John Nickle

Greg Reimer 7376 · 09-22-2023, 11:30 AM

One of the favorite if not typical John Nickel escapades was him always finding new ways to win. Back in the OCIR/Palmdale days, he had a well used gold Chevy pickup that probably ran about 17.50 seconds. He had a piece of a broom handle that stuck up from one of the stake pockets and he used it as a visual device to size up where his much faster opponent was in the other lane. He knew how to determine whether to lift or drive it out at the finish line based on where the broom handle was in his line of sight. He did pretty well that way, later when he had his '66 Chevy wagon, he could use the door frame pillars on the right rear door to do the same thing. He was pretty good at going rounds. Some of his winning concoctions were definitely original.

09-22-2023, 11:30 AM	#5
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,137 Likes: 172 Liked 719 Times in 220 Posts	Re: John Nickle One of the favorite if not typical John Nickel escapades was him always finding new ways to win. Back in the OCIR/Palmdale days, he had a well used gold Chevy pickup that probably ran about 17.50 seconds. He had a piece of a broom handle that stuck up from one of the stake pockets and he used it as a visual device to size up where his much faster opponent was in the other lane. He knew how to determine whether to lift or drive it out at the finish line based on where the broom handle was in his line of sight. He did pretty well that way, later when he had his '66 Chevy wagon, he could use the door frame pillars on the right rear door to do the same thing. He was pretty good at going rounds. Some of his winning concoctions were definitely original.