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I had a post nixed and have no idea why....makes no sense to me but it's not my site... You want memories....You want get anymore from...
The hole in the grille might cause you to be digging around in a junyard if you were flunked for it! We had missing chrome when we showed up for...
I was there....flat towed from NJ and stayed at a motel that had garages....Had to fix the tow car on the way out and on the way home.....Drove...
Hello John.....Norm Mayerson was your partner on the Chevelle wagon? Yes? Norm came up to my gas station with Ralph Truppi the night we first...
We ran stock wheels on our '57 Sedan delivery. Had no money for anything but. We borrowed some wheels and that is what is on the car in my Avatar...
Yes Bob I assumed it was.... I raced Bud on a Time Trial at Cecil County with my then A/FIA Firebird and he was in the car currently being...
How about John Swope's ....."A Head" wagon.....I think he was friends with Carl Bennett....Was like Cheech and Chong in their pit area...LOL
Looks like Bud Rowe.....We raced him at York in 1970 and he was in a J/S or J/SA Chevy II and I was thinking it was all white in color....We won...
Q-Jets are well known for stumbling when launching.... Air valve adjustment and accelerator pump can both cause this problem as well as a couple...
Herb....My partner and I raced with a T/K built engine and we were around their shop many times in 1969 and 1970. We also were at the original...
I saw Dick Aron's at one race with a Camaro Convertible.....396 auto..using a launch technique where he got the back tires turning as the tree...
Terry there really is nothing wrong with todays racing.... It's all in your head bro.....If you were racing you'd know it is still great...
Here's another story that has to do with Cayuga.... In 1980 I raced a '69 Camaro SS/JA. The SummerNationals was held at E-Town of course in...
I was at that race but don't remember much about it....or that car. Mostly I recall staying in Hamilton,Ontario with my wife and sight seeing at...
I see tha name Steve Cherpock on that white '57 Chevy form Emerson,NJ and I think he raced either a gasser or a modified production car and was...
Island does not have a return road on that side and never did. Maple Grove did and still does.......I would bet it is Maple Grove. I was there...
The Moose tow car was called the Moose Doctor back then...... Over the years they have raced a number of cars and they were usually yellow. Last...
Looks like Atco and "Archie" was from Philadelphia....
"The Grump" Bill Jenkins......SS/D Chevy II 396/375 The Chevy II my partner and I raced was also run previously as one of those.......Mid...
Most lower class automatic trans cars barely made enough power to spin the tires. Our sedan delivery had 7" Caslers on it and I don't think it...
That Barracuda has "Clown Wheels"......thats what we called that paint technique....Looked silly going down the track....
Yes Gary.....Craig was also good friends with Stu Rogers.....Billy Izykowski's partner on the KICKS Biscayne.They were from the same area in NJ...
It's a good thing that NHRA allowed replacement transmissions. People were building big transmissions with little trans guts.....Might as well...
Chuck is correct.....The only 2x4 Pontiac's were the SD 421 in 1962 and one in 1956 I believe as well 1960 was a 389 with 3x2's......Mckeller...
When John Novak set that record in I/S it pretty much made everyone un competetive in the class for a while... There was a guy with a 350...
Thanks Lou......I will copy it and print it. I haven't seen that in many years. I raced a lot of cars over many years and still feel setting a...
12.46 110.29 records were current when we first built our car. The record soon went to 12.35 and I believe Tom Elk set it with a car identical to...
Yes H/S. Our car went 12.26 on it's 3rd run at E-town that spring at 112 or 113. We also ran over 114mph at York and in the 12.20's. We did not...
Paul do you have a copy of the Stock records posted in ND from after Sept. 1970? We set the record in Sept. at Atco that year and I haven't seen...
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