Nova Something Wicked This Way Comes… July 24, 2018 / November 2, 2018 by John Heard After a nuclear meltdown early this season that made the guys from Chernobyl jealous, it was time to retire "Frank" the engine I've been running in the Nova since 2007. Frank served me well but he was seriously out of date compared to what the other guys in X275 are running. You just can't run with the new stuff with 11 year old parts, specifically heads that is. Since I melted #2 & #8 chambers down in our old original Sniper Heads, it was time to step up our game finally. Read more » Automotive Machine Big Block Nitrous Brodix Bullet Racing Cams Neil & Parks Pro-Filer Performance Sniper XL Speier Racing Heads Vincent Performance X275
Nova Out Early for 2018 April 16, 2018 / April 16, 2018 by John Heard Chris and I had a minimal number of changes to the car over the winter, so we were able to get out for the first race of the season in our area at the Midwest Promod Series X275 Race at Texas Motorplex. It was a mad thrash getting ready for that race, not so much on the race car, but getting some repairs done on the Motorhome before the race. Very much last minute, we got all loaded up and was able to leave by 10pm and drove all night to get to the track by 5 am. Luckily we didn't wake up Gaylen Smith when we rolled in beside him in the pits at 5! Read more »
Nova 2017 Ozark Raceway Park Championship September 25, 2017 / October 23, 2017 by John Heard Chris & I were undefeated in 2017 at Ozark Raceway Park, we won the big Street Machines race which sealed our points lead to win the Championship as well. This was pretty sweet as last year we came oh so close and runnered up in points. We also broke the track record twice this year, once with a 4.67, then again at Street Machines with a 4.63 which didn’t last long. Read more »
