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The new Tavares/Pauter Sand Dragster
RACING ARCHIVES (also known as the use and abuse page) Featuring: Pauter Super Pro Engines and Pauter Rods
NSDN – top 10 best runs 2012 Fast Fours - 1. Mario Tavares 2.769 - Soboba, CA - May-12
New this year, our ignition and management systems are paying off big dividends. I would like to thank all my supporters: Pauter Machine, Paul Neves at Financial Strategies, Joe and Justin at CompTurbo and Marty Staggs at TurboSmart. My crew: Don Pauter, Larry Moore, Dave Perkins, Nigel and Lori Tavares.
Here are some highlights from the last race. Thanks to NSDN.US http://www.nsdn.us/video/sj110212ffhighlights.wmv http://www.nsdn.us/video/sj110312ffhighlights.wmv http://www.nsdn.us/video/sj110412ffhighlights.wmv
Pauter / Tavares race report for
Soboba Sand Drags – May 18-20, 2012 Wow, what a weekend! Starting with a
2.87 second ET, we improved to 2.81 and let the track dictate the rest; 2.76, 2.78, 2.77,
2.78 and 2.79 resulting in a class win. This weekend’s performance
netted the most positive improvement in ET and consistency we have ever experienced. After a couple of seasons struggling
with a combination of horsepower, clutch, fuel and ignition management issues, we
incorporated critical information gained from a Racepak data acquisition unit along with a
newly installed MSD ignition systems resulting in this very successful tuning setup. If
these current developments are any indication of future improvements, we look forward to
even bigger and better things to come. Pauter / Tavares racing team would
like to thank all involved with our operation. Financial Strategies, Turbosmart, Crower,
Chassis Shop, Fuel Injection Enterprises and CompTurbo. ** Special thanks to my crew, Don
Pauter, Larry Moore, Larry Moore Jr., Dave Perkins, Lori and Nigel Tavares Video links: http://www.nsdn.us/video/sj051812ffhighlights.wmv
http://www.nsdn.us/video/sj051912ffhighlights.wmv
http://www.nsdn.us/video/sj052012ffhighlights.wmv
Testing at Dome valley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYwjR7t-_GA http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=S3iztRR0c-E
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from - NATIONAL SAND DRAG NEWS, race
cap MAY - 18,19,20 2012 This
weekend would be a historic one for the Fast Fours class as Mario Tavares and the
Pauter/Tavares team put up a performance that has never been seen in this category.
Tavares started off with a 2.87 in Q1 on Friday night, which would end up in second spot
right behind Daniel King’s solid 2.85. This would be the only pass of the weekend
that they did not run Low ET of the round. They started off with a 2.81 in the heat of Q2
on Saturday, and then it became obvious that these guys were on to something special with
a 2.769 in Q3, which was just .001 off of the current world record by DL King.
Anticipation was high going into the final qualifying session with most predicting Mario
would obliterate the current record with the conditions getting better, but it just
wasn’t meant to be on this pass as he dipped into the 70’s again with a 2.78.
King’s Friday night 2.85 ended up 2nd in qualifying with Aaron Mamer (2.91), John
Cronin (2.99), and Art Cronin (3.06) rounding out the field. Mario made a big stab at the
record in his round one bye run as he carded a stout 2.774/111MPH. King would run a 2.92
while Mamer recorded a 3.00 on their respective bye runs. In the only pair of the round,
the Cronin Racing 4-cylinder Dragsters faced off with the Meltdown ride for Art taking the
win with his best lap of the weekend, a 2.96/117MPH. The semi-final round kicked off with
the class of the field on this weekend Tavares pulling up to the line against defending
series champ Cronin. A huge starting line advantage .488 to .622 was erased by the big
Pauter horsepower as Tavares drove around with another 2.7 pass, 2.789/115MPH for the win.
The next pairing lined up the 2-3 qualifiers from the weekend. When the tree dropped, King
averted disaster as he nearly pushed through the beams early, recording a great .417 RT
and hanging on for a close 3.02 to 2.91 hole shot win over Mamer. All eyes from the
four-cylinder world were on the starting line at Soboba on Sunday afternoon as the
Pauter/Tavares entry faced off with the Animal Control Dragster driven by Daniel King
& tuned by current record holder DL King. The question remained if Mario could find
that extra thousandth of a second to take the World Record away. King would leave first by
just over a tenth of a second in this battle, but soon after the Pauter power took over
and “Super Mario” never looked back falling just short of setting a new record
with a 2.797/114MPH. This would put the exclamation mark on a simply amazing performance
from start to finish. Heading into the weekend, there were only 4 known four-cylinder
passes in the 2.7 second zone. At this event alone, Mario recorded FIVE 2.7 second passes.
All eyes will certainly be on the Pauter/Tavares team as they head into the second half of
the season. Their dominating performance moved them to fourth in the point standings while
King has a 12 point lead over Mamer
Pauter & Tavares We had a great 2000 season with 5 trips to the podium in 100-yard sand drags. USDRA January 15/16 2000, Blythe CA First Place 2.81 sec ET at 113mph ASDA Spring Nationals, April 9 2000 Runner Up 3.08 sec ET at 110mph Barona Speedway, June 24 2000 First Place 2.91 sec ET at 110mph Barona Speedway September 16 2000 Runner Up 2.99 sec ET at 112mph ASDA Winternationals November 5 2000 First Place 3.01 sec ET at 113mph
And we're starting off the 2001 season just as well! ASDA Wild West National, March 29-31 2001, First Place 3.041 sec ET at 104mph ASDA Yuma Sand Drags, April 27-28 2001, First Place 2.967 sec ET at 105mph in TOP FUEL Holtville CA, September 14-15 2001, Runner Up 3.04 sec ET at 113mph
2002 Season, Continued Success! Primm, Nevada, April 2, 2002, ASDA National Speed Record 116.22mph ASDA Spring Nationals, April 3, 2002, Runner Up 2.95 sec ET at 114mph US Nationals Warm-Up, West Michigan, July 20, 2002, Runner Up 2.95 sec ET at 111 mph West Michigan Sand Dragway , July 28, 2002, First Place 2.96 sec ET at 114mph in 4-CYL SHOOTOUT
Competition Engineering
Hurricane Lance Hammers East Coast Hardest Hit: Englishtown, New Jersey 8.59 Seconds @ 163mph 3 Fastest Consecutive Passes: 8.72, 8.71, 8.59 First and only car in class to go in the 8.5's
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