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Rich Biebel · 03-16-2013, 07:21 PM

First NHRA WCS race we went to.....
1966 Englishtown.....
Greg X

'57 Chevy sedan delivery

Missing chrome trim on the tail fins
Missing hood chrome trim parts
Bumper trim pieces missing.....can't recall what parts on the hood and bumper....
Too much clearance around the Stahl headers.....you were allowed 2 fingers....no more

Went down the road to a junkyard....got what we needed and made some patch pieces for around the headers....and raced.

R/UP at Indy....same year. ClassWinner tossed....and so were we for the same reason....replacement cam not accepted by NHRA yet.....A few weeks or a month later we got a letter from NHRA.....Cam was now ok.....Greg X and Marty Barret......in the barn at Indy and the 2 of them got into a mini arguement over what carb was legal and what wasn't. We were already out for the cam and I just wanted to get the H out of there.....It was late and we were the last car in and out.....and it had been a very bad day as a local racer from my home track had been killed in an acident....

Englishtown WCS event a few years later.....
Rumors were out that the exhaust system rule was dropped......
We removed the mufflers and tailpipes on the second car we built.....
WRONG....Drove down the road to a garage that is still there and fixed the car to meet the rule......on the mans lift.....

I went right by there today on the way to E-town.......had to get my current car a fresh chassis sticker....

The worst one to me was at York in 1970 we set the H/S record and would easily have had both ends and the MPH by a ton that day....

Cars were weighed without the driver......and the car was over the minimum but Greg made us drain the fuel out of the tank and see if we had more than 5 gallons.....we did....He did not like that and said go put a spare in it and disallowed our first run.....We again set both ends of the record but were not given a backup.....ran out of time.....

The driver of the car weighed 200lbs so what was the point of this.....
Well the point was you did what Greg said ...and that was it.

We set the record later that year and Greg did the teardown and was very fair and helpfull.......

03-16-2013, 07:21 PM	#9
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there First NHRA WCS race we went to..... 1966 Englishtown..... Greg X '57 Chevy sedan delivery Missing chrome trim on the tail fins Missing hood chrome trim parts Bumper trim pieces missing.....can't recall what parts on the hood and bumper.... Too much clearance around the Stahl headers.....you were allowed 2 fingers....no more Went down the road to a junkyard....got what we needed and made some patch pieces for around the headers....and raced. R/UP at Indy....same year. ClassWinner tossed....and so were we for the same reason....replacement cam not accepted by NHRA yet.....A few weeks or a month later we got a letter from NHRA.....Cam was now ok.....Greg X and Marty Barret......in the barn at Indy and the 2 of them got into a mini arguement over what carb was legal and what wasn't. We were already out for the cam and I just wanted to get the H out of there.....It was late and we were the last car in and out.....and it had been a very bad day as a local racer from my home track had been killed in an acident.... Englishtown WCS event a few years later..... Rumors were out that the exhaust system rule was dropped...... We removed the mufflers and tailpipes on the second car we built..... WRONG....Drove down the road to a garage that is still there and fixed the car to meet the rule......on the mans lift..... I went right by there today on the way to E-town.......had to get my current car a fresh chassis sticker.... The worst one to me was at York in 1970 we set the H/S record and would easily have had both ends and the MPH by a ton that day.... Cars were weighed without the driver......and the car was over the minimum but Greg made us drain the fuel out of the tank and see if we had more than 5 gallons.....we did....He did not like that and said go put a spare in it and disallowed our first run.....We again set both ends of the record but were not given a backup.....ran out of time..... The driver of the car weighed 200lbs so what was the point of this..... Well the point was you did what Greg said ...and that was it. We set the record later that year and Greg did the teardown and was very fair and helpfull....... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R