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Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: rickstershemi] #575522 01/07/10 01:05 PM 01/07/10 01:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,247 Newfoundland C codfish master
codfish master C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,247 Newfoundland

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: rickstershemi] #575523 01/07/10 01:07 PM 01/07/10 01:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,086 Baton Rouge, La. StandOnIt super stock
StandOnIt super stock Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,086 Baton Rouge, La.	ADHD here, Only Drag for me..... 76' Volare, 5.9 magnum w/Iron heads. New best 10.68 at 123 mph 1/4 mile.

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: notchbackcuda] #575524 01/07/10 01:08 PM 01/07/10 01:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 290 Norwalk Ohio cudasteve68 enthusiast
cudasteve68 enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 290 Norwalk Ohio	Quote: Drag Strip: Circle Track is too expensive for me. Besides, I don't think my personality is aggressive enough to be a circle track racer. I am a drag racer all the way. However, every year Sandusky (Ohio) Speedway has a Hangover Race New Years Day, and use to also run a demo deby. I had a '71 4-door 318 Dodge that I demo'd at the local fair one summer and went out real early to broken shifter linkage. We were going to finish the car off that winter at the Hangover Derby on pavemnet. We got there and the Demo had been cancled, against my judment we entered in the "stock" class. Complete with "I Race At Norwalk" bumper stickers all over the car, Napa Hat on the roof, & snow tires I did finish 3rd to last against "roundy round" Race Cars. That started a yearly tradtion. Soon after they started 4 & 6 cylinder classes. We all picked up $150.00 junkers, stripped them, and had "Race Cars". When cheep cars are found we race "The Hangover Classic". Best finish so far is 5th in a '91 2.2 2 door Laboran. It is fun as we hit close to 60 mph, and rubbing is racing!!! Check out Sandusky's website, they have pics from this years race. I did not run this year. But on the weekends in the summer you can find me making 1/4 mile blasts in the Cuda.

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: cudasteve68] #575525 01/07/10 01:22 PM 01/07/10 01:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md 3 383man Too Many Posts
383man Too Many Posts 3 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md	100% drag racer. Ron

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: 383man] #575526 01/07/10 01:33 PM 01/07/10 01:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa Steve1118 master
Steve1118 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa	Although I've always been a drag racer, I was involved in some MoPar dirt track cars in the seventies. It was like the WWF, fighting, arguing, over stupid stuff. Then one night someone pulled out a gun, I figured this was whacked, and I never went back. I went back a year or so to see a pal race, and found it is still the same. Fistfights over who bumped into who in some heat race. No class. "Old age and treachery trumps youth and enthusiasm, every time!" East Central Director / Chrysler Power Magazine www.reasbeckracing.webs.com

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: Steve1118] #575527 01/07/10 01:45 PM 01/07/10 01:45 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,991 new jersey usa 1 11secdart master
11secdart master 1 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,991 new jersey usa	Drag racer here thru and thru, but roundy round on dirt tracks is Cool! 5718271-GregVanEssPhotography-IslandDragway11-1-09-_DSC3533.mht (48 downloads) Last edited by 11secdart; 01/07/10 01:46 PM.

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: Steve1118] #575528 01/07/10 01:54 PM 01/07/10 01:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 549 Bristol, Va fasteddie mopar
fasteddie mopar Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 549 Bristol, Va	I crewed years ago for a bud running a street stocker roundy car. We spent most of our time beating the fenders back out, and like was mentioned above, the fighting was out of control. Not fun. I finally converted him to the drags and we spent time tweaking the car, not doing body work. Drag racing is much more fun, and a much better family atmosphere, IMO. 2003 Bristol Dragway Sportsman Champion 2016 Bristol Dragway Power Hour Champion

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: jnkgal] #575529 01/07/10 02:01 PM 01/07/10 02:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,564 St. Clair Shores, Michigan bigsbigelow pro stock
bigsbigelow pro stock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,564 St. Clair Shores, Michigan	Drag racer here. I would like to build an 8 track car to run at the local fairs, though. Ryan "Bigs" '73 Duster (BLKDUST) - Black, 100% factory sheet metal, flat hood, 346 cid, J Heads, and a bench seat. http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj1/bigsbigelow/ Best to date: 12.40 @ 109 mph

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: bigsbigelow] #575530 01/07/10 03:42 PM 01/07/10 03:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc E emarine01 master
emarine01 master E Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc	What no option C- Mud racing

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: emarine01] #575531 01/07/10 05:27 PM 01/07/10 05:27 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 429 Sherman Texas T The Shocker mopar
The Shocker mopar T Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 429 Sherman Texas	Drag Racer here and Nostalgia only at that.When i close my eyes and think about drag racing ,i see old cars (pre 65 lined up).Nothing against 65 - 72 stuff ,its just not my scene .I like cars that are fast ,but were never suppose to be from the factory ,with the exceptiion of a few pre 65 cars.As far as round track racing ,dirt tracking is big in my area ,but not with me.I just dont get into it .I like drag racing because its over quick and im too impatient to make laps to see who is gunna win ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykcsXMV3vfg My Dart ,and im just getting started...

