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Sky Sports adds more live Premier League fixtures to biggest-ever season
Sky Sports will show 17 LIVE Premier League matches in April as the season approaches a gripping climax.
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Viewers can enjoy 17 live matches on Sky Sports in April, including a record 16 fixtures involving teams currently in the top six, with a standout fixture Liverpool's game with Man City on April 13.
Sky Sports will also show Liverpool versus Chelsea on April 27, as well as an intriguing match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park on April 6.
April's live fixtures on Sky Sports
Chelsea v Stoke, Saturday 5 April, 5.30pm
Everton v Arsenal, Sunday 6 April, 1.30pm
West Ham United v Liverpool, Sunday 6 April, 4.00pm
Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland, Monday 7 April, 8.00pm
Arsenal v West Ham United, Sunday 13 April, 12.00pm
Liverpool v Manchester City, Sunday 13 April, 2.05pm
Swansea City v Chelsea, Sunday 13 April, 4.10pm
Hull City v Arsenal, Saturday 19 April, 5.30pm
Norwich City v Liverpool, Sunday 20 April, 12.00pm
Chelsea v Sunderland, Sunday 20 April, 2.05pm
Everton v Manchester United, Sunday 20 April, 4.10pm
Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion, Monday 21 April, 8.00pm
Manchester United v Norwich City, Saturday 26 April, 5.30pm
Sunderland v Cardiff City, Sunday 27 April, 12.00pm
Liverpool v Chelsea, Sunday 27 April, 2.05pm
Crystal Palace v Manchester City, Sunday 27 April, 4.10pm
Arsenal v Newcastle United, Monday 28 April, 8.00pm
Never before has Sky Sports shown so many matches featuring top of the table teams in one month, and the selections mean that during March and April, 29 of 33 live matches on Sky Sports will feature teams in the race for the Premier League title and Champions League qualification.
Only on Sky Sports can viewers enjoy in April:
- A record 16 matches involving at least one team from the current top six
- 17 teams in 17 live matches
- 13 of the month's 14 matches involving teams currently in the top four
- All of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool's fixtures live
- The current top four teams shown at least three times each
- Live coverage of the two top four head to head fixtures
- On average, four live matches each weekend of the month
- Three 'triple-header' Super Sundays
- Ten matches in nine days between 19 -28 April
Across March and April, Sky Sports viewers can therefore enjoy:
- 29 of 33 live matches featuring teams in Premier League and Champions League hunt
- All 20 teams live
- Nine fixtures featuring clashes between teams currently in the top seven
Sky Sports will also be the only place to watch the current top four teams in May, with at least seven live matches during the final two weeks of the season.
Jamie Carragher, Sky Sports football expert, said: "It's going to be an incredible end to an amazing season and I can't wait. It's the most important time of the season and Sky Sports is the best place to watch all the drama and excitement between now and the last day."
The Barclays Premier League is part of an unrivalled schedule of sport on Sky Sports which in March and April includes the UEFA Champions League, ICC World Twenty20, the Masters, Heineken Cup rugby, ATP Tennis and Formula 1 season.
All of Sky Sports' live matches will be available to watch in HD, on demand and on the go through Sky Go, the leading sports mobile TV service in the UK. Selected matches will also be shown in 3D.
To support the live match experience, Sky Sports customers can also benefit from the innovative Sky Sports smartphone and iPad apps, which offer additional viewing options and analysis.


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The role of women in our society is changing rapidly. Major legal breakthroughs in the last two decades have broadened women's economic opportunities. The Certificate Program in Women and Public Policy is a graduate-level program designed to help us understand these social changes. It is both for students who are enrolled in public-policy related graduate programs such as criminal justice, education, political science, public administration, public policy, social work, and sociology, and for members of the community who wish to upgrade their skills.
The goal of the 18-credit program is to increase women's influence in the policy process. The Certificate in Women and Public Policy is a separate program of study. However, it may be taken in conjunction with an existing graduate-level degree program. Interested students are encouraged to integrate their studies with other graduate programs.
