blue92
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Have any of you guys done any racing other than drag racing? And if not what was the number one reason you haven't?
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Mopardh9
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If I had the extra cash, I'd buy a limited late model and go racing, then move my way up to an SK Lite. Always wanted to race, should have when I was a kid, when my dad would of funded it, but I went to college then got married. Yep what a dumb ass, should of went racing!!!
I do a little SCCA AX here and there..i'm supposed to run the whole year, but never got the ride i thought i would..
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Digger
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No money. Damn economy.
No money. *sigh*
buckaroo
Here kitty, kitty, kitty
When I was but a lad (no comment from the younger generation) my father bought me a very unique gokart. It was one of the first that was specifically made for racing in a highly competitive nature. It was hand made from the ground up, but as a kid, I didn't know what to do with it. Anyway, I learned at that time that I wasn't a driver, but rather a fan. I've since learned that I would love to have those times back to see what I could do now, but such is life. However, I'm a fan of racing of any type of motorized vehicles, including boats. Can't say that I'd be a fan of sail boat racing, but who knows. Anyway, if the vehicle has an engine and races, I'll be there to watch it.
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Guido
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SlowNeasy
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there was a time i was a big track and field fan. guess you know why i lost interest. same with the tour de france. damn ped's has killed most sports for me.
If I had the extra cash, I'd buy a limited late model and go racing, then move my way up to an SK Lite. Always wanted to race, should have when I was a kid, when my dad would of funded it, but I went to college then got married. Yep what a dumb ass, should of went racing!!!
Yup i agree!
I'm a dirt slinger. Started in 2005. Started in a pretty much stock 4 cly class. Moved up to mini-mods. Drove a Vitange last week. It was a 37 Plymoth body on a North East Mod frame with a 383ci Chevy motor. Next year im moving up to a crate or super late.
We raced back in the 70s on a number of dirt tracks around Houston.
Finally got too expensive.
Finally got too expensive.
blue92
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Ever heard of Meyer's Speedway? Back in the early 60s AJ Foyt raced modified stock cars there before moving on to NASCAR and Indy racing. The track was located off old south Post Oak Rd. south of South Main St. on the way to Sugarland.
Oh, yeah. The guy we raced with had an asphalt car he raced at Meyer. He raced regularly with AJ at Playland Park Speedway.
We would frequently park next to an up and comer who showed promise --- Terry Labonte.
We would frequently park next to an up and comer who showed promise --- Terry Labonte.
kelloggs5TLfan
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Oh, yeah. The guy we raced with had an asphalt car he raced at Meyer. He raced regularly with AJ at Playland Park Speedway.
We would frequently park next to an up and comer who showed promise --- Terry Labonte.
I'm jealous.
Dads raced with AJ (dad knew the man and even calls him an as$hole)
He raced with a lot of the big name drivers. Well racers that became big names.
He raced with a lot of the big name drivers. Well racers that became big names.
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Mopardh9
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Love all the old racing stories, reminds me of hanging around the local garage with my dad and all his cronies back in the 60s and 70s. If only I had taken pictures and had a tape recorder....lol.
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foehammer111
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No money. I went to college, got married, and had kids too. Should have gone racing.
I didn't actually get into racing until I was in high school. My family moved from Chicago to Richmond, VA and that's where I got the taste for it. The move also showed the very different sports markets between the two cities. Chicago has a love affair with their PED "athletes" going back more than 100 years. I never had much interest in ball and stick sports, and racing coverage in that markets was unheard of.
Then moving to Richmond, a town that has no professional sports teams it was the exact opposite. Everyone there knew and loved NASCAR. Even in the suburbs where I lived. Instead of baseball cards at the local comic shop, they had NASCAR trading cards. I bought a pack that had Bill Elliot in it, and I remember looking at him and thinking two things.
1. He didn't look like your usual pro-sports prick that gets paid insane amounts of money to play a kids game. 2. He looked like he was a real person that could go win a race one day, and be painting his house the next. That's when I started watching racing, and I've been hooked ever since.
