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What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
Dolmetsch:
Did final check, Ran it for a 1/2 hour to be sure all was well. Preset tire pressure, loaded it and covered it for overnite. Bought fuel (94 octane Sunoco).Off to Picton Airfield in the morning.
Probably wont sleep all nite!
Don
Blind Mule:
Now thats a ramp truck 8) I like that!
Randy!
Dolmetsch:
Today I raced it at Picton Airfield. Made 4 runs. Three against a BB Ford Bantam altered , a probuilt car. Got one of the three in my pocket. Also ran a BB injected Chevy FED. Used to be able to beat him but he has is stuff together now . I would need another 40 or 50 hp to catch him. Interestingly though I nailed all these out of the hole easily .(thank you Mr Frank Lupo for your converter) I was carrying the wheels at a skimming level. Just an inch or so. The slant six ran like a dream . Singing relatively quietly away as it approached 6000 for each shift. Pulled all the way through the eyes too. They had a antifreeze down in the one lane so shifted the lanes over one width and continued running. On the burn out and through on that run I carried the wheels high and kinda burned through the lights a bit close to the rhs Infared. Knocked it out of alignmennt but they fixed it quickly. Best thing that happened after that last race which I won there was a friend's 9 year old grandaughter standing there in pink with a pink feather in her hand. She stuck out her tiny hand and I heard "Congratulations Don". Grandpa was standing about ten feet away watching it all. A couple of years ago I let her sit in the car while her Dad took a picture of her. I guess it meant more to her then I realized. Made the whole day worthwhile.
Also heard my old boss and now old friend explaining to someone after I won the last race"What you just witnessed sir was 246 cu inches taking on 485 cubic inches and winning." One run in particular was as close to perfect as it could be. I could hear the little six singing away merrily as RPM rose and rose and rose till the finish line flashed by. Also had a photo shot with Bob Beazer flagging a couple of us Feds off on a run with old signage from Mohawk Dragway (1960s The Big GO North) set up on the starting line as it would have been back then.
Don
ricardo1967:
Big congratulations Don.
I like your style.
Dolmetsch:
Thanks, What I forgot was I had to go and play fiddle at a Gospel Concert at 6.30 . I got home at 5.45. Wife was in a bit of a panic. We made it but she said she was afraid I would fall alseep on stage between songs.
Somehow I survived. All in all a great day. Old friends, old cars, old airport and old time gospel music. Hard to beat.
Don
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