Program of Study (18 credits, minimum)
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- A Wss 525/E Epl 525/R Pad 525/R Pos 525Q Feminist Thought and Public Policy;
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- Ssw 732Q Women and Social Welfare.
- One graduate course on public policy issues and their impact on women.
- One graduate course on skills effecting the public policy process.
- One graduate policy reasoning course.
- R Pub 507 Current Research Topics in Public Policy Analysis (1).

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PE Fund Invests in Dallas-Based Metals Service Center
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Harbert Private Equity Fund II, LLC, Birmingham, AL, acquired a majority interest in Arbor Metals, LP, Dallas, TX. Arbor, founded in 1984, is a $60-million processor of precision strip and coiled stainless steels and nonferrous alloys, and offers coil slitting and edging, blanking, toll processing and other services.
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Can Hollande beat Sarkozy? Socialists nominate "Monsieur Ordinary" (part 2)
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With next May's French presidential election shaping up as "Speedy Sarko" against "Monsieur Ordinary", can the moderate Socialist, self-deprecating François Hollande actually win? François Picard argues over the style and substance of the candidates.
- Thomas MELONIO. French Socialist Party National Council;
- Denis DEMONPION. Editor-in-chief, Le Nouvel Observateur Magazine;
- Marc PORTER. Vice President, Republicans Abroad France and Researcher at Euromed Management;
- Denis MaCSHANE. Labour MP; Former British Minister of European Affairs - from LONDON.


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Sports Headhunter - Graduate Recruitment Consultant
- Recruiter
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- Location
- City of London
- Salary
- 24000.00 - 40000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 07 Mar 2019
- Closes
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As UK's leading Sports Recruitment Company, we are currently looking to expand our growing consultancy team based in our headquarters located in the heart of London's Financial Sector. You will be working in the Headhunting division of our business responsible for finding talent within the business side of sport, whether that be Financial directors, Financial Advisors, Business developments consultants, HR officers or Social media executives.
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The successful candidates will join the company's already successful team in their head offices in London's' financial sector. Specialising in placing candidates across all experience levels into a variety of back office sporting positions. As with all recruitment roles, the position offers the opportunity to progress in a rapidly growing sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing a clear idea of the entire recruitment process as well as managing interviews for prospective candidates. Additionally, meeting with existing and new clients in order to better understand their needs. One on one training will be given from day one by a senior consultant enabling the candidate to learn from an experienced professional.
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Group Sends 21,000 Pizzas to US Military for Super Bowl
(NEW YORK) -- A non-profit group said that it sent 21,000 pizzas to members of the U.S. military for the Super Bowl, passing its goal of 20,000 pies.
Pizza 4 Patriots, a 501(c)3 registered non-profit based in Illinois, has been sending pizzas to military service members abroad for the last five years.
For Super Bowl 2013, the group's goal was to send 20,000 pizzas to service members in the Middle East.
Mark Evans, the retired Air Force master sergeant who started the organization, says he is still calculating how much money was raised through online and mailed donations, plus donated food and materials. For example, the pizzas required about 10,000 pounds of dry ice, at $1 a pound.
Private carrier DHL Express donated the shipping services. Many of the pizzas were air-dropped to service members in the field. The shipping company said it has worked with Pizza 4 Patriots to send more than 122,000 pizzas to U.S. military personnel overseas since 2008.
"We get pizzas to soldiers for under $10 when you can't get a pizza to your house for that amount," said Evans, who now works for AT&T.
Evans said he has already heard stories about service members who appreciated receiving pizzas for the Super Bowl on Sunday, though he hasn't heard whether his 25-year old daughter, an Air Force pilot in Afghanistan, was able to enjoy the pizza.
"Hopefully she received some," he said. "It's a very fluid situation in a combat zone."
Many of the pizzas were delivered during the week leading up to the game.
Evans' next goal is to collect enough money and supplies to deliver enough pizzas on July 4, Independence Day, to feed all the military service members in the Middle East.
