar Nationals are as good or better than those in the judged showfield. Why they aren't competing depends on the owner. Some prefer the laid-back nature of the fun field, while others mistakenly believe that they "didn't spend enough money" to enter judged competition.
Remember, it's the quality that counts, not the quantity of money invested.
Benefits of Judged Show Competition
By now, those of you who have debated the pros and cons of entering judged competition at the Mopar Nationals probably have a better understanding of what the showfield can offer you. Aside from providing the competitive outlet we all need from time to time, and an opportunity to share restoration war stories with fellow enthusiasts, perhaps education is the single most important benefit of having our cars judged.
Think of it this way: Unlike the Mustang or Corvette worlds, where restoration details for nearly all makes and models are well documented, Mopar enthusiasts have no "Holy Grail" to follow on their journey to restoration perfection. A significant amount of research (sometimes weeding through questionable sources), comparison and talking with various experts is required just to get to first base. The judged showfield offers restorers the most concentrated collection of Mopar restoration knowledge anywhere. For three days the most knowledgeable folks in the hobby are on hand to share information and lend assistance to anyone who needs it. They evaluate your car, tell you what's right and wrong, and suggest ways to improve it. This is budget restoration at its finest!
"I've always been a believer," says Rohm, "that the judges don't judge the cars on Friday and disappear. Judges try to make themselves available to answer participants' questions. Most participants know their shortcomings before they enter. They just want to be assured that someone else found the shortcomings. It's not usually a place for big surprises. When there are surprises, the participants learn, and that's why they're there."
Just Do It
One of the great aspects about the Mopar Nationals is that it offers something to everyone. For some folks, that means driving hard and having fun. For others, it's the personal challenge of returning a car to showroom condition. "The judged show arena," explains Rohm, "is a good place to show your efforts to the world. You're competing against the best competition in the country. I know that may intimidate some people from trying it, because they think 'well, my car isn't good enough.' But for those who aim to bring your Mopar back to vintage form, consider judged show competition as an effective, fun and cost efficient way of getting there. And who knows? You might already be better than you think, but you'll never know until you try it."
OE Certified On The Cheap (well...sort of!)Many folks (too many, actually) have the view that judged show cars are just the high-buck restoration projects of well-heeled owners paying big dollars to top-name restorers in order to turn their classics into national points champions. Again, myths and misconceptions serve only to inhibit the potential fun factor of a restoration project. A case in point is Dave Holderied of Davison, Michigan.
Dave, a former tool maker for General Motors, spied an ad for a '69 Hemi Road Runner in a Detroit Newspaper in September 1991. Sporting pretty much everything he wanted in a Road Runner (color, Hemi engine, and an automatic transmission), Dave wasted no time in securing the car for his own.
In 1995, Dave began the job of returning the cobbled up Road Runner to its former glory. In his way of doing things, that meant doing everything as correct as possible right from the beginning. Dave says he goes to great lengths to find correct and original parts, and pays the money that is necessary to get them. He says that this way there are never any regrets-better to pay too much than to later kick yourself for passing something up.
About two years into the project, Dave realized that the direction he was taking the Road Runner pointed directly towards the Mopar Nationals' OE Certified judging. His restoration methodology, heretofore, was such that no backtracking or reworking was needed to keep the project on its new course. At the time of his decision, Dave secured his spot to be judged at the '99 Nationals (only seven cars are judged in the OE Certified class each year, and all must submit to a two-year waiting period), and the Road Runner was finished a scant three or four days before last year's event.
The result? Thanks to his thorough research, tenacity, and attention to detail, Dave's Road Runner bypassed the Stock and Senior Division classes and headed straight for OE Certified, where it earned a Silver award for its debut showing. For an additional accolade, the Road Runner earned The Paddock's Pick award. This award was presented by The Paddock (sponsor of the Mopar Nationals judged showfield) to the one judged car that The Paddock employees felt best represented their all-around dream car in terms of model year, body style, powertrain, and equipment combinations. We give this spicy Road Runner a "two-thumbs-up" salute as well.


