Pro Stock rules meeting

[M Jones]

Randy
In the early day's racers liked to screw with each other all the time. but the air valve, some racers had them to check for cracks in sealed chassis. also there was guy that would have a very small bottle of SOMETHING and just before they fired the car the would put a few ounces of it in the tank and run away. LOL Mind games worked.
Larry Sutton---

Hey Larry, in the early 70s me and my brother were buying airplane gas at local airport that was a green color for identifying type of fuel, it was a high octane leaded gas that smelled really deferent when burned, the local guys in comp eliminator were so sure we were running some kind of nitro they had us shut down at the starting line, brought out a fuel percentage checker to bust us in front everybody, the look on there faces when the inner bulb hit the bottom was priceless, we weren’t trying to cheat, needless to say after we told them were we got it, there was a lot more funny smelling gas in the pits

 

[sutton]

Hey Larry, in the early 70s me and my brother were buying airplane gas at local airport that was a green color for identifying type of fuel, it was a high octane leaded gas that smelled really deferent when burned, the local guys in comp eliminator were so sure we were running some kind of nitro they had us shut down at the starting line, brought out a fuel percentage checker to bust us in front everybody, the look on there faces when the inner bulb hit the bottom was priceless, we weren’t trying to cheat, needless to say after we told them were we got it, there was a lot more funny smelling gas in the pits

Mark
At times the starting line at Lions smelled like a candy store. racers were trying everything. some even tried Moth balls crazy times. drag racers made poor chemists in those days.
Larry Sutton---

 

[M Jones]

Mark
At times the starting line at Lions smelled like a candy store. racers were trying everything. some even tried Moth balls crazy times. drag racers made poor chemists in those days.
Larry Sutton---

It sure was fun though, were did I put that Time Machine

 

[twostep]

People would come by and do a double take when they say the setup. If anyone asked what the hell we were doing, we would seriously respond: " Don't tell anyone, but it's a new "High Speed Fuel Ionizer"!

I remember those; JC Whitney used to sell 'em. Oh, yes they did. Good for 200mpg.

 

[Butch]

We need to put these stories something like (Cheating and Mind games) in a separate article. Just so we can go back to find them.
Some of the stories are hilarious.

 

[8sec71]

Why is Pro Stock back to an abbreviated schedule again anyway?

 

[Chili]

Why is Pro Stock back to an abbreviated schedule again anyway?

I thought they were running the full schedule as well. I went back and looked for something that said that but everything had them missing Chicago and Virginia.

 

[mick]

thought i recalled reading that PS was running full tour too.
maybe elite lobbied for a 2 race hiatus (sarcasm button)

 

[65 Goatboy]

Mark
At times the starting line at Lions smelled like a candy store. racers were trying everything. some even tried Moth balls crazy times. drag racers made poor chemists in those days.
Larry Sutton---

I remember the moth ball theory back in the 70's with our street cars. Can't remember the specifics but it was supposed to increase the octane of pump gas?

 

[Nappy]

I remember the moth ball theory back in the 70's with our street cars. Can't remember the specifics but it was supposed to increase the octane of pump gas?

Some of us tried it in dirt bikes back then. Don't remember performance increase, but it sure smelled cool !

 

[Butch]

The perfect 2-stroke smell is Race gas and Klotz oil.

 

[mgty3whlr]

Or Methanol and Castor oil in a 2-stroke.

 

[Prestaged]

Or Methanol and Castor oil in a 2-stroke.

I'll have to try that in my weed whacker.

 

[Burnnitro1320]

Back in my sand dune days I had a drag banshee with a 611cc motor we ran alky and castor927 in. Thing would do like 100mph straight up hill and really didnt need front wheels except for going back down the hill. Good times. I miss that smell, but I like the smell of nitro more!

 

[mgty3whlr]

Years ago some friends and I took a road trip to Glamis "Imperial Sand dunes" and it was totally Badass! Unfortunately living in Pennsylvania, a 3,000 mile road trip doesn't happen that often. Majority of the drag quads running on Oldsmobile hill were on alcohol as was mine also but they take it to another level out there. The fine line gets a lot thinner running nitro in a 2-stroke!

 

[EVIL]

The perfect 2-stroke smell is Race gas and Klotz oil.

Blenzall is the "perfect" 2-stroke smell

 

[twostep]

The perfect 2-stroke smell is Race gas and Klotz oil.

And the only perfect 2-stroke machine was a go-cart running twin Macs.

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[M Jones]

And the only perfect 2-stroke machine was a go-cart running twin Macs.

Never got chance to race a dual Mac, but did get to hot lap a 91a with 2 carbs and bit of the nitro stuff, man that was cool

 

[Professional Fan]

Why is Pro Stock back to an abbreviated schedule again anyway?

I asked Greg Anderson about that and he said he had no idea why they are skipping two races. He would prefer to run them all. Makes no sense to me as these guys are all full time racers. It's different for the bikes as some of those folks have regular jobs so a full schedule would be tough.

 

[Nunz]

I asked Greg Anderson about that and he said he had no idea why they are skipping two races. He would prefer to run them all. Makes no sense to me as these guys are all full time racers. It's different for the bikes as some of those folks have regular jobs so a full schedule would be tough.

Pretty sure most of the PS car guys have regular jobs too. For that matter, so do the fuel racers.