how was stock/super stock ran in the 60's and 70's?

[JRyan]

Hey "hadto", we probably drove right by the place in the old "Rent-A-Wreck" Oldsmobile back in 1979. Couldn't beat the price for the thing either.

Jerry

[Paul Ceasrine]

Tom K.
I like that. Race, win your class, bring home a trophy,,, and a fresh Turkey
for Sunday dinner...The way junior-stock racing should be,, drive to the track,,, open the dumps,,, and race..
Does anybody remember Little Stock Eliminator or the Little-Guy Nationals???
Paul

[Charrlie_S]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Tom K.
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Does anybody remember Little Stock Eliminator or the Little-Guy Nationals???
Paul

Yep, I ran the little guy nationals in '75 or '76. I don't remember whether that was Bowling Green Ky, or Suffulk Va. One was the "little guy nationals, the other was "Sports Nationals".
1965 Valiant 170 slant six, Z/SA.
Only two nationals I ever went to. Won class at bowling green, then got bounced in tech for "wrong numbers on the carb". 1st round red light at Suffulk

[Dick Butler]

Tom, Pences Turkey Farm. We used to run Muncie Saturday night and Pence on Sunday. Track was 4 or 5 feet down from ground level with Concrete side walls. Spectators sat above on Stands.. Great view... Saw Behemoth run the HillBilly there Heads up and they ran off the concrete shutdown onto gravel. Dust cloud obscured their cars and we feared they had rolled one. In a couple of minutes they came by covered in dust but unhurt....
Fun History- I was running my 56 wagon/Converted Panel truck of John Dianna then and learning to set the timing and change jets....

[hadtobethere]

Originally Posted by JRyan

Hey "hadto", we probably drove right by the place in the old "Rent-A-Wreck" Oldsmobile back in 1979. Couldn't beat the price for the thing either.

Jerry

.....Jerry, thats funny, I remember our trip, the 'Rent a Wreck'. We made a stop at Kil-kare Dradway in Ohio, part of the trip to Indy from South Dakota....how the heck did we ever decide to go there?

[JRyan]

Originally Posted by JRyan
Hey "hadto", we probably drove right by the place in the old "Rent-A-Wreck" Oldsmobile back in 1979. Couldn't beat the price for the thing either.

Jerry

.....Jerry, thats funny, I remember our trip, the 'Rent a Wreck'. We made a stop at Kil-kare Dradway in Ohio, part of the trip to Indy from South Dakota....how the heck did we ever decide to go there?

Hell, I don't know. I guess gas was cheap, and it was something to do after pissing Don Prudomme off at Cordova. We had John & Jay & pool at "Ma's Diner & Truck Stop", "Joe, the mechanic to go" with the free ice, a pretty crabby motel room in Cordova, and the "Honeymoon Suite" in Dayton. Pretty hectic trip, 'cause we also raced at Muncie. Then we both got beat and headed back to TVD to race on Sunday. Do you remember towing about 95 drafting a semi on I-29 when we passed the rest area and the HP in the hopped-up Dart almost ran us off the road in pursuit of the truck? We were drafting so close the cop didn't know we were there and damn near side-swiped us, but he pulled the truck over and we whistled away. Fun Deal!

Jerry

[hadtobethere]

Originally Posted by JRyan

Originally Posted by JRyan
Hey "hadto", we probably drove right by the place in the old "Rent-A-Wreck" Oldsmobile back in 1979. Couldn't beat the price for the thing either.

Jerry

.....Jerry, thats funny, I remember our trip, the 'Rent a Wreck'. We made a stop at Kil-kare Dradway in Ohio, part of the trip to Indy from South Dakota....how the heck did we ever decide to go there?

Hell, I don't know. I guess gas was cheap, and it was something to do after pissing Don Prudomme off at Cordova. We had John & Jay & pool at "Ma's Diner & Truck Stop", "Joe, the mechanic to go" with the free ice, a pretty crabby motel room in Cordova, and the "Honeymoon Suite" in Dayton. Pretty hectic trip, 'cause we also raced at Muncie. Then we both got beat and headed back to TVD to race on Sunday. Do you remember towing about 95 drafting a semi on I-29 when we passed the rest area and the HP in the hopped-up Dart almost ran us off the road in pursuit of the truck? We were drafting so close the cop didn't know we were there and damn near side-swiped us, but he pulled the truck over and we whistled away. Fun Deal!

Jerry

Had to explain to Prudomme how we do things...the truck stop, Irma was her name, '3 finger' Charlie the bartender and ya that crabby motel, my wife remembers....That was called 'Race car truck/trailer drafting' I think of those days and kind of wonder how we all survived back then, didn't know any better.....may be back to catch a race later in the year, I said hi to your Son last year at Brainerd, he was busy & did a great job....take care