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UU Theatre Department to Perform Marlowe's Dr. Faustus
URBANA, Ohio (November 8, 2012) - Urbana University Theatre Department will perform Christopher Marlowe's 1604 classical play, The Tragicall History of Dr. Faustus, which explores the struggle between good and evil on Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at the Hub.
Up to 40 seats can be reserved for each performance by calling 484-1409 or stopping at the Swedenborg Memorial Library. Others will be on a first come first seated basis. Ticket prices are $3.00 except for Urbana University students with a current ID who will be admitted for free. Reserved tickets can be picked up at the Hub between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on show nights. Other seating will be given on a first come, first served basis each night beginning at 7:30 p.m. Unclaimed reserved seats will be released to those on the wait list at 7:50 p.m.
The Tragicall History of Dr. Faustus is as relevant today as it was four hundred years ago when it was written by Christopher Marlowe and performed in the Rose Theatre in England. University students under the stage direction of Margaret Piatt and technical direction of Michael Hurwitz have captured the essence of the Elizabethan stage in the black box theatre and have added a few new elements to engage modern audiences.
The title role of the professor John Faustus will be played by one of our English professors, Tom Smith. Faustus engages in a cat and mouse game for his soul with Mephistophilis played by Kevin Horrigan, an accomplished local actor, UU adjunct professor, and the minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Urbana. Each character is encouraged in his struggle by angels, demons, illusions, and mortals played by a company of twenty-two students who perform multiple roles as was done by 17th century London theatre troupes. The tragedy is lightened by comic scenes involving slapstick and pantomime and heightened by music and special effects. An additional ten students have worked behind-the-scenes.
Other members of the cast are: Katie Dudgeon and Adam Wunderele, Bellefontaine; Jacquelyn Smith, Botkins; Cameron Harmon, Bradford; Alexandra Harenberg, Catawba; Josh Cain, Dayton; Marci Copley, Kenton; Jared Chastian, London; John-Mark Howley, Mechanicsburg; Mercedes Dagnan, Medway; Josh Eaton and Jessica Friermood, Mount Victory; Zack Iiames, New Carlisle; Cody Peterson, Piqua; Kevin Fidler, St. Paris; Heather Berry, Springfield; and, Kara Elias, Becky Fazio, Dina Fleming, Kohl King, Amanda Rockhold, Jordan Perry, and Emily Smith, Urbana. Crew members are: Casey White, Bellefontaine; Samantha Little, Columbus; Sidney Fuller and Jayne Woodward, London; Jeanetta Cliett, Parma Heights; Lindsay Belisle, Piqua; Amy Williams, Rockford; Kelli Subler, Versailles; and, Charity Nemic and Cody Slater, Urbana.

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Kansas Overpowers Iowa State, 10-3
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Game two of the series between Iowa State and Kansas went to the Jayhawks Saturday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark as KU defeated the Cyclones 10-3. The loss dropped ISU to 23-30-1 overall, 2-15 in the Big 12. Kansas is 32-21 overall, 5-11 in conference play.
Long Ball Puts Kansas Ahead
The Jayhawks led off the bottom of the second with a walk from Chanin Naudin. Two batters later, Taylor Hatfield took a 1-1 pitch off Paris Imholz and hit a big home run over the wall in right-center to give Kansas an early 2-0 advantage.
ISU Misses Opportunity
The Cyclones were given a chance to get right back into the game as Liana Henry and Brittany Gomez led off the top of the third with back-to-back infield singles. Sarah Hawryluk reached on a fielder's choice that saw Henry get out at third. Then during Lexi Slater's at-bat, a wild pitch allowed Gomez and Hawryluk to each move up a base. However, Slater popped up and Rachel Hartman grounded out to kill the rally with two in scoring position.
Iowa State Gets on the Board
The Cyclones finally broke their duck in the fifth inning, and again it was Henry starting the rally. The senior got her second hit of the game with a double to the wall in left-center. KU decided to walk Gomez, who had been 5-for-5 in the series up to that point to bring up Hawryluk.
