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On Feb 9, 11:09*am, Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 06:55:51 -0800 (PST), wrote:
then a little older,
got to go the the track and help pit the car, as well as help out with
the after race fights!

Well, on that we can agree.

Ain't nuttin' like short track Saturday night Sportsman races when
some guy gets shoved into the wall and the riot starts in the pits -
or the stands for that matter. *:)

Around here, Modifieds are the big thing - the Z class is particularly
fraught with danger in the pits. *Half the time, it's more fun
watching different pit crews express their displeasure over this, that
and the other perception that somebody done did their driver wrong.

And the gals - WOW!! *When they get going, it gets nasty quick.

Ah yes - short track Saturday night. *:)

--

Time flies when you are sick and psychotic.

Amen! Many of nights our stuff would get torn up, either by accident
or my cousin getting mad and retailiating, and we'd get our stuff
loaded up in a hurry before the feature ended and drivers, crew,
everybody started throwing beer bottles and stuff at us! I watched a
Powder Puff driver slap another gal so hard one night that she hit the
back of her head on the block wall and split it open!

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On Feb 9, 11:07*am, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

wrote in message
....

Don't have a lot of time but the biggest problem with "parity" in
these cars and teams is 40 cars in the pack at the final laps.. I just
want to see a winner, not this green, white, checkered bull****...

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Modern Nascar racing does nothing for me. *It's changed so much over the
years and the focus is now on the driver and his/her personality than
the race itself. *All the cars look the same and the regulations and
rules make them boring to me.

I liked the old days when a Nascar stock car race pitted 427ci *Fords
against 427ci Chevys *which were both blown off the map for a couple of
years by the MoPar 426 Hemi.

The cars looked like street versions (ergo 'stock car') *and the winning
manufacturer enjoyed a spike in sales on the Monday following the
weekend race.

Eisboch

NASCAR is just another variation on the NFL theme: packaging a product
to sell other products.

Funniest of all are the fans who think their favorite "marque" is out
there, doing something. As if the cars are Fords or Chevys or whatevers.
* Yeah, sure they are, with their space tube frames, hand-molded sheet
metal, and specialty running gear that is seen on no street car, and of
course the engine, which has nothing to do with a "stock" car.

Chevy Won!

Sure it did.- Hide quoted text -

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You know about as much about racing as you do about Yale. Nothing.

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Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:07:27 -0500, HK wrote:

and of
course the engine, which has nothing to do with a "stock" car.

It might use the same block as a street car.

Casady


It might have a block that measures the same as a street car's
block...that's about it.

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We had a 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer, too. It was a black on black
convertible. Had about 500 pounds of chrome on the front, offset by
little chrome fins on the rear. The rocker covers said someting like
"RAM ROCKET" on them. It was pretty frisky. Had power windows and a
power top among other niceties.


The one my parents had was inherited by them from my grandfather and used as
a second car. It was a tri-colored "Custom Royal Lancer. Cream top, dark
royal blue hood and trunk and powder blue sides. It was my first "cruising
car" when I got my license. I checked up on the engine and turns out they
used a 270ci hemi in them. The Custom Royal Lancer was rated at 183hp or
193hp if equipped with an optional "power pac" which, for 1955 was quite a
bit of power. Ours needed a valve job badly, so it wasn't exactly high
performing, but it was quite a nice car.

I think the valve covers said "Red Ram" on them.

Eisboch

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On Feb 8, 2:26*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message

m...



Actually it is a road race. *Sort of like driving in Boston and trying to
get out of a round-a-bout. *Or whatever those things is called.

They used to be called a "rotary". * But, as the liberals have become more
influential over the years, they are now called "round-a-bouts".

Eisboch

We had one right down the street from my house.. We called it a
"circle" of all things....;) It was Vernon Circle...

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On Feb 8, 3:20*pm, Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 14:26:35 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:



"Calif Bill" wrote in message
om...

Actually it is a road race. *Sort of like driving in Boston and trying to
get out of a round-a-bout. *Or whatever those things is called.

They used to be called a "rotary". * But, as the liberals have become more
influential over the years, they are now called "round-a-bouts".

I never called them a rotary nor did I call them a "round-a-bout". *

I called them #$%%##$%*&*&&##@$$%%##$&**&*&^ pains in the ass.

Espiecally the one in Revere by the MTA station and the one in Lynn at
the Swampscott line.

~ mutter ~

--

"I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally."

W.C. Fields

Holy ****. That brings back memories. I spent a lot of summer days and
weekends in Lynn, right there on top of the hill. Used to walk down to
Revere with dad...

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On Feb 9, 11:09*am, Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 06:55:51 -0800 (PST), wrote:
then a little older,
got to go the the track and help pit the car, as well as help out with
the after race fights!

Well, on that we can agree.

Ain't nuttin' like short track Saturday night Sportsman races when
some guy gets shoved into the wall and the riot starts in the pits -
or the stands for that matter. *:)

Around here, Modifieds are the big thing - the Z class is particularly
fraught with danger in the pits. *Half the time, it's more fun
watching different pit crews express their displeasure over this, that
and the other perception that somebody done did their driver wrong.

And the gals - WOW!! *When they get going, it gets nasty quick.

Ah yes - short track Saturday night. *:)

--

Time flies when you are sick and psychotic.

The funniest thing I ever saw was back at Stafford.. Stabens Brothers
drilling and Deb's auto used to get on it all the time.. One day afer
the race old lady Stebens (the mom, must have been in her 50's) socked
Debs driver and knocked him out cold.. We all had to get into that one
that night, she was a tough old bird...

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On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:59:47 -0500, HK wrote:

It might use the same block as a street car.

Casady


It might have a block that measures the same as a street car's
block...that's about it

Sprint cars have long been using aluminum 410 ci small blocks. My car
was in the slower 360 class. I had one of the last iron blocks. A
stock block. Perhaps 600 HP on methanol. About one MPG. An attempt to
sell 90 pound magnesium blocks found few takers. You can have a 454 in
aluminum small block if you want it. Small blocks started at 260, and
were up to 283 by 1957 when we got the chevy wagon. Car had high
compression heads, solid lifters, and seat belts. Guy ordered it and
died. My old man never would have ordered the high performance stuff.

Casady