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Post by Half Moon Racing on Nov 15, 2010 18:03:09 GMT -7
I had some fun this past weekend with one of dad's cars. ;D He is 77 with a back is bad and doesn't drive much. He still likes to go to track and see his cars run though. Ed
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Post by W Racing on Nov 15, 2010 22:27:29 GMT -7
Sweet!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Post by ljo on Nov 16, 2010 12:24:51 GMT -7
Is that about a 9 second car?
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Post by Half Moon Racing on Nov 16, 2010 18:43:18 GMT -7
ljo, no it's not a 9 sec car. It's a 6.70 car in the 8th mile at 100mph. It is an all steel car except fiberglass hood and weighs about 3350 lbs with driver. It has a mild 383 (350 with 400 crank) and no nitrous. It's our old super stocker we ran on the nhra circuit years ago. At the time we were running the factory 283 motor and we traveled up and down the eastern seaboard running at divisional and national events for almost 30yrs.
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Post by ljo on Nov 16, 2010 19:27:30 GMT -7
Cool. I didn't mean for the 9 second comment to sound insulting, I just assumed it was a 1/4 mile. 6.70s are very respectable in the 1/8 mile.
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Post by Half Moon Racing on Nov 17, 2010 14:20:09 GMT -7
ljo, no problem....it was not taken the wrong way. i realized you may had seen the 913 on the windshield. It was was just a "car number" used by the local track. Almost all of the "local" tracks are were 1/4 mile years ago, but changed to 8th mile for safety reasons.
My first passion was/is with racing the big cars. ;D I just don't have the financial resources to go like we did years ago. thanks.
Ed
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Post by Half Moon Racing on Nov 17, 2010 14:22:31 GMT -7
Bill, I will sent you a pm later this evening...
Ed
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Post by hotrod1 on Dec 1, 2010 21:27:16 GMT -7
ed that's my favorite hobby too. I'm guessing you were racing in Kinston ,NC . The car reminds me of Fulton"s modified wagon & a guy from NC that race a yellow Wagon in IHRA Hot Rod class Hang em High
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Post by hotrod1 on Dec 1, 2010 21:31:06 GMT -7
next to these little dragsters of course. Love Those Wheelies
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Post by Half Moon Racing on Dec 2, 2010 20:23:12 GMT -7
Hotrod1 yes, we were at Kinston, NC at the Kinston Tobacco Nationals. We ran the car last year a few times without wheelie bars and it was not as consistent. Plus the bars made it easier to drive and more predictable. Have plans to go to KDS this weekend for Holiday Fess, but we are still watching weather. It is supposed to be high in the 40's with wind chill in the 30's. The cold weather will make it harder to keep heat in the track and I don't like the cold weather anymore. Some weather people are mentioning possibility of some cold precipitation in their forecasts late Saturday evening. It's a wait and see at the moment.
I have seen pics/old videos of Fulton's modified wagon and he was very successful with the car as well. I believe his wagon was 63 or 64?? Not sure on year, but it was a few years before our 66 model. I had seen the yellow wagon several times and yes, it was in the air quite a bit. If I'm not mistaken, the yellow wagon was an old super stocker as well and was run by Troy Humphrey in the late 70's, early 80's. Troy owns and operates the drag strip and round track at Jacksonville. NC. Troy's son, Ronnie and I are about the same age and grew up at the track. Troy's daughter married Greg Anderson, NHRA pro stock driver.
BTW are you also from NC?
Ed
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Post by hotrod1 on Dec 9, 2010 20:59:43 GMT -7
no I'm from SC close to Columbia I did race alot in NC in points races in IHRA at kinston, farmington, Piedmont, Mooresville ,THE ROCK, Chadburn, Rowland,Fayetteville,dunn Benson heck all overHaven't raced the car in several years just haven't had the time
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