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Paul Precht · 03-17-2013, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by art leong

This didn't have anything to do with class racing. But back in the seventies.
A certain street race car was supposed to race someone at West Hampton Long Island. Drag Strip. The deal was to go in the track first weigh the car then race.
The car was way lighter than they said so the guys took a NYC manhole cover and put it in the trunk. Then dumped it on the return road. So they could put it in after the race.
I went to that track in the 90's and the manhole cover was still there.

Hey Art, remember that old rotted Buick Wildcat that ran in the nines, wonder what was in it. Do you have any pics of your old 65 Dart with the 413.

sammy pizzolato · 03-17-2013, 12:25 PM

i remember in the old days with my 68 chevelle at green valley i pulled in to tech line and red was teching cars he teched all the cars but me. finally red came over to me and said pizzolatti is what he used to call me had to love him. if you want me to tach your car you better go change your tee shirt.i had on a KAWASAKI motorcycle shirt. i said red what's wrong is it too dirty.he said in a mad way when i was in the war i had to fight to many of them.so if you want to race today go change that shirt. so i changed my shirt an we became friends after that. RIP my friend.

Lee Valentine · 03-17-2013, 12:38 PM

E-Town Early 70'S With Greg X. Z-28 emblems on a SS/D 427 Camero. Now you can probably run a 427 and claim it's a 302.

Ed Wright · 03-17-2013, 01:40 PM

I loved Red. Scared to death of him until I got to know him. He mistook my '56 wagon for a same color blue '55 wagon from Arkansas he caught the year before with a 283". Man, he put through the ringer for a while. When he learned I was not them, he got OK. Still a while before I ever saw him smile. Got to where he would compliment something I had done. I think he was great.

Alan Nyhus · 03-17-2013, 01:41 PM

Back 'in the day', Stockers had to have the windshield wipers. The rules didn't specify that they had to be on the car, only that they had to be there. Most guys tossed 'em in the trunk or in the back seat area.

I bounced this guy at a Div. 5 Points race in Brainerd. At least he the wiper blades........(grin)

Rusty Gillis · 03-17-2013, 01:59 PM

The first National event I went to with my 1968 Mustang SS/FA that I got from Hubert Platt was Pomona 1970. I won class and was off .002 deck height on # 1 cylinder. This was back when you could pick which cylinder to check and I said # 1 because it was easy to get to. It was the only one that would not pass. We went back to Fl without putting it back together fixed it and went faster at the first Gatornationals. I bought a 1969 Mustang shell from Hubert that had been a Boss 302 test car. In 1971 I race at Indy, and the Grandnationals and than was going through tech at the World Finals and they said my car wasn't legal because there were no quarter panel scoops and they wanted me to install scoops before I could race. All 69 Mustangs had the scoops except the Boss 302. My division tech director finally convinced them to let me race but they said don't come to Pomona without the scoops. I installed the scoops and when I went to Pomona I was running .2 under the record and I went to Jerry Valentine and said thanks I picked up .2 because the scoops gave me more down force.

fordteacherguy · 03-20-2013, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan Nyhus

Back 'in the day', Stockers had to have the windshield wipers. The rules didn't specify that they had to be on the car, only that they had to be there. Most guys tossed 'em in the trunk or in the back seat area.

I bounced this guy at a Div. 5 Points race in Brainerd. At least he the wiper blades........(grin)

Hey Alan,

Thanks for pics of my old Corvair!

I bought that car from that owner that got busted (sans nitrous) and rebuilt it to legal stocker specs and ran Div 5 afterward. Later it became a streeter. I was probably standing by you when the car ran. I remember the car hit third gear and went pop-pop-pop and roared off to the finish! The tech guy next to me (You?) just looked at me turned around and went over to the return road and flagged him down to teardown.

What a show! Thanks for the memories. That car has been gone almost 25 years. FYI: I had the back seat out at tech with my first race with it!

Bobby Zlatkin · 03-21-2013, 04:16 AM

How about a well known modified racer who, before being P & G'd, tore the filter tips off a few cigerettes and stuffed them in the spark plug hole. He knew just how many to put in to get the results he wanted.

Glenn Briglio · 03-21-2013, 01:16 PM

At Indy for nationals in mid 80"s got tossed for 2lbs too much spring pressure after winning class. This was after checking it two more times on same tester checking right on. Dave Danish comes over and watches everything, he says I'll go with first test.One week later we win Keystone Nationals and Tex Miller protests us after losing in final.Of course we fixed valve springs and pass tech.The best part is they tore down Tex too.Ha-ha.

Alan Nyhus · 03-22-2013, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by fordteacherguy

Hey Alan, Thanks for pics of my old Corvair!