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Barney provides heroics in Villanueva's strong start
CINCINNATI -- Carlos Villanueva delivered some much-needed innings, Darwin Barney provided the go-ahead run, and Kevin Gregg filled the closer's role for the day as the Cubs held on long enough for a 4-2, 10-inning win Tuesday night over the Reds.
"It was nice, a good win," manager Dale Sveum said. "It wasn't easy."View Full Game Coverage
CINCINNATI -- Carlos Villanueva delivered some much-needed innings, Darwin Barney provided the go-ahead run, and Kevin Gregg filled the closer's role for the day as the Cubs held on long enough for a 4-2, 10-inning win Tuesday night over the Reds.
"It was nice, a good win," manager Dale Sveum said. "It wasn't easy."View Full Game Coverage
Barney hit a tie-breaking home run with one out in the 10th off Manny Parra -- his first home run of the year and only his fourth hit in 27 at-bats this season. Julio Borbon then singled, moved up on an error, and scored on Dave Sappelt's single for insurance.
"I wouldn't say I needed it, I think our team needed that win," Barney said. "I think it was good for us. Obviously, it was nice to get an RBI. No one was in scoring position -- I'm probably like 0-for-1,000 in those situations. It feels good to contribute on that side of the field for sure."
It was a weird home run because Cincinnati catcher Corky Miller got in the way.
"They called catcher's interference on the play, so when I first hit it, I thought I got it pretty good and when [umpire Marvin Hudson] called interference, you never know how much it'll take off your bat speed," Barney said.
Wait a second -- catcher's interference on his home run?
"Maybe I would've rolled it over if it didn't hit the glove," Barney said.
Chicago led, 2-1, going into the ninth, but the Reds forced extra innings for the second straight game. Shin-Soo Choo walked to start the ninth against Villanueva, who was pulled one out later after throwing 99 pitches.
Carlos Marmol entered to face Joey Votto, who was 1-for-15 in his career against the right-hander with nine strikeouts. The odds were in Marmol's favor, but Votto lined a RBI single past Barney to tie the game.
"Those numbers don't lie," Sveum said of Marmol's stats vs. Votto. "He got the ground ball. I'm like, 'Really? You can't hit it at somebody? You've got to be kidding me.' Marmol was all right."
The Reds then loaded the bases, but the Cubs escaped when Chris Heisey hit into a fielder's choice.
Villanueva was the hero. The Cubs were coming off a 13-inning game on Monday and needed him to go at least five. He topped that by pitching into the ninth. It was his fourth straight quality start, but he has only one win to show for it. Marmol ended up with the win, and now leads the team in the category.
"The most important thing today, besides the fact that we obviously won the game, was that I was able to go deep in the game, especially after [Monday's game]," Villanueva said. "We needed it."
Villanueva kept the Reds off balance by mixing his pitches, especially the velocity.
"He was throwing a bunch of stuff -- that's how he pitches," Reds manager Dusty Baker said of Villanueva. "Those guys generally give you more trouble earlier in the season before you get your timing."
"That's on purpose," Villanueva said of the variances. "Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I pick my spots, and that way I won't get hurt by it."
Villanueva, projected as a swingman when he signed with the Cubs, now boasts a 1.53 ERA in his four starts.
"He's been outstanding," Sveum said. "To stick with a game plan is the ultimate dream for a pitching coach and a manager to be able to say, 'Just do this and you'll get these guys out,' and he's able to pull it off."
Marmol wasn't able to do that, which is why he lost his closer's job after one week. Gregg, released by the Dodgers on April 3, picked up his first save since 2011.
"For me, it's about going in there and helping the ballclub now in whatever role it can be," Gregg said. "Today was an awesome feeling. I really enjoy that. That's a lot of weight on your shoulders when you're out there making pitches in that situation. I love that pressure, I love what comes with it, of what comes from being able to carry home a victory for the team."
And Gregg knows what Marmol is dealing with.
"The last four outings I've seen, he's thrown the ball well," Gregg said of Marmol. "The numbers were in his favor [against Votto]. The matchup was there. If that ball is hit right to Barney, we're not talking about it. ... I like where [Marmol's] head is at. He's got to stay headstrong to get through this thing."
