Silly Season Has Begun

cal · 12-06-2016, 01:38 PM

Hello All.
It is going to be a long WINTER.

The question is when did you start racing, and why do you race?
And why do you race the class you race?

I started going to the races in like 1972 or 1973, with a friends family that raced.
Worked at the race track once in a while, till I was out of school and built my 1st Street, Bracket type car around 1978. A 1967 SS 396 Chevelle. It was fast to me but not as fast as I wanted it to be LOL. Shortly after getting married in 1980 I got a 68 Camaro, It was being built as a A/MP car that was never finished. I turned it into a bracket car and had a ball with it for several years. 1st running Pro ET, then Super Pro.
Sold it to buy my house, and went racing with Bear Pritchett in the Mess of Blues Altered. What a time we had back then.
So I guess the reason I race is, it just what I do. I was raised in the time of the car culture. We just loved cars.
I race a little brackets and SST/HR, SG/SR, Why just for the fun of it. No it is the competition, the strategy of leaving, the time in the stop, lift or take the stripe.
The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. The should have, wish I would have, crystal clear race as you go over it after the run. The friends you eat & drink with week in and week out. O yea and for the money of course!!! That is the money I hate LOL.
I could go on and on, but I'll stop now while I'm ahead.

Your turn
Cal SST 1177

12-06-2016, 01:38 PM	#1
cal Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: southern md Posts: 370 Likes: 39 Liked 31 Times in 18 Posts	Silly Season Has Begun Hello All. It is going to be a long WINTER. The question is when did you start racing, and why do you race? And why do you race the class you race? I started going to the races in like 1972 or 1973, with a friends family that raced. Worked at the race track once in a while, till I was out of school and built my 1st Street, Bracket type car around 1978. A 1967 SS 396 Chevelle. It was fast to me but not as fast as I wanted it to be LOL. Shortly after getting married in 1980 I got a 68 Camaro, It was being built as a A/MP car that was never finished. I turned it into a bracket car and had a ball with it for several years. 1st running Pro ET, then Super Pro. Sold it to buy my house, and went racing with Bear Pritchett in the Mess of Blues Altered. What a time we had back then. So I guess the reason I race is, it just what I do. I was raised in the time of the car culture. We just loved cars. I race a little brackets and SST/HR, SG/SR, Why just for the fun of it. No it is the competition, the strategy of leaving, the time in the stop, lift or take the stripe. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. The should have, wish I would have, crystal clear race as you go over it after the run. The friends you eat & drink with week in and week out. O yea and for the money of course!!! That is the money I hate LOL. I could go on and on, but I'll stop now while I'm ahead. Your turn Cal SST 1177