Name that Track

Paul Precht · 08-23-2011, 11:35 PM

It was 77 I think and I finished high enough to go to the York Finals for Hampton Raceway but had no where near the money or time to go so they sent an alternate I think. In 78 I took a little break from my normal 2-3 days a week bracket racing because my band was playing way too much and I had a few too many girlfriends, I needed a break. I raced at Hampton only once a month or so that summer. When it came near the bracket finals at York, my buddy was just a few points shy and he wanted to go badly. He asked me to drive his car and sign his name as there was a new tech man there who wouldn't recognize me, it was 78 at Hampton so what the heck, I mean , Willey Hassock would leave his beer right in the staging lanes so he could have a swig as soon as he came back for the next round. My buddy feared a guy who would pull right behind him and beat him every time (A regular Div 1 Stock racer now). Well I waited for the guy to pull up and pulled right behind him, he never looked to see who I was as the track still had only 1 handicapped lane so there was no need for a coin flip on lane choice. After I beat him I went on to win the race that day, It felt like winning as well as revenge for my buddy and we shared a 100 dollar prize, which was still good money back in 78. My buddy went on to the bracket finals and I came back the next year full force. I never told the story to the 1st round guy as it was still a fair race for those times but I will someday.

treessavoy · 08-24-2011, 05:41 PM

The only time I was there was for the "Woodstock" of drag racing in 1965 for the SS/DI funny car race (although they weren't called that yet) but every altered wheelbase car in the nation was there.

We climbed over the fence and stood beside the srtip and watched the cars go by at 140mph, they were close enough that you could reach out and touch them, guys were standing so close to the cars at the starting line that they were making bets on the starting RPM's of each car... they were so close they could read the tach's.

It was magical!

JimR

08-23-2011, 11:35 PM	#1
Paul Precht Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Elysburg, Pa Posts: 733 Likes: 359 Liked 327 Times in 121 Posts	Re: Name that Track It was 77 I think and I finished high enough to go to the York Finals for Hampton Raceway but had no where near the money or time to go so they sent an alternate I think. In 78 I took a little break from my normal 2-3 days a week bracket racing because my band was playing way too much and I had a few too many girlfriends, I needed a break. I raced at Hampton only once a month or so that summer. When it came near the bracket finals at York, my buddy was just a few points shy and he wanted to go badly. He asked me to drive his car and sign his name as there was a new tech man there who wouldn't recognize me, it was 78 at Hampton so what the heck, I mean , Willey Hassock would leave his beer right in the staging lanes so he could have a swig as soon as he came back for the next round. My buddy feared a guy who would pull right behind him and beat him every time (A regular Div 1 Stock racer now). Well I waited for the guy to pull up and pulled right behind him, he never looked to see who I was as the track still had only 1 handicapped lane so there was no need for a coin flip on lane choice. After I beat him I went on to win the race that day, It felt like winning as well as revenge for my buddy and we shared a 100 dollar prize, which was still good money back in 78. My buddy went on to the bracket finals and I came back the next year full force. I never told the story to the 1st round guy as it was still a fair race for those times but I will someday.

08-24-2011, 05:41 PM	#2
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Name that Track The only time I was there was for the "Woodstock" of drag racing in 1965 for the SS/DI funny car race (although they weren't called that yet) but every altered wheelbase car in the nation was there. We climbed over the fence and stood beside the srtip and watched the cars go by at 140mph, they were close enough that you could reach out and touch them, guys were standing so close to the cars at the starting line that they were making bets on the starting RPM's of each car... they were so close they could read the tach's. It was magical! JimR __________________ Jim Rountree

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