Let me get this straight.

Jeff Lee · 10-03-2010, 10:52 PM

You price a weekend with your Viper or other SCCA car for a weekend of competitive racing for a trophy?
People will spend a lot of money for the love of a sport and ego's usually go hand-in-hand with that. If there were no ego's in motorsports, we wouldn't know you were a past champion, now would we?

By the way, I have an open trailer and an SUV that I use to haul my best appearing AMX!

greg fulk · 10-04-2010, 01:07 AM

My dad told me along time ago "Jake" (that's what he calls me) you can't put a price on entertainment. Well dad races for money & dose quite well @ the local track 5 miles away.....he was 8th in the IHRA Div. 3 points in 2006. But anyway I love class racing...& not just stock. I like SS TS TD I would love to have a S/ST to beat on week in week out but I have a stocker. 1989 I had a Nova drove to the track opened up the headers put on slicks & ran 8.10's in the 1/8......21 years later with a pick-up & enclosed I unload & run 7.90's 1/8mile???? went from a gutted Nova with a 350 to a 3600lbs Cutlass with a 307 but running about the same times....so it's all in what ya want. The MAIN thing is have fun! That's the reason we ALL started doing this!

Bob Mulry · 10-04-2010, 03:56 AM

Hi all,

Started out flat towing with a pick-up truck and then I started upgrading my program.......

I built a set of tow hubs for the racecar so that I didn't have to drop the driveshaft to get to the track...

Next, I stepped up and bought a Chevy Suburban to tow with to keep my "stuff" out of the weather...

Next, it was a trailer with no fenders and no brakes, but it was better than flat towing...

Because of all the "Extra" stuff that has to go along to the track, I now have a 1 ton Dodge Dually towing a 28' Pace Shadow trailer..

As the amount of stuff (you know golf carts, spare trans & engine) increases the ability to get it to the track decreases....

So I guess that my next upgrade will be a 48' 5th wheel with living quarters that I can tow behind the dually...

By the way, this upgrading started in 1966 and I don't have any idea when it will stop...

I just hope that it's a long time from now...

Bob

10-03-2010, 10:52 PM	#1
Jeff Lee VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Anthem, Arizona Posts: 2,766 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Let me get this straight. You price a weekend with your Viper or other SCCA car for a weekend of competitive racing for a trophy? People will spend a lot of money for the love of a sport and ego's usually go hand-in-hand with that. If there were no ego's in motorsports, we wouldn't know you were a past champion, now would we? By the way, I have an open trailer and an SUV that I use to haul my best appearing AMX! __________________ Jeff Lee 7494 D/S '70 AMX Last edited by Jeff Lee; 10-03-2010 at 11:04 PM.

10-04-2010, 01:07 AM	#2
greg fulk VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jackson Posts: 1,165 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Let me get this straight. My dad told me along time ago "Jake" (that's what he calls me) you can't put a price on entertainment. Well dad races for money & dose quite well @ the local track 5 miles away.....he was 8th in the IHRA Div. 3 points in 2006. But anyway I love class racing...& not just stock. I like SS TS TD I would love to have a S/ST to beat on week in week out but I have a stocker. 1989 I had a Nova drove to the track opened up the headers put on slicks & ran 8.10's in the 1/8......21 years later with a pick-up & enclosed I unload & run 7.90's 1/8mile???? went from a gutted Nova with a 350 to a 3600lbs Cutlass with a 307 but running about the same times....so it's all in what ya want. The MAIN thing is have fun! That's the reason we ALL started doing this! __________________ Greg Fulk 308 308X P/SA "ALL AMERICAN"

10-04-2010, 03:56 AM	#3
Bob Mulry VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Coarsegold, CA Posts: 1,016 Likes: 57 Liked 320 Times in 102 Posts	Re: Let me get this straight. Hi all, Started out flat towing with a pick-up truck and then I started upgrading my program....... I built a set of tow hubs for the racecar so that I didn't have to drop the driveshaft to get to the track... Next, I stepped up and bought a Chevy Suburban to tow with to keep my "stuff" out of the weather... Next, it was a trailer with no fenders and no brakes, but it was better than flat towing... Because of all the "Extra" stuff that has to go along to the track, I now have a 1 ton Dodge Dually towing a 28' Pace Shadow trailer.. As the amount of stuff (you know golf carts, spare trans & engine) increases the ability to get it to the track decreases.... So I guess that my next upgrade will be a 48' 5th wheel with living quarters that I can tow behind the dually... By the way, this upgrading started in 1966 and I don't have any idea when it will stop... I just hope that it's a long time from now... Bob __________________ Bob Mulry 7516 STK A & M Motorsports

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