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Re: Old Farts that don't have enough sense to quit

I guess old farts that don't have enough sense to quit could include techmen. I raced from 1964 through 1970 but started teching in 1969. That makes this my 44th year as a techman.

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Originally Posted by Tom Goldman (Post 371905)

Got a killer scar on my arm from catching a rasp while shaving a 7" slick in the staginglanes at Englishtown!

That is funny, and we all have done it.....I remember shaving my slicks in Sioux City, Ia....even though I couldn't run within 2 seconds of the the winner....It was really important to me as an 18 year old...

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Started racing in 1960 in western new york, niagra falls, lancaster speedway, spencer speedway in rochester. Then moved to north carolina, then texas. Now retired but still love racing, but not the cost involved these days.

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Originally Posted by Ebern Watson (Post 371901)

1st win at drag racing 1957 Easy Street DragStrip Benson NC 1949 Ford ,two Stromberg 97.s Offy Heads,3 speed overdrive
? Gas Class 74 MPH no et.s at that time.

1st Stock Eliminator Win 1960 with 335Hp tri powered 348 4 speed at BroadSlab, was thankful that Bobby Warren was not there.

I did not quit when I lost to Bobby Warren or Haywood Register, David Surles, David Ward, Sonny Robbins,James Bullock, Odell Lee, Ronnie Yopp, George Duff,Troy Humpries,JA Bray, James Shelton,Jimmy Morton, The Pickle Man,Bobby Smith, Harold Denton, Harold Stewart, Bobby Brown,Charlie Taylor, Bobby Warren (oh, I already said Bobby Warren)Doc Bilbrey, Bobby Smith, Jerry Ball, Jack Strickland, Jim Reynolds, Ronnie Socks,Herb Hickman,Billy Merritt, Bobby Warren (excuse me, I already said Bobby Warren) etc, you get the idea?..........Why should I quit now????

Now that is funny...is their anyone that we have not lost to?

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I raced a 1969 VW bug at NY National Speedway in 1969.It was classed X/FF
(Expertimental / foreign F).Won class that weekend.I caled it quits in 2010 and found out there was life after drag racing.

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1967...... Osceola Airport/ Daytona Timing Assn. Won class with a 273 "D" Dart. I was 16 years old. Jim

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Pomona Raceway, 1958, when they still had a flag man.

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First drag race was in High School 1975 in my mom's Nova. She was not happy. :rolleyes:

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Nothing good can be said about tow bars and flat towing.

I have lots of stories about wheels coming off and being lost on the highway....

A tow bar coming loose on my friends car in front of us and me trying to get his attention that something is way wrong....horn---lights....
Traction bars hitting railroad tracks and ripping off....same friend
Exhaust systems and brakes failing on tow cars.....my car..
Going thru a red light on a downhill section of road with a car in tow because I know I can't stop....at 5 am on the way back from Indy....A Milk truck in sight but thankfully not at the intersection as I sailed thru it......my car..

Cutting slicks with a razor knife or a body file was not fun

Doing a burnout to heat up the new super sticky Firestone tires and getting melted rubber stuck into my ankles.....not fun...burnt the heck out me....

and stationary burnouts were NOT done in any designated burnout area.
We did it back in the lanes to break in new tires.......and they were not ours and this was what we were told to do......heat them up once....

Doing a Muncie transmission.......in the dark without any grease to hold the bearings in place.....I used yellow glue....and got it all over myself....fell asleep under my car on my ramp truck.....Maple Grove Park....

Ahh the golden era.......right!!!!

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1968.....Winterport Dragway, Winterport Maine. They opened in 1967 and are still in operation.