Tom, if I am not mistaken you are closer to all this than you might think, Hine Racing is in Kinsman Oh and over the years they have had quite a reputation for building Mopars and in a few record books as well. And you are right it would be nice to go with someone as experienced as that to get a few pointers. Thompson is where I raced many moons ago and from what I have seen they have fixed it up a lot in the last couple of yrs. It is about a half hour west of where I am, and the last I knew they still have "grudge" racing on Wednesday nights (once the weather gets nice of course) Sort of a Run what you Brung deal where you can line up against your buddy or enemy and have at it.
And thank you so much for putting thoughts of warm summer nights and drag racing in my head in the middle of this cold snowy February.