Hawryluk fired one through the left side of the Kansas infield to score Henry and reduce the Kansas lead to 2-1 with a double and Gomez on third.
However, once again ISU missed the opportunity to bring home more runs from scoring position as Slater popped up and Hartman struck out to end the inning.
Another Kansas Home Run
The Jayhawks got back to work in the bottom of the fifth. Lily Behrmann posted a one-out single and set the stage for Chaley Brickey, who hit her 11th home run of the season just fair to left to make it 4-1 Kansas.
The Jayhawks would then load the bases without a hit as Maddie Stein reached on an error, Harli Ridling got hit by a pitch and Taylor Hatfield walked. Pinch hitter Taylor Dodson was hit by a pitch to bring home Stein and make it 5-1, but KU would leave the bases loaded as Taylor McElhaney popped out to end the inning.
Davison Powers ISU Back
Aly Cappaert led off the Iowa State sixth with her second hit of the day with a base hit up the middle. Two batters later, Sara Davison reduced the Kansas lead to 5-3 with a 2-run home run to center field. It was Davison's fourth home run of the season.
Records Watch
Brittany Gomez went 2-for-3 on the day with two singles and she drew a walk. That puts her season hits total to 75, only two away from tying and three away from breaking ISU's single-season hits record of 77 set by Jenny Condon in 1988. Today's effort improved Gomez's season batting average to .405, putting her in position to be the first Cyclone to hit over .400 since Mary Jo Collins in 1978.
Sarah Hawryluk's two hits on the day moves her up to 60 hits on the season, the seventh 60-hit season in ISU history. Gomez and Hawryluk become the first teammates in school history to each record at least 60 hits in a season.
On Deck
Iowa State closes its season out tomorrow with the final game of the series against Kansas at noon.


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Balboa Park's Friday court date full of drama
Friday's San Diego Superior Court hearing to settle the fate of a $45 million plan to reduce car traffic through Balboa Park has all the star power and story lines of Sunday's Super Bowl.
For starters, it pits one of San Diego's few billionaires, Qualcomm cofounder Irwin Jacobs, against the city and state's oldest continually operating historic preservation group, the Save Our Heritage Organisation.
For another, if the ruling goes against Jacobs and the city of San Diego, the chances of completing the high-profile project by Balboa Park's 2015 centennial celebration would decrease dramatically, if not disappear completely.
What's more, a city and Jacobs victory Friday requires a Hail Mary.
In an unusually politicized tentative ruling issued last Friday, Judge Timothy Taylor reached "the reluctant conclusion" that the city had abused its discretion. He preliminarily sided with preservationists even while calling them "shortsighted" and lauding the merits of Jacobs' idea.
Then there's this: It won't surprise me if City Attorney Jan Goldsmith takes the rare step of arguing the case in court today, because he made a similar appearance in a related lawsuit that SOHO filed in 2011. SOHO won that decision.
Jacobs and his backers have pledged to provide about $30 million for this controversial project if the city floats a bond to cover the remaining expense. They first pushed the plan two and a half years ago.
Jacobs' Plaza de Panama Committee wants to clear all cars from the heart of Balboa Park and build a bypass bridge to the west to move traffic toward a new 800-space, paid-parking garage south of the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. That brings up another controversial issue: the potential proliferation of paid parking in a public park.
The only way my Super Bowl analogy breaks down is that the litigants don't want to talk, unlike football players who won't stop yapping to the media.
In a wrinkle, the most loquacious person Thursday was San Diego's media-shy mayor Bob Filner, who talked about it during a San Diego Press Club forum.
Filner's opposition to Jacobs' plan has been well-documented and even ridiculed to the point where Filner apologized for making things too personal.
In July, here's what then-mayoral candidate Filner said when he urged the City Council, in vain, to reject Jacobs' idea: "Maybe Qualcomm loses its value. Maybe Irwin dies, heaven forbid. Maybe he won't like the next mayor. I don't know. But how do you put the financing on a private committee? ... There's virtually no confidence that the paid financing will meet the bond issue."
