Joliet, Illinois -- I think I first realized we might be headed for trouble when the weather forecast for the Chicago area showed much of the same. For several weeks, record heat had gripped all of the Midwest and it didn't look like that hot streak was going to snap anytime soon.

As the NMCA Super Bowl of Drag Racing drew near, I freshened up the engine with new pistons from Diamond and Tim made a few changes to our race car's suspension and driveline, hoping that it would lead to the consistency we need as a foundation to make our car quicker. A change in rear shocks, brand new PAC Suspension Springs on all four corners, and a gear ratio change seemed like a "sure thing" to me.

Tim really wanted to test at one of the local drag strips the weekend before the NMCA event, just to make sure the changes we made weren't too dramatic. I argued against it on the basis that 105 degrees is just too hot for attempting to learn anything from a car we've struggled with for so long. I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to get the car to go down an overheated, hot & greasy drag strip and that the test may just end in broken parts. To me, it just wasn't worth the risk with such a big event just days away. Besides, these changes were a "sure thing", right?!
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	Drowning In Red Ink Be sure to run out & get yourself a copy or two of the January 2011 edition of 'Drag Racer' magazine! Inside you'll find a great 5 page feature on the Pelech Bros. Racing Camaro by nitro-stained writer, Bob McClurg. Suspended without Pay! Be sure to run out & get yourself a copy or two of the January 2011 edition of 'Drag Racer' magazine! Inside you'll find a great 5 page feature on the Pelech Bros. Racing Camaro by nitro-stained writer, Bob McClurg. Building A Better Mouse Trap Even though our return to competitive drag racing wasn’t exactly ‘competitive’, we didn’t dwell on the discouraging. Instead, we focused on the positive and channeled that into getting this car ‘right’ and going in the ‘right’ direction.