Tim and Nancy Nemeth are really looking forward to their first event of the year this weekend at
their home track, Mission Raceway for the BC Lordco Nationals. The local fan favourites from
Chilliwack BC have been very busy over the winter getting the Camaro ready for the 2009 season.
They made a few changes to the combination over the winter, and are also busy working on their new
Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car. They are hoping to debut it for their national open in July. For this
weekend they will concentrate on dialing in the new combination in the Alky flopper. "We are trying
a few different things to make the car more consistent and quicker. It will take a solid and
strong performance for us to compete against the likes of Clint Thompson and Brian Hough". With
perfect weather at the sea level track we should be able to improve on our career bests.
On Friday, Tim ran a solid 5.81@246 to put him in the #4 spot in the field. It was a real good
starting point for the first run of the year. In round two, only a slight improvement to a
5.811@248, but he dropped down to the #5 spot in the field. For the final round, they got more
aggressive on the starting line, but the car spun the tires a bit, and the timers stopped at a
5.821@248. Very consistent overall, but they really wanted to run a 5.70 in the last lap. If you
could dial in a TAFC, we would be looking pretty solid heading into eliminations. Tim will face
Clint Thompson in round one.
In round one, Tim had a great .020 light and looked to be on a strong run when the car fell on its
face and broke. Tim coasted down track and could only watch Clint blow by.
"It started off great, but the valve train let go 2 seconds into the run, and that was all she
wrote, stated Tim after the run. We will go back and look at the data and take the engine apart and
get it ready for the next event".
Tim and Nancy would like to thank our sponsors TDN Constructors group, Demidoff Equipment, Barry
Hamel Equipment, Corporate Electric, Pennzoil, Chicago Pheumatic, and Jet Equipment Canada
Tim and Nancy would also like to thank the crew including veteran Top Alcohol owner/tuner Ken
Sitko, Fred Voller, Marc Campbell, Greg Edinger, Pete Shuttleworth, Lance Nemeth and Annika Nemeth.
