Old time racing

[48fordnut]

The southern slingshots and I just returned from a back to back race in virgina. First was a nostalgia event at elk creek va. This is a really awesome track. we were treated really well, and had lots of fun. IHRA. After spending a week at a friends farm, we went to piedmont n.c. ran a test and tune there with a members altered, and saw my first 4 sec pass by a door car. wow. then on fri we went to virigina motor sports park, IHRA now. there were tons of nostalgia carts. we had 14 fed and 1 altered. ran my best time there ,5.91 not bad for a old fart, and his 302 chevy powered fed. Had a awesome time.

[Hot Rod Surfer]

SWEET!!!

5.91 with a 302, would love to see it. And a car with doors running in the 4's?

DOUBLE SWEET!!

Thanks for sharing!

[HOTRODPAINT]

Pictures! ....we need pictures! :-)~

[48fordnut]

there are a lots of pics on draglist.com. I have some but not of the cars running as we run as a group and I am driving.just come out to some events. we will run with 6 feds on the25/26 of june at reynolds ga, silverdollar raceway.

[HOTRODPAINT]

Thanks 48fordnut! Here ya go:

[48fordnut]

thanks

[HOTRODPAINT]

Not a problem. I always loved Junior Fuel!

Wasn't there an injected small block Chevy that won top fuel at Pomona a couple decades ago???

[gassersrule_196]

you may be thinking of rick santos, TAD

also 302 FED thats bitchin! ive got a 302 chevy in my nova

[techinspector1]

I'd like nothing better than for it to be 1955 again. I don't much like being here in 2010.

[HOSS429]

I'd like nothing better than for it to be 1955 again. I don't much like being here in 2010.

that`d be ok with me too as long as it`s late december 1955 >> i was`nt born earlier .

[NTFDAY]

I'd like nothing better than for it to be 1955 again. I don't much like being here in 2010.

I'm with you Richard, what we need is one those "Back To The Future" cars.

[Big Tracks]

Good going, Jim! You've blown away every top time and speed old "Mouse I" ever accomplished! She would be proud of you.

You are the type of hotrodder everybody who is now entering the sport should try to emulate. Both the car and the performance you are getting from it are products of your own ingenuity, sweat, love of the sport, and of course, your money.

You deserve all the pleasure and satisfaction you are getting.

Let me know if you ever come through this area again. I'm buying the adult beverage.


Jim

[48fordnut]

Thanks for all the Promps, you make me feel big. The little girl in the car is what I enjoy. In Va, There was a 80 yr old lady that wanted in the car, pics all around.thanks for the kind words Jim S. OHM/Jim.

[gassersrule_196]

id like to go back to 67

[HOTRODPAINT]

The sixties were interesting! I can remember when you might see racers running a blown Olds, Buick, Big Ford wedge, MoPar B-block or Caddy, and they might win! The baddest door cars were AA/GS! ...and they were a real car that a family used, but now had a blown dragster engine! Wheelstands were very tall... gear changes were violent... and your best view of a Top Eliminator race was down track, where you could still see the cars despite the roostertails of smoke!

As the sixties progressed, we saw the evolution of Pro stock from Super Stocks with a tunnel rams and giant cams and tires, and the funny cars, which evolved out of the matchracing Super Stocks and FX'ers! I loved it when flip top funnies had to run the body style's corporate engine, so if an AMC, or Ford won...that is what powered it. Brand identity meant alot more then, and the track announcers would have people standing and cheering for their "brand" to win!

Tires, automatic transmissions, and Fuel Engines went through a major development evolution....metalflake, candy, chrome & polish made the cars bigger than life ....and I should add that the most beautiful race cars in the world were, (and still are) full bodied slingshots!

Then there was the birth of jet dragsters, wheelstanders, Fuel Altereds, twin engined Top Gas cars, specialized events.....and...and... :-)

I should add that the arrival of Junior Fuel was very popular, since the lighter weight, and tires that could not hook up a blown car, worked very well on a lighter lesser powered car. They were very often giant killers! ...and as I said earlier, there was the Junior Fuel car that won a major California event over a stellar field in the injected/FD heyday. Great times.