The Cubs took a 2-0 lead in the second. Alfonso Soriano singled to lead off, stole second, then swiped third before scoring on Scott Hairston's sacrifice fly. Cody Ransom, making his first start after he was claimed off waivers from the Padres, drove the first pitch he saw from Tony Cingrani into the right-field seats for his first hit and home run.
Ransom is the first Cubs player to homer in his first at-bat for the team since Starlin Castro did so on May 7, 2010, also at Great American Ball Park. Castro homered in his Major League debut at-bat; Ransom was 0-for-11 for the Padres before he was put on waivers. Ransom has done this before, as he homered in his first at-bat for the Yankees on Aug. 17, 2008.
For Soriano, it was the first time he stole two bases in one inning since Aug. 25, 2008, when he swiped a pair against the Pirates.
Sixteen of the Cubs' first 19 games have been decided by three runs or less, the first time that's happened in franchise history since 1991. The tight games make it tough on everyone.
"You can't dwell too much on the close games," Villanueva said. "It'll crush your spirits sometimes. You have to look at the positives, and the positives are that we are close. We're not getting killed, it's just one-, two-run games. Hopefully, this will turn it around and we start winning some ballgames now."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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Lawmaker says he was assaulted outside school
Rep. Christopher Markey says man pushed him at basketball game
A state lawmaker says he was assaulted outside a Dartmouth elementary school last weekend and has filed a complaint with police.
Democratic state Rep. Christopher Markey of Dartmouth says the assault Saturday morning left him hospitalized. He would not discuss the nature of his injuries or the circumstances that led to the incident.
Police Chief Timothy Lee tells The Standard-Times that Markey was "pushed" after a "confrontation" with another man while there was a youth basketball game in the school.
Markey, however, said the alleged assault involved "more than a push" based on his two-day stay in the hospital and the nature of his injuries.
Lee says he expects police will seek a criminal complaint against the man at a clerk magistrate's hearing in district court.


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In this wild pack of Midwest street machines, big-blocks, fogger nozzles, and 8-second timeslips are the norm. Watch and learn
There's a two-lane stretch of asphalt right behind the Harley-Davidson factory in Milwaukee, curiously decorated with epic streaks of rubber. Some squiggles are S-shaped and others look like O's, but alphabetic resemblance aside, someone's been having a very good time. That someone is one of the craziest band of hot rodding buddies you'll ever meet. They don't believe in small-blocks. To them, nitrous that doesn't have at least two stages isn't worth your while, and the only carb that matters is a Dominator. They even have the audacity to equate trick suspension parts and big tires to cheating. Rounding out this opinionated group of Midwestern iron is a '72 Nova, a pair of '67 Chevelles, a '66 Coronet, a '67 Chevy II, a '66 Biscayne, and a '55 Chevy pickup. These cars range from show-car pretty to downright ratty, but what they all share in common is serious speed.
Considering the slow car in the pack runs 10s and everything else runs 8s, these guys have every right to be opinionated. They're so hard-core and so consumed with going fast that they didn't even waste their time coming up with some cutesy name for their club. We're talkin' cars that trip the 60-foot marker on the back tires, cams pushing 300 degrees of duration, spread-port heads, and interiors stuffed full of rollcages. Yum. When they're not cruising down the freeway or pulling wheelstands at the track, these boys congregate at the local burger joint, talk some trash, then settle their differences behind the Harley building. This might be Hog country, but V-twins aren't the kings of this secluded industrial street.
At first, experiencing Rat motors and Chrysler 440s battering air molecules into deafening sound waves and seeing social miscreants whizzing by in muscle cars might make you think it's 1967 all over again. Then you'd realize something else is going down because even all-out race cars didn't run this fast back in the day. What these Wisconsin boys have managed to do is combine the blue-collar know-how of '60s hot rodding culture with modern technology to create some wickedly fast street machines. Needless to say, the results are devastating in a very good way. Sure, you can find a faster car every now and then, but rarely will you witness so many hard-core, track-honed, and street-driven hot rods hanging out together in the same place at the same time. So let's take a closer look at machines behind the hype, shall we?
