Interesting or Funny Car Stories

richie 2 · 11-30-2017, 11:30 AM

dragway park cauyga wwcs '82. I had just purchased a super/stock Camaro. some hot laps the week before and went through a couple valve springs. was'nt ten minutes on the road headed to cauyga and seized a rear wheel bearing on the ramp truck. next day after repairs got there and someone had taken up our hotel rooms. saterday the car was'nt up to par...crew in the bar got drunk that evening...sunday morning a racer friend hands me a spare converter and we r the last car down the track after the swap (they used to give you a time shot sunday morning) went the index so I was happy....went through 3 fellow Canadians, buy into the final and a total of seven rounds and won the thing! final round was dead beat for sure and he broke out !!!...then passed tech...when its your day, its your day.

11-30-2017, 11:30 AM	#17
richie 2 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 971 Likes: 426 Liked 205 Times in 93 Posts	Re: Interesting or Funny Car Stories dragway park cauyga wwcs '82. I had just purchased a super/stock Camaro. some hot laps the week before and went through a couple valve springs. was'nt ten minutes on the road headed to cauyga and seized a rear wheel bearing on the ramp truck. next day after repairs got there and someone had taken up our hotel rooms. saterday the car was'nt up to par...crew in the bar got drunk that evening...sunday morning a racer friend hands me a spare converter and we r the last car down the track after the swap (they used to give you a time shot sunday morning) went the index so I was happy....went through 3 fellow Canadians, buy into the final and a total of seven rounds and won the thing! final round was dead beat for sure and he broke out !!!...then passed tech...when its your day, its your day. Last edited by richie 2; 12-02-2017 at 10:16 AM.