Topic: drag raceing? | |
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any body in to it??
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i don't have a car to race but it's fun. i know it is not good but i
have done more racing on the streets than on a strip but i don't race on the streets anymore. have you ever seen the t.v. show pinks? |
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I have raced all my life. I have a Super Pro car. I raced every Friday
night. Jax,Fl and if I won, sat night I would race in Douglas,Ga. I have gone to a lot of tracks on the southeast coast and the Gatornations every year. I can say it never did anything for my love life. The car sits in my back yard now, I took it to Gainsville for test & tune May 05, after I changed gears from 5:14 to 4:56 for 1/4 mile,They tore down the track in Jax, I haven't had the urge to spend my money on it. I was fun with outher peoples money. As for Pinks, the show is ok, but when they were here in Orlando, the word got around that they gave the cars back after the show |
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I'v done alot of drag racing cars in the late 60s and early 70s, some
street and some at the strip. Motorcycles in the mid 70s strip and road race. Since then mostly motorcycles on the street. Love the rice burners better than the Harleys, Thou I have a Sporty now for the street, I think its a piece of shit. Got $20,000.00 in the Harley and it cant even do a 10 sec 1/4 mile. My 1100 Kaw, I custom built everything on it in 75, it was a 'full dressed' street bike,(looked like a Gold Wing does now) Was pulling 150 HP at the back wheel. With me on it, it weighed 950lbs and did the 1/4 in 10.80 sec, street tire and no wheelie bar. I only had #13,000.00 in that bike. Wish I still had it. I'm looking to build a S-10 Chevy Vortech 4 banger and pull about 3 to 400 HP with Nitrous for the street driving/racing |
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sometimes the winners do give them back but it doesn't happen often.
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cool.. simple 56. i used to drag race drag bikes! it was alot of fun!!
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LOVE DRAG RACING & NASCAR ! ! I got into drag racing when I was 17 yrs
old in Commerce, GA. It was my 1st drag race so I picked out a car that would be my favorite. I picked Billy Meyer (TF Funny Car) because Burt Reynolds & Hal Needham owned the car & Burt Reynolds lived local at that time. I was standing at the fence behind the starting line & this security guy came up & opened the gate & said "this guy said for you to come in", Well the guy was Mickey Shultz from Anaheim, CA that worked for Chief Auto Parts (Billy Meyers main sponsor); next thing I know I'm in their Ford stationwagon going down the strip with the team to get Billy Meyer & his car...that's how I got into drag racing. I worked for them for the next few years (PR, selling t-shirts, helping get tires, etc..just whatever). I watched & learned over the years; met every driver/team & still friends with them today. I had a Quaker State security guy give my name to a guy in Utica, NY that needed help with motorcycle drag racing so 2 weeks later I'm in Hollywood, FL working a motorcycle drag race. Then a few races later I was in Pocono, PA & that's where I met Larry "Spiderman" McBride (TF motorcycle) & I went to work for their team for the next 5 years. My best friend I met 4 years ago; his best friend was 1/2 owner of the #38 BUSCH team in which Kasey Kahne just came on board as their driver & I'm still following Kasey Kahne (which he's here now in Atlanta for the race). I have a friend that works on Gary Scelzi team, & good friends with Tommy Johnson, Jr (TF Funny Car)& his wife, Melanie Troxel who drives TF Dragster. I'm 42 years old & still just LOVE & CRAVE the smell of nitro & burning rubber ! ! Any of you that race; good luck & you're lucky to be able to enjoy something that you like. |
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WHO WON IN LAS VEGAS LAST NIGHT I DIDNT GET TO WATCH THE END
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Tony Shumaker to (TF Dragster); Jack Beckman (over TJ, jr in TF Funny
Car); Richie Stevens (Pro Stock)-but Jason Line won the 2006 NHRA Pro Stock Championship (locked in & given the Walley); Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle)...if you can believe they had a winner with all the redlights from the motorcycles. The ole US Army pro stock motorcycles sucked;both redlighted. I enjoyed seeing ole John Forces face when Tommy Johnson, Jr spanked that butt !! I wish he would do something about his voice; I can't hardly stand to watch Driving Force to listen to John talk hurts my throat (too much nitro & screaming). Man I was hoping Tommy Johnson, Jr would win but he's running damn good this year. His wife; Melanie was running & leading the points around May but has fallen. Pomona is coming.... |
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yes. i love watching drag raceing also! i used to drag race bikes here
in michigan until my back got bad. |
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hey fan... y r u blocking me??
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john force sounds like lucille ball but damn did he out out some sweet
ass daughters |
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yep. the doughters r hotties!
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