Where did the FWD stockers go?

[Terry Witzel]

Yes Mike Senia, had the "Beyond Criticism" Pro Stock Cadillac before he went Stocker racing.

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Mike Senia...Yank converters....teammate of Teddy Yacavone.....Oh, those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end.........

Mike was the one who got me involved in the Cadillac deal. We were partners with them and Hydramatic for 18 years. Between Me, Mike and Yac, there were 14 Cadillac race cars. Mike formed YANK Converters as a result of building them for the race cars and finally for GM specially vehicle group. I had 18 class wins and 16 national Records with the Cimarron. It was fun! Jim

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[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Terry Witzel

Yes Mike Senia, had the "Beyond Criticism" Pro Stock Cadillac before he went Stocker racing.

This car was stolen, crashed and buried at a race track up north while getting a fresh drive train installed. It was discovered years later when some track expansion was being done. It was a weird deal! Jim

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[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Mike was the one who got me involved in the Cadillac deal. We were partners with them and Hydramatic for 18 years. Between Me, Mike and Yac, there were 14 Cadillac race cars. Mike formed YANK Converters as a result of building them for the race cars and finally for GM specially vehicle group. I had 18 class wins and 16 national Records with the Cimarron. It was fun! Jim

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Yes, I remember now, ...you were the one always walking the dog...LOL....BTW, Hall of Famer Randy Payne has one of the 14 caddys tucked away in downtown Rome, Ga.....

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Yes, I remember now, ...you were the one always walking the dog...LOL....BTW, Hall of Famer Randy Payne has one of the 14 caddys tucked away in downtown Rome, Ga.....

Yup, that was me and Hershey my Lab. BIGG has the stick shift Cimarron that Yac drove. Mine was light blue. Jim

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[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Jim Wahl races H/SA, Mark Poole races F/SA, Mark Yacavone helped build a Dfs with Alex Kadar, Bill O Conner still going strong after all these years....and of course that Gary Hampton guy races Dfs also. In D3 Ron Seibenick has at least 2 FWD in competition and Steve Pothole parked his FWD when he went Competition Elminator racing. Of course my favorite of all time was Brian Olsons Ford Escort.....Escort Service....

Big Boy cars huh? Ok....

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Shawn S.Kvaas

Gary last year at the Mission Raceway points meet, I made it to the 3rd round in my DF/S wagon and I was running more than a tenth over my index. And no one red lit against me.

Cool, and I hope you do it again this year too!!!!

[Dave Noll]

Yeah, Yeah, I know, dug up an old one.
I didn't buy anyones old car, sort of. My ex gave it back to me. With lots of input from Yac, I have a 96 Escort. Built not bought. Its rough looking , getting body parts off car-part.com looking for color match so I dont have to repaint. But, with a header and some really short slicks, at weight for E/FS , have gotten it .27 under already. So, there is one up here in the NW.

[Carguy49]

Dave, your Escort is cool. I remember seeing it at Yakima a few weeks ago. It may be color challenged but it went some rounds, if I recall.

[Dave Noll]

Thanks Ron. I lost to Norm in the Vette 1st round, but if I hadn't missed 3rd gear I could have made it real close. It's wild glancing back in the mirror and see the Vette hike the front Way up chasing me down.