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I was bracket racing at E town and I raced an all wheel drive Ford Tempo. He had a 6 second start on me i think. That said I ran him down.

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Old Gateway back in the 80's bracket raced a SCCA Formula Ford

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That's easy.

Bill Howell's turbo charged Dodge Caravan minivan. That little sucker hauled those printing jobs too (not really, I think).

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Your memory is better than mine. I remembered the letters but didn't remember where the eliminator/class slash should have been. Thanks for the clarification.

How an embarrassingly bone stock Nash Metro got put in an experimental class is another question. Yes, it was ugly; yes, it was ridiculous; yes, it looked like something 15 clowns would come rolling out of - but my parents allowed me to buy since they figured I couldn't hurt myself too bad and besides it would even bark the 600-13s in second gear.

My early attempts at speed shifting took out a spider gear which turned out to be a huge ordeal to get repaired in rural Missouri.

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I don't know who's Volkswagen this is, seen it posted in one of the CR photo albums...but it's a cute little bug.
http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...pictureid=1037

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A Ford dump truck at Etown back in the mid 1980's.

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One other odd vehicle I raced against back in the mid t late 80`s was a little 50cc crotch rocket. I was dialed in the mid 18`s and had to chase by 9 seconds. Luckily he missed a shift and I passed him at the 1000'. My "friends" were all pulling for the bike.

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Several years ago, there was an ex Sand Drag racer who converted his tube chassis, aluminum body Jeep to dragstrip duty. It had a supercharged Pontiac "Slant 4" (basically one side of a 389 V8, used in the early Tempest cars),the engine was mounted behind the driver. I believe it burned alcohol, and ran in the high 8 second range, and had a very unique sound to it. It must have been a handfull before, running those scooped paddle tires in the sand.

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Come on Hawk, I don't know about those friends, but I'm a friend of yours, and I'd have been rootin' for you man...it would've been cool to see you chasing after that bike too (something we seldom get to do huh?). The only way I'd like that race more, is if I were you chasing him!!!

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Then there was that guy who ran a blue one with an auto ...... wait, no, that couldn't happen could it? Jim


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