Topic: drag raceing?
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Wed 10/18/06 12:02 AM
any body in to it??

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Wed 10/18/06 12:34 AM
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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Wed 10/18/06 02:51 AM
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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Wed 10/18/06 03:36 AM
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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Thu 10/19/06 01:03 AM
sometimes the winners do give them back but it doesn't happen often.

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Fri 10/20/06 09:32 AM
cool.. simple 56. i used to drag race drag bikes! it was alot of fun!!

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Fri 10/27/06 04:59 PM
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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Mon 10/30/06 12:22 PM
WHO WON IN LAS VEGAS LAST NIGHT I DIDNT GET TO WATCH THE END

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Mon 10/30/06 03:42 PM
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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Wed 11/01/06 06:33 AM
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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Wed 11/15/06 09:40 PM
hey fan... y r u blocking me??

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Thu 11/16/06 09:15 AM
john force sounds like lucille ball but damn did he out out some sweet
ass daughters

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Thu 11/16/06 12:00 PM
yep. the doughters r hotties!