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Offline Vagrant

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Drive a dragster
« on: April 12, 2019, 08:15:27 AM »
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anybody do this drive a dragster program.
I raced C/A in the late 60's and would like to do it one last time.
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2019, 09:02:15 AM »
I used to race at Oswego dragstrip, grudge street car stuff.

I'd go do it Steve!!!
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2019, 10:17:33 AM »
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2019, 03:42:09 PM »
Yep Oswego for me too. 1966-1970
Still trying to find somebody there with a pic of my dark blue 32 Ford C/A. Hillborn, small block Chevy named Sweat hog! Nicholas, Simko,& Hemmerling on the side. 
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2019, 05:01:31 PM »
10 second 1/4 mile ???  130 mph? That's it ?
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2019, 05:16:18 PM »
OSWEGO, really?   I was there from 1968-1972.  We did all our racing on the power plant road...2 miles of straight double lane.

Thanks for the memories.

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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2019, 08:55:24 PM »
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2019, 09:08:46 PM »


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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2019, 08:49:51 AM »
We bracket raced at Laplace Dragway (Laplace, LA) when I was young. I drove everything from an Opel Ralleye to a Gene Snow Super stocker. We thought that anything that could do better than 13s was super-quick. Nowadays, Honda Accords can do 13s...

Street racing was big, too. Lots of money changed hands when guys with hot cars raced. I learned to speed-shift in a '66 Chevelle SS with an L88. Even with a wide ratio T10, that car would haze the Firestone Wide Ovals to 100mph. Good times...
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2019, 09:19:10 AM »
 For me, drag racing cars has become way too boring with the auto transmissions, tranny brakes, computerized launch and all that..Street bikes can be interesting .....I used to do a lot of drag racing on the street and track, cars and bikes...Snapping out the clutch on a Triumph 650 at 6000 rpm off the line is always entertaining.. I did pretty good on a 73 Trident 750...I don't do hole shots any longer..Ducati is too wheelie prone and I'm a bit old to fight it back down..

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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2019, 03:50:53 PM »
I remember Oswego.  Went there in late 70s to watch my cousin run his 67 Camaro.  Then 20 years later I bought a house 1 mile from the old track.  I think it shut down around 81.
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Re: Drive a dragster
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2019, 04:29:11 PM »
10 second 1/4 mile ???  130 mph? That's it ?

Thats pretty quick for people that havent been on the track before.

I ran a mustang for a few years back in the late 80's Lebanon Valley speedway in eastern NY  It was a lot of fun. We just did it for fun..
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