WEATHER OR NOT – Mopar Action Article Extra
The Mopar Nats soldiered on into its 33rd annual running at National Trail in Columbus, OH. “The show must go on” is the slogan of the Nats folks who obviously have a lot tied up in the event. So barring a biblical-grade earthquake, tsunami or Jim Bielenda getting a hangnail, the Nats must go on.
While the forecast of some drizzle would cast a pall of discouragement over a lesser Mopar show, the Nats folks put on their smiley faces and shrugged off even the rain that shortened the racing activities. ‘Course you know how show car folks are, freaking out if their cars get damp, but only a couple of cars actually dissolved into molten pools with bits of upholstery floating around in them due to the rain. In racing, participants got a crack at the Nats’ 20 grand payout . New this year was 1/8-mile running in the Quick 16 and Super Pro categories. More and more tracks are doing this and since the cars are setup this way. The Nats had no complaints on this so they’ll do it again next year. New for this event was a Gamblers race, with two classes, “1/8-Mile Box” and “1/4-Mile No Box”. The turnout was huge. Winner in the “Box classification was Jim Anthony, of Baltimore, OH in his 1985 Omni, running a 6.05@112.95 to R/U Eric Deakin, of Venetia, PA in his 1968 Dart which ran a 5.8@116.81. In the “No Box” category, it was an all Barracuda final with Jason Wheatcraft, of Jamestown, OH running a 10.03@131.10, beating out Rob Nixon, of Westchester, OH in his 1969 Barracuda, 10.41@127.02. Show highlights saw Best of Show – Car, going to John Thayler, with his bright orange 1970 Road Runner. Best of Show – Truck, was won by Joanna Bartosh, Webster, WI with her 1958 W100 the exhibition cars. A complete list of winners see “2013 Nationals Results”. Here are some show snippets that did not appear in print captured by TheBruntBros as they made their rounds between the food stands and Port-A-Potties.
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