Why do you run what you run? - Page 3

art leong · 02-22-2009, 06:55 PM

I like to run the slow cars. Because it's still a lot cheaper than faster cars,And it's different. Way back when we ran the hemi car in stock, everyone said it wouldn't work. most of the cars were low horsepower cars, were we hated running the real slow cars. You get to think about what kind of light the slow car had, and then you are coming on them at such a great rate of increasing speed you can not judge the real slow car.
But one big drawback is you always get to redlight first.
This is just my opinion FWIW

ol pig · 02-22-2009, 08:57 PM

Bought a B/SA BBC and found out we don't get along. Tried a SB ford and costs were more than the BBC back then. Raced a small and big dodge, thought I had the PERFECT combo. (hint, I didn't for either)
Now I run a lower class dodge I bought already -.800 and haven't really improved on it. Everything I do slows it down.

It's just an Ol Pig LOL!

Kenny Wigington · 02-22-2009, 09:12 PM

Cuz the price was right !!!!

Philip Saran · 02-22-2009, 11:22 PM

I bought my Duster because I had a 1973 Duster 340 I/SA
Stock Eliminator car back in the early 80's when the kids
were very young and I had no money. Wife said it had to
go, so it became just one of the Loge family fleet of cars.

Went back to street cars and the last one was an original
1969 Barracuda 340 Formula-S that I could not bring myself
to cut up into a race car (even though Jeff Lee kept after me
to do so)

Bought my current 1974 Duster with a 383/727/8-3/4 for a
fair price, my plan is to run brackets since I still don't have
any money (just like the 80's). I plan on keeping it a 9 inch
tire car so it could be upgraded to SSGT or go back to a 360/
904 and run stock eliminator.

Mike Gray · 02-24-2009, 07:15 PM

Why:
1st car - 1967 390 gt fastback mustang
next - 1967 Shelby GT500
1st race car - 1967 mustang s/st
next - 1969 mustang s/g
working on '67 Shelby (clone) B or C/SA
been working on FE's for 35yrs, guess I'm stuck in an expensive rut.

GarysZ24 · 02-24-2009, 11:18 PM

I also run my Z24, because I can't yet afford the cars I want to race...a '63-65 Plymouth Belvedere or Savoy--especially after being a fan of Steve Bagwells SS/BA & SS/CA Belvedere's & I'll never forget (nor stop watching), the Turbo action video from the mid-90's that featured his Savoy racing a 4spd Thunder Bolt in a qualifying run at the Southern Nationals, back in 1992...that was the sweetest profile shot of his car in action I've seen, since the final round shot from the now defunct Cajun Nationals from the 80's that he r.u.'d in. On the Dodge side of the ladder would be the '65 Dodge Coronet, that I also wanted due to guys such as Bob Marshalls "DODGE MATERIAL", and I'll never forget Dennis Mauers blue & white (both of them SS/BA, or I liked to say "SS/BADD"!!!). Thanks to the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction (recently held here in Scottsdale, Az.), and the former football player, turned pro wrestler "Bill Goldberg", I was able to find out that just to have one of them to cruise with mandates $75,000!!!

All of the above are surely worth every dime, but too much for my wallet...lol. I thus won't even try to touch my other favorite Mopars (with big-block hemi's)...that being the '68 Dodge Dart (thanks John Friel & Sid Bonnecarrere)! Maybe someday I'll either find a 4dr Belvedere with a 318, or a Dart/Valiant with a 273 or a 318 that I could afford...Hey, I'd like to have a second car to race too!!! LOL

02-22-2009, 06:55 PM	#21
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Why do you run what you run? I like to run the slow cars. Because it's still a lot cheaper than faster cars,And it's different. Way back when we ran the hemi car in stock, everyone said it wouldn't work. most of the cars were low horsepower cars, were we hated running the real slow cars. You get to think about what kind of light the slow car had, and then you are coming on them at such a great rate of increasing speed you can not judge the real slow car. But one big drawback is you always get to redlight first. This is just my opinion FWIW __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS Last edited by art leong; 02-22-2009 at 07:18 PM.

02-22-2009, 08:57 PM	#22
ol pig Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: right freakin here! Posts: 24 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Why do you run what you run? Bought a B/SA BBC and found out we don't get along. Tried a SB ford and costs were more than the BBC back then. Raced a small and big dodge, thought I had the PERFECT combo. (hint, I didn't for either) Now I run a lower class dodge I bought already -.800 and haven't really improved on it. Everything I do slows it down. It's just an Ol Pig LOL!

02-22-2009, 09:12 PM	#23
Kenny Wigington Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cumming,Ga. USA Posts: 967 Likes: 36 Liked 60 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Why do you run what you run? Cuz the price was right !!!! __________________ 2894 STK

02-22-2009, 11:22 PM	#24
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 728 Likes: 165 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Why do you run what you run? I bought my Duster because I had a 1973 Duster 340 I/SA Stock Eliminator car back in the early 80's when the kids were very young and I had no money. Wife said it had to go, so it became just one of the Loge family fleet of cars. Went back to street cars and the last one was an original 1969 Barracuda 340 Formula-S that I could not bring myself to cut up into a race car (even though Jeff Lee kept after me to do so) Bought my current 1974 Duster with a 383/727/8-3/4 for a fair price, my plan is to run brackets since I still don't have any money (just like the 80's). I plan on keeping it a 9 inch tire car so it could be upgraded to SSGT or go back to a 360/ 904 and run stock eliminator. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado

02-24-2009, 07:15 PM	#25
Mike Gray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 617 Likes: 311 Liked 687 Times in 198 Posts	Re: Why do you run what you run? Why: 1st car - 1967 390 gt fastback mustang next - 1967 Shelby GT500 1st race car - 1967 mustang s/st next - 1969 mustang s/g working on '67 Shelby (clone) B or C/SA been working on FE's for 35yrs, guess I'm stuck in an expensive rut.

02-24-2009, 11:18 PM	#26
GarysZ24 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tempe, Az. Posts: 1,270 Likes: 918 Liked 238 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Why do you run what you run? I also run my Z24, because I can't yet afford the cars I want to race...a '63-65 Plymouth Belvedere or Savoy--especially after being a fan of Steve Bagwells SS/BA & SS/CA Belvedere's & I'll never forget (nor stop watching), the Turbo action video from the mid-90's that featured his Savoy racing a 4spd Thunder Bolt in a qualifying run at the Southern Nationals, back in 1992...that was the sweetest profile shot of his car in action I've seen, since the final round shot from the now defunct Cajun Nationals from the 80's that he r.u.'d in. On the Dodge side of the ladder would be the '65 Dodge Coronet, that I also wanted due to guys such as Bob Marshalls "DODGE MATERIAL", and I'll never forget Dennis Mauers blue & white (both of them SS/BA, or I liked to say "SS/BADD"!!!). Thanks to the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction (recently held here in Scottsdale, Az.), and the former football player, turned pro wrestler "Bill Goldberg", I was able to find out that just to have one of them to cruise with mandates $75,000!!! All of the above are surely worth every dime, but too much for my wallet...lol. I thus won't even try to touch my other favorite Mopars (with big-block hemi's)...that being the '68 Dodge Dart (thanks John Friel & Sid Bonnecarrere)! Maybe someday I'll either find a 4dr Belvedere with a 318, or a Dart/Valiant with a 273 or a 318 that I could afford...Hey, I'd like to have a second car to race too!!! LOL __________________ Gary Hampton '86 Z24,173 V6 CF/S #5824 (#78 in 2021)