Vol 25 Iss 3 - The Lone Star Performance Buick Club

Inside QT:
18th Annual Buick VS Ford Shootout in
Noble, Oklahoma
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Officers Notes & Calendar
 Redline Race series
 TMCCC series 2013
 IFO Deep Six
 Buick vs Ford
 A blast from the past
Officers :
We did get beat by the Fords pretty good this year but our LSPBC
members did have some good runs. I know Carl Brimer ran a best
ET in the 13.30 range in his nice STS-V, pretty damn good for a 5K
pound car.
Geoff Newton took his ‘87 GN down to a 12.18 @ 109mph on 23lbs
of boost with hardly any tuning. This car will be in the 11’s easy.
Thanks to all who came out and supported our club and the event.
President:
David Newton
Vice President:
Mike Mahalik
Secretary
Victor Segovia
Treasurer:
Tim Thompson
Show Director:
Open position
Race Director:
Brian Allen
Webmaster:
Carl Brimer
Newsletter:
David Newton
Photography as Noted
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Geoff’s ‘87 GN parked in the pits next to the Legend!
A Word From the President
A Word From the VP
Another year down the drain. Oops I mean another year in the books. Almost blew that one. :)
Just a couple of reminders our Xmas party is set
for Saturday Dec. 7th, details on page 6.
Well folks, it’s that time of year again! The
season is winding down and we can start either
repairing everything we tore up this year or
planning the big winter modifications. Or if
you’re one of the few people that can actually
leave your car alone, put it away for the winter
and have it ready for next season. Either way
it’s been a fun season with some new faces
along the way and some great events throughout the year. For those involved with Power
Tour that was a trip that will not be forgotten,
and it was great to see how many Turbo Buicks
were on that. As for our Redline race series, I
think this is the most entries I’ve seen since
I’ve been in the club so that’s great! There was
some very good racing and points chasing going on and of course, some great hanging out at
the track. It was great to meet some of the new
members that joined up this year too and get to
see their cars. The dyno event went well and I
think would be a great event to make more
regular for us as a club to, everyone who came
out for that had a blast. I always hate to see the
season wind down because that means we don’t
get to get together with the cars as often and
hangout, but there are still a few more events to
make it to before it’s all over! And don’t forget
we always have the Christmas party to look forward to as well! It was a great season and I’m
glad you all participated with us, and hope you
can all make it back next year! Don’t forget,
just because there aren’t any events over the
winter months doesn’t mean we still can’t be
Going Fast With Class!!
Also don’t forget our Deep Six event at Ennis on
Sunday Nov. 10th. We need your support for this
event. Tell the Gate “DEEP 6”
It is open to anyone and any vehicle* so invite your
friends. It is a 100% payout the higher the car
count the bigger the payout. And it is our digression on how we payout. The total we pay at the
gate is what we get back from IFO. Details on
page 10 of this newsletter.
* This is a change from previous D6 events. Bring
‘em out guy/gals anyone any car.
LSPBC Treasurer Report October 2013
01/01/13 Balance $2,457.39
08/13/13 Balance $2,0.32.28
8/13/2013-10/23/2013
Income Dues & Racing $235.00
Payments Noble & Web Domain $353.31
Balance ending $1914.27 as of 10/23/2013
Tim Thompson LSPBC Treasurer
BIG BAD BUICK T-SHIRTS
These will be available at each of the LSPBC
events and club meetings for $15.00 each.
These are currently out of stock.
Stay tuned coming soon.
Welcome back old members
and new members for 2013!
Darren Gibbs B371
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see pg 11
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2013 Redline Race Series Rules
$10.00 (paid to LSPBC) to bracket race, you must be a current LSPBC member to enter and your vehicle must be
Buick or Buick powered in order to be eligible for Buick points. Vehicles that are Non Buick or Non Buick powered
will be eligible for Non Buick points (see Points below) Memberships and renewals are available on location.
