"Zombie of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 09:56:45 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 8, 11:47 am, Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 07:38:44 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Feb 8, 9:53 am, wrote:
On Feb 8, 9:49 am, wrote:

On Feb 7, 11:43 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:

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On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:18:17 -0800 (PST),
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On Feb 7, 9:17 pm, Zombie of Woodstock
wrote:
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 17:58:26 -0800 (PST),

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Just out of curiosity.. er. what's the fastest care you
own? Could
it beeeeeeeeeeeeee a frekin' Cheby???

Ahem...um...er...

Yes. :)

Yes indeed....

Although technically, it's not a Chevy.

It's a Corvette.

Made by GM, but it's not a Chevy.

One Ford in the top ten?? I mean he's in first, but there are
two laps
and he is surrounded by the enemy

It's a conspiracy by GM - all their Chevy drivers took out the
Ford
drivers.

What's the matter - your Chevy drivers can't keep their cars
straight?

Damn - my wife drives better than that.

--

"I intend to live forever. So far, so good."

Steven Wright

Jeff Gordon. How can they not shake a flag at him for such bad
driving.
Gets to the almost front and then slows down through the middle
of the pack
causing carnage. Then speeds up again. Couple times.

NASCAR has a reputation of letting their "stars" get away with
anything. DE paved the way with his "If you can't beat 'em, wreck
'em" driving style. NASCAR sold their soul to GM years ago, and now
with the COT, it's just a joke.

Bring back Pearson and the Woods Brothers, and I'll watch again.
Race
on Sunday, sell on Monday. :-)- Hide quoted text -

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Yeah, if you want to see racin' like that, you have to go to your
local track on Friday Night, but it's still better than Basketball

I hear ya... growing up, I had two uncles that built and raced dirt
track cars. One was in my home town, and my Dad did most of the
fabricating on his car. While my Dad was (and is) a machinist by
trade, he was also a good bodyman and mechanic. He'll be 82 this
June, and while he's slowed a bit, he's still doing well.

Here's a pic of one of my uncle's car:
http://members.fortunecity.com/oldsprinter/skee14.jpg

He was pretty famous in the area, always placing in the top 3, and
winning most races. Pretty cool... I hadn't thought about him in a
while. He's been dead for about ten years now. Great guy.

Ah - legend cars.

Love 'em.

They run those up at Darlington on Saturday nights?

Or is that Lowes up in Charlotte?


I believe they run them up in Charlotte, but that's not a legends car.

That car is a dirt track "skeeter" that was run back in the 60s to mid
'70s on dirt tracks in the south. That thing has real sheet metal in
it... it started life as a real '30's car.

As I remember, they ran three classes at local tracks back then.
"Hobby" (newbies), "Late Model Sportsman", and "Skeeter". Uncle Fred,
who campaigned that car, ran in the Skeeter and Sportsman classes.
His number was always 90, and his cars were black and gold.

Ah- well, similar at least.

--

"I intend to live forever. So far, so good."

Steven Wright

My dad was a supplier of machine shop services to lots of racers. He at one
time shaved probably 60% of the V8-60 race heads west of the Mississippi.
Built a rig that screwed into the sparkplug holes so he could chuck up the
head and shave it. Before the days of Flycutters. My uncle ran a couple
service stations and garages and sponsored the local champion. The days
when we had about 5 dirt tracks in the bay area. I think Stockton 99 and
San Jose Speedway are the only ones left.
http://vallejospeedwayhardtops.homestead.com/ has some great old pics.