I bought that car from that owner that got busted (sans nitrous) and rebuilt it to legal stocker specs and ran Div 5 afterward. Later it became a streeter. I was probably standing by you when the car ran. I remember the car hit third gear and went pop-pop-pop and roared off to the finish! The tech guy next to me (You?) just looked at me turned around and went over to the return road and flagged him down to teardown.

What a show! Thanks for the memories. That car has been gone almost 25 years. FYI: I had the back seat out at tech with my first race with it!

Good to hear from you! No, that wasn't me you were standing by, it was Larry Bargman the Div. 5 Tech Director at the time. I was at the scales, heard the same thing and decided that a more.....errrrr....'thorough' look was called for when he came across the scale! Larry just stood quietly off to the side and watched to see what I came up with. The engine compartment was really dirty on the car...a little TOO dirty, if you know what I mean (nudge nudge, wink, wink). And there under all that filth was a line that had no place being there.

I do remember teching your car after you bought it and you coming through tech with the rear seat out. We all got a good smile from that and were happy the car was back on the track and in the hands of a good racer! Your car and the 'Slow Is Cheap' Corvair stocker (also from D5) were fast and fun to watch.

Good memories, for sure........ -Al

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sammy pizzolato Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: houma louisiana Posts: 432 Likes: 52 Liked 56 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there i remember in the old days with my 68 chevelle at green valley i pulled in to tech line and red was teching cars he teched all the cars but me. finally red came over to me and said pizzolatti is what he used to call me had to love him. if you want me to tach your car you better go change your tee shirt.i had on a KAWASAKI motorcycle shirt. i said red what's wrong is it too dirty.he said in a mad way when i was in the war i had to fight to many of them.so if you want to race today go change that shirt. so i changed my shirt an we became friends after that. RIP my friend.

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Lee Valentine Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brookfield, CT Posts: 708 Likes: 13 Liked 319 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there E-Town Early 70'S With Greg X. Z-28 emblems on a SS/D 427 Camero. Now you can probably run a 427 and claim it's a 302. __________________ Lee Valentine 1661 STK

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Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there I loved Red. Scared to death of him until I got to know him. He mistook my '56 wagon for a same color blue '55 wagon from Arkansas he caught the year before with a 283". Man, he put through the ringer for a while. When he learned I was not them, he got OK. Still a while before I ever saw him smile. Got to where he would compliment something I had done. I think he was great. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

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Alan Nyhus VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lower Dakota territory Posts: 1,180 Likes: 1,074 Liked 799 Times in 236 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there Back 'in the day', Stockers had to have the windshield wipers. The rules didn't specify that they had to be on the car, only that they had to be there. Most guys tossed 'em in the trunk or in the back seat area. I bounced this guy at a Div. 5 Points race in Brainerd. At least he the wiper blades........(grin)

03-17-2013, 01:59 PM	#6
Rusty Gillis Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 260 Likes: 21 Liked 87 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there The first National event I went to with my 1968 Mustang SS/FA that I got from Hubert Platt was Pomona 1970. I won class and was off .002 deck height on # 1 cylinder. This was back when you could pick which cylinder to check and I said # 1 because it was easy to get to. It was the only one that would not pass. We went back to Fl without putting it back together fixed it and went faster at the first Gatornationals. I bought a 1969 Mustang shell from Hubert that had been a Boss 302 test car. In 1971 I race at Indy, and the Grandnationals and than was going through tech at the World Finals and they said my car wasn't legal because there were no quarter panel scoops and they wanted me to install scoops before I could race. All 69 Mustangs had the scoops except the Boss 302. My division tech director finally convinced them to let me race but they said don't come to Pomona without the scoops. I installed the scoops and when I went to Pomona I was running .2 under the record and I went to Jerry Valentine and said thanks I picked up .2 because the scoops gave me more down force. __________________ Rusty Gillis Former NHRA SS/FA and SS/GA record holder

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Bobby Zlatkin Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mills River, NC Posts: 417 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there How about a well known modified racer who, before being P & G'd, tore the filter tips off a few cigerettes and stuffed them in the spark plug hole. He knew just how many to put in to get the results he wanted. __________________ Bobby & Norene Zlatkin L/SA

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Glenn Briglio VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Massapequa Park,NY Posts: 1,283 Likes: 1,901 Liked 972 Times in 309 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there At Indy for nationals in mid 80"s got tossed for 2lbs too much spring pressure after winning class. This was after checking it two more times on same tester checking right on. Dave Danish comes over and watches everything, he says I'll go with first test.One week later we win Keystone Nationals and Tex Miller protests us after losing in final.Of course we fixed valve springs and pass tech.The best part is they tore down Tex too.Ha-ha. __________________ 1989 Camaro Iroc-Z I/SA B&B Auto Machine Shop.