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10-14-2014, 12:42 AM | #11 |
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He actually meant "like a lincoln" LOL!
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I looked for you on Saturday up by where you were parked. I have something for you, call the shop and ask for my son Jim Jr 732-780-0770. Give him your address and he will ship it to you. I think you'll really like it! I will be out of town for the next few days. Jim D'Amore |
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10-14-2014, 07:40 PM | #14 |
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I had the chance to talk to Don a couple of years ago at Indy. A great guy who almost always runs it out the back door, whether his he's heading for the wall, heading for the center line, spinning the tires, or on the back bumper. I love watching that car go down the track!
Don has always had one of the fastest CJs in the country, and this record is well deserved. You can tell his team has worked hard on that combination - even though the negativity crowd will try to convince me that nobody with a new car ever does any work on their car - I'm certainly impressed! |
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It's interesting to look back at 1980, a turbo 4-cylinder Mustang ran the 1/4 in 18.2 second then, http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...swallow-page-2 Ford Racing just ran a deep 12-second ET with minor mods on a 2015 Mustang turbo 4, I'm betting the car can go 13's bone stock. Street cars have picked up 5 seconds in 35 model years so race cars picking up several seconds doesn't seem odd. I know it seems like it wasn't that long ago, but.... Also in 1980 Pro Stock was still had some ties to Stock and Super Stock. They looked like real cars and had engine parts that were semi-compatible with street cars. In fact many of the Pro Stock cars from then look like Super Stock cars now. http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-...al-installment |
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10-20-2014, 02:45 PM | #17 |
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14/32 tire in stock?
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10-20-2014, 02:59 PM | #18 |
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Ford Option...............Just gotta check the right box!
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Superfan1,
As everyone knows Don is a stick shift guy, period. For the past year and half I've been trying to talk him into the Automatic. He said "No Way!" He ran an 8.55@160 in Gainesville Nationals at the beginning of the year with the stick. After his surgery following the Gainesville race it got hard for him to pull the shifter with all that Torque. So again I brought up the automatic. Again, He said "No Way!" Well after Bristol I called a good friend of mine, Bob Glidden and his old crew chief and son Billy Glidden to speak with Don about the Automatic. After 2 years of me trying and him saying no way, he gets off the phone with Bob calls me and says put the automatic in it. Even though Bob is not racing anymore he still does a lot to help racers out. Him and Don have spoke after every race since the Automatic went in the car. Between Bob and his son Billy, with Billy Racing NHRA Pro Mod he comes over to speak with Don every event they are at together. Bob spent time with Don at Indy this year as well. You are another good fan to the sport, I've met you a couple times and I got to spend some time with you at the Dutch Classic. So I'm posting this one thing I am sending you. There is other stuff in the box with it, because you are a Ford Super-Fan! Click to enlarge the image, autographed by Bob, His Wife Etta, and Billy. |
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