What was your best moment in racing

rod · 11-29-2011, 10:50 PM

i have two, which i will share. both of these are my 1956 Chevy Nomad with my 265 4V engine [O/S]. i took runner-up at the AHRA Grand American in KC,MO in the fall of 1974. i lost by a big fender to a 1965 Impala.
the second was with the car, still in class legal shape. this was the Bakersfield March meet in 1994. some sort of CA. nostalgia assn. ANDRA i think. anyway i was in street machine II, the class had 104 cars. my Nomad ran like it was computer controlled. to win at Bakersfield was something which happened to racers who got their name in national dragster, not me. yet there i was in the winner circle.
for a kid from a small Kansas town and now an old man from a small Arizona town, i can say 'it was very special'.
i feel sorry that today's racers will never see those kinds of races again.
rod in AZ

Carl Weisinger · 12-10-2011, 01:26 PM

Our first SS/BA class win at Indy in 1990 was great. But, becoming acquainted with the Vignona family was just as good.

11-29-2011, 10:50 PM	#1
rod Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kingman, NW AZ. in the middle of the longest stretch of Route 66 Posts: 315 Likes: 0 Liked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Re: What was your best moment in racing i have two, which i will share. both of these are my 1956 Chevy Nomad with my 265 4V engine [O/S]. i took runner-up at the AHRA Grand American in KC,MO in the fall of 1974. i lost by a big fender to a 1965 Impala. the second was with the car, still in class legal shape. this was the Bakersfield March meet in 1994. some sort of CA. nostalgia assn. ANDRA i think. anyway i was in street machine II, the class had 104 cars. my Nomad ran like it was computer controlled. to win at Bakersfield was something which happened to racers who got their name in national dragster, not me. yet there i was in the winner circle. for a kid from a small Kansas town and now an old man from a small Arizona town, i can say 'it was very special'. i feel sorry that today's racers will never see those kinds of races again. rod in AZ

12-10-2011, 01:26 PM	#2
Carl Weisinger Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 98 Likes: 5 Liked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Re: What was your best moment in racing Our first SS/BA class win at Indy in 1990 was great. But, becoming acquainted with the Vignona family was just as good. Attached Thumbnails

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