The 2012 Orange Drag Reunion Sept 8th

it was a great day but the one thing i have to complain about is the way people staged for practice, alot of car were just driving up on the L&R side & going to the front!I personally watched that 2 dr sedan with the 2 turbos , the yellow & orange vette & the orange peel make 2-3 p***es while i waited my turn.It wasn't fair & seemed to be a complaint from alot of people.
jimV

 

The Snappa Trappa altered made the trip down from New Hampshire. In the back round you can see Bill Kearney's new double engine dragster, built by David Beard.

 

Last years Nostalgia Eliminator winner is sporting a new paint job.

 

We split when the bad weather rolled in, just one of the draw backs of the open trailer. On the trip home we p***ed the Strokers Car Club from Springfield, MA. They had their original dragster, with a cool Chrysler or Dodge tow car. If you could photoshop the new vehicles out of the picture, it would look like 1959.

 

Jim, They could use some refining in the staging lanes to make it run a little smoother. I can't speak for the other cars, but the cars without cooling systems need special considerations. We towed our altered up the left lane, got strapped in waited till we were called.

 

ill admit---i did take that left lane once----i was told by a guy running the place to use that lane---there were a few guys that kept using that lane for a cut off

 

thre 55s in a row

 

Thanks for all the great pics church key, i didn't make it over to the pit side. Would liked to have seen steves resto of his uncle's car
maybe next year

 

You are right about the cars with no cooling systems, i understand that but heres a pic of me waiting on the lines & if you notice the yellow Vette is in the wrong lane & a GREMLIN!!(lol) I do believe that 1970 AMCs had a radiator in them.The Guy in the yellow Vette was doing this all day.lol
jimV

 

It was a great time, I noticed some cars got more runs than others.
I think the best apporach is to contact the promoter privately and calmly and express your concerns/ideas.
He is very willing to listen to peoples input. He made that know on a personal level as well as over the PA system during the pre race announcements.
He is a good guy doing a great job, lets not focus on a few negative point, just work on making it a little smoother for next year.

 

I'm just joking ! Very rarely do i have a "incriminating" photo! I feel ike that dude who took the 8mm of JFK getting shot!!lol
But you are right about talking to the promoter, how do i reach him ?.
JimV

 

I waited in line for practice runs for over an hour while other guys made 3 to 4 runs, I watched them just slide down the L & R lanes than cut in just at the entrance! After my 1 run of the day it took me another 1/2 hour to get back to my pit because the pit lanes were being used for staging lanes......

For some reason I missed the announcement for the X cl***,,,,so I didn't get any racing in?? Oh well.


It was a great day though......was the racing finished?? Or did it end early due to the forecast???

Pete-

 

Oh yea....I did score a *****in caddy 6x2 intake at the swap meet!!!!


Pete-

 

Thanks for the pics Jack and bringing your car, it's always great to see it AND hear it go!

 

I don't think they were going to "run" the X cl***.I think thats why they let X cl*** run all they wanted during the lunch break (again i saw other cl***es out there).
JimV

 

You might try using the contact info from the reunion website, or just pm'ing the original poster of this thread (LH Thread)- John is the one who puts the show on.

 

It was a great time yes there was a lot of guys sliding by the L/R side but its all in fun guys right? its not a national event? needs a little fine tuning is all maybe call all muscle cars for there practice for a time limit and then the rest just a thought.


I want to thank John and his crew for putting the show on you guys did a awesome job and thanks to all the sponsors aswell.

 

Ill second that Dave!

 

I guess thats why I missed it!

 

Remember when people work together things work and peopel police things themselves and not get greedy things tend to work out and everyone enjoys things JMO And the posers and whiners kill a good time for everything

 

ITS A CONSPIRACY, JIM!!!!

 

Thanks for the kind words I`m lucky to have it and able to perserve it as it was Great pics and we love your car aswell

 

I knew there was a second lane on the gr***y knoll!!
JimV

 

I don't know the folks that put this show on, but it was great !!! Ten bucks to get in, drag racing like the old days, great cars in the parking lot. It was a blast, and the show to go toooo!!! Wicked good fun!!

 

a lil vid from my car--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuviwSmOro


as soon as i heard a car start i ran up to the line

 

Best thing was to see quite a few cars they way they really used to look like. Can't wait to see what shows up next year.

 

That's a great vid Brian! That's a beautiful car and it goes good. Sounds like a real nasty cam, it's shaking the camera!

 

Did I here a rev limiter ? Thanks for the video.