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What did you race in the 80s?
Posted By: Joesixpack
What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 02:54 PM
Built this on budget in 1987, 440,stock cast piston,stock 906 heads,used 484 hyd cam...340 steel crank torque convertor,727,was an old oswego drag car....frozen in time from 1970....I ran 12.60s with a dual point...
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Posted By: Joesixpack
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 02:58 PM
Lakewood 3 pt loop,B&M shifter,SW Gauges,Fenton Gryos,Grump Lump...Dana 60
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Posted By: Joesixpack
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 02:59 PM
blue was original paint color....
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Posted By: PolyDart
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 03:03 PM
I was racing my first car a '72 318 Dart that I bought from my Grandma in '78 with 18,000 on the odometer.
Ran high 12s on the motor, high 11s on the bottle.
Posted By: Joesixpack
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 03:15 PM
looks likes Da Grove!my first pic is Labor Day weekend 1987! Great Lakes Dragway
Posted By: sshemi
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 03:29 PM
I raced my tri cycle back then.
Posted By: B5 Bee
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 03:43 PM
The car in my avatar.
Posted By: ProSport
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 03:43 PM
When I was 16 I raced my Dad's original owner 33,000 mile '71 340 Roadrunner. Lots of fun.
Posted By: PHJ426
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 03:58 PM
Here you go Bill
Scanned a few photos in for this
Posted By: PHJ426
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 03:59 PM
Another from its US 30 days
Posted By: PHJ426
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:00 PM
At Osceola......
Posted By: PHJ426
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:01 PM
At US41 now you see it.....these US41 pictures actually were 91 or 92 by then we had painted the Challenger. The Osceola and other pictures are late 1980's....
Posted By: PHJ426
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:03 PM
Now you don't...against Gene Prophet from Wilmington in his Camaro in the left lane.
Posted By: 383man
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:05 PM
I bracket raced this 66 Dart from 1978 to 1982. It was a 273 car and I put a 340 in it. Was also a 4-speed car and ran a best of 11.94 @ 113. I had alot of fun racing this car. Ron
Posted By: 383man
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:06 PM
One more pic. Ron
Posted By: sshemi
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:07 PM
Seems you ran pretty fast back then without any chineese parts.
Posted By: PHJ426
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:08 PM
At Osceola with the M/T street tires.....up in smoke with that old school 440, 915 heads, mushroom cam Mini Express 108, Heavy TRW dome pistons....
Posted By: 72Swinger
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:21 PM
Bam...
Posted By: dustergirl340
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:28 PM
Didn't get my driver's license until 1988...I was racing the farm's horse back then, lol.
Posted By: MRMOPAR622
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:35 PM
My 1st dragster,Mopar-Powered!
Posted By: VernMotor
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:37 PM
somewhere back then maybe early 80s
Posted By: BradH
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:41 PM
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What did you race in the 80s?
Motocross.
Posted By: Challenger 1
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:47 PM
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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.
Posted By: Sixpak
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 04:52 PM
1982'ish, Lebanon Valley, me in the left lane...
Posted By: Slingshot383
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 05:09 PM
A '70 340 4spd. Duster,
a '72 340 4spf. Challenger,
a '70 440 auto 'Cuda
Posted By: tubtar
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 05:24 PM
I didn't come over to the dark side until 2006.
'66 Cyclone with a 429 , C6 , 4.30's.
Low 12's and dead nuts on. Sold it and raced motorcycle enduros for a spell. Got the car bug again and here I am.
Posted By: dvw
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 06:27 PM
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
Posted By: dustergirl340
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 06:41 PM
I remember your car from Eaton Day. It's in the video I have of that day. Always liked it.
Posted By: RonTheAnnouncer
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 07:24 PM
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.
Posted By: deaks
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 08:34 PM
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What did you race in the 80s?
Motocross.
Likewise 77 to 84. My early heroes were Decoster, Hannah and then Dave Thorpe. First run at the strip was 89 in the Dart i still own 340 4 spd ran 13.8.
Mick
Posted By: Mopar-Al
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 08:56 PM
69 fb barracuda with a 440 391 / 8.75 rear
11.90's
68 road runner 383 4 speed with a factory 410 dana. Some say they never came with a dana 60, but this one did 12.80's
72 cuda 340, then 69 440, then a 70 block 499. I still have the car now
70 chrysler 300 hurst all stock. Fun but 13.90 was about it
Posted By: 11secdart
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 10:37 PM
11 sec Dart the same car I race today.
Posted By: MRMOPAR622
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 10:57 PM
Quote:
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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?
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"
Posted By: Hemi Allstate
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 11:17 PM
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.
Posted By: topside
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/05/13 11:52 PM
Sprint car and some road-course cars, with some practice in the canyons of SoCal. Drag racing in the '70s, then back to it in the '90s & since, but the road-course bug is biting away like mad again.
Posted By: Rhinodart
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 12:23 AM
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.
