Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there wer

[mtkawboy]

A friend who shall remain nameless was tossed for class at Indy for having 1 TRW pushrod that somehow got mixed in with the 15 Ford pushrods. Dempsy Hardy got tossed for class at Indy because he didnt know to put the Pontiac head in the ice cooler before CCing the combustion chamber & came up 1/2 short. In the Junior Stock days cars would have so many vacuum leaks that the motors would hardly run. We once painted a steel Doug Nash Muncie 4 speed case silver after grinding all the Doug Nash letters off then wiping it with aluminum filings while the paint was wet. I love this post, it could go on forever

[FED 387]

I remember a guy who also will remain nameless Div 3 racer was about to get pumped and the tech guy asked the racer which hole he wanted to do. He said I dunno # 3 or whatever it was so he goes thru the whole thing pulls the plug, screws the P&G adapter in and removes the rockers and turns the engine over pumps up to whatever it is supposed to be and the tech guy said you are good to go--- only one problem the other 7 cylinders were .060 larger than the one they pumped---he always pumped that same cylinder till somebody protested him and he had to pull the head and they measured both the bores and stroke!!!!!!! How do you say OOOPS?

[Jim Wahl]

I remember in the early 80's getting tossed for having a sponsor decal that was "too many square inches big". Yup that's correct, a decal that was TOO BIG! Jim


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[Bench Racer]

I remember back in the early 80's my brother was running a 1958 Chevy wagon in IHRA Super Stock. It was a 283 econo modified piece with a 650 CFM Holly 2 bbl. Back then the head rules allowed only a port match with no polishing of the ports. The car always qualified well due to the soft index of the 2 bbl. (formula3) classes, that TRC prepped 650 Holleybflowed 730 CFM and was as quick as a 4bbl on the 283. We got pulled into tech at Darlington and was told to pull the intake, a header and two rockers and a plug. My brother and I were no engine builders and back then didn't have a clue but I mentioned to him that the exhaust ports didn't look legal. The floor of the ports on them 292 turbo heads looked pretty wide and flat from the casting line down and I was worried. The tech man (not Robert Leonard) done a visual of the heads and P&Ged the motor, and said looks good button it up. I told my brother "I hope that guy don't call little league ball games cause he can't see crap!. Don Jackson

[art leong]

[quote=Jack Matyas;373760]

Originally Posted by art leong

In the seventies.
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Once at Bowling Green. Had wire cable wrapped inside spare tire (total weight was 80 pounds).


Artie - You and Tex were thrown out because the "Steel Belted Radial" hadn't been invented yet ...........

Wrong Jack. All the high dollar racers had them already. That's why NHRA put the max weigh at 85 pounds. There were no steel belted tires in the junk yards. You had to buy them new. And we couldn't afford one.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Dave Gantz

Art, Mike Smith used to tell me stories about you and Tex. Tex told him, "You'd need a falk lift ta get that rear bumper off". I can still see Mike laughing about that one.

Never had anything in the bumper. But I remember another racer (a mopar wagon) that had lead shot leaking out of a tail light every time he made a run.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Paul Precht

Hey Art, remember that old rotted Buick Wildcat that ran in the nines, wonder what was in it. Do you have any pics of your old 65 Dart with the 413.

The buick was the first car that I ever saw or heard of nitrous.
We never had a 65 dart.
The cars I was involved in were.
71 Charger (w/SS hemi)
70 Charger (440)
68 Roadrunner (big Gerry) 440 and Hemi
69 dart 340 (Jackies car)
64 Plymouth 440 (froggys car)
70 Challenger (440 six pack)

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by art leong

The buick was the first car that I ever saw or heard of nitrous.
We never had a 65 dart.
The cars I was involved in were.
71 Charger (w/SS hemi)
70 Charger (440)
68 Roadrunner (big Gerry) 440 and Hemi
69 dart 340 (Jackies car)
64 Plymouth 440 (froggys car)
70 Challenger (440 six pack)

I must be thinking of someone else with the Dart. I deff remember the 64 and the 71 Charger, you and Tex followed me back to my house from Hampton back in 74 with the Charger on the ramp truck, I bought a 4.30 gear set from you and probably had the cash at home.

[Mike Schwartz]

Not drag racing, but I saw a SCCA post-race tech bulletin that said a car was bounced for having the little glass nubs removed from the headlights.

I went through tech at a Div 1 WCS, and raced, with my tool box sitting on the floor in front of the passenger seat. Of course I was a nobody rookie and it was a off the street 19-second FWD stocker.

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by art leong

Never had anything in the bumper. But I remember another racer (a mopar wagon) that had lead shot leaking out of a tail light every time he made a run.

Fading memory, I suppose, as to what car it was. I do remember him imitating Tex's accent. Um, there might have been a couple beers fogging things a little. Mike told me several stories about you guys. He got a big kick out of you both.
I may have heard about that lead shot "leak". I suppose though, there was more than one car that could've leaked.
The rule change that allowed weight to be bolted on took some of the fun out of it. One reason Mike and I ran the 71 RR (in the mid 90's) was because of all of the great hiding places it had.