'74 GTO Stocker....

Danny Ashley · 01-08-2014, 02:39 PM

Mark:
The guys name was Terry ? I think he was from the Palm Beach area. His first race was the Atlanta divisional and I drove down to help him. He was real nervous and I remember sitting in the staging lanes showing him how the reverse pattern Quarter Stick worked. I figured the worst that could happen was that he would squeeze the lever and go from 1st to 3rd. WRONG! He did squeeze the lever but shoved it forward into neutral at WOT. I seen fire shoot out of the headers and wondered what went wrong then later he told me. He was concerned that he had hurt it. I listened to it and it sounded OK so I made a pass in it and sure enough it was. I told him had it been a Chevy it would have bent every valve in it. LOL! He later somehow bent some pushrods, tried to fix it himself, put the gaskets on backwards which caused a coolant leak and had enough. That's when we traded back. I immediately removed that gaudy and non -original name Tin Indian decal and resumed racing it until it went overseas.

Kevin:
It was a pleasure running you Dad in the final. He a real gentleman and deserved the win. Tell "Zasko" I said hi.

01-08-2014, 02:39 PM	#4
Danny Ashley Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Marion,In. Posts: 267 Likes: 60 Liked 110 Times in 29 Posts	Re: '74 GTO Stocker.... Mark: The guys name was Terry ? I think he was from the Palm Beach area. His first race was the Atlanta divisional and I drove down to help him. He was real nervous and I remember sitting in the staging lanes showing him how the reverse pattern Quarter Stick worked. I figured the worst that could happen was that he would squeeze the lever and go from 1st to 3rd. WRONG! He did squeeze the lever but shoved it forward into neutral at WOT. I seen fire shoot out of the headers and wondered what went wrong then later he told me. He was concerned that he had hurt it. I listened to it and it sounded OK so I made a pass in it and sure enough it was. I told him had it been a Chevy it would have bent every valve in it. LOL! He later somehow bent some pushrods, tried to fix it himself, put the gaskets on backwards which caused a coolant leak and had enough. That's when we traded back. I immediately removed that gaudy and non -original name Tin Indian decal and resumed racing it until it went overseas. Kevin: It was a pleasure running you Dad in the final. He a real gentleman and deserved the win. Tell "Zasko" I said hi.