Despite some subsequent hedging on the campaign trail that he would support Jacobs' plan if it were ruled legal, Filner reiterated his opposition at Thursday's forum, calling it "much too intrusive and too expensive."
"I mean, $40 million to close down the park?" Filner scoffed. "I could do it with six traffic cones to stop the traffic from coming in.
"I'm going to urge the parties to mediate this," he added. "They were engaged in mediation before the council moved on this, and I was told that there was some progress there. But if you get into the legal system, it's not going to be ready in time anyway. There's a very tight construction schedule to get that done, so if you can't start construction soon, we probably shouldn't start it because then it interferes with the whole centennial thing."
Plus, Filner said, delaying or scuttling the project would allow the popular annual Earth Day fair to take place in the center of Balboa Park. The festival is in danger of being canceled or moved because of Plaza de Panama construction.


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Cyclones Encourage Students To Be Drug Free
AMES, Iowa�Members of the Iowa State gymnastics and football teams traveled to Stratford, Iowa, on May 21 to participate in the D.A.R.E. graduation at Stratford Elementary School. D.A.R.E. is a national substance abuse prevention education program that provides the students with the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence. The Cyclones congratulated the fifth- and sixth-graders on their completion of the program.
The program is taught by Hamilton County Deputy Sherriff Joe Bosch, who facilitates the training for all Hamilton County schools.
Junior gymnast Melanie Tham and sophomore football player Collin Franklin gave speeches to the students about the importance of staying drug free and the adverse affects of drug use and violence on academics and athletics.
"D.A.R.E. is a great program and it was awesome that we could be there to encourage the kids in their decision and their commitment," Tham said. "I am extremely impressed with the commitment that the kids are making to make the right choices."
Tham also talked about the importance of being an active role model for the elementary school students.
"It's always nice to see the looks on their faces when they hear that some of the athletes they look up to are D.A.R.E. graduates," Tham said. "Being able to encourage them in the right way and be a role model for them was a very rewarding experience."
Sophomore football player Jerrod Black also volunteered at the graduation.
"Having someone to look up to is a motivational boost toward making the right decisions," Black said.
After the event, the student-athletes signed autographs for the elementary school students while congratulating them and encouraging their continuing commitment to an appropriate lifestyle.
Black added that he was fortunate to have the opportunity to talk to the kids.
"It makes me feel good that I can be a role model for them," Black said. "Some kids don't have a positive role model, so it's important we set a good example."


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1971 Chevrolet Chevelle - The Power Of Positive Manifold PressureWritten by on March 6, 2007 Contributors: Robert McGaffin Scott Emanuele's turbo LS1 Chevelle runs 10s. Oh yeah, and he built it all himself.
It's a plan as simple as black and white. Cripes, it's a Malibu, a drone wannabe, not a namby-pamby, everybody's-got-one SS. Intimidation factor zero. That oat-white icon of purity, good, and seemingly estranged from violence, enables a vile and vicious module of the latest and most ferocious technology. It's so quiet at idle that the rubes only register a wimpy tick.
Twenty-nine-year-old Scott Emanuele's '71 Chevelle is an understated attraction. In white-bread white and completely void of the gewgaws that always tell lies, it's a damn sleeper. Yeah, check out those funky Ben Hur wheels from the 1980s. Sure-just don't look under the front bumper.
One Scott is a Renaissance man (he built every system in the car). The other Scott harbors the ancient bloodlust of a pillaging Hun. We're very proud that he's a mother dog hot rodder. Most of his Chevelle was wrought by intuition, ingenuity, and an argon flame. He also had the help of friend Scott Gouza, known body massager and good paint man. Somewhere along the trail, they pulled a frame-off restoration.
Emanuele's got a skinflint streak running through him like a vein of gold. He built the motor-turbo ducting to oil pan-for a stunning $12,000. Wheedling, bartering, chiseling, and knee-crawling for that almighty bargain became a given. But our prodigy needed more than wits and guile. The ability to envision, plan, and "manufacture" an adapter, a spacer, a ducting tube, bracket, or an entire system was more or less mandatory. Scott was ready for that, too. He makes his living as a welding supervisor.
