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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: fourgearsavoy] #2646605
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Gus,you forgot to put your helmet on eek


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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: hemi-itis] #2646610
04/18/19 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by hemi-itis
Gus,you forgot to put your helmet on eek


Ahhh.... that was just a parade lap on street tires didn't even hit 114 MPH on that pass against a Z06 street car biggrin I did catch his bumper at the stripe but man those things are fast box stock cars.

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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: fourgearsavoy] #2646613
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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: hemi-itis] #2646614
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Another thread where I may be the oldest. I will be 80 in Nov. Just finished three year upgrade on my car including a blown smallblock. Anxious to get it to the track. Unfortunately my family got me to agree to quit racing when I turn 80 so I have only a few months left. Hope I can get the bugs out of the car to see what it will really do. I started this game when I was 15 driving a 48 Ford coupe with stock flathead. I think it took all afternoon to get down the quarter. I even remember the first time my 32 Ford 3-window went over 100 in the 1/4, August '58 in Houston. I certainly hope to keep going by restoring a 68 Notch (same as racecar) as a street car and selecting one of my sons or a grandchild to continue driving the racecar. BTW, the poll results surprised me also!!!

Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: Blucuda413] #2646645
04/18/19 10:30 PM
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I saw the same thing in privately own small airplanes and private airports, no young pilots and plane owners out there whiney
Small airports and airfields closing up like drag strips rant whiney


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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: Cab_Burge] #2646660
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Well I'm going to be 67 in June. Started racing when I was 16 and my Brother in law and I went into a partnership on a race car when I was 17. When I was 19 we bought the 63 Dodge that I am running today! My Brother in law got out of it in 1974 and I raced it by myself until 1976. I then got married and had a couple of kids - then got divorced and got married again and had another kid then got divorced and got married again and here I am today. Got back into racing in 2003 with a 64 Dodge I bought at the Mopar Nats in 2002. Got into the NSS Racing and loved it. So after all this time I sill had the 63 Dodge from way back in the early 70's so I decided to take it out of the old barn and give it another go. Today the car will run very low 9's and if possible I want to continue to race for at the least another 10 years. We will see how the body holds out. I sure wish more of the younger generation would get involved but honestly I do not see that happening. You do see a few but my bet is that in the next 10/15 years you may as well put a fork into Drag racing.

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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: BradH] #2646682
04/19/19 01:34 AM
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I’m 37. One of the younger ones. Had my first race at 17 in the high school division.

Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: 68Charger440HP] #2646686
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Is the "Greek" Chris Karamesines still driving in top fuel? I think he is like 86 years old.

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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: 6PKRTSE] #2646699
04/19/19 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 6PKRTSE
Man, where is the 35 and under crowd? This post is proof that it is a dying breed, us car guys and racers.


I think the issue is that Chrysler didn't really make to many "muscle cars" after the mid 70's like Ford did with the Mustang and Chevy with the Camaro. So for someone to be a in a mopar they have to find a older car which takes more time and money due to its age. It's way easier to just go buy the other brand. My dad has always been a Chrysler guy and thus the reasoning I'm one as well. His lifetime stash of parts has definitely come in handy thru the years. The only "younger" racers that I see locally in a mopar are typically the one's who's parents are into mopar and have maybe helped or steered their kids in the right direction.

Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: DusterKid] #2646741
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Growing up my Dad didnt have any brand loyalty but when I got out
of the Army I went to work for Chrysler.. I worked at Chrysler Engineering
for 35 years and my wife worked there (same building) for 30 years
and brother worked there for 30 years so yes we do have brand
loyalty and all we have ever bought is Chrysler.. the last 20 years
have been Jeeps
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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: DusterKid] #2646759
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I will be 52 next month. I have raced something since I was 18. I have never raced a full season. In retirement I would like to try racing a whole season. I just hope there are tracks still open around here.

Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: MR_P_BODY] #2646765
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I'm 70 and sold my car last fall. I broke the motor bad. As knew if I would have to quit when I couldn't afford to fix it. That day came last summer.

Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: rt66jim] #2646786
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i'll be 70 in a few years, and i haven't been to the track in ages, so i didn't vote. i'm hoping to get my charger out of mothballs and my humpback project finished before i croak, so i can at least have a few years of fun. it all depends on how my health problems progress.
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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: moparx] #2646795
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I just turned 53, been racing sporadically since 1984.


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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: 6PKRTSE] #2646800
04/19/19 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by 6PKRTSE
Man, where is the 35 and under crowd? This post is proof that it is a dying breed, us car guys and racrers.


They are out there, just not on Moparts. I see younger people at the track yet. Drag Racing isn't going to die out completely anytime soon.


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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: JERICOGTX] #2646807
04/19/19 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by JERICOGTX
Originally Posted by 6PKRTSE
Man, where is the 35 and under crowd? This post is proof that it is a dying breed, us car guys and racrers.


They are out there, just not on Moparts. I see younger people at the track yet. Drag Racing isn't going to die out completely anytime soon.


iagree Many of the younger crowd I see at the track are running modern muscle cars or imports.


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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: Roughbird72] #2646812
04/19/19 12:07 PM
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As I said in my previous response, going tonight for the Street legal drags at HRP Baytown,1st time for this year, The air [DA] is looking to be very good, 200ish, hope they let me make more than one pass.


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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: 6PKRTSE] #2646814
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Originally Posted by 6PKRTSE
Man, where is the 35 and under crowd?
I see plenty of younger ones at the track. They’re just not on Moparts, they post on FB and IG.

Dennis

Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: cudaboy] #2646850
04/19/19 02:03 PM
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Re: Age check for racers, please... [Re: dart games] #2646860
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He carried this debate over to Facebook and as always I had to show that the youth supports the big money events VERY well. These kids travel from race to race and "double enter" three to 4 races each weekend. back years ago out local track (Keystone) raced every Friday night and Sunday. Now many weekends are one race and head home. Diehard racers don't want to race once so you load up and head out to the big money races were sometimes not only do you race friday, saturday, and sunday but also possibly thursday too. There might even be a second race on some days. Here's a sample of the young hitters supporting these races.


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