The Oddest Car You Raced Against

Ed Fernandez · 10-11-2011, 08:06 PM

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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 · 10-12-2011, 08:14 AM

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 · 10-12-2011, 08:40 AM

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 · 10-12-2011, 10:51 AM

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

Bobby Zlatkin · 10-12-2011, 11:56 AM

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 · 10-12-2011, 12:17 PM

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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 · 11-19-2011, 06:30 PM

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.

10-12-2011, 08:14 AM	#2
Jim Young Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Parsippany, NJ Posts: 37 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: The Oddest Car You Raced Against 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! __________________ James Young Jr. NJ Footbrake Division

10-12-2011, 08:40 AM	#3
6t5frlane Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 21 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The Oddest Car You Raced Against 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.

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k.pascoe Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fenton, Missouri Posts: 107 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The Oddest Car You Raced Against Old Gateway back in the 80's bracket raced a SCCA Formula Ford

10-12-2011, 11:56 AM	#5
Bobby Zlatkin Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mills River, NC Posts: 417 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The Oddest Car You Raced Against That's easy. Bill Howell's turbo charged Dodge Caravan minivan. That little sucker hauled those printing jobs too (not really, I think). __________________ Bobby & Norene Zlatkin L/SA

11-19-2011, 06:30 PM	#7
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: The Oddest Car You Raced Against 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. Last edited by Hemi Moose; 11-19-2011 at 06:33 PM.