snowman
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What's the technical definition of a gasser?
Andy
Andy
Any drag racing fans?
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ParadiseRoad
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When I hear "Gasser" I think of Stone, Woods, & Cook.
snowman
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Paradise Road,
Thank you! I'm getting an education tonight.
Andy
Thank you! I'm getting an education tonight.
Andy
ParadiseRoad
Member
When I worked at Art Carr's Transmssion shop in Arcadia, CA we had a bunch of racers hanging around, Dick Lohr and his Stampede Mustang, Chuck Pools Backup Pickup, Don Nicholson, Etc. Those were fun times, 1968-1969.
amazingflapjack
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If you are a Garlits fan, and ever in Florida, don't miss his museum of drag racing. It's right next to I-75 near Ocala, Fl. Things sure have changed. I miss the old days when an 11 second street car was really fast. I just read a review of a new Benz station wagon, 4700 Lbs-0-60 in 3 seconds flat, and an 11.2 quarter mile.
Indeed - the old Muscle Cars are neat and I love them, but performance wise, they can't hold a candle to what can be bought today.
Backlighting
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My first car was a new Pontiac 1966 GTO, 4 sp, 3 deuces, 4.33 rear. Did plenty of drag racing on the streets and a few times at the track. It was a fun time back then.
One memorable day @ the track was when I was up next to stage and I was was stopped and asked to back up from the lights and allow Art Arfron to run his Green Monster (jet propelled). I was probably 20 yards directly behind him. I had a good look at the jet engine engaging and quite a bit of rubber hit my windshield as he left the line.
One memorable day @ the track was when I was up next to stage and I was was stopped and asked to back up from the lights and allow Art Arfron to run his Green Monster (jet propelled). I was probably 20 yards directly behind him. I had a good look at the jet engine engaging and quite a bit of rubber hit my windshield as he left the line.
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DGM
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Don Garlits is THE man.
amazingflapjack
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That's very true Tom, but I would have more fun squeaking out a high 13 in my dear old '65 Goat than any of these computerized wonder sleds.
That's interesting. I saw the Green Monster run at Detroit Dragway. I was always under the impression that the car was powered in the same manner as planes, meaning the jet engine didn't drive the wheels, it propelled the car via propulsion. Maybe the rubber came from the track from previous burnouts by other vehicles?
That same day, they had the Little Red Wagon, a Dodge Power Wagon (van with an open bed) that did wheelies the entire 1/4 mile. Kind of useless as a drag racer, but a lot of fun to watch.
ExcitableBoy
US Veteran
Tom S.:
Slight correction on The Little Red Wagon: The original started life as a '64 Dodge A100 pickup. This was a factory model and not a chopped van... though the Hemi in the bed was definitely not stock.
We MoPar guys are a little touchy about our sacred cows.
Slight correction on The Little Red Wagon: The original started life as a '64 Dodge A100 pickup. This was a factory model and not a chopped van... though the Hemi in the bed was definitely not stock.
We MoPar guys are a little touchy about our sacred cows.
I remember the wheelstanders, They had titanium skid plates that threw out sparks.
The first time the jet cars came to Thompson one of them kicked in the afterburner and it melted the Thompson logo off the catwalk.
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The first time the jet cars came to Thompson one of them kicked in the afterburner and it melted the Thompson logo off the catwalk.
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Tom S.:
Slight correction on The Little Red Wagon: The original started life as a '64 Dodge A100 pickup. This was a factory model and not a chopped van... though the Hemi in the bed was definitely not stock.
We MoPar guys are a little touchy about our sacred cows.
You are right! I never was a Dodge/Chrysler/etal fan, coming from a 2nd generation GM family.
But the Red Wagon and Hemi Under Glass Cudda were very cool, not to mention the Color-Me-Gone cars.
I enjoyed it back in the day. Graduated high school in '67. Made it over to Carolina Dragway, Jackson, SC, occasionally. Ran my car once. (Actually Dad's car (!))
I lost interest in it, and NASCAR, and now Le Mans, as I can't relate to it anymore.
Sox and Martin ran real cars, that if I had enough money, I could buy. I saw a Thunderbolt at a carwash in Louisville. NASCAR is completely fake. Toyotas that won LeMans are from another planet.
What Tom S. says. People paying millions for hemi cudas at auctions. My GT350 will suck their doors off, and brake, and fly through turns. Today's cars have vastly better performance than "muscle cars."
I lost interest in it, and NASCAR, and now Le Mans, as I can't relate to it anymore.
Sox and Martin ran real cars, that if I had enough money, I could buy. I saw a Thunderbolt at a carwash in Louisville. NASCAR is completely fake. Toyotas that won LeMans are from another planet.
What Tom S. says. People paying millions for hemi cudas at auctions. My GT350 will suck their doors off, and brake, and fly through turns. Today's cars have vastly better performance than "muscle cars."
