What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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I'm not talking about some of these fun 22 second index races. I mean what was the slowest car you've taken down the track, at it's maximum potential? My slowest three: 1. A borrowed '79 Mustang with a V6. Made it to the finals dialed 21.98. People hated me that night. 2. A somewhat six slant six powered Mirada. 22.22 dial, won some rounds each time out. 3. A borrowed Mid '80s Cavalier. 22.90 dial. That's all it had!
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 is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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13.30 IN MY stock max wedge dodge 330 unmodified with stock tires. so slow i was watching the spectators in the stands after i finished pushing buttons.
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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I rented a Stratus 2.4/auto a couple of times to run in the "ricer class"; it started out around 16.50 but would pick up a tenth or two every pass. I was probably the first person to work the thing hard, I guess. It was like shootin' fish in a barrel since none of those kids could leave on time, but after the 4th round I either got greedy or bored and ran the thing out (thinking I'd dialed enough to cover the expected ET improvement). So I threw it away, but had fun. Second time out, I actually got the same car, and went a few rounds until I had to be somewhere else, and left the track early. On a .500 tree, I'd shallow stage and leave on the 3rd yellow. I can't remember the car's best ET, pretty sure it was low 16s. Sure ran good after a little exercise, though.
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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A few years ago I was in my 80 aspen running trophy class in the 1/8th mile. I was a 7.80 dial. The guy next to me 19.5 dial. His 1/4 might have been 25+. He was in a plymouth reliant.
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Ford Festiva
Car ran either 20.20s or 22.20s I cant remember.
It was deadly and I could leave flat to the floor and just let off the brake. Had the bye in it the 3rd round of footbrake the day I run it.
Pretty funny unless you were the one waiting on me lol.
67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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67 Belvedere 273 9 pass. wagon ran mid 16s good bracket car was very consistent lots of fun to drive always lookin back at competition. Mick
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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My Dodge Spirit 2.5 19.70's. Points race that I was sure would get rained out, but I didn't want to drag the trailer 80 miles. Only made 2 passes and got rained out.
Walter 1969 Dart Swinger w/ARC Pump Gas 493 B1/BS 10.18 at 130mph Racing Pro in street trim. 1981 Aries ARC 548 B1 8.88 at 147mph (footbraking) 1996 Ram 2500 V10 16.52 at 80mph 1981 Reliant 400
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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I made a pass in friend of mines mom's convertable cavalier once. No idea what it ran as it was at our Midnight Grudge races. Just an idea how slow it was I lost by two car lengths to a friends 66 Fury III with a stock 2bbl 318 poly. So thats really like three car lengths if your not talking C-body.
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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'76 Dart, stock 225 with 180,000 miles on it. Fully matted to the floor it ran a best of 19.3 and a worst of 22.8. I felt like I could read War and Peace in between the time the green light came on and the finish line finally showed up. It was horribly inconsistent and made a terrible bracket car. It's much more fun now with a 360 in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY0NjVWPwTM
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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I had a bone stock, 100% original, 70 Dart with a slant six that ran in the 21's.........It had big and skinny aluminum slot wheels on it and I hauled it to the track, because it wasn't tagged and insured yet.......You should have seen people's faces, that were lining up for the midnight drags, when I was leaving with a 21.20 dial in on the window of a car being hauled to the track.......
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Re: What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?
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First car I took down the track alone, 1994 Dodge Grand Caravan Limited Edition. 3.3 Liters of fury was good for 18.05
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I've had Slant cars run as slow as 21:30's. I won the first Drag News Race for the Ring at RT66 with my Duster. I went 19:707 on a 19:70 while the S/Pro car broke out trying to catch me.
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