Any NASCAR Fans here abouts?

[Timothy]

Yeah, Connie (his dad) was his crew chief........Connie Kalitta (The Bounty Hunter) was one of the old pioneers in drag racing, from back in the day with Muldowney, Garlits, Prudhomme, McEwen............ (remember the 'Snake' vs. the 'Mongoose'?).

Hey, watch the Old Pioneers stuff ....I grew up watching these "Old" guys.....summer nights at the old U.S. 131 Martin Dragway in central MI....the old man, and me....my brothers.....tons of fun!  Never made it to the BIG races, maybe now that I can afford to....would be fun.....

[PegLeg45]

Hey, watch the Old Pioneers stuff ....I grew up watching these "Old" guys.....summer nights at the old U.S. 131 Martin Dragway in central MI....the old man, and me....my brothers.....tons of fun!  Never made it to the BIG races, maybe now that I can afford to....would be fun.....

For the record, I like NASCAR for the tech....and those guys can drive....just because they go in circles doesn't mean they don't need skills....and they have to be in top shape.


We have a very nice facility about 30 miles from me that was built a few years back. The pro's, and others, use it a a tune-up track the week before the Gators in Gainesville, Fl. every year.

http://www.racesgmp.com/track-info.da

There is nothing in the world like standing right next to an engine that makes 8000+ hp wile it is being tested. That is a big appeal to drag racing....being allowed into the pits to watch the crews work. Those guys can remove, rebuild, and replace an entire engine assembly in about a half hour to an hour and be running. And most of the crew members are relatively young kids, working with a lot of high-tech equipment (actually have a school for it).

Nitro Methane Rules........

Fast forward to about the 2:00 mark when they fire it up....then at about the 3:27 mark they bleed in the nitro and bang the throttle.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLC5waukc0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XugdIaObfQo

Man, I love this stuff....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svWPItw6_UU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_hRJsqugr0

[ericire12]

Thanks again Badge!!!

Not a NASCAR fan, but Danica can grab my stick shift and shift it into high gear any time she wants.

Got any cold beer in the corner?

Three words: Pop the clutch!

 

[twyacht]

Spent many years in Mooresville, NC aka "Race City USA" home of most of the NASCAR shops,,...in Early Winter, they would open the shop doors at the "Garage Mahal" (DEI) and dyno motors all day..Still love that sound.

As Johnny Bravo posted,, when #3 died, part of my enthusiasm died with it.

I'll watch the last 25 laps, but they took races away from N. Wilksboro, Hickory, 2 races at Rockingham, and Darlington, down to 1 away for the "new tracks".

Still like Bristol, it's not about the "aero" package, racing in a toilet bowl. If your car has no damage your a *****..

Still think they should Man The F Up, and put on tread tires in rain and get on with it, like other racing org. Change tires for rain and keep racing.

[tombogan03884]

Yeah well, If you dont like it, kiss my ass , just shut your pie hole  and turn the tv off. Im just about sick of your shit FQ and am planning A trip to your AO. Im sure the people in your part of the state have no idea about your opinion . Im sure we will have a great vacation, and a great training session.

I don't know who pissed in your porridge, but you have been a real asshole today. I may not agree agree with things that FQ says, but your gutless key board tough guy BS is unacceptable.

[Sponsor]

[Kid Shelleen]

I don't know who pissed in your porridge, but you have been a real asshole today. I may not agree agree with things that FQ says, but your gutless key board tough guy BS is unacceptable.

Thanks Tom for standing up for FQ. You beat me to it.

2HOW is waaay out of line. Disagreeing is one thing but threatening a fellow forum member is inexcusable and wrong in every sense. I don't always agree with FQ, but I respect him and I have learned more from our differences than when we agree. I hope that 2HOW was just having a bad day. An apology would go a long way.

[PegLeg45]

Spent many years in Mooresville, NC aka "Race City USA" home of most of the NASCAR shops,,...in Early Winter, they would open the shop doors at the "Garage Mahal" (DEI) and dyno motors all day..Still love that sound.

As Johnny Bravo posted,, when #3 died, part of my enthusiasm died with it.

I'll watch the last 25 laps, but they took races away from N. Wilksboro, Hickory, 2 races at Rockingham, and Darlington, down to 1 away for the "new tracks".

Still like Bristol, it's not about the "aero" package, racing in a toilet bowl. If your car has no damage your a *****..

Still think they should Man The F Up, and put on tread tires in rain and get on with it, like other racing org. Change tires for rain and keep racing.

I lived about 20 minutes from the track at N. Wilkesboro for a few years when I was a kid in the mid 70's. The guy we rented from had a "Baby NASCAR" that was kind of a precursor to today's Sprint Cup (or whatever the next level below the top dogs is).
Anyway, his car was a duplicate version of Richard Petty's #43 STP car, but in a smaller package (think '73 Maverick). It was way-cool for a kid to be around because he got us in to the pits and I got to meet Cale Yarborough once. Old NASCAR fans will know that name.

[tombogan03884]

Thanks Tom for standing up for FQ. You beat me to it.

2HOW is waaay out of line. Disagreeing is one thing but threatening a fellow forum member is inexcusable and wrong in every sense. I don't always agree with FQ, but I respect him and I have learned more from our differences than when we agree. I hope that 2HOW was just having a bad day. An apology would go a long way.

2 HOW is pulling the same type of stunt in the Lion hunt thread, I posted that if he wasn't there he should STFU.
M25 Operator said to let him have his say. Since I respect M25 I posted this reply to him

I would not have said anything about 2 how's post as I'm not a hunter either. But he is making unsubstantiated claims with out a shred of proof, insulting about half the members here, and using the the same type of  "I can talk tough through the internet" cowardice as what got Onrecess kicked off. this isn't the only thread where he's doing this, he more or less threatened FQ for not liking NASCAR.
I'm insulting, sarcastic and offensive when I'm making a point, but I back it up with facts, and information. If 2How doesn't like the subject he does not have to read it. If he can not accept that some people DO want to test them selves against things that can kill them back, that's just to bad.
If he just wants to play internet tough guy to compensate for his own inadequacy, he should find some where else to do it.

[Pathfinder]

Yeah well, If you dont like it, kiss my ass , just shut your pie hole  and turn the tv off. Im just about sick of your shit FQ and am planning A trip to your AO. Im sure the people in your part of the state have no idea about your opinion . Im sure we will have a great vacation, and a great training session.

2HOW, you've been a forum member for a long time, so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt this time. What's up? Like Tom said, you broke bad on the lion thread and now here - where I have to agree you went way over the line in threatening that pseudo-Libertarian.

Something going on with you that's got you so thoroughly pissed off? PM me if you don't want to go public.

[Pathfinder]

Three words: Pop the clutch!

 

But don't pop it too soon, you'll kill the . . . , um, er, moment!