So it's too late for me to get involved, but I'm trying to start my 18-month-old daughter's interest. She'll watch NASCAR, and play racing games with me. I'll even ask her what sound a race car makes, and she'll say "VROOM, VROOM!!"
I didn't actually get into racing until I was in high school. My family moved from Chicago to Richmond, VA and that's where I got the taste for it. The move also showed the very different sports markets between the two cities. Chicago has a love affair with their PED "athletes" going back more than 100 years. I never had much interest in ball and stick sports, and racing coverage in that markets was unheard of.
Then moving to Richmond, a town that has no professional sports teams it was the exact opposite. Everyone there knew and loved NASCAR. Even in the suburbs where I lived. Instead of baseball cards at the local comic shop, they had NASCAR trading cards. I bought a pack that had Bill Elliot in it, and I remember looking at him and thinking two things.
1. He didn't look like your usual pro-sports prick that gets paid insane amounts of money to play a kids game. 2. He looked like he was a real person that could go win a race one day, and be painting his house the next. That's when I started watching racing, and I've been hooked ever since.
So it's too late for me to get involved, but I'm trying to start my 18-month-old daughter's interest. She'll watch NASCAR, and play racing games with me. I'll even ask her what sound a race car makes, and she'll say "VROOM, VROOM!!"
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GREAT AMERICAN RACE FAN
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I would love to race, just never had money or get up and go to find the money and or ride. We grew up dirt roading, now it's caught on as drifting on asphalt. Me and my friends would take our cars we had in high school on the various curvy dirt roads in N.C., slinging them sideways and putting a ton of dust in the air. One evening while having a few beverages, I drove my friends truck one handed from the passenger seat while he worked the pedals. Stupid yes, fun heck yeah. I had a idea at the time of having timed events on dirt roads, sort of a Redneck rally in the country. I was wanting to use big old cars, the likes that the bootleggers would use back in the day. I called them "ditch cleaners", cause once sideways on old country dirt roads, the front end and the rear end both would be in or near the ditch."
blue92
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Oh, yeah. The guy we raced with had an asphalt car he raced at Meyer. He raced regularly with AJ at Playland Park Speedway.
We would frequently park next to an up and comer who showed promise --- Terry Labonte.
My dad took me to see my 1st race at Playland Park (which was walking distance from our house). I would go to sleep at night hearing the people screaming on the roller coaster over there, that and the police and firetruck sirens going down South Main.
I agree with lap3forever I wasn't a fan of AJ's I saw him run many a driver off the track, once at Meyer's I saw him run a guy threw the guard rail on the south end banked turn almost killin' the guy. In my mid 20s I met AJ's dad and he was a far better man than AJ ever was.
Oh, blue, I LOVED the coaster at Playland.
The old man we raced with started with AJ back in the 50s. He regularly beat AJ, but didn't have the desire to go pro.
The old man we raced with started with AJ back in the 50s. He regularly beat AJ, but didn't have the desire to go pro.
blue92
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Nothin' like a day at Playland Park then goin' across the street to eat at Giado's. I went to school with the guy's who's dad owned Gateway swimming pool and roller skating rink. They also owned a go-kart track I worked at when I was 12-14 they paid me in free laps the track was on the corner of OST and South Main you could see the building of the Astrodome across the back field from the track. My real 1st paying job was at Kiddy-Wonderland.
Oh, Lord help me, I haven't thought about Gaido's in years.........the huge crab over the front door. hehehe And let's not forget the gigantic shrimp.
I didn't get to Gateway pool much --- it was a long way from our house. We lived in the Heights. I'm a Reagan graduate.
I didn't get to Gateway pool much --- it was a long way from our house. We lived in the Heights. I'm a Reagan graduate.
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83WynnsOlds
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Yep, there's nothing like flying down a dirt and snatching up the e-brake.
trust me...doing it in a dually that's 20 something foot long bumper to bumper with a 454, was even funner. I pitched that thing soo many times. Turn right, hold both pedals, turn left (for a right hander)
Once, I got it to rotate too much and did a 180 and got stuck almost high centered between a pair of barb wire fences. Another time I held the brake too long and slide slideways into a dirt berm, and got within a few inches of some trees. That was scarry.