1. Street cars only*, No delay boxes, and No throttle stops are allowed.
2. Any tire is ok. DO NOT burnout past the starting line. This will result in an automatic disqualification.
3. You may race any brand/model of car you want and win money at the monthly races and be eligible for the point
series.
4. You must be a paid club member to run brackets. Club dues are $25 annually.
5. The monthly payouts are pending car count. Therefore, more cars = a higher payout. Payouts are for 1st, 2nd &
3rd places.
All time trials will be run out of lane 4 with one exception. If you are running street tires and get in line early,
6:30pm, please line up in lane 3 for your first pass. Redline officials like to run cars with slicks for the first 10-15
pairings from lane 4. We do not want to block lane 4 with street tire cars early. All time trials will be out of lane 4 after 7pm for LSPBC racers.
2013 Rule Additions:
1. All LSPBC racers are required to meet in the pits with the race director at 8:30pm to pay their entry fee and
draw for positions. Drawing order will determine your position on the standard "Sportsman Ladder" rather than
your qualifying time. Do not be late or you will be left out!*
2. The ladder will be set up prior to 9:00pm to determine the pairings or bye run if applicable.
3. The higher seeded racer for each pairing will have lane choice.
4. All eliminations will be out of lanes 5 and 6 and start at 9pm sharp.
5. Breaking or not showing will result in an automatic loss and a win for your opponent. You must stage and break
the starting line beams under your vehicle's own power to receive credit.
6. Redline has requested that the racers to be ready to run in 5 minutes from when they call us to the lanes.
Therefore, know who your opponent for the next round is as soon as possible.
Buick or Buick Powered Points:
10 points are earned for each round in which you make a qualified run.
5 bonus points will awarded to the event winner.
Non-Buick or Non-Buick Powered Points:
9 points are earned for each round in which you will make a qualified run.
4 bonus points will be awarded to the event winner.
All points are assigned to the driver:
This will allow a driver to cumulatively earn either Buick or Non Buick points at each event based on the vehicle registered. A driver will not be eligible for both Buick and Non-Buick points at the same race event.
The top three season points leaders will be awarded at the year end LSPBC Christmas party. ($$$ TBD)
The following event dates are subject to revision as a result of a rainout or unforeseen circumstances:
1. April 13th
2. May 11th
3. June 8th
4. July 13th
5. August 10th
6. September 14th
7. UPDATED October 26th This is a new date for this race!
David Newton - LSPBC Race Director
LSPBC Race Series
Point standings for 2013
After 6 of 7 races
1) Geoff Newton
2) Tim Thompson
3) David Newton
4) Kyle Faulkner
5) Levi Taylor
6) Mike Faulkner
7) Tony Rossi
8) Bob Schuck
9) Randy Glossup
10) Duke McClain
11) David Ellis
12) Jimmy Pruett
13) Dave Whitten
14) Sherry Faulkner
15) Mike Mahalik
16) Shane Murray
17) Patrick Smith
18) Carrie Glossup
19) Jack Laswell
20) Tim Winn
21) Dana Thompson
22) Joe McClain
23) JR Arrington
24) Rob Downey
149 points
145 points
138 points
125 points
90 points
85 points
70 points
67 points
60 points
50 points
40 points
40 Points
40 points
36 points
30 points
27 points
20 points
18 points
18 points
18 points
10 points
10 points
09 points
09 points
Club Meeting
The next meeting will be at the
Clubs Xmas Party, it will be held at
Levi Taylor’s home in Plano.
Starts about 5pm and last till whenever.
Address 3229 Monette Ln. Plano TX
75025. Hope to see you there!
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TMCCC 2013
“Welcome to the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge. The TMCCC is the largest club against club racing
series in the country and possibly the world. It was founded by a group of muscle car owners that liked to
race their cars but didn't want to race in a weekly bracket series. Soon after the first few events, more
clubs in the area started showing interest and before you knew it, the series had grown into 9 events covering most of north Texas and Oklahoma. With car counts exceeding 200 at many of the races, we have
proven that muscle cars are here to stay.”
