A lot of us did it and still do. I don't any longer and I'd be a liar if I said I don't miss it. This car was a lot fun. I had my clan tartan in imported wool from Scotland sewn into the seatcover. Yes, I kept the cover but no pics of that. "UP YOUR...KILT" seemed better than bye bye, see ya, gotcha, etc Ran a best of 10.32 @ 129.86. Single Dominator, no NOS, 3545#. Who's next?
my grandpa ran the 33 weekly at PIR back in the early 90s running 1/8th mile, cant find pics or the vhs tape of it running there, but here is a couple from the few times it ran 1/4. Then I was running my 17 Camaro before the shutdown mess and I went back to working on older stuff.
The two local nostalgia groups at our two local tracks run as a bracket race, several run dead on with almost perfect reaction times with no electronics and foot brake. I'm hoping to get the J back out this year
Bracket racing can be a heartbreaker. Do everything "right" yet lose to a .004 pkg. Nobody can stay closer than that every round. You always remember those. I ran dead on "with a 6" to a dead on with a 4, that driver was a scant .002 better on the light. My rt was .008, his .006. Back at the pits all you can do is suck it up.
I never had a dedicated drag car, I did race my daily drivers a bit though. 67 Mustang, 67 VW Bug, 78 Toyota pickup. The bug was pretty bad for a street car, would get 2-3” of air under the tires on launch. The Toyota was stock except for a header and carb calibration, it surprised a bunch of stock Vegas and Pintos!
Isn't that the truth? I went dead-on with a .000 RED once. Fourth digit on the start computer was a "1".
It can be a humbling experience, the one track you can see the boards and see your et as you're going by, then get to the ticket booth and get handed the yellow slip. Wha wha wha lol
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