Hello all, I thought I would give a brief report from the Midwest Nitro Champs this last week in Ohio.
After a almost 5 months break from racing I was well over due for some nitro! Needless to say the trigger finger was a bit rusty and the turnout for Pro class was full of talented drivers, so my finishes weren't exactly what I would have wanted. But spending a weekend racing with friends was a great time and Neal's P5's were absolutely a joy to drive.
I had an opportunity to do a little pipe and header testing before leaving and settled on Nova 9886's for both mills with a Nova 41021 short smooth on the buggy and a Nova 41019 short square on the truggy. Both motors had maybe a little over a half gallon going into practice on Thursday, so they are still seating in and certainly have not yet reach peak performance. That being said the power and fuel economy was impressive on both mills. The power delivery felt very smooth and controlled while at the same time very strong all the way through the low and mid range, enough so in fact the consistently pull other cars on the somewhat short straight away. Due to the size of the track I was not able to see the top end, though it was very apparent every time I was jumping on the breaks that there was a great deal of revs left to go in the upper range. The fuel economy was very good and I was coming off of 10 minute practice runs with 40-50cc's left in the tank. Indoors on smaller foot print tracks usually yield higher run times of course but this is still very good mileage for a modded motor.
I am very excited to get this season started and get these mills on a big outdoor track were they can really breathe!

Trent Kirk