Finally got all my pictures and video downloaded and got registered with Postimage. I'll just post them all here.
I'll warn you that there are a few non-Ford powered cars, but I've included them because they were either extremely impressive and well designed cars, or I just plain liked them.
Here's the rig when we got to the hotel before tech day...
Here's some shots of tech day while waiting in line. The guy with the Falcon was a pretty nice guy and we got to talking while in line. It was his first real racing with the car, which was Hemi powered. Really cool! And stick shifted! We ran across each other throughout the week and got to know each other a bit. He won his class and I was really happy for him.
This Henry J Gasser was pretty cool, and old school. He didn't even use a trailer. Those Gasser guys are pretty nuts if you ask me, but I like 'em..
A shot of me in line, with Jacks Cougar beside in another lane. Than a shot of Richie Cramptons '57, which was one impressively built and designed car. I didn't care that this one was LS powered, it was just a work of art to see.
A couple of nice Fords that caught my attention. The Cougar was a really nice car. Deceptively stock looking until you opened the hood and saw it had a more serious side to it.
Finnegans Blasphemi, which I think is a really cool car. Unfortunately, Roadkill style, the engine was a throw-together and didn't last.
This little Falcon delivery wagon was pretty cool, and Ford powered.
When we got towards the front of the tech line, that's when Freiburger came over and started talking to me about my car. He really liked it, and even thought he kept mentioning the paint and wheels on the live feed, he also liked the fact that it was all old factory iron. In a sea of 8, 9 and 10 second cars though, a car like mine is not very impressive, so I thought it was cool that he took an interest in it.
This Chevy II was really nice. The paint and entire car just glowed and was a really well put together machine. A very nice car.
Alan and I getting ready to head out after the first day of racing at Cordova.
We had been traveling good with this Camaro on the drive to Gateway. They really liked our navigation skills..lol Unfortunately, when I stopped for gas in a small town, they stopped with us and we both noticed his trailer hitch hanging down. It was a single tube sticking out from a cross tube and it had cracked 3/4 of the way around where they were welded together! They went to look for a local place to weld it and insisted that we head on instead of holding us back, so we did. It was pure luck we stopped when we did, because I don't think he would have made it another mile! Fortunately, they found a small garage right around the corner from the station and got it welded. We saw them throughout the week and I was glad to see they managed to finish.
Various pictures of checkpoints and the next day at Gateway. That's Alan behind me at the 2nd checkpoint. It didn't take him long to pass me with my gearing
Here's a couple more pictures of the Mustang meet that I came across the night before Byron. There were only a few older ones, but they were all nice cars. One was a real '64 1/2 car, one was a rarely seen McLaren and there were a few Shelbys and even a newer Boss 302, which are really race cars in street clothes. I had a great time that night.
A few cars in the parking lot the night before we were at Great Lakes. There were 26 in all. This is the night the Aussies were giving the hotel manager a stroke..lol I like GTO's, and this blue one was nice. And anybody who rides a 1000 miles in a '20s or '30s car or truck earns my respect. They are NOT spacious by any means! The bug was nitrous powered and pretty cool, I thought. It was also a handful for him on the track, that thing was quick! Oh, and a stick shift
He was having some starter issues that day, so I gave him some wire he needed to install his backup starter. It's nice to be able to help people, because there's always a time when you need something small and someone returns the favor. I needed a fuse after shaking my tires bad at Byron, and the guy next to me in the pits just happened to have the exact one that I needed and gave it to me. I couldn't have left without it because I had no brake lights or turn signals. I love the spirit of Drag Week and comradery that goes with it.
Pictures of Great Lakes. Alan and I were together in line and I was really hoping they would separate us to run together. He would have beat me, but I just wanted to run somebody from the forum for the fun of it. That didn't happen though. Instead I raced another GTO, which was a pretty cool car.
Here's a couple of resized shots of Dans really nice Mach 1 with a 445 stroker in it. It's an original S code car and he's got the original engine safely stored at home. I really wish we could have gotten a picture of both our cars together because the paint was almost an identical match between them.
This is a still from video that my wife took when I was next to the GTO. I just thought it turned out pretty well.
Checkpoints back to Cordova and that night in the parking lot. The Camaro was a father/son team from Canada running a twin turbo set-up with an LS. The car ran 8.60s if I remember correctly. They were fun to talk with and really great guys. They were having a blast and had gotten hooked on the event.
The last day at Cordova. Scott and Jacks Cougars parked together. And that's Alan trying to find some shade while waiting in line. The Street machine Eliminators went first on the last day, so class cars had a long wait and it was getting pretty warm out the last couple of days. Shade was a welcomed thing.
Here's another video still of my final run. I just liked the way it turned out with the dark shading.
A couple of pictures after my 2 runs and then getting ready to start loading stuff up. I got a few comments and thumbs up on the truck, which was cool. Nobody had an old hauler that I noticed. Hopefully I'll get around to start the restoration on the truck this winter since I've got everything for it.