Posted By: OUTLAWD
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 12:34 AM
Z-50...haha
Posted By: 67Satty
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 01:20 AM
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.
Posted By: Frito
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 01:40 AM
Bristol 1982 pre "Frito"
Posted By: CHAPPER
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 01:43 AM
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Bristol 1982 pre "Frito"
Nice pecs.. 
Posted By: QTR MILR
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 02:02 AM
I was racing my 73 Charger.... Swapped the 318 out for a 400 with a 484 cam and 750 Holley... Had Pro-trac tires and 3.23 gears.. Ran 15.20 at 92mph in second gear. Funny thing about that car was I never lost a street race light to light and I would run anything I could get a race with!!
Posted By: sam64
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 03:39 AM
my 69 road runner 440 727 3.55,13.50s @ 102.drove it to the track and back until one night u joint let go.got trailered after that.my high school days 1980-81.at 16 I raced a new 1980 formula firebird in my 68 318 notch barracuda,there were 3 guys in the bird and me and my girl friend in the lowly cuda [so they thought],ant way they kept trying me,so I finally said meet me at the quarter[our own little strip.i drop the gf at finish line and he has his buddies get out at starting point,we agree on start procedure and I spank him,he want's rematch I spank him again.i load up the gf and they track me down later and give me a six pack of beer.at 16 I thought that was cool.
Posted By: cheapstreetdustr
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 04:29 AM
72 340 duster auto..ran 12.70s at Atco..
won a fair share and earned what i thought at the time was a bunch of money.
i sold the car in 2010
wish i could find pictures...had lots of memories with that car
Posted By: THE GLASS MAN
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 05:29 AM
I owned & raced a red 63 Dodge Max Wedge factory racer for 19 years starting in 1982. Had fun with it and it said "Danger Brothers Racing Team" on the side.
Posted By: gregsdart
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 11:02 AM
The same car I race now, just on its third incarnation! Bought it in 1978, tubbed it in 1980 and put the 535 in it that year, did an entire 2x3 ladderbar chassis in 1994/97. Five different engine combos over the years.
Posted By: roadhazard
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 01:25 PM
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Bristol 1982 pre "Frito"
Looks like some "Greg of Akron" work on that C-Pillar 
Posted By: RapidusMaximus
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 03:56 PM
This, my first dragster...stock block and heads 340 with a roller cam, glide equipped and shifted with a very sketchy homemade shifter....138" wheelbase, it was a blast to drive, ran low 6's in the 1/8th...broke a rod in the burnout in 1984 at the bracket finals at the now extinct Green Valley Raceway in Fort Worth.
Posted By: B3RE
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 04:15 PM
'68 Dart GTS factory 383 car, TRW domes, 906's, 509 grind, cable 727 w/ a turbo action 8 3/4" converter, 8 3/4 rear w/ 4.56's. Ran 11.80's @ 108.
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Posted By: DodgeCharger
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 06:03 PM
The car in my avatar. Original Cuda 440 4pd super trak-pak. Stock it ran 13.0 @ 104 mph. Did some work to it and it could just touch the 11's but dialed in at 12.00 since I didn't want to put a bar in the car.
I ran the same plugs I drove back and forth to work with. I would just make a coupld high speed runs on the street to clean them out.
That car was terrible in the snow.
Posted By: cagebob1
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 07:47 PM
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'68 Dart GTS factory 383 car, TRW domes, 906's, 509 grind, cable 727 w/ a turbo action 8 3/4" converter, 8 3/4 rear w/ 4.56's. Ran 11.80's @ 108.
I remember that car! originally owned by Don Slout from Williamsport PA.
Later owned by Larry Arnold, who named it "Barbarian".
Boy, that was a long time ago!
Posted By: B3RE
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/06/13 11:27 PM
Yeah, I heard it got around. The earliest I knew was Larry Arnold and I bought it from John Troxell. I sold it to a friend of mine who is working on getting it back on the track. He said he was surprised I didn't kill myself because the reconstructed frame rails were about to come apart. I was 19 and knew nothing about racecars back them. BTW, the car is only about 5 miles from Beaver Springs Dragway right now. I wish I had kept it.
Posted By: bonefish
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 03:43 AM
1961 ridged frame FLH panhead.i cant remember my ET but i could eat a sandwich before i got there.
Posted By: rickseeman
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 02:20 PM
A 1965 Dodge Race Hemi. Never had to work on it because I didn't have a penny to my name to buy parts with. Still my favorite bracket car. Don't have any pix. Wish I had one.
Posted By: FlyFish
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 02:38 PM
Matchbox cars....and Pole Position (the arcade game)...