This car had already seen too many small-blocks, some of them normally aspirated, some of them, like the tall-deck 427 small-block, were barely tractable and snagged with high maintenance. He wanted something immensely powerful but mild mannered, something that would run exquisitely on pump gas and not crap out on the road.
"My favorite things about the car? I love the motor," Scott gushed. "I love how it drives and the power it makes. I love the look of the car. It looks like a fast street car should-stock! I like the sleeper effect the Malibu has, too. Nobody expects a thing because it looks stock and is super quiet.
"With the 427, I used an NOS Big Shot plate set-up with a 275-hp shot. After I went through two bottles, I knew that was the power I needed all the time, so I sold the motor."
As for the turbocharger overture: "I chose a 2000 LS1 engine because they're a dime a dozen, fuel injected, and are all aluminum. It already had Total Engine Airflow heads, cam, roller timing gears, SLP oil pump, and some other stuff. I gave $2,400 for it. Another deal was the Lunati billet connecting rods, still in the box off eBay: $600. Then I found a pair of used Turbonetics 60-1 turbos [.68 A/R ratio, ball bearings, water-cooled] on www.turbomustangs.com for only $600. After a $50 rebuild, they worked great."
Rooting out the best for the least became the credo. The key to low cost is usually doing everything yourself. Scott rebuilt the turbos, the motor, made the stainless steel headers from raw tubing, made a complete wiring harness for the PCM off parts from the old one, made the motor mounts, built an intercooler from two 1,500-cfm Spearco cores and end tanks of his own design, and tuned the engine with EFILive software (www.EFILive.com).
The turbo system appears to be a piece of found art. Plumbing is minimal and routed most effectively. The fresh air intake pulls cooler ambient from beneath the front bumper. You'll also notice that the turbo's incoming air ducting is as short and as compact as possible, but how about this one: "321 stainless steel 1.75-inch headers with a 4-into-1 double-slip merge collector completely designed and built by myself," Scott said. "I welded them with 347 filler using pure argon for backpurge. This helps against 'sugaring' the backside weld to prevent corrosion and cracking." Now what? Tea and sugar cookies?
Quite apparent to the naked eye, Scott's setup is complex; arteries and veins are strung everywhere for oiling, cooling, intake, and exhaust. Since there was no prefab kit to bolt on, Scott screwed on his hot-rodding hat for a couple of years (yes, he wore it in the shower) and built everything himself.
According to its creator, if there's a negative aspect to his monument, it's the terrible torque it produces. "If you're not careful, it can get out of hand real fast. With a quarter-inch of throttle pedal travel equaling about 100 hp, if you go over a bump or slide in your seat and wiggle the gas pedal, the tires will spin."
In lieu of a dancing foot, there is a failsafe of sorts: to help the car hook up, the Turbosmart EA-boost controller is programmed with varied boost settings based on gear selection. It has a lot to process.
On 93 octane at 14 psi and 16 degrees of timing, the 350 pulled 751 hp at 6,100 rpm and 644 lb-ft at 6,000 rpm at the wheels. It was a beginning. Now, Scott's got larger 61mm snails on the thing at 18.5 psi and with 18 degrees timing-still considered a rather mild tune-up. He's looking for 850 hp at the tires.
Practical application of the twin turbo's largesse is another matter. With 10 psi of positive manifold pressure, the 3,750-pounder went a 10.8 at 130 on street tires. At 18 psi, the motor hit the rev limiter at 7,000 and shut off at the eighth-mile-he coasted to a 10.5 at 138. With 3.08:1 gears instead of the 3.42s, and good weather, Scott thinks it'll go nines at a buck forty-five, as in "the power is more than a street car EVER needs."
