Well, I've seen a street car Prius go 9.30's in the quarter mile. Okay fine, it had a Hellcat motor swap, but at least it was built right and wasn't riding like a mud truck down the 1320' Wheels up is wasting power that could be used to go forward. That's probably the biggest lesson learned as tire technology and suspension geometry knowledge grew.When was the last time ya seen a blame PRIUS with ALL FOUR WHEELS ..........OFF THE GROUND?
Exactly!!
Those were the days. If you ever want to have serious flashbacks, drop by Don Garlits museum in Ocala FL. The smell alone had me flashing. Nitro, rubber, Castrol-R, cars, the rails, not just all the Swamp Rats, but the rare ones, Jocko’s Porting Service, Speed Sport, Sox & Martin, Lil Red Truck, yes there are fuel altereds, A, B, C gasers, SS Dodges, Chevies, AMC (!), Fords, and engines, the engines. Keith Black, Grumpy, on and on. Plan on at least two days. Any faster and you miss part of American history. At first you’ll probably do like I did and look for favs. Then you realize that there’s some stuff you missed and you go back. If it were closer, I’d hit it twice, maybe three times a year. We were lucky, a couple was getting married in a pavilion on the property and Don was there for pics with the couple. Didn’t want to disturb the event so we just drove on by. Don was never really very big, but he didn’t grow any either.In the late 60's I worked on a friend's AA/FD. In those days they smoked the tires the whole run. No electric start, push starts, no reverse gear, no burnouts.
Those were the days. If you ever want to have serious flashbacks, drop by Don Garlits museum in Ocala FL. The smell alone had me flashing. Nitro, rubber, Castrol-R, cars, the rails, not just all the Swamp Rats, but the rare ones, Jocko’s Porting Service, Speed Sport, Sox & Martin, Lil Red Truck, yes there are fuel altereds, A, B, C gasers, SS Dodges, Chevies, AMC (!), Fords, and engines, the engines. Keith Black, Grumpy, on and on. Plan on at least two days. Any faster and you miss part of American history. At first you’ll probably do like I did and look for favs. Then you realize that there’s some stuff you missed and you go back. If it were closer, I’d hit it twice, maybe three times a year. We were lucky, a couple was getting married in a pavilion on the property and Don was there for pics with the couple. Didn’t want to disturb the event so we just drove on by. Don was never really very big, but he didn’t grow any either.
I grew up in Phoenix, first drags at Mel Larson’s strip, then at Beeline. Never got to watch at PHX International.I scond that, very impressive place. Bad part is I remembered most of them, and saw them run at Green Valley Raceway
Hey CB,