The Drag(ster) slayers

I will call them that because they were that on Saturday. First it was Harold Webster(342g). Harold was drawing some of the toughest and fastest dragsters on the property and slaying them w/each pass w/a new engine and alcohol combo w/consistency. For those of you that don't know Harold,he's 69 yrs. old and as good a racer as you will find. Harold finally got beat in the final by a dragster but congrats Harold for being the last door car standing in S/Pro.
And for those of you that did'nt watch the Saturday nite program,it was a treat watching Keith and the 58 do their thing. Keith was on the throttle stop dialed in the low 7's. It was so funny ,he would take off then the nose would fall and the guy in the other lane thought he had trouble and then the 58 would blow by them on the other end like they were backing up. It worked great until His good friend the nipped him in the 5th round.
And speaking of the ,man this guy is one tough customer when it comes to racing,what can I say, other than ,You are the my friend. Congrats to all the winners.

Don't be too hard on the dragsters,,,,,many of us happen to like them around here. Thanks mainly to Phillip Oakley,,, we've got Robbie Kuegel, Scott Carman, Bobby Small, Bobby Shrewsberry (the Super-Pro Winner), Larry Conolty, Cheyenne Stanley, Kristina Lawyer (last year's Super-Pro Winner),,, all running FORD powered dragsters around here locally. Then Phillip has two dragsters himself.

However, like you I thought Harold did a fine job, I told him that Saturday night. We appreciate all those guys that stayed and raced in the regular Saturday night program like Dan and Keith also.

Charlie

That Saturday night race sure was a blast. I hated to turn on the dreaded throttle stop, but I figured that the '58s body roll-induced handling issues would get worse at night. The old car sure likes the high gear-only....2.70 seconds on the stop setup.
Today I ordered a super-duper 1-1/8" torsional anti-roll bar and hardware. That should help. Maybe the old car will 60' 1.27 or so when straight.
A few passes at Silver Dollar Raceway next Saturday will tell.
It was great seeing Harold walk his way through the pack. Dan did a pretty good job, too, for an old hippie!
Later...

One thing for sure ....we won't be running no dragsters at the HotRod Reunion They only have "REAL" racecars there The dragsters do have a big advantage on bad track conditions and are killer bracket machines ,and easy to go fast in.............BUT..................they're not much of crowd pleasers to watch.........To each his own

Easy fellas, we have feelings too

Well said Dano

BOB339 wrote:Easy fellas, we have feelings too

And the money too!! Congrats Bob

BOB339 wrote:Easy fellas, we have feelings too

Looks like...if you can't beat'em talk bad about them.

LOL Thanks friends.

I've beat plenty of them, but I can't win them all I just happen to like my ole Tbird ...Like I said ........To each his own..Enjoy your Hotrods..that's what it's all about

BOB339 wrote:Easy fellas, we have feelings too

Bobby FORDberry and the Green Weenie !!!! Welcome to the Site !!!!

Good Job winning Last weekend !! Congrats !!

BOB339 wrote:LOL Thanks friends.

Is that you Shrew's..............

56Tbird wrote:I've beat plenty of them, but I can't win them all I just happen to like my ole Tbird ...Like I said ........To each his own..Enjoy your Hotrods..that's what it's all about

x2 buddy

BOB339 wrote:LOL Thanks friends.

Hiya Bobby, Congrats on the Win and welcome to the BBF Forum

hey guys, how about next year the quickest 8 dragsters vs. the quickest 8 door cars ????????? could be a lot of fun and it gives nick something else to smack talk about. todd

dadof384k wrote:hey guys, how about next year the quickest 8 dragsters vs. the quickest 8 door cars ????????? could be a lot of fun and it gives nick something else to smack talk about. todd

Good Idea, I like it!!

dadof384k wrote:hey guys, how about next year the quickest 8 dragsters vs. the quickest 8 door cars ????????? could be a lot of fun and it gives nick something else to smack talk about. todd

Todd I hate to break this to you but Nick could smack talk about any subject including toilet paper he be the king of smack talk.......


Randy

dadof384k wrote:hey guys, how about next year the quickest 8 dragsters vs. the quickest 8 door cars ????????? could be a lot of fun and it gives nick something else to smack talk about. todd

ONLY ON 10.5"S ...... ...i miss talking to you guys this year

dadof384k wrote:hey guys, how about next year the quickest 8 dragsters vs. the quickest 8 door cars ????????? could be a lot of fun and it gives nick something else to smack talk about. todd

I say Hell yeah!! Sounds like fun to me

dadof384k wrote:hey guys, how about next year the quickest 8 dragsters vs. the quickest 8 door cars ????????? could be a lot of fun and it gives nick something else to smack talk about. todd

Been there done that already......not near enough cars.

Put up a million dollar purse and they will come

Guy's I did'nt start this thread to Bash dragsters. All I was saying was that Harold,Dan,and Keith really did well to last as long as they did w/that many (really good/fast)dragsters there,and on a track that was not hooking really well for some of the door cars. Bobby did a helluva job all nite long and is to be commended for a job well done.

Its alright to bash them Rick, after all they are just a motor on a stick.

342g wrote:Its alright to bash them Rick, after all they are just a motor on a stick.

we call it dragster drillin' around these parts...............makes a man feel good puttin' um on the trailer. Them slow ass door cars give me more fits.................

richter69 wrote:

342g wrote:Its alright to bash them Rick, after all they are just a motor on a stick.

we call it dragster drillin' around these parts...............makes a man feel good puttin' um on the trailer. Them slow ass door cars give me more fits.................

Its all in fun, they were all great guys, I met some fine fellas driving dragsters, and one very pretty little lady.