“Every club races for points to see who are the true champions in the muscle car world and a driver reward program tracks individual drivers points to see who is the best in each class. Each year there is a
rewards banquet where the top clubs and drivers are honored and presented with very nice trophies and
prizes. The overall points champion also receives free entry to all of the next years races.“
March 10th Texas Raceway in Kennedale
March 24th Texas Motorplex in Ennis
April 7th North Star Dragway in Denton
April 21st Dallas Raceway in Crandall
May 5th North Star Dragway in Denton
June 2nd Texas Raceway in Kennedale
September 8th Texas Motorplex in Ennis
September 29th Ardmore Raceway in Ardmore,OK
October 13th Redline Raceway in Caddo Mills
October 27th Texas Raceway in Kennedale
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K
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TMCCC Club Rep David Newton
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3A series Standings Points/car count after 8 of 10 races
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2.
3.
4.
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7.
DAPA
173/59
SDRA
147/61
Red River CC
147/63
TX ST Racers
130/31
LS Cougar club
119/28
DFW LX
104/49
Dallas Area Chevys 101/35
8. Torque Central
9. Lake City Mopars
10. LSPBC
11. Dallas Mopar
12. Gas House gang
13. TX Outsiders
101/34
86/31
63/21
48/26
22/09
19/06
Import Face Off Deep Six Class Nov. 10, 2013
LSPBC Xmas Party 2013
As I know... you have been waiting for our Christmas party this year ! We will be at Levi Taylor’s
home in Plano. Yes this is a repeat performance from last year. We thank the Taylors in advance for
opening up their wonderful home to the club once again.
The address is 3229 Monette Lane Plano,TX 75025. Starts at 5pm
We will be playing the exchange gift game again, it is a $20 limit please. One gift per person in
your party. We will also hold Officer elections for 2014, so please attend so you can be heard.
Each person is asked to bring a dish, we will start a food list on our forum so keep watch for that.
2013 Buick VS Ford in Noble, Oklahoma
Above: Mike and Sherry hanging with Geoff & Kathleen. Below: Geoff gets ready to make a pass.
The LSPBC was a proud sponsor of this years event
A blast from the past!
LSPBC Car Show in Lewisville
Geoff racing Dads GN at Little River Dragway
Rob Pahl’s GN powered Cobra at the club picnic
Chucks in Carrollton
David’s 72 GS 455 Clone at Autorama
Tim Winn’s Orange Crush at Redline Raceway
A path less traveled by Mike Mahalik
When people think of Turbo Buicks, most probably get one of two images in their
head. They either think of concourse level show cars that are all original or drag strip terrors that look
stock and run in the 10’s. Of course those are two extremes but most of the Turbo Buicks we come
across these days are some variation of those two; either mostly stock with some bolt on upgrades or
full out race car that’s no longer street legal. Then there’s the path I’ve decided on, not really a huge
departure from the mostly stock/bolt on route but I’m doing something with my GN that very few do.
I’m building my car for autocross.
For those of you unaware of what autocross is, it’s a time trial event where you run
a course built out of cones; normally in a large parking lot like what you would find at Texas Motor
Speedway. Cars are classed by performance so you won’t have a ZR1 Corvette and a bone stock
Honda Civic going head to head, although these matches may happen in the modified classes. There’s
a place for everything in autocross, from someone’s daily driver sedan to full out track cars and everything in between.
I started auto crossing the Buick a few years ago in the stock class where it fit,
which was essentially anything American and rear wheel drive with a V8. Most of the class is made
up of Camaros, Mustangs, pretty much any muscle car you can imagine and a large number of the
newer late model offering as well. The Grand National as always looked like a bit of a misfit in this
class as it was the only vehicle in F Stock with a V6. Believe it or not I could hold my own against
newer cars like the ’04-’06 GTO’s and some Mustangs and Camaros as well. It was very fun and educational to drive the GN in events like this, learning all of the shortcomings of an original, 25 year old
suspension. These cars really don’t handle as badly as people imagine either, but after a season or so I
wanted more out of the handling department. It was time to start upgrading.
