Does anyone have a Time Machine?? - I want to go here...... (1 Viewer)
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First row third from the left is me. Maybe. Used to love to go to this event or anything at OCIR. I used to get reserved seating so I always had a seat to come back to and they would send me info on the races in the mail so I could pre-buy tickets. No waiting in line, it was great.
I divided my time between OCIR and Irwindale (the real one, not the midget strip). I remember many a Saturday showing up for work at Bill's Mobil and the boss saying we were low on gas and if we ran out we could close. Well the moment he left we would be calling all our friends to come over and fill up so we could empty the tank and hit the road for the strip.
Paul, if any one does come up with a time machine for you let me know and I will join you.
Kelly
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Don't forget the Flux Capacitor! Very vital!
d'kid
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From the looks, I was out of the country...
Got a year on that shot?
but like Jim said, made more fuel shows at The County, The 'Dale, and The Beach between '68 and Aug '73 than I missed... had to leave The Last Drag Race about 11PM 'cause it was a school night...
After I got back to The World, well, tween 77 and 81 only made 5 or six shows at The County a year... always sat low in section 1 pit side, or in the top end bleachers...
d'kid
Got a year on that shot?
but like Jim said, made more fuel shows at The County, The 'Dale, and The Beach between '68 and Aug '73 than I missed... had to leave The Last Drag Race about 11PM 'cause it was a school night...
After I got back to The World, well, tween 77 and 81 only made 5 or six shows at The County a year... always sat low in section 1 pit side, or in the top end bleachers...
d'kid
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N2Nitro
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just look at the grandstands, full. no room at the fence. my spot as a kid was at the fence and that pic brought back alot of memories. all the funnys would start and run at the same time! what a sound. popping in "Funnycar Summer" into the dvd player and dream about OCIR again.
Bullet
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Don't forget the Flux Capacitor! Very vital!
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Tim5636sc
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I was there!! One of the typical....SATURDAY NIGHT Coors 64 Funny Car Events! That's when Drag Racing was COOL!!! It was a good time to be a 7 year old kid in 1980, but no matter how hard I looked, I could not find that FOX that everyone was trying to kill!
From 1979-1983 Dad and I made about 30 trips to "THE COUNTY". My seat, was about 500' from the starting line Pit Side/ With Pit Pass sticker firmly attached to my Big Jim Dunn Shirt or CHARGERS POWER YELLOW T-Shirt! (standard issue OCIR PLEDGE PUKE UNIFORM!) As with the Current Vegas track, you also got an Air show, since EL TORO (NAS AT THE TIME) was next door. When I saw this pic, I damm near started to sob.... There was a Rocket car there, and SMOKEY RED the wheelstander, a few Jet cars, and of course, the So Cal Pro Gas Association, Bracket 1 and 2! Don't know if I "made it" to the fireworks, as Dad and I would usually bail after the 1st session of Funny cars. Of course I had to see Big Jim Dunn, and John "BRUTE" Force Run, as well as Bad Brad Anderson and Chuck Beal! Damm I miss this place!
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From 1979-1983 Dad and I made about 30 trips to "THE COUNTY". My seat, was about 500' from the starting line Pit Side/ With Pit Pass sticker firmly attached to my Big Jim Dunn Shirt or CHARGERS POWER YELLOW T-Shirt! (standard issue OCIR PLEDGE PUKE UNIFORM!) As with the Current Vegas track, you also got an Air show, since EL TORO (NAS AT THE TIME) was next door. When I saw this pic, I damm near started to sob.... There was a Rocket car there, and SMOKEY RED the wheelstander, a few Jet cars, and of course, the So Cal Pro Gas Association, Bracket 1 and 2! Don't know if I "made it" to the fireworks, as Dad and I would usually bail after the 1st session of Funny cars. Of course I had to see Big Jim Dunn, and John "BRUTE" Force Run, as well as Bad Brad Anderson and Chuck Beal! Damm I miss this place!
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Bullet
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I was there!! One of the typical....SATURDAY NIGHT Coors 64 Funny Car Events! That's when Drag Racing was COOL!!! It was a good time to be a 7 year old kid in 1980, but no matter how hard I looked, I could not find that FOX that everyone was trying to kill!
Fox Hunting without the hounds hey Timmah!!
Tim5636sc
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Fox Hunting without the hounds hey Timmah!!
actually asked my Dad...."WHERE ARE THE FOXES"....Dad would say...You'll find them when you turn 13!!!
I finally found them...!
d'kid
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1980.... I was 4!!
Ya know what, think that was the one and only race I ever got Kat to go to. we were sitting in the "bent" stand under the score board. Great view down the track. The only time I ever sat on the spectator side, she didn't want to go in the pits. Newly weds, ya know? We'd just moved out to Lake Elsinore.
d'kid
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