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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: MRMOPAR622]
#1512723
10/05/13 12:47 PM
10/05/13 12:47 PM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 28,312
Cincinnati, Ohio
Challenger 1
Too Many Posts
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Too Many Posts
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 28,312
Cincinnati, Ohio
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My 1st dragster,Mopar-Powered! 
Since I read the other NHRA thread where you were putting down safety gear and the NHRA and you told Monty you need a sponsor, so I was thinking...
Dang Billy...Been promoting your self on the side of your race car since the 80s and you still don't have a sponsor? 
This is what I raced in late 88 through 91.
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: Sixpak]
#1512725
10/05/13 01:09 PM
10/05/13 01:09 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 684
St. Charles, MO.
Slingshot383
mopar
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mopar
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 684
St. Charles, MO.
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A '70 340 4spd. Duster,
a '72 340 4spf. Challenger,
a '70 440 auto 'Cuda
1994 Undercover Chassis 125" altered
stack injected big block, soon blown and injected
Member of The Torque and Recoil Club
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: tubtar]
#1512727
10/05/13 02:27 PM
10/05/13 02:27 PM
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Posts: 9,813
MI, usa
dvw
master
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master
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 9,813
MI, usa
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Still have my street/strip car from 77. My wife and and I went out in our 1st date in it. Both my boys 1st ride in a car when they were born init. Maybe that explains Dizusters car craziness. 1st pass with the blower,13.99. I thought it was fast. lol. Last time out 11.01@122Doug
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: dustergirl340]
#1512729
10/05/13 03:24 PM
10/05/13 03:24 PM
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Joined: May 2004
Posts: 4,617
In the tower
RonTheAnnouncer
master
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master
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 4,617
In the tower
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Mostly whatever I could get my hands on. First pass down the track in 1982 in my dad's "free" 70 chevy convertable, 17.04 at 80 mph. More passes in his slant 6 Duster running 18.90s. Then my 70 Fury III running mid 17s and my 78 Mercury Marquis running 17.30s, both with hacked up dual exhausts.
Ron H.
"Just when you think you have all of the answers...I change the questions!" "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: Mopar-Al]
#1512732
10/05/13 06:37 PM
10/05/13 06:37 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 4,973
new jersey usa
11secdart
master
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master
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 4,973
new jersey usa
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11 sec Dart the same car I race today.
68 Dart 410 / 904
92 D150 original owner
21 Ram 1500 Quad Cab, Big Horn , Hemi ,4x4
23 Audi Q5
16 Honda HRV
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: Challenger 1]
#1512733
10/05/13 06:57 PM
10/05/13 06:57 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,008
Sweet Home Alabama
MRMOPAR622
top fuel
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top fuel
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,008
Sweet Home Alabama
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Quote:
Quote:
My 1st dragster,Mopar-Powered!
Since I read the other NHRA thread where you were putting down safety gear and the NHRA and you told Monty you need a sponsor, so I was thinking...
Dang Billy...Been promoting your self on the side of your race car since the 80s and you still don't have a sponsor?
I have gotten good enough at it that now I do it for a living! When a friend and his partner that raced Mud Trucks over the years,wanted to make the moved over to Drag-Cars,the 1st person they come to was me.One owns a Big Boat Marina on the Back Water that caters to the Rich,the other owns 2 Nite Clubs in Atlanta.So I must be doing something right!!!!Ever since us 3 joining forces last year, we have been building a Racing Empire!They love Grudge Racing as much as I enjoy Bracket Racing.From Racing Mud Trucks they know you win some you lose some and don't mind spending the $$$ to win,if $$$ can be made off it.Bottom line my name on the side of the car along with my driving have gotten me what I needed.
It got your attention I hope in a positive way,not negative way but I will take either over neither!
PS I have been Grudge Racing,since I started Racing so I know how the Game is played!I have most Beat already before they even get in their cars,if not I will Beat them as soon as we line up beside each other! 
"Sweet Home AlaBama'Roll Tide Roll"
Last edited by MRMOPAR622; 10/05/13 07:03 PM.
"To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man"
"T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: Joesixpack]
#1512734
10/05/13 07:17 PM
10/05/13 07:17 PM
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Posts: 2,675
Mt. Eden Ky.
Hemi Allstate
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master
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,675
Mt. Eden Ky.
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The same 1952 Sears Roebuck Allstate that I race today. 427 Chevy T Ram 660s. Ran consistent 10.43 @ 129 mph in 1981.  This picture is Bristol 1980 PDRA World Finals.
Last edited by Hemi Allstate; 10/05/13 09:43 PM.
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: Joesixpack]
#1512736
10/05/13 08:23 PM
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Posts: 43,511
Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
Rhinodart
Rhinotruck
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Rhinotruck
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 43,511
Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
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In 1980 I ran a 70 Duster with a T/A 340, B-Body Hemi 4-speed, and 8-3/4 with 4.88 gears. It was black with a 6-pack hood and a blue crushed velvet bench interior!  It was a street/strip car and ran a healthy 12.20 at it's peak. I was tuning it one day and had the air cleaner just sitting on the carb with the wingnut on top. I bumped the timing a bit, burped the throttle, it backfired and the air cleaner jumped off the carb, the wingnut hit the hood then went in the carb.  The next thing I new I heard a bang, then the car quit and white smoke pored from the drivers sidepipe.  Took it apart and the wingnut had wiped out an intake valve and the valve was sitting sideways in the piston, I still have it for a reminder what a 10 cent part can do to a nice engine. 
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
JB Rhinehart, Realist
A-Body's RULE!
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Re: What did you race in the 80s?
[Re: OUTLAWD]
#1512738
10/05/13 09:20 PM
10/05/13 09:20 PM
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Posts: 1,271
Vista, California
67Satty
pro stock
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pro stock
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,271
Vista, California
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1972 340 Challenger with a 426 Street Wedge swapped in. The 426 Wedge had unported 906 heads, old Torker intake, 3310 Holley, 3800 stall Turbo Action, SS Springs, 3.91s. The motor was a re-ring and re-bearing rebuild with a small solid cam. Only took it to the track twice, best run was a 12.82 @ 107. Photo is from 1986. Oh yeah, and this was my first car bought at age 17 for $1200. 
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