Nova Finally Broke into the 40’s! – 2020 Season Wrap Up December 11, 2020 / December 11, 2020 by John Heard 2020 was a decent year for Chris & I racing the Nova, besides all this Covid Crap we all want to forget about. We runnered up and won a race in go figure, Outlaw 10.5 this year. X275, well we didn't do so well in that class but I think we learned a few things and had a great time going to many tracks racing. This year we raced at HRP at Baytown, Texas, Tulsa Raceway Park, WWT..... Read more »
Nova 2019 Season Wrap Up December 11, 2019 / December 12, 2019 by John Heard 2019 was a decent year for us. While we didn’t win a single race, we did go some rounds, got to the final round (rain out) and made some improvements. The Nova finally got out of the 60’s this year gaining over a tenth improvement down to a 4.50 flat and a new 1.06 60′ time which frankly surprised me a bit. Looking back at data and combining front half and back half runs, I have no doubt in my mind on a perfect pass it could go a 4.48, we just didn’t quite get the time to get it put together this year. Due to an emergency appendectomy, I wasn’t able to race the entire season and missed a few races but on a positive note I lost over 10lbs after surgery! Read more »
Nova First Race for 2019 Results March 26, 2019 / March 26, 2019 by John Heard Our first race of the season at Texas Motorplex March 9th resulted in some good improvements and a new PB of 4.55@156.9 which we were happy to see. Winter chassis changes - new Larry Hunt modified Cal-Vert Split Mono Springs, Smith Assassin Bars and a TRZ Girth Brooks Anti-Roll Bar worked pretty good - well except during the $250 "Test" session which was more no-prep than a Radial Prep. When the track started to prep like they should the car came around and hooked, 4.70's, 4.60's then in Q3 it laid down a 4.55. We made it to E2 before being stopped in our tracks by Shane Heckle who went on to win the race, but I was happy regardless. The changes we'd made didn't result in screwing the car up which is usually the case, and we went quicker than ever before. Unfortunately were fighting an issue with the nitrous solenoids not pulsing quite right with a big dip at launch, so I'm working to fix that issue now for the next race, but it still was laying down 1.11/1.10 60's pretty consistently once they prepped the track. Also have a few tuneup related adjustments that need made, I'm pretty sure we can get a few more numbers out of it once we get things adjusted / fixed, hoping to get in the .40's this season if possible. Read more »
