Re: Who Remembers "POWDER PUFF RACING" ?
[Re: THE GLASS MAN]
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11/23/12 01:25 AM
11/23/12 01:25 AM
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poorboy
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The problem I see with the Powder puff thing is that times have changed. Back when those events were popular, very few women drove race cars. The idea was to get a bunch of inexperienced ladies to climb into a race car for the entertainment of witnessing that inexperience displayed. As more and more ladies entered the racing world as drivers, the entertainment value disappeared along with their inexperience. These days, it wold probably be hard to see much difference, there are a lot of very good lady drivers. I just don't see it being a big deal these days.  Sorry, Gene
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Re: Who Remembers "POWDER PUFF RACING" ?
[Re: poorboy]
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11/23/12 01:35 AM
11/23/12 01:35 AM
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up yours
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used to have it back at the circle track in Tucson, before it went to asphalt. Been probably 18 years or so since I last saw it.
They say there are no such thing as a stupid question.
They say there is always the exception that proves the rule.
Don't be the exception.
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Re: Who Remembers "POWDER PUFF RACING" ?
[Re: poorboy]
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11/23/12 11:21 AM
11/23/12 11:21 AM
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OHIO
THE GLASS MAN
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OHIO
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The problem I see with the Powder puff thing is that times have changed.
Back when those events were popular, very few women drove race cars. The idea was to get a bunch of inexperienced ladies to climb into a race car for the entertainment of witnessing that inexperience displayed.
As more and more ladies entered the racing world as drivers, the entertainment value disappeared along with their inexperience. These days, it wold probably be hard to see much difference, there are a lot of very good lady drivers.
I just don't see it being a big deal these days. Sorry, Gene
On any given race day I am sure you can find 4 or 5 really good female drivers running their 10 second cars whipping the tar our of their male counterparts. Put 20-25 of those women all together in 12 second and slower cars and put a good announcer on the P-A System and you have makings for a good race. Gene,We even have a pretty good car show for the people who want to show off their talants of rod building. Come on out and bring your ride! 
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Re: Who Remembers "POWDER PUFF RACING" ?
[Re: poorboy]
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11/23/12 04:28 PM
11/23/12 04:28 PM
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OHIO
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Ohio is a long drivefrom where I'm at. Over the last couple years its enough of a challenge just making it to car club meetings about 80 miles from home. Maybe things will improve, someday.
I'm not sure the word "talents" is the correct word to use to discribe what I do with my rods. Driver quality and safety is way more important then what they look like, in my world. Most people at car shows look for perfection, and there isn't much of that on anything I own. Gene
Sounds like what people think of my rides. All my racers are old school Hemi and Max Wedge racers and I bought my beater when I was 14 and I am 61 now. The beater used to tow my Flathead Chrysler Willys in it's hey days . It is a 48 Plymouth Club Coupe and pretty ratty. It has a Desoto flathead.
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Re: Who Remembers "POWDER PUFF RACING" ?
[Re: Mr. T]
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11/26/12 01:22 AM
11/26/12 01:22 AM
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gulfport, ms, west mi
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What's the big deal about senior racers? Most of the people I know that race are over 60. On the powder puff races, haven't heard of them for a long time. Back when my brother was racing , his wife who had never raced his car went out and ran a .010 faster than he'd ever did, she let it be known for a long time . I think that was the start of the end of his racing day's.  
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