Price Racing

2003: THE BREAKOUT YEAR?

To answer that question we must first review the progress Price Racing has accomplished since our last update, almost a year ago. We hope time will allow us to update our pages more frequently in 2003!

The first major change in 2002 was the move of Todd Estal into the driver's seat of the "Hired Gun" Nova. Steve Von Ehrenkrook, the original Hired Gun of Price Racing foresaw that he was not going to be able to race the Hired Gun Nova on a regular basis because of family commitments and his work schedule in 2002. Todd was in the process of building his ART 34 Chevy Roadster and financial restraints were slowing the progress on that project so Guy Price asked Todd if he might be interested in "wheeling" the Hired Gun Nova and he emphatically answered: "Yes!"

After spending a lot of time attempting to get the Hired Gun Nova to hook up Todd was able to make chassis adjustments which have paid dividends as 2002 came to a close (more on this later). Other input Todd has provided to make the Hired Gun a threat each time he pulls it to the line is his knowledge and ability to refine the fuel delivery process on the Ron's Flying Toilet fuel injection system which sets atop the 359 c.i. small block.

Through the use of a leakdown tester Todd was able to set the barrel valve to attain maximum performance while also making the car more economical to run using just over 1.5 gallons of alcohol per pass. Seat time makes for a more consistent race vehicle and by the end of the season Todd was showing that he will be a big threat while representing Price Racing again in 2003! He won the bonus race at Southwestern International Raceway's Super Chevy event and went to the final four in the Pro (electronics) class the next day.

Price Racing's "old man", Guy Price, continued his consistency threat throughout the year in his Priceless One Again Camaro and picking up his first ever Team points race win at Firebird International Raceway. He made several rounds in the team races and ended the year in the number 5 position at the end of the year in the points standings. The same was true at Southwestern International Raceway in Tucson where, despite missing the final two races of the year, Guy was able to end up in 10th position a that track as well.

"The big highlight of the year for the "Priceless One Again" Camaro and the "Priceless Too" Camaro driven by daughter Jami was the double win we had at the Pro Nitro Event at Firebird," Guy says. Guy won the electronics class and Jami took home the bigger purse with her win the non-electronics class. Look for lower ET's and more mph out of the Priceless One Again Camaro in 2003 as more cube inches are being added to the gas powered small block over the winter to hopefully push horsepower well into the 600 range and low 10 second elapsed times.

Jami, in her Priceless Too Camaro had what might be called an "off year" for her as she was not able to participate as much as in the past due to family commitments and time spent helping daughter Kayla get adjusted to bracket racing in here Desert Angel Junior Dragster.

Kayla is looking forward to 2003 to becoming a real threat with her new Raptor III motor installed and running well at the end of 2002. "The Raptor III is extremely consistent compared to the prior alcohol motor," says Kayla's "new dad" and crew chief, Joe Neu. He adopted Jami's daughter from a prior marriage in 2002. In testing the car ran 11.70's consistently at 55 mph. Efforts now will be directed at slowing the car to 12.90 or slower ET's as required for 9 year olds.

ODDS & ENDS

During 2002 Price Racing became more involved with www.dragraceresults.com even more by participating in all of the Desert Class races and is looking forward to participating to the fullest in 2003.

"We hope to become better acquainted with our family of DRR friends" says Guy Price, "and become more familiar with others from across the country while adding them and their race vehicles to our 'DRR Clan' photo page." Take a look at the Clan page for photos of Price Racing friends and DRR racers elsewhere on the website.