Manual Trannys

[joespanova]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Yep. Nobody wants to run behind a stick car. That and all the " man card" BS, "man lever" BS, etc. most of us ran stick cars back when they were harder to drive than now. Just annoying to listen to guys crow about nothing. Most of us know it's not any big deal at all. Just more work. Some of us got old enough diving under that cars is not as easy as it used to be. But, most do hate the starting line torn up. Faster stock cars don't care for bald spots either. I was sitting in the water box behind Jeff Covert's CJ at No Problem last year, saw the whole side of his car due to that lane going bald.
I never knowingly choose the same lane as a stick running ahead of me.

Sounds like "smack talk" to me. Whats the quickest you've ever been in a "clutch assisted" manual car?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by joespanova

Sounds like "smack talk" to me. Whats the quickest you've ever been in a "clutch assisted" manual car?

Very low tens, in 1977, 78, 79, ....
Shifting in the air is no big deal either, was doing that back then too.

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by joespanova

Sounds like "smack talk" to me. Whats the quickest you've ever been in a "clutch assisted" manual car?

Leave Ed alone he's been racing longer than I've been alive (sorry Ed I couldn't resist) raced all kinds of cars sticks and autos. We have fun all the time with it. He says im crazy and I tell him to get rid of that junk auto. All in fun.