Old School SG

Kevin McDowell · 07-29-2009, 02:32 PM

Check this out if you haven't seen it yet. Kinda makes you wonder why it was ever changed!

http://www.competitionplus.com/index...11119&Itemid=6

ItsyBitsySpider · 07-29-2009, 05:18 PM

Boy did that bring back memories!
thanks for posting. I'm going to email the link to Steve Cohen, I'm not sure he knows there's film of the Ramblin Nash and his bad 80's hair.

Bryan Gillespie · 07-29-2009, 06:27 PM

I think that Yellow vette ( Moose ) still races in div. 1

Kevin McDowell · 07-29-2009, 07:18 PM

That hair was pretty bad!

Its a shame the class evolved as drastic as it did.

Ed Fernandez · 07-29-2009, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin McDowell

That hair was pretty bad!

Its a shame the class evolved as drastic as it did.

Maybe if enough super class racers banded together and put the heat on(boycott national events)the
sting of the lost revenue would stir some action to go back to "almost" full throttle racing,with only
trans brakes.

Kenny Wigington · 07-29-2009, 09:14 PM

That would be cool to see. I doubt that Steve Cohen would grow that hair back out like that though......

Kevin McDowell · 07-29-2009, 09:24 PM

I wish they would make a change back, even if they lowered the indexes by a second or so. I don't think it would fly with alot of the current racers, but if the right ones jumped on board and supported the issue it may not completely fall on deaf ears. I honestly believe NHRA wants TD and TS and could care less about whether the .90 classes come or go, its just a matter of time. I remember seeing the Modified Class racers protesting at Indy before their official demise, and you see how that turned out.

Kevin McDowell · 07-29-2009, 09:26 PM

Hey Kenny, how'd that intake work out?

Cisco Kid · 07-29-2009, 11:00 PM

i was a kid when mickey crashed there are still some parts from his vega in the shop! back then is when my dad hooked up with bob bond and started s/g racing...he said before all he used was a bolt in the floor as a throttle stop! he is sooo lost with all the electronics! he wishes they would run the cars like they did in the old days!
i just like all those dry hops too! i used to watch my dad do em all the time now a days if i did them her would kick my a**!!!

Nitro Joe Jackson · 07-30-2009, 06:42 AM

boy it was neat watching that old clip, those was the days of side by side SG racing, people in the stands could not really see the throttle stops come on in high gear. it was not the "Stop & Go" stuff we have today and nobody in the stands can understand, oh well everybody keeps on telling me I'm old school, but this video proves how much neater SG was at one time to watch.

07-29-2009, 02:32 PM	#1
Kevin McDowell Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Old School SG Check this out if you haven't seen it yet. Kinda makes you wonder why it was ever changed! http://www.competitionplus.com/index...11119&Itemid=6 __________________ Kevin McDowell SG 352

07-29-2009, 05:18 PM	#2
ItsyBitsySpider Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida & NY Posts: 109 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Old School SG Boy did that bring back memories! thanks for posting. I'm going to email the link to Steve Cohen, I'm not sure he knows there's film of the Ramblin Nash and his bad 80's hair.

07-29-2009, 06:27 PM	#3
Bryan Gillespie Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 456 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Old School SG I think that Yellow vette ( Moose ) still races in div. 1

07-29-2009, 07:18 PM	#4
Kevin McDowell Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Old School SG That hair was pretty bad! Its a shame the class evolved as drastic as it did. __________________ Kevin McDowell SG 352

07-29-2009, 09:14 PM	#6
Kenny Wigington Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cumming,Ga. USA Posts: 967 Likes: 36 Liked 60 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Old School SG That would be cool to see. I doubt that Steve Cohen would grow that hair back out like that though...... __________________ 2894 STK

07-29-2009, 09:24 PM	#7
Kevin McDowell Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Old School SG I wish they would make a change back, even if they lowered the indexes by a second or so. I don't think it would fly with alot of the current racers, but if the right ones jumped on board and supported the issue it may not completely fall on deaf ears. I honestly believe NHRA wants TD and TS and could care less about whether the .90 classes come or go, its just a matter of time. I remember seeing the Modified Class racers protesting at Indy before their official demise, and you see how that turned out. __________________ Kevin McDowell SG 352

07-29-2009, 09:26 PM	#8
Kevin McDowell Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Old School SG Hey Kenny, how'd that intake work out? __________________ Kevin McDowell SG 352

07-29-2009, 11:00 PM	#9
Cisco Kid Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Shadyside Ohio Posts: 51 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Old School SG i was a kid when mickey crashed there are still some parts from his vega in the shop! back then is when my dad hooked up with bob bond and started s/g racing...he said before all he used was a bolt in the floor as a throttle stop! he is sooo lost with all the electronics! he wishes they would run the cars like they did in the old days! i just like all those dry hops too! i used to watch my dad do em all the time now a days if i did them her would kick my a*!!! Last edited by Cisco Kid; 07-29-2009 at 11:14 PM. Reason: error typing*

07-30-2009, 06:42 AM	#10
Nitro Joe Jackson VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Loudonville, Ohio or where ever the Nitro Lounge is parked Posts: 2,292 Likes: 43 Liked 66 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Old School SG boy it was neat watching that old clip, those was the days of side by side SG racing, people in the stands could not really see the throttle stops come on in high gear. it was not the "Stop & Go" stuff we have today and nobody in the stands can understand, oh well everybody keeps on telling me I'm old school, but this video proves how much neater SG was at one time to watch. __________________ Nitro Joe Jackson STK 3431 nitrojoe@neo.rr.com