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Since the race is rained out we need to Bench Race...
All time great teams...In no particular order during my lifetime...
Kenny Bernstein-Bud King F/C
John Force F/C
Larry Dixon/Lahaie Miler Lite T/F car
Tony Schumacher/Alan Johnson Army Car
Bob Glidden P/S Ford
Greg Anderson P/S Car
Raymond Beadle/Blue Max F/C
Shirley Muldowney T/F
Don Garlits T/F
Sentimental Favorites
Candies and Hughes/Mark Oswald Motorcraft F/C
Dale Pulde In-N-Out F/C
Lee Shephard Reher and Morrison P/S
Darrell Gwynn Coors Extra Gold T/F
Ed McCulloch Miller Lite F/C
So what are your faves??
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Gary Denshem was Hubbys shop teacher in high school. We've been following since he was racing Teachers Pet.
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What Joe Amato and Eddy Hill didn't make the list
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Oh .. Oh... I forgot about Joe Amato... I love Joe Amato.
And I love the smell of nitro in the morning.
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Gary Denshem was Hubbys shop teacher in high school. We've been following since he was racing Teachers Pet.
Densham gives me hope that I might one day be a great NHRA star. Don't think I could stomach the brute force of a fuel car, but Pro Stock is definitely a possibility. I love Funny Cars but the Pro Stock cars are badass. So low and sleek and secretive. I was the first person north of the grapevine to have Flowmasters on a street car and developed a "Chicago" style fuel system for a single 4 barrel that I saw in HotRod Mag...Two inlets through a single Holley regulator and braided lines...Then I drove the locals crazy by showing up without a hood on M&H slicks and put a towel over the intake and carb...Gotta love the street racing scene 10 years ago!!!
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The "Grump"......The "Snake"........Daryl Alderman.........Stone, Woods, and Cook........Gary O..........Big John.....Lil' John.........Billy Myers........Warren, Colburn, and Miller........Jack Chrisman..............John Peters......Steve Pluger............Bresette and Southerland..........Joe P..........Danny O......Wild Willie Borsche...........
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Densham gives me hope that I might one day be a great NHRA star. Don't think I could stomach the brute force of a fuel car, but Pro Stock is definitely a possibility. I love Funny Cars but the Pro Stock cars are badass. So low and sleek and secretive. I was the first person north of the grapevine to have Flowmasters on a street car and developed a "Chicago" style fuel system for a single 4 barrel that I saw in HotRod Mag...Two inlets through a single Holley regulator and braided lines...Then I drove the locals crazy by showing up without a hood on M&H slicks and put a towel over the intake and carb...Gotta love the street racing scene 10 years ago!!!
Gary is a really nice guy, as are all of the drag racers that we have met along the way.
You're a "door slammer" fan...I'm a funny car and top fuel fan through and through. However, any drag racing is fun to watch. I had a Trans Am in high school with a 400 engine and would race the boys with their little trucks (remember Sunsets truck club?!) and BEAT each and ever one of them! It was REALLY fun.
We went to a car show today, as a matter of fact, and happen to get their late, which was perfect..we got to listen to the cars fire up and leave...that was the best part...the cudas, the 57's and the camero's--oh my!
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The "Grump"......The "Snake"........Daryl Alderman.........Stone, Woods, and Cook........Gary O..........Big John.....Lil' John.........Billy Myers........Warren, Colburn, and Miller........Jack Chrisman..............John Peters......Steve Pluger............Bresette and Southerland..........Joe P..........Danny O......Wild Willie Borsche...........
Stone Woods and Cook...back in the day we were friends with Mike Cook. That blue car was pretty.
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Has it been that long since OC Raceway..
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I love the Funny Cars of today, but they don't even compare to the late 70's-early 80's cars. The "Batmobile" and the "Blue Max" are the best ever for the coolness factor...
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JBB your are the Pic Guy, aren't you?!?!?!?
I explained to our girls (6 and 8) today what wheelie bars are. It was fun!
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I love the Funny Cars of today, but they don't even compare to the late 70's-early 80's cars. The "Batmobile" and the "Blue Max" are the best ever for the coolness factor...
I haven't seen a Jet Car in awhile..have you? :)
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I love the Funny Cars of today, but they don't even compare to the late 70's-early 80's cars. The "Batmobile" and the "Blue Max" are the best ever for the coolness factor...
I remember Blue Max.
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I'm more partial to this pic on jumgle pam though JBB
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4...02e0aa6we9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Hemi under glass was a bad ass car. Remember the jolly rancher wheel truck. There are so many names. Here are just a few . Tired, will remember more tomorrow
Shirly
Big daddy
Connie Kaletta
Eddie Hill (which also drove the texan top fuel hydro)
Don Prudomme
Pat Austin
Lee Sheperd
Blaine Johnson
Darrell Gwynn
Brad Anderson
Frank Hawley
Ed McCulloh
Don Nicholson
Mickey Thompson
Jim Dunn
Darrel Gywnn
Frank Manzo
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Gary is a really nice guy, as are all of the drag racers that we have met along the way.
You're a "door slammer" fan...I'm a funny car and top fuel fan through and through. However, any drag racing is fun to watch. I had a Trans Am in high school with a 400 engine and would race the boys with their little trucks (remember Sunsets truck club?!) and BEAT each and ever one of them! It was REALLY fun.
We went to a car show today, as a matter of fact, and happen to get their late, which was perfect..we got to listen to the cars fire up and leave...that was the best part...the cudas, the 57's and the camero's--oh my!
We hung out at the Carpool lot off Las Posas in Oxnard. Lots of 11 and 12 second rigs there and once Alan Root showed up with a Ford Courier pickup that had one of Bob Glidden's R&D motors in it. Raced my friend's 68 Camaro with an Aluminum headed 427 roller motor on the spray and street slicks. The race was over within 200 feet when the pickup's front wheels came back down and he was ahead 10 car lengths!!!
But when we were feeling like seeing "The show" we went to Tommy's in Van Nuys or Chatsworth or Bob's Big Boy. A '64 tubbed Nova versus a small block '68 Camaro on street slicks...and a nasty, nasty small block...and three stages of juice...We all knew the Nova was gonna eat it up...til the Camaro did a dry hop with the front wheels up around our eyeballs!!! He waxed the Nova and didn't even use the third stage!!
Now you get to see a line of 15 and 16 second Fart muffler Hondas line up on the rev limiter and lay 10 feet of rubber after dumping the clutch and bogging.
