Thread: Driving to the track !!

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Who else drives their muscle car to the track races it and drives it back home ??? Or am i the only nut who loves to do that !!

Well I take my 53 plym to the srtip on occassion. but to save face I wont tell you what 3000lb, flathead six powered car whos only hotrod parts include a two barrel, cam and headers does in the 1/4.

I take my 56 pontiac to the strip during the summer and drag it then drive it home havent broke anything yet.... for the size of the car it hauls pretty good and smokin the honda boys with there thousands of dollars sunk into motor mods if so much fun..

I used to drive my 57 Chevy pick up to the strip and home until I snapped my cluster gear and was stranded for a few hours on my way home, so I do drive my cars to the track. But now I always remember my cell phone.

the old nokias were good hammers but after i upgraded to the new motorola lg flip phone, its a good tire wedge

Yeah, I drive my beater daily, in the rain, in the snow, and to the track. Even after I have snapped an axle, I was able to replace it and drive it home that day. I have since replaced them with better axles.

I love driving to the track, run a 10 second blast on all season radials, get kicked off the track, then ready myself for the drive home, and watch the 11 and 12 second guys put their rides back on their trailers along with their monster slicks! I can not imagine having a 12 second car and only running it 5 miles a year!

Someday, I hope to run at a track that will allow a wet run. With the wipers on fast, I bet I would still pull off a 11 second run.

i went to the track last year with my drag car ( 1972 elcamino ,tube chassis, 540 shaffirof motor ) and broke . so i unhooked the tow truck 02 ford f250 4x4 diesel 6.0l with a few mods and was having more fun with it than the race car . it went 14.24 at 91 mph loaded with tools , jack and spare .

Originally posted by kennyd
itow truck 02 ford f250 4x4 diesel 6.0l with a few mods and was having more fun with it than the race car . it went 14.24 at 91 mph loaded with tools , jack and spare .

Hahahah, I bet! When I used to run 13's I had way more fun consistently. Everyone wanted ot race me, whether at the track, or on the street.

Hey, there are a couple of guys running 11's and 12's with their Dodge diesels up here. Tons of boost, plus nitrous to help them get things rolllin. What a blast! Imagine them pulling up next to a muscle car, and blowing their doors off!

wow thats quite impressive and it would be totally embarassing to get beat by a full size truck in a muscle car!

we have a film of a f250 4x4 at las vegas speedway run a 11.42 at 118 mph on 35s swampers . thats the fastest i have seen yet .
that thing blows more black than carmen electra!!

Originally posted by kennyd
that thing blows more black than carmen electra!!

Ha ha ha, yep, you do not want to sit down wind from those puppies. Last year one evening we had night drags, and this diesel didn't have slicks with him, and he usually runs 12's, so anyways, he couldn't hook up, so half way down the track, he still keeps getting into and then off again, of the petal. His two stacks were shooting fire a foot high!

I dont have it anymore, but use to drive my 67 Chevelle 25 miles to the 1/8 mile track, ran high 7s & drive it home. Always had fingers crossed but, it always made it.

i race a ton up here in the northwest. don't have the money for a trailer, ran about 30 or so races last year and drove to EVERY ONE.

man i raced one of those diesels, although not quite that fast. couldn't hardly see the tree with all the diesel. sure was surprised to see that thing so far in front of me at the finish line.

Used to pull a camper to rod run. Unhook and go to the track. A few of us used to run at an 1/8mile track (Only track around) back in the 70's. We followed each other to and from, so we had backup in case something broke, nothin' ever did. Best 1/8 mile time was 8:48 back then.

ftp://69.93.11.19/xwarlordx/videos/T...vsMustang.mpeg

There is one of those Diesels hooking it up. If I were a track owner I would run his ass off for dirtying up my track and other peoples cars.

Abe