TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! - Page 5

Rich Biebel · 02-06-2009, 01:31 PM

Tom I wasn't at Atco when Joe flipped the Nova but it was to bad as he pretty much disappeared not long after that. The "Bat" was very cool. He used some real low tech equipment, like a starter button for a trans brake button and could usually hit .420 Rt's......I could barley get in the .4's foot braking......but he gave me some RT tips that helped and we always had fun racing with him....

Jack McCarthy · 02-06-2009, 02:40 PM

you pups should have been around before spools and unbreakable axles... them GM service package axles would snap like a cheap fishing line, hell lots of tracks had concrete barriers around the trees !!

jack mccarthy

Tom P · 02-06-2009, 03:17 PM

I don't think it was Oddy at Bowling Green in the Opel, it was Frank Mazi.
Middle of this page...
http://www.maziracing.com/99June/june99.htm

I would have thought replacing a tree would be a simple thing, unplug it and lift it out of the holder. Don't they take the thing out after the races?

Rich Biebel · 02-06-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

you pups should have been around before spools and unbreakable axles... them GM service package axles would snap like a cheap fishing line, hell lots of tracks had concrete barriers around the trees !!

jack mccarthy

I'm no pup ( but I wish I was) and I was around for that stuff.........Broke a rear (ring and pinion) in a '57 sedan delivery and it was a 14 second ride in 1966 with a hydro.......was with Frank Iaconio one weekend when he broke an axle at York and he and some helpers worked for hours trying to get the broken piece out.....loaded up with it still broke, went to a motel and worked the next morning at another track, Island.....got it fixed and broke another axle that day! His car was a stick fuelie at the time......I doubt that many Jr. Stockers had aftermarket anything back then in their drivelines......

Tom Goldman · 02-06-2009, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom P

I don't think it was Oddy at Bowling Green in the Opel, it was Frank Mazi.
Middle of this page...
http://www.maziracing.com/99June/june99.htm

I would have thought replacing a tree would be a simple thing, unplug it and lift it out of the holder. Don't they take the thing out after the races?

You're right ,Tom. It was Mazi. My memory gets a little fuzzy now and then. ...Hey Capt.Jack, I'm old enough to have broken ten spline Olds axles in my 4100# J2 powered 50 Olds convertable, ..I used to carry a spare pair of axles and a center section so I could make it home from the track!...I think those are the fun days we are supposed to fondly remember!!.....I drove with 4.56's all the time, but my buddy that I traveled with used to swap rears and axles in his 55 Chevy when we got to the track! .......

Robert Swartz · 02-07-2009, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

you pups should have been around before spools and unbreakable axles... them GM service package axles would snap like a cheap fishing line, hell lots of tracks had concrete barriers around the trees !!

jack mccarthy

Gotta chuckle at this one Jack!

Back in the early 70's, I was convinced I didn't need/couldn't afford aftermarket axles. In my 67 Mustang, I had a 9" taken out from under a 58 Ford station wagon. I welded up the spiders from a single trac and went racing. To make a long story short, I got real good at changing axles and pulling out the gears. I did my best to deplete the supply of 57-59 Ford axles.

Oh by the way, I about took out a X-mas tree myself once due to a snapped axle. Car jumped, jerked and rolled hard to the right. I can still remember looking to my right and seeing that tree coming at me. I can feel for the guy, that's not something you live down real easily.

Robert Swartz

Jeff Teuton · 02-07-2009, 08:10 PM

I think I probably have enough stuff to fix that truck. If anyone knows the family, pass that on. I got lots of old stuff for Dodge Trucks. I really like that action.

The Hawk · 02-07-2009, 08:24 PM

The truck in question is the one Gary Harper and Sara Norsworthy have driven in the past. The unfortunate thing of this whole situation is that Irving bought the truck from Harper in November and this was his first National Event with the truck. Looks like it did some pretty good damage.

Floyd Staggs · 02-07-2009, 08:49 PM

John Irving broke a couple of tows and hurt his right arm in the mishap. He said the left rocker panel got bent in bad and he doesn't know if it's repairable. He hopes to be healed up by Phoenix. Say's he has more race cars at home.

ken robinson · 02-08-2009, 06:14 PM

Hope that dude from the pinks show clealy understands why the tree is used in real drag racing ! If not get your insurance coverage up dated .....lol...

02-06-2009, 01:31 PM	#41
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,315 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! Tom I wasn't at Atco when Joe flipped the Nova but it was to bad as he pretty much disappeared not long after that. The "Bat" was very cool. He used some real low tech equipment, like a starter button for a trans brake button and could usually hit .420 Rt's......I could barley get in the .4's foot braking......but he gave me some RT tips that helped and we always had fun racing with him.... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R

02-06-2009, 02:40 PM	#42
Jack McCarthy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: lyndon ky. ... louisville area Posts: 1,322 Likes: 29 Liked 477 Times in 117 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! you pups should have been around before spools and unbreakable axles... them GM service package axles would snap like a cheap fishing line, hell lots of tracks had concrete barriers around the trees !! jack mccarthy __________________ Jack McCarthy 3609 STK "the Captain"

02-06-2009, 03:17 PM	#43
Tom P Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 707 Likes: 30 Liked 239 Times in 94 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! I don't think it was Oddy at Bowling Green in the Opel, it was Frank Mazi. Middle of this page... http://www.maziracing.com/99June/june99.htm I would have thought replacing a tree would be a simple thing, unplug it and lift it out of the holder. Don't they take the thing out after the races?

02-07-2009, 08:10 PM	#47
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 325 Times in 50 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! I think I probably have enough stuff to fix that truck. If anyone knows the family, pass that on. I got lots of old stuff for Dodge Trucks. I really like that action. __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK

02-07-2009, 08:24 PM	#48
The Hawk VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Littleton,Colorado Posts: 1,194 Likes: 0 Liked 249 Times in 109 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! The truck in question is the one Gary Harper and Sara Norsworthy have driven in the past. The unfortunate thing of this whole situation is that Irving bought the truck from Harper in November and this was his first National Event with the truck. Looks like it did some pretty good damage. __________________ Lane Weber It`s Not What You Drive That Wins....It`s How You Drive It

02-07-2009, 08:49 PM	#49
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,522 Likes: 157 Liked 229 Times in 99 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! John Irving broke a couple of tows and hurt his right arm in the mishap. He said the left rocker panel got bent in bad and he doesn't know if it's repairable. He hopes to be healed up by Phoenix. Say's he has more race cars at home. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST

02-08-2009, 06:14 PM	#50
ken robinson Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: tomsriver nj Posts: 480 Likes: 74 Liked 224 Times in 87 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! Hope that dude from the pinks show clealy understands why the tree is used in real drag racing ! If not get your insurance coverage up dated .....lol...