So it's real bad ass, yes? Yet it idles at 750 rpm, is dead quiet, and the cops won't even spit in its direction. It has 3,000 street miles on it with no gig list and the current tune-up pulls about 15 mpg on the street and 20 on the highway if Scott drives "nice." The motor is quiet enough to finally hear the radio and talk with wife Michelle and daughter Jayden. Best part? The LS1 engine makes 825 horsepower, while the cranky, thirsty, noisy, high-maintenance 427 small-block mustered only 650.
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|Scott Emanuele * Franklin, WI
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|Rear-wheel horsepower: 751 hp @ 6,{{{100}}} rpm (previous turbos)
|Best ET: 10.5 at 138 mph
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|Rear suspension:
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|Wheels & Tires
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|BFG Comp T/A 255/45ZR17, front; Goodyear GS-SC 315/35ZR17, rear
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Last spring, friends talked owner Scott Emanuele into going to a chassis dyno at a large car show that he drove 125 miles to get to. At the time, Emanuele had twin Turbonetics 60-1 Hi-Fi turbos that pumped out 751hp to the wheels with 93 octane at 14psi of boost and 16 degrees of timing. With the larger Precision 61mm ball-bearing turbos, Emanuele has yet to dyno the combo, but figures it's worth roughly 825hp to the wheels.
Emanuele does all his own work right in his garage, everything from programming his own tune-ups on EFILive software, to welding up his own stainless steel headers and induction plumbing. The LS1 build-up was the biggest ordeal, which required lots of deal hunting and planning. "I sold my old motor for $12 grand, and built my LS1 twin turbo for the same amount," says Emanuele. "I put together a complete list of every single part, right down to the nuts and bolts. I kept putting up posts on forums looking for parts to find good deals, and I did!"


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WHEELING - At one point Monday at WesBanco Arena, the Wheeling Nailers had four players - Chris Barton, Denver Manderson, Cody Chupp and Peter Lenes - who scored a combined 98 goals in 2011, watching practice. Wheeling coach Clark Donatelli acknowledges taking that type of skill out of anybody's lineup would hurt, but says the team simply has to fight through it.
The Nailers (3-7-3 - 9), who dating back to last season have won three times in regulation during their last 27 games, and just six times overall, are back in action Wednesday night when they welcome the Evansville Icemen (5-10-1 - 11) to town for the first time.
No matter who is in the lineup though, the result is, by most accounts, unacceptable. Wheeling ranks last points earned (also in attendance, by the way), 22 of 23 in goals scored, 20th on the power play and 21st in penalty killing.
''We've got to hold ourselves accountable. I hold myself accountable for everything that is going on here, so I have to get better,'' Donatelli said. ''The team has to get better and we have to prepare and make sure these guys are ready to go.
''We've got to do the little things. The little things are adding up and becoming big things. Everything is magnified right now.''
Things would seem to be setting up well for the Nailers to stop their six-game losing skid. They play Evansville (Wednesday), Cincinnati, which is without goaltender Brian Foster, on Saturday and then Trenton, which has cooled considerably since a torrid start, next Wednesday. Making it better is the fact all of those games are at home, where the Nailers have earned all three of their victories.
''We can't take anyone lightly right now,'' Donatelli said. ''We went into into Evansville and got beat - they scored four power-play goals.
''They beat Cincinnati the other day.''
Despite the long stretch without coming out on the right side of the scoreboard, Donatelli believes the players' spirits remain high. Nearly all of them stayed on the ice to get extra work following practice.
''We had a good meeting (Monday) morning with the guys and layed it all on the table,'' the coach said. '' If anyone had anything to say, this was the time.
''It's a good opportunity for some of these other guys to step up.''
Wheeling played just once last week, losing 6-1 on Saturday at Toledo. The Walleye jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and never looked back in gaining their third straight victory against the Nailers. The game was the debut of forwards Matt Germain and Luke Pither.
''We've go to simplify our game and we've got to try to get more shots on the net. We've got to get to the hard areas,'' Donatelli said. ''We've got to go to the net and get those ugly goals. When is the last time we got an ugly goal?
''A shot, rebound and a guy crashing the net? That's something that everyone can do.''