Proudly Primered
1972 Chevy Nova
Dan Weiss
Belgium, WI
Primer-gray Novas are so common that just about every dragstrip in America has some dude who shows up on test-and-tune night and thoroughly embarrasses himself. Dan Weiss isn't that dude, and he's got a fist full of 8-second timeslips to prove it. As this '72 Nova's ratty exterior suggests, there's nothing elaborate about the combination—just a big motor in a small car with a very-well-sorted-out suspension. The result: 8.86 at 152 mph on leaf springs and 9-inch-wide tires. Now that's impressive.
What Dan's been able to accomplish with a $1,200 swap-meet find is low-buck hot rodding at its finest. Instead of wasting money on silly stuff like paint, Dan put his resources into building a wicked big-block and a driveline stout enough to handle it. The 540ci mill features a Dart block, a Callies crank and rods, Diamond 11.0:1 pistons, a Cam Motion 280/280-at-0.050 solid roller, AFR 357cc cylinder heads, an Edelbrock intake manifold, and a Braswell-tuned 1,150-cfm Dominator carb. The combo kicks out 940 hp in naturally aspirated trim, and Dan adds another 200 hp of nitrous through the fogger nozzles for good measure. Channeling the power rearward is a TSI Racing TH400 trans and a DTS Dana 60 rear end. Despite being handicapped with modestly sized 30x9x15 Hoosier radials, the Nova still cuts brisk 1.31-second 60-foot times, even with an alarmingly rudimentary suspension. The only aftermarket parts up front are Competition Engineering 90/10 shocks. Out back, the Nova sits on Calvert Racing leaf springs, Cal-Trac bars, and QA1 shocks. So how does Dan get such a simple setup to work so well? "It took a lot of trial and error to get the preload on the Cal-Tracs bars just right, but now we just leave them alone," he explains. "With the preload now set, we just tune for the track conditions with the Edelbrock progressive nitrous controller."
Good journalists should strive for impartiality, but when a truck is this freakin' cool, it's hard not to pick favorites. Aptly named the hillbilly pickup, Brian Schimmel's '55 Chevy 3100 wears its rust holes and crooked body lines with pride. There isn't a straight panel on the thing, and it's tough to distinguish where the surface rust ends and where the peeling paint begins. The patina is all part of the truck's charm, but the real shocker are its rippling 8.75-at-152-mph timeslips.
8s In a Brick
1955 Chevy 3100
Brian Schimmel
Waterford, WI
Getting a 3,660-pound brick to run 8s is a seriously heroic achievement, and Brian built a 555ci big-block Chevy to make it happen. Based on a Bowtie block, the combo utilizes a Callies crank, Oliver rods, JE 13.0:1 pistons, a Cam Motion 286/306-at-0.050 solid roller, BMF Racing 350cc cylinder heads, a Profiler intake manifold, a Braswell 1,150-cfm Dominator carb, and a 300hp hit of nitrous. The power feeds into a TH400 trans and a '57 Olds rearend, and getting it all to hook on modest 31x10x15 slicks required lots of creativity. "With the big-block, the truck had a frontend weight bias of 57 percent. To even things out, we put a Heidts Mustang II suspension up front and moved the radiator, trans cooler, and battery to the back," Brian explains. "That reduced the weight on the nose to 52 percent. To help with weight transfer, we installed double-adjustable QA1 coilovers and a custom four-link. We also boxed the stock frame."
Not surprisingly, the truck's interior has a few endearing quirks as well. Among the most heroic touches is a hole that's been mercilessly hacked into the original steel dash to mount the nitrous gauge because, of course, buying an aftermarket gauge pod would have been far too fancy. Likewise, masquerading as carpet are some random pieces of fabric Brian found in a hardware store. Just when we thought the mystique of this truck couldn't get any cooler, Brian dropped the ultimate bomb on us: "I love how beat up this truck looks, but the funny thing is that my dad owns a body shop."
