Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Adrian Worman » 22 Jun 2013 19:44

We have a cracking event tomorrow at Shakespeare Raceway just outside if Stratford on Avon, where that William Shakespeare was born, so famous we even have a drag strip named after him :D
It's a proper nostalgia Gasser circus, a rwyb and a show for rods, customs etc.
Gonna flog the Chally up the strip and see how my few recent mods have paid off............ aiming for 13 dead on treads and the exhaust hooked up :mrgreen:
Oh and make time to post up some cool pix (of skimpy dressed tattooed hot rod chicks) :s003:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 22 Jun 2013 20:14

Good Luck Ade,,(With the pics,,I know your machine will be quick) :lol:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby drewcrane » 22 Jun 2013 23:31

Pics? :D
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Adrian Worman » 23 Jun 2013 7:44

drewcrane wrote:Pics? :D



Gaga easy tiger ......we haven't arrived yet! :lol:
And the weathers turned shit, gonna ride up for a look anyhow and the drive thru the Warwickshire countryside is amazing :mrgreen:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Adrian Worman » 23 Jun 2013 16:07

Well........ got there, paid to get in, got car scrutineered.........,, and watched half an hours racing in total due to various track fuck ups, then it pissed down!
Squeezed these few shots in before I disappeared into my mates motor home for a cup of coffee :mrgreen:

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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby dave-r » 23 Jun 2013 16:35

The more I look at those new wheels of yours Ade, the more I like them. 8)
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby drewcrane » 23 Jun 2013 18:23

Man that flippin British weather ....what a bunch of crap I dont see how yall get anything done.

And dude your car looks so nasty cool with those wheels...looks like you will be changing from coffee to barley pops soon...thanks for the post :D
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 24 Jun 2013 0:21

I dig the Allard, the Flopper and the blown Cuda! Your wheels are making me envious Ade! Damn,,hoping to see some scantily clad English Beaver,,blown and injected. :s007: :s005: :lol:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Adrian Worman » 24 Jun 2013 8:28

Sadly the local beaver didn't even bare their teeth in that weather, don't blame em :roll:

The old flippers are cars resurrected from the 70's, I remember them from the show circuits and mags as a kid.
Check out the SuperGas LandRover :lol: ........only in England

There will be another event at SantaPod in a couple weeks, its called Dragstalgia and its big......... got me fingers crossed for sun, skirt and a fire up lane packed with old time gassers and hot rods :mrgreen:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby fal308 » 25 Jun 2013 4:30

I love nostalgia drags. There used to be one yearly outside of St Louis (Wentzville) back in the 80s-90s before nostalgia became popular. The headliners that came over the years were some pretty big names; Arnie the Farmer, Ronnie Sox, Don Gartlis etc. Would spend hours roaming the pits then go watch the runs. My favorites were the Altereds, screaming down the track sideways!!
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 26 Jun 2013 22:40

Barc, don't you guys have the GoodGuys? We have it Sept. 22 here in Indy. All vehicles, Bikes, Hot Rods ect allowed! As long as it's pre 1975! (Includes Gassers, Altereds, Floppers, frnt engine dragsters, rat rods, Muscle cars and my favorite,,the awesome SuperStocks! MoPar dominates this class,,as usual! :lol:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Adrian Worman » 26 Jun 2013 22:59

Just been sent this link to the promod crash the afternoon before I went.
I saw the car reassembled by Sunday mornin, the mental German team that run it tried to get it thru scrutineering and were quite rightly told to piss off home :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?feature= ... ata_player
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby fal308 » 27 Jun 2013 3:52

No, nothing here in St Louis. Wish there was though.
Gateway (www.gatewaymsp.com) was bought by a local racer and has been re-opened (yeah!) His business model is to rely on local/regional events instead of the way Dover Enterprises did of having a major NaSCAR event or two and forget about the track the rest of the year. So far it appears to be working. A lot of drag racers had given up as they it wasn't worth it to have to drive to Indy, Memphis or KCIR (now closed also) or further to race. SCCA is back too. Bikes are now racing on the roadcourse also (MCRA).
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 27 Jun 2013 23:07

Barc, the weekend of Sept. 22. Let me know if you wanna go. I'm gonna try and make it this year.
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby fal308 » 28 Jun 2013 4:19

I'd luv to. Gonna try to make it happen. May bring a toy or two also, if I can get thru enemy lands.
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 29 Jun 2013 1:16

fal308 wrote:I'd luv to. Gonna try to make it happen. May bring a toy or two also, if I can get thru enemy lands.

