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Question for the old guys
How many times have you been torn down by NHRA ???
I?m at 17 ? I know a west coast guy had 17 in 10 years 😁😁 Provost is gone soooo who?s spent the most on gaskets ??? This might be fun In honor of the real NHRA techmen 👍👍👍
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07-16-2025, 08:46 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
Good one Jack! I try not to remember my teardowns but I know that it's been quite a few times.
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07-16-2025, 08:51 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
Jack,
I'm at 11 since 2009, of which 5 was record sets. Ernie Neal SS 354 |
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07-16-2025, 09:09 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
Only 3. Last time was a rod and piston.
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07-16-2025, 10:44 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
11 for me, first one in '69 at Gainesville and last one at the '97 all-star race in Columbus.
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07-16-2025, 10:55 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
Too many to remember. Had to pull a piston at Indy one year. This is back when you had to use the GM stuff. One year i got my head to the head checking bench and saw 2 Buick valves sitting there. One of my fellow Buick racers supplied the tech guys with valves to compare mine to. Everything was Ok as usual.
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07-16-2025, 11:00 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
It's not easy to remember them all but I'm guessing just few less than a dozen beginning in 1971 and ending in about 2004. That's not counting helping friends or cursory checks of casting numbers, etc. I'm waiting for Cal Method to come up with a number...
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07-16-2025, 11:20 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
When Jeff Teuton formed his sportsman organization , he was very popular in the tear down barn .. I have to agree with Charles Norton , there is no telling how many tear downs Cal Method had been a part of . I do know of one that he would like to forget …..
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07-16-2025, 11:29 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
Six Times
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07-16-2025, 11:58 AM
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Re: Question for the old guys
Not sure maybe 8 to 10 times. Indy a few times and always passed, never been tossed.
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