Black Plague
1967 Chevy Chevelle SS
Paul Tadin
Milwaukee, WI
Some guys just don't care about numbers. Paul Tadin has no idea how much power his Chevelle cranks out. "I don't believe in dynos. The track is my dyno," he quips. He doesn't even know how much nitrous he's putting through his 565ci big-block. "I have size 32 jets in the fogger nozzles, whatever that comes out to," he chuckles. You want cam specs? All he can confirm is that it's got a hair over 300 degrees of duration at 0.050 and 0.900-plus lift. Unlike typical bench-racing goobers who rely on dyno sheets to cure their malaise, the only numbers Paul cares about are what's printed on his timeslips: 8.42 at 170 mph.
Granted that Paul doesn't concern himself with horsepower figures, but his Chevelle packs one of the meanest engine combos you'll find in a street/strip machine. Pop the hood, gasp at the gleaming 18-degree Brodix spread-port heads, and suddenly those cam specs don't seem so bogus. The Pro Stock–inspired lungs feed massive quantities of air to a 565ci short-block based on a World Products block, Callies crank, GRP aluminum rods, and JE 12.0:1 pistons. A Book Racing 1,250-cfm Dominator carb supplies the fuel, and a single-stage fogger kit plumbed into the Edelbrock intake manifold provides additional oxygen molecules. To better manage the A-body's hefty 3,600-pound race weight, Paul opted for a TH400 trans over a Powerglide, and a Dana 60 rearend has taken the place of the stock 12-bolt that blew up a long time ago.
Perhaps the most incredible variable in the equation is that Paul gets all that power to hook on 30x9x15 Hoosier radials through a stock-style suspension. Sure there's a 25.5 rollcage to stiffen things up, but other than a set of Santhuff springs, Strange shocks, a custom antiroll bar, and TRZ control arms, the suspension is stock. "Getting the suspension to work is just a lot of trial and error. I've been working on it for the last seven years," he explains. "It's a combination of dialing in the shocks, moving the instant center around, and adjusting the progressive nitrous controller. The car pulls the front tires 5 feet in the air, and the best 60-foot it has run so far is a 1.34 on the back tires."
II The Extreme
1967 Chevy II
Gene Bruckner
Brookfield, WI
With enough thump to lay down 1,480 hp at the rear wheels, each cylinder in this Chevy II's 540ci Rat puts out almost as much horsepower as an entire third-gen Camaro. And that's what makes the car's 8.56-at-162-mph e.t. so damn impressive. It was done with just seven cylinders. "When we pulled the car into the pits after that pass, the crew noticed that one of the plug wires had burned completely through. This car only weighs 3,250 pounds, so I figure it should run 7.80s when firing on all cylinders," car owner Gene Bruckner reasons. Yeah, yeah—guys talk trash about what their cars should run all the time, but the math certainly works in Gene's favor in this instance.
Arguably the wildest car out of this wicked collection of street machines, the '67 Chevy II was rescued by Gene out of chassis-shop jail. His buddy took it in for a full tube chassis, and after finishing it seven years later, he lost interest in it and sold the car to Gene. With a chassis good for 7.50s, a ladder-bar rear suspension, and big tubs, the car was in dire need of an epic engine combo. To answer the call, Gene built a 540 big-block featuring an aluminum Dart Big M block, a Callies crank, Oliver rods, Diamond 8.7:1 pistons, AFR 357cc heads, an Isky 284/292-at-.050 solid roller cam, and a BDS 10-71 supercharger. Overdriven at 20 percent, the blower huffs out 20 psi of boost and squirts 120-octane fuel through 16 injectors.
Coupling all 1,480 ponies to 33×18.5×15 Mickey Thompson E.T. Streets are a TSI Racing TH400 trans and a Strange 9-inch rearend. Granted the Chevy II is the only big-tire car out of this overachieving pack, but when you're making this much power, who cares? Besides, Gene's already bored with the car and plans on giving it to his girlfriend. This would normally be cause for concern, but with a handle like Nitro Methane Mary, we're sure she can handle it.
