Vintage Drag-strip video my Dart Circa 1992

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Hey Guy's
I was looking around on my computer and found several old videos of my Dart at Keystone Raceway Park from 1992. The car had the supercharged 340 and was running mid 12s at the time. Please excuse the video quality as it was at night and I was using a VHS camcorder. Enjoy!

Dart At Keystone Raceway Park 1992

Dart At Keystone Video 2
 
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Here's a poster of our drag strip before it was built. It still looks about the same. Well designed from back in 1965.

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Very cool videos! Who'da ever thunk 1992 would be "vintage"? But it sure is.
 
Hey Guy's
I was looking around on my computer and found several old videos of my Dart at Keystone Raceway Park from 1992. The car had the supercharged 340 and was running mid 12s at the time. Please excuse the video quality as it was at night and I was using a VHS camcorder. Enjoy!

Dart At Keystone Raceway Park 1992

Dart At Keystone Video 2
Great. Watched your stack climb. That fall arrest system looks like a real PITA. I used one similar that was in a water tower, so it was protected from weather, and fairly new. It worked OK. All of those have their faults. Most of them I encountered on towers were the wire rope type. Those too, are "iffy" in my book. For one, you don't know the condition (cable type) of the top anchor, and there's only one at the top. Is it corroded, lightning damaged, loose, missing hardware, or in the case of one accident, improperly installed?

The Rohn free standing towers, the God Damn owners are sometimes too cheap to buy the center ladder kits, and instead use the PITA climbing pegs on one leg. They are offset, so you can never stand "level" and rest. They catch on all your gear. There's one death, the guy was allegedly "free" climbing, and one peg failed. The cell monopoles are worse yet.

Most of the towers I climbed were smaller , like Rohn 25, up to 200ft, so you had to "caribeener" click click your way up with two fall arrest straps. That gets old but it's better than bein' dead, "I guess."

Me, at 50 up a little tower in Colfax, WA. This was in late 90's

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Cool stuff... but 1992 is now VINTAGE - now that makes me feel REALLY OLD
 
Great. Watched your stack climb. That fall arrest system looks like a real PITA. I used one similar that was in a water tower, so it was protected from weather, and fairly new. It worked OK. All of those have their faults. Most of them I encountered on towers were the wire rope type. Those too, are "iffy" in my book. For one, you don't know the condition (cable type) of the top anchor, and there's only one at the top. Is it corroded, lightning damaged, loose, missing hardware, or in the case of one accident, improperly installed?

The Rohn free standing towers, the God Damn owners are sometimes too cheap to buy the center ladder kits, and instead use the PITA climbing pegs on one leg. They are offset, so you can never stand "level" and rest. They catch on all your gear. There's one death, the guy was allegedly "free" climbing, and one peg failed. The cell monopoles are worse yet.

Most of the towers I climbed were smaller , like Rohn 25, up to 200ft, so you had to "caribeener" click click your way up with two fall arrest straps. That gets old but it's better than bein' dead, "I guess."

Me, at 50 up a little tower in Colfax, WA. This was in late 90's

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Looks like you and I have a couple of things in common. We both worked at heights and we both have a electronic background. I never had a fall or even a close call but I've heard a lot of horror stories. Actually I had to climb 4 200 ft stacks that week. I'm still doing good at 64 but I'm looking forward to retirement in about 2 1/2 years.
 
Great. Watched your stack climb. That fall arrest system looks like a real PITA. I used one similar that was in a water tower, so it was protected from weather, and fairly new. It worked OK. All of those have their faults. Most of them I encountered on towers were the wire rope type. Those too, are "iffy" in my book. For one, you don't know the condition (cable type) of the top anchor, and there's only one at the top. Is it corroded, lightning damaged, loose, missing hardware, or in the case of one accident, improperly installed?

The Rohn free standing towers, the God Damn owners are sometimes too cheap to buy the center ladder kits, and instead use the PITA climbing pegs on one leg. They are offset, so you can never stand "level" and rest. They catch on all your gear. There's one death, the guy was allegedly "free" climbing, and one peg failed. The cell monopoles are worse yet.

Most of the towers I climbed were smaller , like Rohn 25, up to 200ft, so you had to "caribeener" click click your way up with two fall arrest straps. That gets old but it's better than bein' dead, "I guess."

Me, at 50 up a little tower in Colfax, WA. This was in late 90's

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Looking good at 50
 
Yeah I know what you're talking about. 1992 was 30 years ago YIKES!
I have VHS of Keystone, & some Quaker City, Mopar Nites, Mopar vs GM, Jet Dragster, Jet Funny Car etc. '91-'98ish. Some of street-racing Technology Drive etc. Only put the stuff of the "Killer6" on disc, then the burner unit I was using took a dump. Great times...
 
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