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JrFuel Hayden:
Well I race nostalgia FED because a FED C/gas dragster was my 1'st dragster in 1962, then in 63' we raced for 5 years a Real high gear nitro 301 ci JrFueler in the Midwest. We raced the green "Slot Racer" almost every week that there was no snow on the track, at Great Lakes Dragway, Union Grove, Wisc. Best Et 8.02, best speed 191 in 65'. Even tho our next car, BB/GD, we won the 69' US Nationals, and our last car, Dual engine BBC Top Gas Dragster, that I beat the "Freight Train" with a hole shot at the 71' US Nationals both were allot of fun, and rewarding, I still had the most fun racing the nitro JF car. Just to finish the J.C.Hansen driving story, the last car I drove was Jerry Newman's John Buttera built RED Top Fueler to a Div 3 Top Fuel Championship in 1973. Ya for all you young whiper snappers, NHRA used to have Division TF championships. We beat out Dick Lahie for the championship, and we were #2 in the Eastern Conference too.

Anyway That's why I still race FED's.

Jon   

gasserx:
Im only 37, so i was born too late for the golden era of FEDs, but there is something about the 1960-70s that have always been close to my heart; cars, music, motorcycles, lifestyle...
The first time i did see a FED was in my uncles old american car mags when i was somewhere between 4-6 yrs. There was all kind of cool cars and also a FEDs (although the picture that i remember best was two vw bugs doing HUGE wheelies side by side). I was very impressed by all the pictures, allthough i didnt understand anything... and my uncle "hated" kids, and i didnt have the guts to ask him about those awsome cars.. Rest of family had no interest (and still dont), so i did not have the oppertunity to attend a dragrace (very few of them in Norway at that time).
Luckily, i lived (and still do), 5min away from an old German airfield, and in 1985 the first dragrace took place there (soon to be one of Europes fastest tracks!) - and i think that was it, i was hooked forever!

A front engine dragster is just like a pretty girl, perfect lines, looks beautiful but can still be angry as xxxx..

wideopen231:
But can you make pretty girl only talk when you want?

gasserx:

--- Quote from: wideopen231 on June 25, 2015, 02:48:07 PM ---But can you make pretty girl only talk when you want?

--- End quote ---

Nope  ;D

Sidewinder:
This;)


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