Built From Scraps, Runs 10s
1966 Dodge Coronet
Mark Gruenfeldt
Brookfield, WI
No one wants to be the slowest guy in the pack, but when six of the seven cars in your club run 8s at the track, "slow" is a relative term. To put this in perspective, the second-slowest ride here runs 8.86! In any other circle outside of this outrageous pack of Midwestern iron, Mark Gruenfeldt's '66 Coronet would probably be king of the hill. Thanks to a stroked 440 big-block, Mark's managed to eke out some very respectable 10.80-second e.t.'s from a car he built entirely himself using a stack of second- and third-hand parts.
He picked up the car back in 1988 for $2,800 as a 49,000-original-mile granny special complete with a bench seat and column shifter. The car has had several motors over the years, but the current combo is a 493ci Wedge complete with an Eagle crank and rods, Diamond pistons, a 256/256-at-0.050 flat-tappet cam, a Weiand Team G intake manifold, ported factory iron cylinder heads, and a DaVinci-tuned Dominator carb. As Mark points out, the motor is far from optimized, as it's missing some key pieces of hardware. "I built this motor with a bunch of spare parts I scrounged out of my garage. I actually planned on putting a ProCharger on it, which is why it only has 9.0:1 compression, so now it's basically a blower motor without a blower," he quips. "In the meantime, I'm putting 150–200hp of nitrous through it. That will hold me over for now, but I'm thinking about putting some turbos on it."
The 493 has been matched with an all-Mopar driveline consisting of a homebuilt TorqueFlite 727 transmission and a Dana 60 rearend. As for the converter, Mark has no idea what's in the car. "It's just some 23-year-old converter I found in my garage. All I know is that it's 10 inches," he says. Not surprisingly, Mark has taken an equally relaxed approach with the suspension. It's as stock as stock can be, right down to the factory torsion bars and leaf springs. According to Mark, the only chassis tuning he's done is adjust the pinion angle and experiment with a box full of old, worn-out gas shocks. Whatever he did has worked, because the Coronet pulls respectable 1.52-second short times on miniscule 28.5x9x15 slicks.
The beauty of this machine is in its simplicity, and it does so much with so little that the fact that it just happens to be the slowest car out of field of 8-second monsters seems irrelevant. With a muted idle and unassuming demeanor, it's the perfect tool for hustling the competition. "This car isn't as fast as some of the other cars out there, but it's a very streetable driver that you can take to the track and have some fun in," Mark opines.
The Great Swoopster
1967 Chevy Chevelle
Jim Forrer
Brookfield, WI
Building a car from the ground up is rarely the most cost effective way to go racing, but scrounging for parts and staying up until 4 a.m. getting greasy is how most car guys get their jollies. Meanwhile, piranhas like Jim Forrer lurk around in the pits waiting for the perfect opportunity to swoop in on a car that's already 90 percent completed, saving themselves a whole lot of hassle and money at the same time. That's precisely what Jim did when one of his buddies was running a little low in the motivation department. "My friend had just bought a '67 Chevelle, put a new motor and trans in it over the winter, and took it to the track once or twice," he recalls. "I decided that I wanted the car more than he did, so I asked him how much he wanted for it. He said it wasn't for sale, and I told him I didn't ask if it was for sale. I asked how much."
The haggling paid off. Jim went home with a new A-body, immediately rebuilt the Powerglide, and updated the 10-point 'cage to 25.5 specifications. That much 'cage hints at as seriously stout engine combo, which takes the form of a 598ci big-block. The bottom end boasts a Dart block, a Callies crank, Oliver rods, JE 12.5:1 pistons, and a 284/296-at-0.050 solid roller. The air supply comes from a set of BMF Racing 385cc cylinder heads, a Dart intake manifold, and a Gary Williams Dominator carb. With a 225hp dose of nitrous flowing through the fogger nozzles, the Chevelle has run 8.63 at 162 mph on 275/60-15 Mickey Thompson drag radials. Planting all that power is yet another remarkably simple suspension setup comprised of nothing more than aftermarket rear control arms, and AFCO double-adjustable shocks. Jim hasn't quite dialed in the tune on the second stage of nitrous just yet, but once he gets that extra 200 hp to hook, this A-body will be pushing deep 8s.