LOL,,Illinois,,strict laws,,po po enforces em,,I just drive the speed limit,,if you ask my VP mates,,they'll say it's easy for me to do that. :lol: :lol: www.good-guys.com click on the event schedule(pdf) they have an Autocross! Also Muscle cars, Trucks, Rods, Gassers, Superstockers,(my fav along with the autocross), RatRods, Harleys, 40',s 50', sleds uname it! Pre 72 only and an all American Sunday. Last time I went in 07 Shirley Cha Cha Muldowney was there. Connie Kalitta wasn't,,he he :lol: Big was there too!(garlits) and Chip Foose,, Larry Shepard from MoPar Perf. I even took a leak with Dale Armstrong! :lol: no foolin :lol: SEPT, 20-22 Sat 2013 at Indianapolis raceway park in Avon, IN.
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Adrian Worman » 29 Jun 2013 8:28

Garlits.......... my absolute hero as a lil kid, I'd love to go to his museum if its still running.
The bloke is a legend :mrgreen:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby drewcrane » 29 Jun 2013 21:43

Adrian Worman wrote:Garlits.......... my absolute hero as a lil kid, I'd love to go to his museum if its still running.
The bloke is a legend :mrgreen:


Met him at a show he liked my ride , gave me my trophy, had a chat , he cant hear but we talked for a spell
Crap pic I was to lazy to scan it :|

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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 29 Jun 2013 23:49

Awesome Drew! :D
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 29 Jun 2013 23:52

Adrian Worman wrote:Garlits.......... my absolute hero as a lil kid, I'd love to go to his museum if its still running.
The bloke is a legend :mrgreen:

His place is in Ocala, Fla. I wonder if he has the 70 Superbird/69 Daytona don't remember which,,painted in a colour Chrysler never offered to the Wing Cars still around? A 1 of one built just for him.
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby fal308 » 02 Jul 2013 4:35

Did Garlits ever race in a European tour?
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby dave-r » 02 Jul 2013 7:43

He did visit the UK once. More of an exhibition rather than serious racing. Can't remember how he did. Probably not great.

The "big name" US Racers usually struggle without full team support and lots of spare engines etc. Running milder engine tunes in cars they have already replaced with a newer chassis back in the US.

Don Prudhome and Gene Snow are two I have seen race here. And there was that guy who crashed and broke his back. Never walked again. What was he called again??? :?
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby dave-r » 02 Jul 2013 8:02

Ah! It came back to me. Darrell Gwynn broke his back here. The chassis on his car snapped I think?
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby Eddie » 02 Jul 2013 19:38

Gene Snow's Motto, " There's no more Joy, than a big butted boy" :lol:
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby fal308 » 03 Jul 2013 7:50

Yeah Dave, Darrell Gwynn is the guy who broke his back. He's in a wheelchair now and runs and/or is the spokesman for a powerchair foundation that gives powerchairs to kids. He brings cars to the Barrett-Jackson auctions for his charity. Saw one of his dragsters (actual race winning car) go over the blcok three times in one auction and bring in over 3 million $$$USD. The first winner gave it back to be auctioned again as did the second bidder. Pretty cool
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Re: Nostalgia Drags at Shakey

Postby drewcrane » 03 Jul 2013 14:27

fal308 wrote:Yeah Dave, Darrell Gwynn is the guy who broke his back. He's in a wheelchair now and runs and/or is the spokesman for a powerchair foundation that gives powerchairs to kids. He brings cars to the Barrett-Jackson auctions for his charity. Saw one of his dragsters (actual race winning car) go over the blcok three times in one auction and bring in over 3 million $$$USD. The first winner gave it back to be auctioned again as did the second bidder. Pretty cool



I have a trophy signed by Darrel Gwynne ,wow that is a big chunk for that car :D good for him
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