Donatelli revealed that forward Denver Manderson is out for the season and will undergo surgery a week from today to repair the labrum in his left shoulder. ... Adam Payerl was to see a neurologist later Monday and could be returning to the lineup soon, as could Chupp. ... Goaltender Scott Darling was back at practice after being released from a PTO by Hamilton.


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1939 Studebaker Coupe - The BossWritten by Brandan Gillogly on July 2, 2013 Contributors: Wes Allison The History of Hot Rodding
Randy and Yvonne Davis from Littletown, Pennsylvania, became friends with Charlie Garrett when they purchased one of his former race cars—a '33 Willys—in 1978. In 2010, Randy was considering another steel-bodied Willys Gasser project and looked again to Charlie, whose interest in his long-since-sold Gasser—a '39 Studebaker that was featured in the Jan. '67 issue of HOT ROD—steered Randy to look for the car, dubbed "The Boss."
Randy and Yvonne began searching for The Boss and learned that it had continued to race and had been wrecked. Assuming the car was gone, the couple began buying parts and donor cars to build a replica. They had already bought three Studebaker donors when some of the photos they'd posted on www.JalopyJournal.com in November 2010 caught the attention of the car's then-owner. Stored in Delaware since 1980, its firewall and the floor were gone, along with the front axle and drivetrain, but the body was solid. Well, it did have hundreds of holes drilled in the body's structure, but that fit the car's racing past. Randy and Yvonne purchased the Stude and showed it to Charlie to confirm it was indeed The Boss. Charlie put a magnet on the hinges, and it didn't stick. It had to be The Boss. The factory Studebaker hinges were steel, and Charlie had cast duplicates in aluminum to remove weight from the front of the car, just one of a number of weight-saving modifications he made in the early '60s.
Over the course of the next two years, the car was returned to its late-'65 state with many period-correct pieces along with a few faithful reproductions. The car was finished just before it was transported to our Homecoming show, where it made its unofficial debut. It has since been kept under wraps on the East Coast. Randy and Yvonne have planned a special unveiling for Charlie, who helped in the restoration but hasn't seen the completed car.
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Charlie employed a lot of weight-saving techniques to the front of the car, including the use of aluminum sheet in place of the factory grille.We wondered if the original car could have been this detailed, but Randy tells us "The whole front end of this car was all chrome-plated, and he Charlie was known for having nice, clean, sanitary cars."While Yvonne and Randy kept the Crane Cams lettering that match the car as it was featured in 1967, the Chevy small-block uses an Isky 505 solid-lifter cam—the same grind that was used in an earlier version of the engine.Donny's Auto upholstery in nearby Gettysburg reproduced the red-and-black vinyl as Charlie helped Randy and Yvonne get many of the details right, like the correct Covico steering wheel. In keeping with lightweight parts, the seats are from a VW Beetle.A '65 Hilborn injection setup sits atop a '64 327 small-block bored 0.030 over. Although the car's original injection was an earlier model, Randy did get the spot-on-correct Packard spark-plug wires.Someone had started converting the Stude into a street rod at some point in the '70s and had installed a Mustang II front suspension. Heresy! The period-correct Willys spindles and Hurst Airheart brakes are from the '33 Willys that Randy purchased from Charlie in 1978.
While weight was saved wherever possible up front, plenty of ballast was added to the rear. In addition to dual batteries, lead was added to the bumper.The rear wheels are perfect reproductions of the originals, which were specially drilled for six lugs, and the cheater slicks are from Hurst.


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|32 youth teams expected for Imperial, Neb. tourney
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Basketball teams in grades 4-6 will converge on Imperial, Neb. Saturday, March 2 for the annual Imperial Youth Basketball Tournament.
Games will start in four gyms at 8 a.m. Sites include the Longhorn and Shorthorn gyms at the school on East 9th St., as well as the gym at the Wellington School at 10th and Wellington Streets. The Longhorn gym will be divided into two courts.
