Your own fave piece of drag history ?

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For example, I can remember seeing Liv Berstad run the first 5 at the pod.
Saw Darryl Gwynn run (and crash)
Saw the first 7 sec run by a pair of funnybikes

Watching the pair of Jet dargsters run together after a huge flame show
Any of the few runs that I saw Vanishing Point do.

I think what I like the most is comparing performances, when I first started going to the Pod, Fuel funnys were running mid 6's, and now we have doorlammers run that fast !

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redvictor said:

Millevanille said:

Norm Wheeldon's win in Pro Comp, against all odds, in September 1979.
16 car field, and the small block Chevy beat the best from all over Europe!!!

i always thought that was the most awesome thing.Little small block running those numbers at the time....
But for me the best cars are doorslammers(oddly enough..)Dave Pollen's Manta,Steve Greens Cortina spurred me on to do the same things as they did..
Current car has to be Micke Gullquists 57 Chevy....it's looks,sounds and goes exactly as it says on the tin...

How about going back in time a bit more ?

Anyone remember the Pied Piper Mustang ? I saw that win garys international doorslammers a few years ago.
Correct me if Im mistaken, wasnt Brian Patemans 'bird one of the first 10 sec street cars ?

Another car I always liked was a Vaux Firenza, running a lotus twincam and gas, lovely snappy motor, think the driver was ron/roy kidgell (???)

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Reminds me of one of the Cannonballs, IIRC, Harlan was under the gangtry , starter plugged in, and Rune was being towed up the fire up, with the crew still putting the plugs back into the motor.

Cant remember the outcome of the race tho.

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Miss Corrado said:

Well it isn't the 1990 Cannonball as i have the August/september issue of DRN infront of me. Kagered won that event!

It was 1989, and from reading this issue it was Gary Page in the hotseat. Harlan indeed was 1st alternate and won...but did not. Rune smoked the tyres and Harlan went 6.22 with the crowd booing! Reading on it also states "If Page could get up the track, he'd be the winner. After a couple of tries they couldn't get it started, and by that time the right parts arrived a no run curfew was imposed and that disappointingly, was that. Who was the winner? No one knows"

So then...who won? ;P

Edited by Miss Corrado on Monday 25th September 17:47

Thats right, It started a bit of crowd needle with Harlan vs Gary,I remember being at the next meeting, and they paired up for a qualifier, the crowd was all excited, and I think Gary beat him.

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Miss Corrado said:

Looking at the next issue i can't see what happenes next! No mention. However random piece of info for you, the headline for October 1989 is "Geof Hauser captures the first pro mod seven!"

Now there's a milestone!

Edited by Miss Corrado on Monday 25th September 18:57

And then wrote it off at Avon Park from memory........Sylvia started driving the Sierra, but I belive it was a bit lively at the top end and Geoff took over.

Excellent looking car.Set the way forward for a lot of people in terms of style I reckon.

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How high is a crisp packet ?