Nova 2026 Nova Update – Life Happens October 6, 2026 / October 6, 2026 by John Heard What’s been going on over the last 6 years… For multiple reasons I decided it’s time to get this old website up and going again, I hadn’t realized it’s been 6 years I’ve let it stagnate. Wow… So, going to get this blog sorta caught up here, and I’m going to resume posting Hot Rod […] Read more »
Nova Finally Broke into the 40’s! – 2020 Season Wrap Up December 11, 2020 / December 11, 2020 by John Heard 2020 was a decent year for Chris & I racing the Nova, besides all this Covid Crap we all want to forget about. We runnered up and won a race in go figure, Outlaw 10.5 this year. X275, well we didn't do so well in that class but I think we learned a few things and had a great time going to many tracks racing. This year we raced at HRP at Baytown, Texas, Tulsa Raceway Park, WWT..... Read more »
Nova 2019 Season Wrap Up December 11, 2019 / December 12, 2019 by John Heard 2019 was a decent year for us. While we didn’t win a single race, we did go some rounds, got to the final round (rain out) and made some improvements. The Nova finally got out of the 60’s this year gaining over a tenth improvement down to a 4.50 flat and a new 1.06 60′ time which frankly surprised me a bit. Looking back at data and combining front half and back half runs, I have no doubt in my mind on a perfect pass it could go a 4.48, we just didn’t quite get the time to get it put together this year. Due to an emergency appendectomy, I wasn’t able to race the entire season and missed a few races but on a positive note I lost over 10lbs after surgery! Read more »