Other communities sending teams to the tournament include Wauneta-Palisade, Neb., Perkins County, Neb., Dundy County-Stratton, Neb., Paxton, Neb., Holyoke and St. Francis, Kan.
A total of 32 teams will compete in the tourney, according to coordinator Alex McNair, some of which will open with pool play. Other grade levels will have bracketed contests.
Those interested in tournament schedules can pick them up at McNair Agency in Imperial this week.
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With the help of a quarter million dollars from the state, local officials have started to lay a financial foundation for a long-discussed downtown hotel and conference center.
Plans to situate lodging and meeting space near Carroll Creek have been in the works for some time, and now, the City of Frederick will have some funds for land acquisition, design and engineering. In the 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly, lawmakers agreed to set aside $250,000 for the first stages of the building effort. Approval for the funding came as the city awaits the completion of a study examining whether the local market is hungry for such a facility, according to city officials.
Feedback from the group running the study has been positive, said Josh Russin, executive assistant to Frederick Mayor Randy McClement, but a full report won't likely be ready until May.
Major employers in the area are certainly eager to see the facility built, said Ric Adams, president of the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, and he added that the state dollars are a big step forward.
"Hurray!" he said. "It gets us some seed money to start ahead."
Russin said the city must match funds with the state, and McClement has accounted for this in his proposed fiscal 2013 budget. Because of this, the hotel project now could have a combined total of $500,000 for its design phase, slated to begin in July and end two years later, according to documents supporting the request for state dollars. As a vociferous advocate for the project, Delegate Galen Clagett pushed to include the funding in the Maryland capital budget for fiscal 2013.–
Not everyone believes the money necessarily signals that the project is on a roll, however.
"I'm pleased that Galen was able to get the money. … Hopefully they (city leaders) will find a good use for it. I hope it's not used in a way that hurts us in the future," Sen. Ron Young said.
Before the building site or developer has been chosen, spending the money wisely could present a challenge to city officials, he said.
The city hasn't yet decided how to divide the money, according to Earl Robbins, who chairs a team of project stakeholders. They also have yet to nail down key deadlines, such as the date for selecting the building location. However, they hope to solicit information soon about various downtown properties that could be the future site for a 200-room hotel with at least 14,000 square feet of meeting space, he said.
And having money on hand for engineering and design will prompt more forward motion, Clagett argued.
But not all of Clagett's efforts met with success this session.
He also sponsored legislation to raise the county's hotel tax rate from 3 to 5 percent and allocate some of the added revenue to the city for capital projects such as the hotel and conference center. However, the idea drew opposition from other members of the county delegation, such as Young, who said taxing local hotels to help support a competing facility was unfair.
Adams said he thinks a downtown facility that would draw large conferences would have a spillover effect that would benefit other establishments. Clagett agreed.
"We know one of the economic engines for tourism in the county is Frederick city," Clagett said, expressing frustration that some of his initiatives this session fizzled. "Sometimes I have to scratch my old bald head and say, 'What's the motivation here?'"
Clagett said he plans to reintroduce the hotel tax bill next session.
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Meridian nurse Candi Dunlap and her husband Marc were reminded just how thankful they are for their family and friends on Thanksgiving.
The Dunlap's celebrated the holiday at a friend's home and were extremely grateful to be there and not still in Macedonia. Candi was jailed there for several weeks after trying to leave the country with a rare set of coins. A Macedonian judge recently released her from custody and allowed her to return home.
"I'm so thankful for everybody and everything, all my family and friends," Candi Dunlap said on Thanksgiving Day. "It's hard to explain how much you don't think about what you have until it could be gone. I have the best family and friends, the best community ever, and I could never be more thankful for every one of them."
Last week, Dunlap became a grandmother. Her son and daughter-in-law welcomed a child.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) - Beginning January 2013 the main toll plaza rate will increase from $1.50 to $1.75 and the ramps will go from 75 cents to $1.00, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors said.
Airport authorities voted on the increase on Wednesday for the next two years but deferred a decision on toll rates for 2015, due to potential additional funding. The rates for 2014 are slated to be $2.50 for the main plaza.
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