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[rtr0id]

the thing to remember is.....


"its only cheatin' if yer caught"

keep'em coming i'm getting some ideas

[treessavoy]

There was a friend of mine that raced a 1958 Olds with the 371 tripower engine. After removing as much weight as he could he was too light so he sectioned a second rear bumper, put it inside the stock rear bumper and welded them into a sandwich, ground everything flush and had it rechromed. It took 4 of us to lift it into place.
Last I heard the car was in a junkyard in Burlington, NJ.

JimR

[Dan Lattimore]

Trust me those old boys from Farmer's era were no dummies and no where near naieve. They chose to turn a blind eye for lots of different reasons on things like creative places to hide weight because they new we had no other choice within the rules that were in place. Like Buster once told me " Son I don't care if you put in your pockets as long as it's in the gee dee car while it's going down the track"----- 1975 Div.II points race Warner Robbins Ga. It was about 1:00 am I had set the record in the old Delta 88 and just sat down at a picknick table after teardown. Along came Buster and sat across from me, to say Buster had consumed a drink or two would be a gross understatement. He asked me how I was doing and I told him fine except nobody has the time of day for me cause they all think I'm a Yankee. He gave out a big laugh and asked me where I was from. I told him born in Charlotte N.C. and live just above Richmond, Va. He said unless things had changed from when he was in school that was still a part of the south and as long as I had a Div 2 number on my window and a Buster's rebels decal on my car I was one of his. Well buddy let me tell you, he was in rare form and started telling me stories about all the things he had seen racers do over the years. Talk about getting an education on the creativity of drag racers and each story ended with a little laugh and a shake of his head. One of the things he said and I'm quoting here, was " Son--There is the caught and the uncaught and that makes for winners and losers" Buster was a master at running his Div.and dealing with people. He was a very smart man and knew how to fairly temper his decisions. Needless to say he became one of my new favorite people.

[race watcher]

This is a story about a comp eliminator driver that got bounced intentionally. He made a qualifying pass and ran very fast #1 qualifier. Faster than he wanted to run. I think back then there was some type of penalty for going fast even during qualifying. On the return road his crew told him how fast he had run. He drained the water from radiator and engine. Hit the scale and was light.

[X-TECH MAN]

Back in 1970 I carried an extra set of half shafts and some lead in the area behid the seats of my 69 Vette H/S car to make weight. I would pull them out when I ran Larry Lombardo in his "Buck Shot" Nova for class at 75&80 drag way but he still out ran me.....LOL. I could get the car about 200 lbs light. Guess I wasnt fast enough for any one to catch me. I still think the 7 inch tire Jr. stock days were the most fun. Yeah even us old tech guys did some funny stuff back in the day. It was FUN !

[Dan Lattimore]

Hey Terry----Look familier ? :-)

[X-TECH MAN]

Yepper ! Looks like beautiful Aquasco and Gene in the far lane. Wonder who that is in the black Old's.....LOL
P.S. I bet its a stick shift Old's.

[MikeFicacci]

Dan,
Your post about someone giving you a "drink" or 4 at the end of the track is funnier than you think.....especially when its your opponent for a heads-up race and NHRA does nothing about it.