Tom - Thanks for your help as an ambassador for this event! I'm glad to hear that you have a parade of Marauders coming. Hopefully we can convince some more to pre-register to help offset the front-end expenses. I'm looking forward to seeing you folks there.
BTW - we anticipate at least two, maybe three 9-second cars there this year. The 9-second Mark VII is a lightweight that has to add a few hundred pounds of ballast to meet the 3800-lb. minimum, but he ran a 9-second pass last year before breaking. The "big dog champion" last year, a 4500 lb. full interior Impala SS street car should break into the 9's this year too. I saw him run 10.90s last month "all motor" in 90-degree heat. With better air and his 2-stage N20 setup, he should be in the 9's in November for sure, as long as everything holds together.
We also expect a twin-turbo Impala SS owned by Keith Mease at Mease Performance Engineering in NJ to attend.
Nobody has seen this car run yet, but Keith swears that it will be in the 9s. Of course, her registered last year and was a "no show", so we'll just have to see what happens.
What are your predictions for the quickest Marauder? I saw a few really nice ones last year.