Got to take my granddaughter to L.O.R.P last night to make her first 1/4 mile p***es in a ''Big'' car. She's raced juniors for the last eight years but she was ready for a little more. The Hot Rod Power Tour was there also so it turned in to a pretty cool day for us. Her dad also started in a junior dragster and moved up to this same car. [He's 40 now] and still racing. 25 yrs between pics.
Thats Awesome and the right place to GO REAL FAST...Congrats to you and your Family...It's always great to see Women in the Sport/Hobby... The Old Hotrod is actually looking a bit more period correct with the wheel change too...
Tell your grand daughter the first thought that came to me , here's the next Brittany or Courtney Force.
What a pair of beauties - your Granddaughter and the Fairlane - great to have a Family that truly enjoys racing - look forward to reading about her racing at other events - who has the best ET in the Fairlane?
Great to read these kinds of stories, not many youngsters even care nowadays. Neat car too, I was smitten by a beautiful 64 Fairlane when I was fifteen, about 1969. Was dark burgundy, had a 289/4 speed and as-cast American five spokes.
I like the car, my daughter was making p***es in my 64 three months after she got her drivers license. She ran the car until she went to college, she was always a tenth faster than her oldman.
She'll like that comment for sure. My son , it ran 12.60's back then. It has a 302 and an AOD so its more of a cruiser.
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