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Our car at Central Illinois Dragway. Havana Illinois.

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2013, 11:25:52 AM »
Good looking car Who built the chassis?

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2013, 01:52:49 PM »
I don't know. We bought the car in Ozark Mo. several years ago. He told us it was a CA. car. It's a new car now with up dates and a 6.00 cert.
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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2013, 03:42:36 PM »
Love it!!!

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2013, 08:38:15 PM »
Love it!!!

Thank you. Here is a link to a video taken at our home track.

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2013, 05:42:43 AM »
Link to a picture from our fall race. September 7th. We are match racing the Colorado Hemi car of Sammy Rice.

http://www.danricksphotos.com/CentralIllinoisDragway2013/Central-Illinois-Dragway-9-7/31778511_tww3WV#!i=2756289298&k=45McXMT&lb=1&s=X3

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2015, 06:20:12 AM »
George, can you post some recent pictures of your car? Thanks!

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2015, 07:24:13 AM »
It's still in pieces but we should have it back together in a few weeks. I will post some pix soon.

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2015, 07:37:29 AM »
2014 pix.

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Re: The Alewelt- Burns Front Engine Dragster. Nostalgia Quick Series.
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2015, 12:03:58 PM »
Looks great George! Have you run it through a 1/4 mile yet? Did the canards come from N&P? How do you like the way it feels with the wings?

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« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2015, 05:48:30 PM »
Looks great George! Have you run it through a 1/4 mile yet? Did the canards come from N&P? How do you like the way it feels with the wings?

Thanks! No, we have not ran it on a quarter. We have ran with the Nostalgia Quick Series the last three seasons and all of our races are 1/8 mile and with 8 series races on the 2015 calendar it's unlikely we will. Yes, we bought a wing kit from N & P and built from there. The kit is everything except the skin and end plate. I don't drive the car but from what Doug has told me it didn't make a noticeable difference but we added the wings when we were a small injected setup and only running 135-138 in the 1/8. I decided to add them because of a traction issue in the transition from concrete to asphalt at our local track. The track was repaved last year and problem is no more. Doug has suggested we add a wicker bill to the backside of the wings and that may happen before we start this season.