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j par said:
I guess that's the problem I have with drag racing is waiting 2 hours in the boiling hot sun on black pavement for that short 11 to 8 second run...
remember my snowmobiles are number one and I don't think you would last very long at 8000 feet... Want to do a little math here... my snowmobile has 160 + horsepower direct port fuel injected 2 stroke... For its 500 lb.. that's like your car having eight or nine hundred horsepower LOL... Riding that kind of horsepower at six, seven, and eight thousand feet can get a little tiring if you're not used to it...
Come on up to the peak of Mount Bailey at 8000 feet... Overlooking diamond lake below...
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I have zero interest in anything involving cold or snow. I happily spend hours on 120 degree pavement. Thanks but no thanks. A four day race weekend would probably kill you. Wimps need not apply.
 
pittsburghracer said:
I have zero interest in anything involving cold or snow. I happily spend hours on 120 degree pavement. Thanks but no thanks. A four day race weekend would probably kill you. Wimps need not apply.
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Trust me you would never be cold on a snowmobile and a half day on one of my sleds would have you in the ICU..
like you I have zero interest in spending four days in 120 degree heat on the blacktop waiting for a few seconds on the track.. I'd rather spend the whole day tapping that horsepower!!!...
 
j par said:
Trust me you would never be cold on a snowmobile and a half day on one of my sleds would have you in the ICU..
like you I have zero interest in spending four days in 120 degree heat on the blacktop waiting for a few seconds on the track.. I'd rather spend the whole day tapping that horsepower!!!...
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How did this turn into a snowmobile post??? Ohhh that's right, J par dropped in. Psssss psssss.
 
Fastest Street Car is basically the national dragster of NMRA/NMCA. You won't see many street cars or any drag racing coverage other than NMRA/NMCA. The mags are BIG and do have a few tech articles. Lots of Ford and some GM, but not much Mopar. Worth a buck an issue to me for a print copy as I've got a lot of NMRA/NMCA customers, but you can also view the month old web based version for free.

Grant
 
yellow rose said:
I first got burned in 1997 when my all time favorite magazine Super Stock & Drag Illustrated got bought out by Hot Rod only two issues after I did a 6 year renewal for 72 bucks. I couldn’t get a refund and I got 70 issues of HR rammed up my rear. I wasn’t happy. Most of those went into the crapper or I gave them to my dad.
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SSDI was a great mag.....
We must be in the same age group, and I’m not 39.....lol
 
383Duster said:
SSDI was a great mag.....
We must be in the same age group, and I’m not 39.....lol
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I took a picture of yellow rose the last time I seen him...
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j par said:
I have zero interest in spending four days in 120 degree heat on the blacktop waiting for a few seconds on the track.. I'd rather spend the whole day tapping that horsepower!!!...
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That's because you don't get the hole racing community.
 
Cudafever said:
That's because you don't get the hole racing community.
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Actually I don't know what you're talkin about? I'm put in seasons at the track and I have hundreds of Time Slips to prove it. I know what I'm talking about for myself. I get it... I get the community as we would gather together and have big potluck BBQs at the track and help each other out and stuff like that but I've realized over the years that I don't like the heat that much especially that much heat.. now in the past when we used to have our motorhome and I could recluse in the air conditioning for a little while it was tolerable but I'm not going to force myself and spend money on something that I don't completely enjoy. That's why I took the hot cam out of my car and sold the skinnies and slicks and put an interior in it... I still keep my trailer around but I use it for several different purposes as well...
Ask @yellow rose how much he likes the heat at Woodburn...
 
pittsburghracer said:
Heck I heard only six cars showed up.
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LOL.. yes that untrue scenario would suit your statement, but there was actually a full line of cars in the stick shift class. when my son comes from Colorado he usually races pro and I'll race the stick shift class in the same car.. I like the the event as it not only has an all Mopar car show, but an all Mopar swap meet so I don't have to go around the whole world looking for Mopar Parts every booth has them..
 
I'm not trying to :poke: at you it just a simple fact that drag racing is like 3d or 4th on you list of favorite hobbies
If it was first it would be more tolerable. Not one of us like being call up into the stagging lane to just set there, or get rain on or snowed on for that matter......It's just all part of the sport.
I use to have snowmobiles, i use to have jeeps, i even had a mud boging truck at one time............i can only affort to have one hobby.
Drag Racing is my love. and so all the rest just sit or got sold.
 
Cudafever said:
I'm not trying to :poke: at you it just a simple fact that drag racing is like 3d or 4th on you list of favorite hobbies
If it was first it would be more tolerable. Not one of us like being call up into the stagging lane to just set there, or get rain on or snowed on for that matter......It's just all part of the sport.
I use to have snowmobiles, i use to have jeeps, i even had a mud boging truck at one time............i can only affort to have one hobby.
Drag Racing is my love. and so all the rest just sit or got sold.
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I've clearly said snowmobiling is my number one favorite hobby..
Probably a good thing I sold my YZ250 because I like racing through the forest a little too fast and I probably would have hurt myself eventually...
If I ever had the money I would still like to race dirt oval track, but it would have to be in a Mopar for sure and they're very far and few in-between...
I'm more of a constant action type person.. spending months and months prepping for just a few seconds and standing out in the daily heat to do it is definitely not my number one... Now I do enjoy building the car and driving it and going fast in it and learning about new things and working on the car, especially new projects with it.. that's why I'm just taking more to going to the test and tune on Friday and Saturday nights in the cooler hours of the day after I've had the whole day to do what I want and prepare. No pressure to perform but just go out and see what improvements I have made and basically race myself..
I like going to the big Mopar events that's for sure and participating of course. And one thing for sure because someone says or post quicker Time Slips and me sure doesn't make me feel any less of a racer and I certainly won't buckle down to somebody who says they can cut a faster light... I've seen people do monster wheelies next to me just to be part of my rearview mirror at the end of the track. I've found it's all talk until you line up...
 
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