Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 524209)

He's got two of them!

Originally Posted by barnca2010 (Post 524246)

is that the Escort that beat Broadbent at the Summers possibly for the win?

Originally Posted by Bench Racer (Post 495770)

Thanks for the responses. I have always been curious about the cars. I assumed the transmissions would be the weak link although I don't remember ever seeing one break. Between Chrysler, ford, and GM who has the strongest FWD transmissions both auto and stick? Thanks, Don Jackson

Originally Posted by Ok stocker (Post 524267)

There is a Daytona stocker sitting in a field in Texas. It was a former record holder and won class many times. Shame it is rotting away.

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 524344)

Could this be Jeff Lee's former record holder? First FWD car in the 13's.
Is it white, by any chance?

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY (Post 524363)

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

Originally Posted by Terry Witzel (Post 524369)

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

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl (Post 524376)

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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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY (Post 524379)

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.....

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY (Post 494511)

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....

Originally Posted by Shawn S.Kvaas (Post 494775)

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.

Originally Posted by HP HUNTER (Post 600892)

" Where did the FWD stockers go?"



There in Mark Yacovonne's:rolleyes: garage

Originally Posted by The Hawk (Post 600937)

In the final batch of pictures from Tom, what brand of car is the 5th one down, car number 3390? Has Plainfield and Fel Pro on the side. Looks almost like a Renault....

Originally Posted by The Hawk (Post 600937)

In the final batch of pictures from Tom, what brand of car is the 5th one down, car number 3390? Has Plainfield and Fel Pro on the side. Looks almost like a Renault....

Originally Posted by Neil Smedley (Post 600960)

To the best of my knowledge there has only been ONE front wheel drive stocker to win an NHRA National event.....Anyone care to take a stab at it?

Originally Posted by Bench Racer (Post 494506)

I had a lot of time to kill today and was looking in the Drag Race Central archives. The earliest info started at 1998. I was looking at the qualifying and class winners in stock eliminator specifically the front wheel drive cars. I always enjoyed watching the FWD cars as well as lower classed cars. It seems now there are not a lot of FWD cars left. Some of the FWD cars I saw entered at Indy since 1998 were: Rivera's, Aries wagons, Sundance's, Delta's, Charger's, Escort's, Citation's, Cavalier's. Sunbird's, PT Cruisers, Neon's, and Omni's. I remember my first trip to Indy 15 or so years ago I saw a Dodge Omni driving to the track with decals and NHRA number on the window and a tag on the rear. The coolest has to be Art's mini van. Does anyone have any info or stories about these cars? I sure hope they are still around and didn't get crushed and turned into beer cans.

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 601044)

If anyone is thinking about trying this, I want to show you what a 7 second and 50 mph difference looks like . Add a couple more seconds to that, in today's NHRA.

https://i.postimg.cc/0NQsXtn7/scan0005.jpg

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 601044)

If anyone is thinking about trying this, I want to show you what a 7 second and 50 mph difference looks like . Add a couple more seconds to that, in today's NHRA.

https://i.postimg.cc/0NQsXtn7/scan0005.jpg