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03-29-2019, 05:52 PM | #1 |
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Went to the drags races
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03-29-2019, 06:05 PM | #2 |
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Ron, thanks for that, looks like a great event.
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03-29-2019, 06:16 PM | #3 |
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Looks like a great time ! Doesn't look much like Vermont though!!lol Thanks for sharing !
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03-29-2019, 07:03 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for posting. What a fantastic way to spend a day.
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03-29-2019, 08:25 PM | #5 |
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That was just awesome.. I never thought I'd see Wilfred drive a banger...??
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03-29-2019, 08:28 PM | #6 |
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03-29-2019, 09:02 PM | #7 |
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Really fun! Thanks for posting!
That Thunderbird at the beginning is so nice. 1958-59 birds are my favorites. Last edited by Tinker; 03-29-2019 at 09:50 PM. Reason: spelling... always spelling. |
03-29-2019, 09:12 PM | #8 |
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My goodness! All of those open cars racing without rollbars! Where is the NHRA?
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03-29-2019, 09:46 PM | #9 |
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OL' Ron Thanks for sharing !!!
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03-29-2019, 10:20 PM | #10 |
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I found that on U Tube, almost as good as the other stuff. When I was out in Denver backin 05 with Paul ( Rumbulseast) we visited all the old hill climbers and even went up that hill in his roadster. Too bad we don't have a video of that.
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03-29-2019, 10:38 PM | #11 |
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Ron I did some regular searches on the hill climb. Nothing before 2014 online. Someone probably has it. But you was there, so what could be better.
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03-30-2019, 09:45 PM | #12 |
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That was great Ron! Wish I could bring my AV8 to one of those gigs.
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03-31-2019, 08:31 AM | #13 |
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i know some of the guys and there cars, it was only a couple of 100 miles from my house. mabey next year i will go. thanks
ron for posting
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03-31-2019, 09:23 AM | #14 |
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Great fun.
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03-31-2019, 10:17 AM | #15 |
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I would guess that because a tree was not used until the early 1960s they might be trying to be more reprehensive of the 1950s time period.
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03-31-2019, 10:22 AM | #16 |
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When they went from a Flagman to a "Christmas Tree" was about the same time I quit drag racing.
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I thought this was interesting:
... for years, the colorful and acrobatic "flagman" had signaled the start of each race, but the flag starter system, popular with fans and racers alike, had its flaws. Foul starts were rampant as drivers flinched and left if the starter so much as accidentally blinked his eyes, and each starter had his own unique personality … and his "tells," as Garlits himself pointed out in his book tales From the Drag Strip: "We had all gotten pretty good at reading the flag starter just by watching his eyes. We could read the muscles in his arms and how they tightened up just before he threw the flag. … The older guys hated it when the Tree came in. We eventually adjusted to it, but we really didn’t want it." Plus there was talk, at smaller events away from the national limelight, of starter favoritism in sharing a pre-waving signal and outrage when a starter might inadvertently minutely change his normal procedure. Electronics was the answer. |
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