OK I finally got these down loaded the coupe was running great at the deuce run 3 weeks before the race so I never touched it before the drags but by the time we got it to the hotel Friday it would barley make an entrance so I started tearing it apart as Tim and Kelly went for supply's ? OK beer after swapping rooms too many times ? long story that I did not have time for I still like that cheap hotel . so there I am on a hill trying to keep the coupe from rolling over me cleaning fuel filters and wondering about fuel pumps and why it doesn't want to run and the races are in the morning Kathy & Tonya showed up and the parking lot party got off to a good start as the rest of the hot rodders pilled in I wound up working on mine to much instead of taking pictures gotta work on this camera next anyway we had a blast great to see every one the parking lot party's are worth the trip alone OK lets quit screwing around after a trip by the parts store plugs, stp, 3 cans of chem tool one in the tank some octane booster and some gas nothing can possibly go wrong now ran OK to the track but not right ? god I love this place ! and all the friends I have met over the years uncapped every thing put in new plugs and thickened up the oil some more I can`t believe this motor runs at all any more after 20 years of abuse ? there starting up ! callender material for next year
made the first pass of the day ran like crap we had the carbs apart in between every pass it seemed like and I`m hearing a pop in the ps side exaust valve ? havent had that head off in 20 years. let`s try to blow it out needs to be channeled it would go faster but then the head sticking out would just slow him down ?
this thing filled up with tire smoke and looked great going down the track I don`t know how he could see the lights ? this is way cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great seing you guys again
I did not have a chance this year against the blown flat head or the salt racer that are at least two seconds or faster but I tried with what I got. we had it running good by then but we had fun I guess ? at least I did not win flathead by making a by run ? I did back up and get a by run the first round of flathead we all talked are way back in a couple of times longest 3 car race ever we were having fun we need more Flatheads ! I lost this year I`m looking for sponsors for 2010 [IMG]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r265/hot_rod_artist/P1050723.jpg even though salt racer was winning his battery died so it was down to me and that cheating bastard I forget his name right now I`ll just call him C B afew more passes winding down getting ready for the parking lot party and replacing the battery and work on the carbs some more ! thanks for all the help crew
Casey... Was a killer time all weekend and I dig the pics from the staging lanes. A much different view than ya normally see. Tell Kel thanks for keeping me laughing Friday night.she is a hoot sober, but on a gallon or so of wine she is just plain flat out entertaining :~) Get that coupe running sweeter than molassas by the Thaw cause it won't be the same without it.
the last ones from Saturday Ron was warming up some hot dogs for the ride home earlier we figured out my battery was not taking a charge so doc took me to the parts store again!!! cut off all the handles and beat in place it`s kinda a tight fit and it seemed to run better and lit up the parking lot just fine the parking lot party was too much fun sat night I only made it too 12:30 or so? it was still going strong Sunday brackets this is the only time I can race the coupe. brain`s show car ? harassed mercury Charlie enough to make a pass with me good to see that merc being driven
Kelly wanted to make a pass down the track she just learned to drive a standard this year and drove the coupe a little bit to the deuce run a couple weeks ago took her to the return road and showed her how to rev it up to 4,000 and dump the clutch and go she made a practice launch and was ready to go she did pretty good for the first time down the track with a good reaction time and ran a 19.something and was very pumped up and made another one. they had been yelling at me saying I was leaking oil on the track and when I saw the car on the line I could see it dripping that`s not oil It was gas I had to pull Kelly out of the car after that run she wanted to make another pas hahaha me and Tim made a mad dash back to the parts store the roads in temple have been torn up for three or more years it took for ever to get back to the track Kelly called and said they were getting ready to start eliminations I told her to stall um if she could we were a few minutes away and had the part to fix it in my hand jumped out of Tims 34 and fixed the fuel line threw the floor and seat back in and took off down the hill with seconds to spare dialed in at a 15.60 and made it threw the first round OK second round OH shit ! this is going to be tough to beat he`s been doing this for 50 years Ive only been doing it for twenty dam that was so close nether one new who won ? till I got to the ticket booth the guy kept looking back and forth at the tickets ? white one white one white one I kept hopping then he handed me the yellow ahhhhhhhhhhh oh well it was a Honor to be beaten by the El`toro roadster by .05 thousands of a second that`s why I like bracket racing ! what the hell is that started thining out fast after the race was over later doc and robert thanks for your help I was felling somthing shakey in the back end wheel bearing ? another axel ? so sat back had a beer and called AAA it`s 98 miles from the track to my shop will have to buy some axels before the thaw what a week end can`t wait till the next one thanks Tim, Ron, 32 esesex ? & doc for all the help only got 24 passes in slow weekend.
Yeah i agree with bigken . Thats just a stupid picture , Very Very Wrong . Nothing funny about it . The rest of them are good pics.
The Bible has kept many a sinner from sliding down hill.................... in this case it was just your car. Probably should have used the book of Mormon, though.
great stuff...makes it feel like I was there...love the staging shots...and after that many passes...a ride home is fit 'en...
What a great weekend! Old friends, new friends and lots of drag racing. Who was doing donuts in the hotel parking lot Saturday night?
Lets see now, I don't want to incriminate anybody....but between the billowing smoke, I think I saw 2 carbs on top of one of those old fangled Flathead type engines, sitting inbetween deuce rails with some sort of modified 32 body with a dash of blue paint showing here and there, and this particular driver seemed experienced at this type of driving.....But I don't have a clue as to who it might have been....hahaha
personally, I just think that guy was trying to get rid of some pent up frustration. First he is hammering on a battery, taking his headlights off to "go faster" and then he is trying to burn his tires down to "save on weight" Hard to get your meds right sometimes, I guess
Holy crap I LOVE the looks of that track I wish we had something like that up here you guys must a had a blast it sure looked like it thanks for the pics
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