Last Year of Modified? Question

TOM KASCH · 02-11-2009, 09:37 AM

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TOM KASCH · 02-11-2009, 09:40 AM

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Jim Wahl · 02-11-2009, 02:14 PM

Bob or Tom, do you guys have or know of any pics of the silver Camaro that ran in MP out of the Corvette Shop in Winter Park FL? Chris Trabulsy(sp). We used to call him "The Camel Jockey". Not very PC now. The shop used to employ a guy named Rick Mann before he worked for Bo Laws and now Dale Jr. jim

MEMORIES · 02-12-2009, 12:41 AM

Does anyone remember who won the NHRA modified title the last year it was run, 1981?

Mark Yacavone · 02-12-2009, 12:58 AM

You're from Tulsa?

Mike Edwards

Tom P · 02-12-2009, 02:37 AM

The same Mike Edwards who seemed to be doing OK in Pro Stock yesterday ?

Is the Jim Head listed the current funny car guy?

Nice to hear FJ pipe in on this.
I only ever saw the last season of the class though some of the cars continued to run a few years afterwards. What flywheels did you guys run?

It seemed to take longer to wind down after being revved than my bench grinder.

Ed Wright · 02-14-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom P

The same Mike Edwards who seemed to be doing OK in Pro Stock yesterday ?

Is the Jim Head listed the current funny car guy?

Nice to hear FJ pipe in on this.
I only ever saw the last season of the class though some of the cars continued to run a few years afterwards. What flywheels did you guys run?

It seemed to take longer to wind down after being revved than my bench grinder.

If this was answered and I missed it, I appoligize. yes, that is the same Mike Edwards. I'm in Tulsa, Mike's race shop is about fifteen miles from my business. It's located between Broken arrow and Coweta. Two small towns next to Tulsa. My C/SM Camaro was a blast, but as Rich said, it about broke me. I finally had to give up in 1979. I began break parts much faster than I could buy them. If I had any sense, I would have stayed away. Super Stock now is not near as much fun as Modified was then. Unless you luck into a heads-up, it's become basically a friggin bracket race. You had to actually know how to make one fast then, and most guys did their own work. Not nearly as many "check book" racers as now. If you weren't reasonably fast you went home real early. One year at Indy there were so many C/SMs, if I remember correctly, seems like they ran a round of us the day before the other classes to thin us out. I took one of my too-frequent naps in the semis of class. I remember like fifty C/MP, C/SM, and I think about that many F/MP in different years. I remember Dick Moroso in C/MP with his Vette "Spastic Plastic". Very nice guy. More cars than classes then. Nowhere to hide from the fast guys. Somebody fast in every class. Now NHRA has become like the old AHRA, way too many classes.

Btw, Billy Mansell put his on the pedal wood when the 1st amber came on, and held it there until time to go. Billy was one of the nicest racers I ever met. Really a great guy. His mechanical tach's tattle-tail was always past ten grand after a run. Pete Smith's too. Loved to watch those cars. With those 50lb flywheels, some guys might have had a problem with these new three amber trees.

Frito · 08-31-2009, 10:31 AM

The same Jim Head? YEP it is. He ran a C/Dragster and I still remember his hometown listed as Sunbury, Ohio.

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Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,844 Likes: 667 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Re: Last Year of Modified? Question Bob or Tom, do you guys have or know of any pics of the silver Camaro that ran in MP out of the Corvette Shop in Winter Park FL? Chris Trabulsy(sp). We used to call him "The Camel Jockey". Not very PC now. The shop used to employ a guy named Rick Mann before he worked for Bo Laws and now Dale Jr. jim __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.

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Tom P Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 707 Likes: 30 Liked 239 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Last Year of Modified? Question The same Mike Edwards who seemed to be doing OK in Pro Stock yesterday ? Is the Jim Head listed the current funny car guy? Nice to hear FJ pipe in on this. I only ever saw the last season of the class though some of the cars continued to run a few years afterwards. What flywheels did you guys run? It seemed to take longer to wind down after being revved than my bench grinder.

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Frito Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 451 Likes: 147 Liked 119 Times in 40 Posts	Re: Last Year of Modified? Question The same Jim Head? YEP it is. He ran a C/Dragster and I still remember his hometown listed as Sunbury, Ohio. __________________

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