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Old 08-30-2010, 08:50 AM   #21
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I've been on both ends of the spot I was dialed 12.87 once and had to run truck dialed 24.00 won that one. A few weeks ago went to test and tune with my son to help him and ran my 2.2 auto S-10 ended up in trophy race later ran mustang first round dialed 11.15 to my 20.59 won that one too.
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Old 08-30-2010, 10:40 AM   #22
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Many years ago I used to go to Union Grove every week where they would have all run Wednesday night trophy races. I was in a 351M 2V LTDII which weighed in at a svelte 4,200 lbs. and dialed at a turtle like 19.20 something seconds that night. Made it to the final and had to run a low 9 second Vega tube chassis car. I remember his father coming up to me in the lanes and telling me to "stay in your lane because me son is going to be running over 140 mph." I guess he thought that at 60 mph and barely accelerating it might drift out of the lanes. I don't recall how red his son was on the tree, but it was by a bunch and he still just passed me at the line. The speed disparity was pretty big. I think the sight of that huge class 3 receiver and the 200 pound rear bumper kept him in his lane.

And somehow I was once again able to keep it in my lane at a blistering 60+ in second gear pass to accept the huge trophy. Or maybe it was a coffee mug...
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Old 08-30-2010, 10:45 AM   #23
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Years ago at Stanton one of the Super Pro racers broke his car and they allowed him to re-enter in the slower barcket with his three wheeler. I was dialed somewhere in the mid-12's and he was dialed 35.??
By the way, I raced him in the third round so he had already won a couple of races.
It's an interesting sight bearing down on a guy on a three wheeler who's kneeling on the seat looking back at you.
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Don, that was one brave (foolish?) dude!!
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Old 08-30-2010, 11:59 AM   #24
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Best one I remember was a Mission combo race years ago, they allowed Comp to run the combos and it was a T/SA against I believe an A/ED, something around a 7 second handicap. THe handicap was so large that you would have sworn the tree malfunctioned. Can't remember the names or the outcome but it was fun to watch.

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Old 08-30-2010, 12:04 PM   #25
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Years ago at Stanton one of the Super Pro racers broke his car and they allowed him to re-enter in the slower barcket with his three wheeler. I was dialed somewhere in the mid-12's and he was dialed 35.?? I hope to tell you that was a long wait and he was a long way down the track before I ever even saw the first yellow.
By the way, I raced him in the third round so he had already won a couple of races.
It's an interesting sight bearing down on a guy on a three wheeler who's kneeling on the seat looking back at you.
And, I did win but it was a pretty close race.
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Old 08-30-2010, 08:51 PM   #26
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When my Duster was all stock I was in the No-Box class at 41 dialed 20:12. I had to race a blown SBC altered dialed 8:02. He went red and passed me in the lights going 165. I ran 62 mph myself.

I won the first Drag News Ring race at RT66 with the same car. I ran 19:707 on a 19:70 to the S/Pro winners 10:31 on a 10:36. I also treed him .035 to .106.
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Old 08-30-2010, 09:21 PM   #27
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1979 strato Rods dragway in NJ. 4 door ply.valiant 170 ci. dialed a 16:91 ran Clayton wrights SS/AA dialed at 9:85 both were dead on our dials got the light and win, when he went by me in the traps he blew my rt. rear door open, thought I was in a earth quake almost went in the grass.Have I ever had my doors blowen off? OH YEA.
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Bob Benders Z/S VS Struse Smith & Welsh C/S at Maple Grove almost every week
in 1975
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years ago i seen Brandon Huhtala C/A '97 Cutlass comp car testing at seattle in pro bracket and the same time Troy O SS/NA 1966 mailibu wagon was there testing in pro bracket to rd one they both were in back of the lanes pared for rd one Brandon was dial 7.75 ands i think troy was dial like a 12.0 Brandon want 7.75 and troy ran 12.01 backing into Brandon
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Bob Benders Z/S VS Struse Smith & Welsh C/S at Maple Grove almost every week
in 1975
wasn't Bob's a green vega ? I know Mike's car was green
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