> > http://youtu.be/VvqfZCtQs9Q A friend of mine sent this to me, I thought it was very cool, and might shed some light for the new guys on how this sport got started. Larry
Cool Vid! Never heard the term squirrel and mill was always for the engine not the car. Still neat vid. Thanks
This has been posted several times over the years but it's cool to see it again. In the South we still refer to idiots as squirrels. HRP
I like that rollbar at about 7:13. He might as well have made it out of cardboard toilet paper rolls.
I seem to have recalled that these films we're done in many other states! California had one that was very similar to this and were sometimes shown in classrooms as driver education to curve speeding youngsters from reckless driving on public roads! Posted using the Full Box of Crayons on the Kitchen Walls App!
I'm inspired! I'm going to the police department tomorrow and ask them to build a drag strip! VERY simple times, indeed.
I was at the PRI show this week. There were engine building contests with high school kids.... Wearing helmets. No shit, they were wearing helmets to build a small block. This video reminds me how things were - roll bars that were a foot lower than the driver's head, hand tightened lug nuts and no sign of lawyers waiting to sue the organization that sanctioned the race when Squirrels stub their toe. Thanks for reminding me that we weren't always a bunch of soft heads.
I know that I've gotten frustrated enough working on stuff before that I wanted to beat my head against something.
The Jalopy Journal