What makes this feat even more impressive is the Chevelle's hefty 3,775 pounds of mass. It still has a real interior, a full SpinTech 4-inch exhaust, and no weight reduction measures whatsoever. The way Jim sees things, speed is just part of the equation. "I love going fast, but I don't care for stripped-down cars with aluminum door panels," he says. "They have to be streetable, too."
Two-Ton Terror
1966 Chevy Biscayne
Pat Spangenberg
Butler, WI
Purists take note: You've officially been given the middle finger. With just 22,000 original miles on the ticker, Pat Spangenberg's '66 Biscayne is a rare machine made even rarer by the fact that it's an original L72 four-speed car. The big white beast is flawless from every angle. That's because in lieu of the factory 427 is a 615ci monster of a Rat that scoots the 4,420-pound grannymobile down the track in 8.77 seconds at 156 mph. As is customary in this group, the B-body gets the job done on 10.5-inch wide slicks and a stock suspension. Oh yeah, that's with mufflers and a full interior, too. In some respects, Pat is the nucleus of this tightly knit group of street racing throwbacks. He owns Rod & Competition Specialties in Butler, Wisconsin, and although the cars in this group were built mostly by their respective owners, Pat's done some chassis or heavy-duty fab work on just about all of them. During our visit, he was putting the finishing touches on a ProCharged 2,000hp 'Cuda and a blown and Lenco-shifted street rod. You don't earn business like that unless you're as nutty as the clients that commission these projects, and Pat's Biscayne is proof that he's one seriously unbalanced dude.
The 615ci ogre under the hood uses a Dart tall-deck block as its foundation and has been fitted with a Callies crank, Oliver rods, JE 12.5:1 pistons, and a big solid-roller cam. Cavernous 410cc Dart Big M heads and intake manifold topped by a Carb Shop 1,150-cfm Dominator provide the air and fuel supply, and the NOS fogger nozzles add an extra 400 hp. For extra security, there's another 250 hp on top of that through the nitrous plate, but Pat doesn't have to use it very often. A TH400 trans does the shifting and channels the power back to a 12-bolt rearend fortified with Strange 35-spline axles and 4.11:1 gears.
Biscaynes—in their stripped down, two-door post glory—have always been sleepers. But Pat's ride takes things to a whole different level. Not only is the 'cage tucked tightly into the body pillars and headliners, it has been painted red to blend in with the interior. The stock bench seat, carpet, and dash still remain. Detach the 'chute, and the only giveaways that something sinister is going on are the five-point harnesses and Auto Meter tach. So if you ever see an unassuming white Biscayne roaming the streets of Wisconsin, you better put your money on it.


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Steel Cities - Solo Event #3
SCCA - Steel Cities Region - Solo
Registration closed June 2, 2018 5:00 PM on June 2, 2018 5:00 PM EDT Registration ends June 2, 2018 5:00 PM on June 2, 2018 5:00 PM EDT Registration opens March 7, 2018 12:00 AM on March 7, 2018 12:00 AM EST Registration runs from March 7, 2018 12:00 AM to June 2, 2018 5:00 PM
Solo (Autocross) is the most accessible motorsport around! All you need is a driver's license, a car, and $40. Push you and your car to the limit with no more risk than you having driving on a public road!
Pre-Registration Closes at 5PM the day before the event, then on-site registration fees will apply. Please see below for more detail.
On-Line Registration Fee:
SCCA Member - $30
Non-SCCA Member - $40
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SCCA Member - $35
Non-SCCA Member - $45
Refund Policy
- Cancellations after 5pm the Saturday prior to the event will be issued a credit to be used for a future event of equal cost.
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