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Why a FED or Nostalgia racing
H.G. Wells:
Started to reply 3-4 times and never really had a good answer.
I always liked old cars because they have soul.
Dad raced a boat, I had a hot rod pick up in high school and had two older brother who were more into muscle cars. I got in trouble street racing with a Chevelle and a V8 Vega. Grew out of and could not afford to street race anymore.
Fast forward to a muscle care restoration that drove me nuts trying to find that one last NOS piece, and finally a job that included selling racing fuel as a key component.
One of the teams that I chose to sponsor was a JR fuel car. That was the team that I spent more time with and learned about the whole nostalgia racing, dare I say "Life Style" Nostalgia racers were more friendly, more willing to offer help, parts, and waaay more laid back than any of the other racers I spent time with. (Second only to drag boats, but that is another story). I was hooked, traveled to some great historic tracks. Indy, Bakersfield, Bowling Green, Cordova, and my favorite Ardmore Ok.
Happened to be visiting a guy with a FED at a Super Chevy Race in 99? and he had a roller for sale. Since selling fuel was part of my job and I knew the FED would get more attention at the track than anything else I could possibly drive, and the fact that I would never drive a FED on the street and get thrown in jail again. I bought it, built it and played with some local groups, had a blast. Bent that one and just ordered some new pipe about a week ago so I can start over.
Nostalgia racers tend to play well together and FED racers have more opportunities to race. You can run index classes, brackets, and many organized nostalgia events.
I suppose the same could be said for Altereds or Funnys. I just don't have enough friends to lift a funny car body all the time.
wideopen231:
Forgot one. My wife reminded me about a story of me pedaling my little car half a block. Swipping a bunch of candy and when asked how I paid for it I said"Momma if you don't have money you don't have to pay"(my liberal stage I guess). The toy car was a frontengine dragster.Bet that would be worth some cash now. Point wife says just going back for another childhood.
masracingtd1167:
--- Quote from: wideopen231 on June 04, 2015, 05:22:37 AM ---Forgot one. My wife reminded me about a story of me pedaling my little car half a block. Swipping a bunch of candy and when asked how I paid for it I said"Momma if you don't have money you don't have to pay"(my liberal stage I guess). The toy car was a frontengine dragster.Bet that would be worth some cash now. Point wife says just going back for another childhood.
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Did your mother spank you !!!!
wideopen231:
Don't think so. It was one of those want to spank them but it was so funny hard not to laugh.
up in smoke:
raced local in the early 70's,,loved when they staged,always loved old hilborn with the crazy stacks, ,,,,,forward 36 years ,,,I got both on the same ride. havin the time of my life
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