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Foxx4Beaver:
for those into drag racing...the Winter Nationals qualifying from Pomona starts tonight at 10:30-11:30pm EST, and also immediately after the San Diego SX on Fox1....then eliminations are Sunday night from 5-8pm EST on Fox1.
*EDIT*
here's the T.V. schedule....
http://www.nhra.com/nhraontv/melloyello.aspx
Brute:
My brother and I raced a lot on the street and strip back in the late 60's and early 70's. One fun memory was during the Nat's here we were at a local crankshaft shop that was very well known. The owner (we knew him and his son pretty well) was standing with three guys so we walked over. Found ourselves in a circle BSing with Prudhomme, McEwen and Garlits. Just regular guys that liked hotrods.
Have a bud that was doing the circuit with an alcohol funny car. Last race I went to he was there but it was kind of sad. The 'little' guys don't have all the fancy stuff. He had been scraping by on the road and racing for 20+ years and he did not look like it was all that fun... :|
umberto:
That's a pretty good bunch to bench race with. I miss the old days of drag racing with different cars, match racing, and true innovators. Racing today is a homogenized bunch of cars that you can only tell apart by the stickers. They don't allow thinking outside the box, and I think the popularity of the sport suffers. I do like the factory efforts with the COPO Camaros and the Factory Mustangs and Challengers. At least you can tell what's racing and cheer for your favorite brand.
umberto:
Has anybody done any drag racing? It's a lot of fun, especially bracket racing.
Foxx4Beaver:
--- Quote from: Brute on February 12, 2016, 04:20:36 AM ---My brother and I raced a lot on the street and strip back in the late 60's and early 70's. One fun memory was during the Nat's here we were at a local crankshaft shop that was very well known. The owner (we knew him and his son pretty well) was standing with three guys so we walked over. Found ourselves in a circle BSing with Prudhomme, McEwen and Garlits. Just regular guys that liked hotrods.
Have a bud that was doing the circuit with an alcohol funny car. Last race I went to he was there but it was kind of sad. The 'little' guys don't have all the fancy stuff. He had been scraping by on the road and racing for 20+ years and he did not look like it was all that fun... :|
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that's cool...I shook Garlits hand in Englishtown back in '06....him and Prudhomme are the legends...and Mr. Force is the next legend, with 16 Funny Car championships...I don't think ANYONE will ever beat that.
A few years ago Paul Paige and Mike Dunn, the commentators did a break down on what the "big guys" spend on a season, with parts, fuel and what not....and came up with $4.5million to compete in full season....and that was a few years ago.
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