Teachers pet picture

A/SA Fairlane · 03-31-2018, 02:18 AM

Found this pic on Facebook captioned New england dragway early years thought id share

SSGN · 03-31-2018, 07:43 AM

Very cool pic. Love the people in the stands................it was just a better time.

Mike Jones · 03-31-2018, 07:49 AM

people in the stands....
Mike A114

John Dinkel · 03-31-2018, 08:57 AM

Just got to love those 64 Plymouths.

Frank Castros · 03-31-2018, 09:02 AM

Jerry calls it the "Tomato Can"!

Bob Pagano · 03-31-2018, 12:02 PM

If you want more pictures go to my facebook page RL Pagano

340Cuda · 03-31-2018, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Jerry calls it the "Tomato Can"!

Must have been a sound deadner delete car, they sounded like tin cans, especially if you tapped the roof.

6130 · 03-31-2018, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Jones

people in the stands....
Mike A114

I went to a National event in Seattle a year or two ago. It was the first time I had been substantially exposed to NHRA drag racing since losing my little Pro ET Mazda to a clutch explosion in 1990.

I noticed that the vast majority of the "fans" were always headed in the opposite direction that I was. When Stock Eliminator was running, I was in the stands, and the "fans" were in line for another overpriced urine-colored semi-fermented light "beer" at the concession stands. When Top Fuel was running, they were in the stands, fat and semi-drunk, wearing the fan T-shirts they'd purchased from the Top Fuel teams...and I went to go take a leak.

In between, I was appalled at the conversations I overheard. Lemmings, who praise the name of every top-ranked corporate Top Fuel driver, but have no idea what the stoichiometric ratio for nitromethane is.

Has NHRA drag racing devolved into modern-day NASCAR, where the "fans" are general-admission cattle, completely ignorant of the technical aspects of sanctioned drag racing, and are simply "consumers" that subsist on spoon-fed topical information peripheral to the actual racing?

Billy Nees · 03-31-2018, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 6130

Has NHRA drag racing devolved into modern-day NASCAR, where the "fans" are general-admission cattle, completely ignorant of the technical aspects of sanctioned drag racing, and are simply "consumers" that subsist on spoon-fed topical information peripheral to the actual racing?

Yup! That and the hope of seeing blood-and-guts!

House of Darts · 03-31-2018, 06:48 PM

Is Jerry going to inducted this year?

03-31-2018, 02:18 AM	#1
A/SA Fairlane Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NH Posts: 136 Likes: 99 Liked 57 Times in 19 Posts	Teachers pet picture Found this pic on Facebook captioned New england dragway early years thought id share Attached Thumbnails

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SSGN Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 645 Likes: 132 Liked 140 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Teachers pet picture Very cool pic. Love the people in the stands................it was just a better time. __________________ The more people I meet the more I like my dog Kevin

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Mike Jones VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,125 Likes: 1,179 Liked 684 Times in 289 Posts	Re: Teachers pet picture people in the stands.... Mike A114

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House of Darts Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 346 Likes: 19 Liked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Teachers pet picture Is Jerry going to inducted this year?