The Oddest Car You Raced Against

[Tom Goldman]

Originally Posted by Todd Boyer

It wasn't loud was it Tom ???

It wasnt too bad ,he had a 4" exhaust out the back,but I could still hear it over my car!
If I remember correctly ,it ran in the hi 12's ..Had a small Allison 4 speed behind it.
The owner was a diesel mechanic ,and I guess he didnt see enough of them at work.

[Dan Bennett]

I'd nominate anyone who had to race me in my first car - a 59 Nash Metropolitan.

It was able to talk my parents into letting me buy it for $150 when I was 14 and learned to drive a stick in the field next to our house.

AHRA classified the car as X/FG but I'm not entirely sure the tech guy didn't just pull a class at random since he was pretty well stumped.

I won my class at Pacific Dragstrip in Pacific, Missouri the day they gave out free jackets to class winners. In the first round of Eliminator, I came up against a Pontiac Tempest Sprint (OHC 6 cylinder with a Quadrajet) that cleaned my clock in epic proportions.

[Jack McCarthy]

ok im still laughing... but i think the diesel tractor guy wins the blue ribbon...

in the old days they had co-pilot nights Mj & i put a bunch of seatbelts in and went 3 rounds with 7-8 passengers > too much fun for us but i wonder if there are 2-3 people somewhere with us on a list

jacl

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

I'd nominate anyone who had to race me in my first car - a 59 Nash Metropolitan.

It was able to talk my parents into letting me buy it for $150 when I was 14 and learned to drive a stick in the field next to our house.

AHRA classified the car as X/FG but I'm not entirely sure the tech guy didn't just pull a class at random since he was pretty well stumped.

I won my class at Pacific Dragstrip in Pacific, Missouri the day they gave out free jackets to class winners. In the first round of Eliminator, I came up against a Pontiac Tempest Sprint (OHC 6 cylinder with a Quadrajet) that cleaned my clock in epic proportions.

I ran my 1969 VW beetle at New York National in 1969.I was in class XF/F Experimental
Foreign F.

[Jim Young]

I got chased in my 14 sec. Monte Carlo at E-Town by a 78 Ford Mason dump with a supercharged BB Ford dialed 13.78. The Truck was called the "Brickslayer" and it was fully functional. Must have weighed 9000 lbs!

[6t5frlane]

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.

[k.pascoe]

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

[Bobby Zlatkin]

That's easy.

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

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

I ran my 1969 VW beetle at New York National in 1969.I was in class XF/F Experimental
Foreign F.

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.

[Hemi Moose]

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.