Posted By: cgall
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 09:06 PM
In '80 and '81 I ran this '68 Satellite Vert that I bought from a co-worker, he left it sit in his garage for 5 years and the battery split open and made a mess of all the chrome and detail work he had done on the motor compartment. It had a 400 built at D&J speed shop in Cincinnati, Dana 60 with 4.10 gears, column shifted 727. I picked up a free pair of worn 9" slicks and mounted them on some 8" wagon wheels I had, took the car to the track and was shocked when it ran 12.90's thru the sidepipes. After two runs the tech man came over and told me I could only run 13.50 with a convertible without a roll bar. I changed the carb to a 650 with vacuum secondary and a stiff spring, car slowed down to 13.70's and I raced it that way for 2 years. It was cool to unlatch the top and hit the button to lower it for a breezy ride home.
Posted By: WHITEDART
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 09:11 PM
Posted By: cgall
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 09:16 PM
This next car I ran against many times, a guy built it for his wife and she had moderate success but quit racing when she became pregnant. In 1983 he sold me the car and I sold the Satellite, maybe a dumb move, but I had terrific success with the Chevy II. I won 11 races in '83 and 13 in '84 between Tri-State and Edgewater, car was deadly consistent and only ran 12.60's with a mostly stock 307.
In '85 I built a 355 from an RHS kit and ported my own heads, car picked up a second with no other changes and ran a best of 11.44. I ran Super Pro with the car for two years driving off the foot and won about 6 or 7 times. Took it to Moroso and ran the 5-day in '85. Oh, the memories! Sold the car and got married in '86, quit racing until I bought my Duster in '93.
Posted By: W.I.N. Racing
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 10:35 PM
heres mine from th mid-late 80's
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Posted By: David_in_St_Croi
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 11:36 PM
Foredeck on Sweet Agnes, an Olson 30 in the early 80's. Picture of a different boat but still an Olson 30.
Posted By: Dartari
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/07/13 11:39 PM
Maybe it's me it just seems it was alot more fun back then. You had to rely on your ingenuity and help from your friends man I miss those days oh well.
Posted By: Joesixpack
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/08/13 03:24 PM
You hit it right on the head man.....we would work all week, get paid on friday,cash our check,load up the car,buy some beer&food,grab the gill and tool box and head to the track,race sat&sun,if somebody at the track needed a part or a hand everybody pitched in...from 1979 till it closed in late 80s(then reopened)I was at Byron Dragway,if not there then great Lakes Dragway,or US 30,it was a different era for sure.
Posted By: Joesixpack
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/08/13 04:21 PM
did some 'dark side' dancing with this Monza Funny car....partner&crewed...bought as a roller....finished it in 30 days....
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Posted By: Joesixpack
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/08/13 04:23 PM
was a Ron Colson driven Hawaiian (Roland Leong) Nitro Car,before we got it.
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Posted By: BradH
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/08/13 07:49 PM
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What did you race in the 80s?
Motocross.
Likewise 77 to 84. My early heroes were Decoster, Hannah and then Dave Thorpe...
I started racing MX as an amateur seriously around 1981 and continued into the early '90s before building the Challenger.
I had a bunch of 500 GP videos from the mid-'80s and Dave Thorpe was an animal on the Euro tracks. I only got to see him ride in person once, at the 1986 USGP at Carlsbad, CA, and it just wasn't his kind of track. Ricky Johnson killed EVERYONE that day... 'cuz Carlsbad was only about an hour from where he grew up. That was his first year for American Honda and he was riding like a total mad man that season.
Posted By: dagohman
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/10/13 03:05 AM
84 to 85
Posted By: dagohman
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/10/13 03:08 AM
1987
, yes it was more fun back then, less electronics
Posted By: JCCuda
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/10/13 03:35 PM
I ran my Cuda like this from 79-82. 440 ported 915's, TRW piston with a dome actual 10.9 compression, crane commander hydraulic 528/552 and I think 246/252 @.050, torker with a vac. 780cfm, hooker 1-7/8" super comps.,727 with a 10" converter and 8-3/4 with 4.56 gears. best ET/MPH 11.78/117
Posted By: JCCuda
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/10/13 03:47 PM
In 82 I had the car back halfed and a roll bar added in preparation for a 500" short block I had acquired. Took a little weight out and with the same drivetrain it went 11.64/118. Unfortunately I ran into various problems putting the 500" short together (top fuel crank)and by the time it was together I was getting married then starting a business. Racing was on a hold and I sold the complete engine and that guy never finished his car. As far as I know the engine is still sitting and has never been run.
Posted By: gtsdude
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/11/13 07:34 PM
69 Dart Swinger 340 4 speed, 484 MP cam, 391 rear. At 16 this was a lot of car. Never went to the track but street raced a lot back in late 80's. Lots of 5.0
Mustangs got to see tail lights.
Posted By: LSP
Re: What did you race in the 80s? - 10/13/13 01:51 AM
Raced at OCIR in Irvine, CA with the following cars -
1980-81, drag raced a stock 71 383 Challenger
1982-83 drag raced an ex-Jr. Stock 340 Duster, went 12.39 best.
Moved to TX in 1988, at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX I raced a stock early production 71 340 Duster that actually had a factory installed T/A block.
