Live From The Fram Autolite Nationals

[alan r caraway]

Grreats pics Toby keep them coming.

[Toby Lang]

The line-up for tech is fairly long right now:




A shot towards the starting line and tower:

[Don Whitmore]

Toby...really great pics!! Is the grass dead, or is it really dry or there just isn't any grass around??

Also, do you know when this track was built? It looks fairly new!?!

[Tony Janes]

The grass is dead.. The track ran the 1st major race in March of 1969.

[vic guilmino]

what is wrong with jim's car

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by vic guilmino

what is wrong with jim's car

There's nothing wrong. He had an A-arm bolt come loose the last time he ran the car at a combo race in Fontana. He kept it off the wall and there was minimal damage. He had the front end aligned and the alignment bolts were a little bit short so they were replacing them with longer ones.

They were also adding some kind of electronics to his car. I can't remember the name of it. I think he said it was a matty ... a matty something they were installing.


-Toby

[Dinsdale]

Not much chance of crashing into a tree around there! Any sign of Rory McNeil? He was talking about going. Thanks for the pics and updates btw.. Almost as good as being there but a lot cheaper. Good luck to all and race safe.

[cicero819]

Toby, thank you for taking the time for showing us what we're missing. Good thing that you were prepared with spare parts for your trailer and Ramp truck. Good luck and thank you very much for taking the time taking pictures. Claude

[John Kelley]

Originally Posted by Don Whitmore

Toby...really great pics!! Is the grass dead, or is it really dry or there just isn't any grass around??

Rain in California in the summer months is extremely rare. But in the winter it's nice and green.....:-)

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by Don Whitmore

Toby...really great pics!! Is the grass dead, or is it really dry or there just isn't any grass around??

Also, do you know when this track was built? It looks fairly new!?!

What I was told about the "grass" was they sprayed down chicken fat then laid straw over it to keep the dust from blowing. This was quite a few years ago. It's held up fairly well. There are small clumps of live grass here and there though.

The big grandstand is fairly new. I think it was finished in 2002. They repaved the drag strip in 2001. Jim Meador and I were the last stockers to make a pass on the old track when we ran each other in the final that year.


-Toby