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: rickstershemi] #575532 01/07/10 06:02 PM 01/07/10 06:02 PM
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 333 So. Jersey Somerdale Flash enthusiast
Somerdale Flash enthusiast Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 333 So. Jersey	Quote: Quote: Pretty cool stuff there Rick! Thanks Walt....The racing was fun....just Hobby Stock...we won a ton of races and were quite frowned upon mainly due to the fact we had the money to run good parts (mainly safety related) but it didn't sit well with the other racers I had no less than 7-8 Monte Carlo bodies out back and every week we came looking like new...just the way we did things. I remember the track owner "RED" asking us once if we could just slow down enough to at least make it look like it was hard.... My partner "John DiBurrough" did most of the driving....the guy was deadly and the car was set up well....I did my share of driving, but John was the Champ Rickster Very Impressive Rick! Is that you on the left in the picture?

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: cudasteve68] #575533 01/07/10 06:13 PM 01/07/10 06:13 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 684 Amherst , Ohio 1972cudaguy Basement Office
1972cudaguy Basement Office Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 684 Amherst , Ohio	Quote: Quote: Drag Strip: Circle Track is too expensive for me. Besides, I don't think my personality is aggressive enough to be a circle track racer. I am a drag racer all the way. However, every year Sandusky (Ohio) Speedway has a Hangover Race New Years Day, and use to also run a demo deby. I had a '71 4-door 318 Dodge that I demo'd at the local fair one summer and went out real early to broken shifter linkage. We were going to finish the car off that winter at the Hangover Derby on pavemnet. We got there and the Demo had been cancled, against my judment we entered in the "stock" class. Complete with "I Race At Norwalk" bumper stickers all over the car, Napa Hat on the roof, & snow tires I did finish 3rd to last against "roundy round" Race Cars. That started a yearly tradtion. Soon after they started 4 & 6 cylinder classes. We all picked up $150.00 junkers, stripped them, and had "Race Cars". When cheep cars are found we race "The Hangover Classic". Best finish so far is 5th in a '91 2.2 2 door Laboran. It is fun as we hit close to 60 mph, and rubbing is racing!!! Check out Sandusky's website, they have pics from this years race. I did not run this year. But on the weekends in the summer you can find me making 1/4 mile blasts in the Cuda. I've been going to Sandusky since the mid 60's . I remember the good ol' days when there were fields of 20 , 25+ cars . I think the track's gone downhill since Bader had it & the Jaycox's haven't done much better https://www.customwiresets.com/home.php

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: jnkgal] #575534 01/07/10 06:15 PM 01/07/10 06:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 572 Shelbyville, TN USA 4 40ford mopar addict
40ford mopar addict 4 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 572 Shelbyville, TN USA	There are advantages to both types of racing. And, there are many different levels in both types of racing. We just got out of dirt Super Late Model racing---after almost 30 years for me. The up and downs of emotion are beyond belief for most drag racers. But I just couldn't continue to work on the race car 30+ hrs/week, fund cash flow in excess of $100K/yr., race 10 months/yr. , and race at 50+ locations/yr. So we sold everything out(at the right time, before the market fell) and now plan to campaign our P7 powered, FED in 2010. So far, I enjoy my return to drag racing.

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: Somerdale Flash] #575535 01/07/10 08:13 PM 01/07/10 08:13 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida rickstershemi master
rickstershemi master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida	Quote: Quote: Quote: Pretty cool stuff there Rick! Thanks Walt....The racing was fun....just Hobby Stock...we won a ton of races and were quite frowned upon mainly due to the fact we had the money to run good parts (mainly safety related) but it didn't sit well with the other racers I had no less than 7-8 Monte Carlo bodies out back and every week we came looking like new...just the way we did things. I remember the track owner "RED" asking us once if we could just slow down enough to at least make it look like it was hard.... My partner "John DiBurrough" did most of the driving....the guy was deadly and the car was set up well....I did my share of driving, but John was the Champ Rickster Very Impressive Rick! Is that you on the left in the picture? Not the far left Walt....lol, but yes that's me, many many years ago Rickster

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: jnkgal] #575536 01/07/10 09:03 PM 01/07/10 09:03 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,686 W. Kentucky justinp61 I Live Here
justinp61 I Live Here Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,686 W. Kentucky	I drag race as a hobby but have spent a lot of time working on dirt late models. The guy that gave me my first job ran a dirt car so naturally I helped. After he quit I helped on a couple other cars. It was fun and we traveled a lot but the got old. So after several years of dirt I quit. Drag racing has always facinated me. When I was young I can remember looking at the photos in Hot Rod magazine of drag racing and trying to imagine what it was like. This was in the mid late 60s. My uncle had Mopar muscle cars then so I was hooked at an early age.

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: jnkgal] #575537 01/07/10 09:21 PM 01/07/10 09:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,734 Bitopia J jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds.. J Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,734 Bitopia	Me and maybe 1 other guy (not Jean Girard ), if I can find him, might be offended no one asked about those that downshift, and turn left and right and slow down faster then they accelerate, sometimes on hills, blind corners, off camber, passing moving slower lesser class cars, in the rain and even on an unlit track, for hours. Each to their own. Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.

Re: who is round track and who is drag strip [Re: jcc] #575538 01/07/10 11:10 PM 01/07/10 11:10 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,619 Norwich CT USA Defbob master
Defbob master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,619 Norwich CT USA	Drag If I have to turn I prefer to do it both directions. Would love to race at Limerock, but my Wrangler just isn't up to it I plan to get an XV Level II suspenion for my Hemi car eventually.

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