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  1. Les Gibson

    Sitting here watching racing and thinking about how crazy this game has gotten

    I’m planning on running the Triple $10K race at Lebanon Valley second weekend in August, and then the New England $10Ks at New England Dragway first weekend in September. At almost 68 years old I have no illusions of ever winning one of these races. But I love the competition and going up...
  2. Les Gibson

    Sitting here watching racing and thinking about how crazy this game has gotten

    Would it have been acceptable to you if he had just said ‘the economy’?
  3. Les Gibson

    Jr Dragsters. Is this what our sport is becoming

    This whole Junior Dragster flipping the bird in the winners circle got started by a blog called Double 00 S*** Show. Courtney Enders is involved with it I believe, but I could be wrong about that. Normally they post stuff that I mostly find funny, but starting this trend with the juniors is...
  4. Les Gibson

    Almost time to pull out

    on second thought, it does look like a gopher.
  5. Les Gibson

    Almost time to pull out

    Good luck John!
  6. Les Gibson

    Almost time to pull out

    good mouser!
  7. Les Gibson

    post your 9second and quicker combo's here!

    Sorry for the stupid late response. The headers on my Arrow were custom hand built for the Alston chassis. I'm not sure if any manufacturer still makes off the shelf headers for these cars.
  8. Les Gibson

    John Force in a bad bad wreck today

    Brittany posted pictures of her and John out getting ice cream outside the hospital in Virginia. More encouraging news.
  9. Les Gibson

    Friend’s motorhome caught fire on the way home from keystone

    I'd like to know how the heck they uncoupled the trailer from the hitch with that fire right in their faces!
  10. Les Gibson

    Legendary Hot Rod and custom car builder Gene Winfield confirmed to have been beaten nearly to death

    It would seem that Gene Winfield is not the benevolent legend that many believed him to be. Having said that a 96 year old man doesn't deserve to be beaten to near death by a gold-digging, self-serving criminal witch! I would say take her around back and put a .45 slug in her head but that...
  11. Les Gibson

    Friend’s motorhome caught fire on the way home from keystone

    We traded our 2011 Itasca Sunova gas class A in for a 2006 Tiffin Phaeton diesel pusher class A last October. I never gave a second thought to the rig catching on fire until after we made the trade and all of a sudden I was seeing posts and news clips about diesel rigs catching fire. I was a...
  12. Les Gibson

    So proud of this car, driver not so much

    Good job John! It was Africa hot at New England Dragway this past weekend. Saturday racing was cancelled as it was rainy in the morning but by 11:00am the skies started clearing and it got hot and humid. Sunday was the same and the Arrow was about a tenth off in the heat and humidity. Ran a...
  13. Les Gibson

    Top sportsman driver dies in terrifying crash

    Terrible news from a track that I like to race at. Condolences and prayers to the family and the NHRA and LVD staff members. It appears to me that something had to have broken for the car to make a hard right turn like that, oil line, axle, something.
  14. Les Gibson

    RIP Lizzy Musi

    This just isn't right.. 33 years old, at the top of her profession. God has a way of taking the good ones young. Condolences and prayers to Pat, Liz, Tricia and the rest of the Musi family, her NOLA team mates and to Jeffrey Earnhardt who stuck by her during her battle when someone else took...
  15. Les Gibson

    Random pictures thread

    Use to watch these fly in and out of Kadena Airbase in Okinawa back in the 80s.
  16. Les Gibson

    Northeast Classic at New England Dragway

    If anyone here is planning on attending the Northeast Classic at NED this weekend stop by and say hello!
  17. Les Gibson

    John Force in a bad bad wreck today

    One of the most violent funny car crashes I've ever seen. The safety gear did it's job and by all indications John is going to be okay. The big topic of discussion is why the chutes didn't deploy when the engine came apart.
  18. Les Gibson

    User Moparofficial not responding..

    A couple of your cats looked like they were plotting your demise! Mine does daily!
  19. Les Gibson

    Probably some of the best news I’ve heard in the drag racing world in a long time.

    Les Williams, the owner of New Oxford Dragway here in Maine apparently has Kurt Johnson's phone number so he was going to contact Kurt to speak with him directly about this product.
  20. Les Gibson

    Probably some of the best news I’ve heard in the drag racing world in a long time.

    Shared this information with the two track owners up here in Maine.
  21. Les Gibson

    No prep Kings screws the pooch in Texas

    Not to make any excuses for the XMP situation ( I've heard different versions from different sources) but NPK went through a transformation during this last weekend. The series is now No Prep Elites and they've added a four race championship series at the conclusion of the 'regular' season in...
  22. Les Gibson

    How old are you and how long have you raced

    67 years old and my first pass was in 1979 at Gainesville Raceway in my original 1968 AMX drag car. Raced that AMX all across the country while in the Navy until the spring of 1995 at which time I sold everything to raise my youngest daughter. After a 24 year break, I started racing again in...
  23. Les Gibson

    Four Link Suspension, how does it work?

    I've used some of the resources that have been suggested here and I feel I now have a reasonable working knowledge of how the four link works and what adjustments do. The suspension in the Arrow doesn't have a lot of travel and is pretty stiff. Perhaps it's the nature of the beast given it's a...
  24. Les Gibson

    Four Link Suspension, how does it work?

    Just watched a video that my bother in law made when he went to Lebanon Valley Raceway with me Memorial Day Weekend of last year. I've watched it before but this time I was paying attention to what the car was doing on launch. Doesn't appear to have too much squat and no body separation that I...
  25. Les Gibson

    First Drag strip visit

    Gainesville Raceway in Florida, 1979 Gatornationals. I was stationed in Jacksonville with the Navy. Had a 1970 big block Superbee at the time. Myself and a couple of my Mopar driving buddies decided to go to the race and I was hooked after that. Gainesville was also the first track I made a...
  26. Les Gibson

    Anyone in the Portland Main area who could go look at some parts for me?

    I live about 40 minutes northeast of Portland. PM me the details and I'll see what I can do.
  27. Les Gibson

    Four Link Suspension, how does it work?

    That's a great suggestion. Now, If I can only get the Crew Chief to go to the track with me to make that video. Got a father's day race on Sunday so hopefully she'll come with me. Otherwise I'll have to recruit one of my friends there to do so. The care just feels like it's not 'hitting' on...
  28. Les Gibson

    Four Link Suspension, how does it work?

    Since suspension setup in these drag cars we run is what I consider to be voodoo magic can someone give me a Four Link for Dummies class? I was just beginning to gain a basic understanding of the ladder bar set up on the Dart I had previous, and now I have this Arrow with a four link set up. I...
  29. Les Gibson

    Weekend Win at LVMS!

    Outstanding job! Congratulations! If that's your small shop I'll take it! Did you every do any racing up at the old Fremont track south of San Francisco back in the day?
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