I’ve always had the goal of building the car the way I envisioned it while retaining
a mostly stock appearance, that way the few people that do what the GN is don’t really expect anything out of it at an autocross. After looking at options to piece together an entire suspension from
cheaper offerings of mismatched parts, I decided to go the totally opposite route and buy the really
good stuff. I chose to go with Detroit Speed and Engineering products as I have yet to read anything
negative about them (other than the pricing) and I can say it was the best decision to date I have made
for the car. Other than the few sets of frame braces that are available for these cars, the only major
suspension upgrade I have made so far is the Detroit Speed shocks and springs, which drop the car 2
inches from stock. Generally shocks and springs aren’t a major event on most cars, but I can’t convey
how much it transformed the GN. Even with 25 year old bushings and the rest of the stock suspension
the car handled so much better it was really impressive.
Continued next page
I spent the 2012 autocross season (the few events I made it to) learning how hard I could push the car
and quickly realized that the BF Goodrich Radial TA’s were now the problem, I was at the limit of
those tires. So again, wanting to stay stock appearing I had an extra set of ’84-’85 T-Type wheels
around so I bought a set of BF Goodrich G Force Rival tires (I believe the first set in Texas as they
were brand new at the time). They weren’t quite the size I wanted but 15 inch sizes were limited so I
figured I’d give it a shot. It was another gamble worth taking! What the shocks and springs did for
the suspension the tires did it again, I could actually push the suspension now and the tires would
hang in there. The Rivals really are amazing street tires; I still have yet to find the limit of them on
the GN, even running the Texas Motor Speedway road course in rainy conditions!
So armed with the new tires, the 2013 season was a blast. I was now running in E
Street Prepared which is where all of the American V8 cars move up to when they are too heavily
modified for stock classes but not in the full race classes yet. I made it to five SCCA events, one of
which was the infield road course at Texas Motor Speedway along with the Fall Good Guys Autocross at TMS as well. For the SCCA events I took one 1st place and four 2nd place finishes, I was
very pleased with that! I beat a number of late model Mustangs as they seem to be the most common
in this class and all cars in this class have some suspension and engine work done too. At the Good
Guys event I finished 7th out of 29 cars and those were all late model vehicles. At that event I’ve
beaten numerous Camaros, Mustangs, Corvettes, and even some CTS-Vs of both generations! It’s
neat to see how many people get excited to see a GN at these events or in the case of the SCCA
events look at me like I’m nuts and at the wrong event, but after a few runs every body realizes the
car can hang in there.
At the last Good Guys Autocross there was a guy in a second generation CTS-V and he started complaining to me that he can never beat GN’s anywhere. He said he always gets beat by them at the
drag strip so he figured this would be his chance to beat one, well I finished about 3 seconds ahead of
him! He was going nuts! The Grand National gets respect anywhere it goes these days, but after a
season of doing pretty well at the SCCA events, it’s amazing how much respect that crowd gives it.
When I first started running with them, very few people would ask about the car other than why I
wasn’t at the drag strip. The last few events I’ve had numerous people telling me how much they
love watching my runs and how the GN is one of the most entertaining cars at the events. It’s a
whole new crowd to teach about the Dark Side!
All in all I’ve had a blast the last few years getting the car to the stage it’s at, and I
have the rest of the Detroit Speed product to get under my car still so it’s a work in progress, like they
all are. Who knows, maybe one of these years I’ll make it to a national SCCA event and really stir
things up! It’s fun to take the path less traveled in the car that I love and expose even more people to
the greatness that is Turbo Buicks.
2014
Date :___________
Lone Star Performance Buick Club
C/O David Newton
410 Rollingridge Lane
Garland, TX 75043
$25.00