My first trophy

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Beleave me I won over 20 of these way back in the day, But I kept my first one :happy10:
I gave away over half of them to children at the track and made there day :happy10:
But this one was the first and I was driving J stock class"steal manifolds four barrel automatic" 70 Barracuda and flagged by George him self, like an arm drop but he used a flag.
I found this when I was looking for parts at the old home place for Joe "ramcharger" auction.
I cleaned it up and put it on a shelf here in the living room.
Just thought I would share a blast from the past. I would think it was over 25 years ago, I almost forgot where it was 8)

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Looks good cleaned up memike. Way to go in the 70 Barracuda.:cheers: You deffinitally have some history at George Rays.
 
This is Creed's my yongest sons trophy he won at 13 years old at a talent contest :happy10:
He was a dandy guitar player and blew the high school away 8)8)
Over 30 contestants all older 8)
You can imagine how the crowed reacted when the little boy carried a Mexican strat fender on stage that was as big has he was and played willy the wimp by SRV . Yep I cleaned it up and put it up so he can see it when he comes to visit.
All these old memories sure can make an old fart count his blessings :love7:

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homecloned said:
Looks good cleaned up memike. Way to go in the 70 Barracuda.:cheers: You deffinitally have some history at George Rays.
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When I moved here to meet my father in 76 I did not know anyone and herd about a drag strip where the babe's hung out at and you could enjoy a cold one and watch some racing homecloned :happy10:
My fastest pass was a 7.14 in another man's car as back up driver and hung out there and made so many great memories =P~ yep it was a chebby and I had a good light and experienced, Some great times for sure !!
 
Just from the pics G. Rays looks like a blast.:cheers:
I don't have any of my first trophy but do have some of my last award. It was bowling not racing. Pretty dusty.

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homecloned said:
Just from the pics G. Rays looks like a blast.:cheers:
I don't have any of my first trophy but do have some of my last award. It was bowling not racing. Pretty dusty.
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Daaammmmed That was a great achievement :cheers:
Congrat's I miss bowling :happy10:
 
memike said:
This is Creed's my yongest sons trophy he won at 13 years old at a talent contest :happy10:
He was a dandy guitar player and blew the high school away 8)8)
Over 30 contestants all older 8)
You can imagine how the crowed reacted when the little boy carried a Mexican strat fender on stage that was as big has he was and played willy the wimp by SRV . Yep I cleaned it up and put it up so he can see it when he comes to visit.
All these old memories sure can make an old fart count his blessings :love7:
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So Creed is a drummer now? What the hell happened to get him off track?

What do you call a guy that hangs out with a bunch of musicians?






A drummer.


Just kidding Mike but I gotta get a drummer joke in when I can. ;)
 
Very nice Trophy Mr. Mike.
Never could get one of those, I always ended up braking something, taking me out of the running.
 
gts340 said:
Nice trophy mike!
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I have more for fishing back in the day I realy haven't kept up with them as you can see. 8) Thank you.

55Redneck said:
So Creed is a drummer now? What the hell happened to get him off track?

What do you call a guy that hangs out with a bunch of musicians?






A drummer.


Just kidding Mike but I gotta get a drummer joke in when I can. ;)
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That's about the truth ain't it lmao :cheers: He still playes the guitar and is doing something at a wedding by his self :love7: solo and sing a song for a friend that is getting hitched 8)

69cudafla said:
very nice memike, ain't nothin like the first one!!
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I was happy I found it, It sure was dusty and old , now I have it all cleaned up along with Creeds old one.

Mopower71 said:
Very nice Trophy Mr. Mike.
Never could get one of those, I always ended up braking something, taking me out of the running.
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They don't do trophies any more I think, or he said he was going to quit messing with them, The J stock class is just a good fast driver and pays $50 I think know. But there is allot of 10 second cars there that brake out or spin leaving the light. I think I can get Victoria in the low tens 1/8 with my slant when I am dun. at 2.700 lbs it's got a good chance I would think, All fun :cheers:
 
Cool Mike! There is nothing better than the first one. :) I bet you remember what kind of car you were racing against too.

I still have my trophies. You know, the whole "Glory Day" thing, lol. I suppose I should drag them out of the basement and clean them up a bit.
 
That`s cool Mike and giving your other trophies to the kids to make them feel good sure was a nice way to spread the good cheer around. I still have one from 1973, I`ll have to dig out. It was really made of marble, steel, and brass, unlike what they give away today. Check this out: this is a trophy that I picked up recently at an ALL MOPAR show. Look at the car on top and tell me what it is. Lol!!!

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Great pics of that trophy memike.....I'm sure it brings back great memories from the drags. No tree..... flag start sounds really cool...8)
 
Longgone said:
That`s cool Mike and giving your other trophies to the kids to make them feel good sure was a nice way to spread the good cheer around. I still have one from 1973, I`ll have to dig out. It was really made of marble, steel, and brass, unlike what they give away today. Check this out: this is a trophy that I picked up recently at an ALL MOPAR show. Look at the car on top and tell me what it is. Lol!!!
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71,72 Mack 1 Mustang 8) Or am I just close :-D
Back in the day it was good to see the kids and the little ones around our racing friends and they sure enjoyed getting a trophy on the day they was there, I like putting a smile on the little one's and I bet the young gun's still have them :cheers:
The same here, I and my two young men sons have boxes full of fishing to a big pile of moto cross trophy's and awards collecting dust :toothy10:

How close did I get on the trophy ?
 
Longgone said:
Real close pettyblue, it`s a 1970 Mustang- Mach1 (two headlights). Lol! That wasn`t fair of me, I should`ve showed you a front view. That was at an all Mopar show too. I think everybody got a good laugh out of it though.
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I got to your First post and hit quote :-D
 
6pk2goDemon said:
Great pics of that trophy memike.....I'm sure it brings back great memories from the drags. No tree..... flag start sounds really cool...8)
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It sure did sister 8) The time I took to clean them up made me remember the day's :happy10:
 
Yep I remember my first trophy It was for my last 69 Dart Gt I even cryed that day me and Cindy put our hearts into that car.Thanks for bringing back a great memory MeMike.:-D

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ramcharger said:
Cool Mike! There is nothing better than the first one. :) I bet you remember what kind of car you were racing against too.

I still have my trophies. You know, the whole "Glory Day" thing, lol. I suppose I should drag them out of the basement and clean them up a bit.
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Last but not least Joe :cheers: Yep it was a early Nove :happy10:
they called them chevy II It was a sharp little 327 car that I have lost to a few time's :-D But enjoyed betting him on the other end a couple times.
Sure was some good old time racing :happy10:
He had the gear and I had the head's to get down the track.
small swirl J heads. If I hade the gear he had :bootysha:the chebby would have had to go home with out a winners sheet and trophy most of the time.
Know that I am thinking about it there was at Tempest that took us booth out a few times :-D so much fun :cheers:
 
nice guitar in the first picture memike!!
 
tmj91 said:
nice guitar in the first picture memike!!
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Thank you tmj91 :happy10: That is my sons and it don't collect dust :happy10: It's just a Morgan and a few folks jumped in on it along with th music store and bought it for him when he broke his back and pelvis racing four wheelers :happy10: It's electrick to.
Morgan is my mothers maiden name and I had ot have it :-D:-D
 
a nice acoustic/electric cutaway...i dont think a better guitar type was made.
 
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