What was your best moment in racing

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

Two things come to mind for me. First was winning the 2003 Summit National Championship in Super Pro. After winning the race and driving back in front of the crowd was pretty thrilling for me.
Second was winning the 1996 Division 5 Stock Championship in my old V/SA Skylark. During the season I went to only 5 races and had a win,two runner ups,a semi and a first rounder. I beat out Kevin Helms by 4 points,376 to 372.

You forgot one Lane, the Div. 5 points race where you rained on Scotty Richardson's otherwise national championship season that year, by beating him in rnd 1 @ the Douglas, Wy. divisional!!!

[Stock 608]

Winning my first round in comp this year!

[Pat Joffrion]

In early 1993, a young kid needed a ride to State Capitol Raceway. Since I had my brand new '93 Corvette with the top down, I decided to bring the kid to the track. I had not been to a drag strip since my oldest daughter was born in 1972. Back then, I had to buy diapers and couldn't afford entry fees.

As fate would have it, SCR was running a huge street-legal race. I asked the teenager, "Is it still three yellow bulbs, then green?". So I entered the race with a borrowed helmet, and lost in the finals (8th round) to Jarod Granier.

The rest is history... BTW, still have the Vette, and because of Boo Boo Russo (the kid needing a ride), we all have No Problem Raceway to play with our toys.

[THE LEGEND]

1) 2010 I won the IHRA Summit Box et World Championship at VMP. Was on TV, ran with the pros,Came down the return road in front of the crowd with my wife,Rachel, and Beard there. Way Cool.

2) 1988 IHRA Pro-AM Nationals first National event win

3) 2011 IHRA Hot Rod World Championship race at VMP

Thats Top 3 but have so many memories hard to narrow it down to just 3.
Chip Johnson

[Billy Nees]

I've had a bunch of good moments and a couple of great moments but I haven't had my BEST moment yet! (I hope)

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Pat Joffrion

In early 1993, a young kid needed a ride to State Capitol Raceway. Since I had my brand new '93 Corvette with the top down, I decided to bring the kid to the track. I had not been to a drag strip since my oldest daughter was born in 1972. Back then, I had to buy diapers and couldn't afford entry fees.

As fate would have it, SCR was running a huge street-legal race. I asked the teenager, "Is it still three yellow bulbs, then green?". So I entered the race with a borrowed helmet, and lost in the finals (8th round) to Jarod Granier.

The rest is history... BTW, still have the Vette, and because of Boo Boo Russo (the kid needing a ride), we all have No Problem Raceway to play with our toys.

Now THAT is a cool story

[larry dowty]

in 1976 and 77 we towed from seattle to indy to race in mod. elem. lost in class and towed home the greatest moment i have had, it still beats wining class in today's racing

[GarysZ24]

1. Winning the King of the Hill Memorial Day drag race (an unofficial state championship), at Bandimere Speedway in '77 as a Senior at Denver's South High School, with a (bought brand new by my Union Local 7 wages at a Safeway grocery store), 1976 Chevy Vega (which was so special to me that I remember it's vin # to this day 1V77B6U220942). Unless someone knows something I don't, that's the last state-worthy championship that the school has earned by any of it's classmates to date!

2. Winning five races out of six final rounds in the '79 season (also with my 20+ second Vega), and finishing 3rd in the Div. 5 et finals (Street Eliminator),as an add-on to team Bandimere (I finished 14th in their points standings that year).

3. Going back to Marion, Sd. in '81 and winning the Div. 5 Street Eliminator Championship, driving 1260 miles round trip to participate in it with a dented & scratched '73 Pontiac Ventura, with 100k+ miles on the odometer...special thanks to the Div 5 racers who allowed me to find out they (racers from other tracks) were saying "what's he doing out there in that car"? I knew good and well what they meant by that, and used it to keep me amped up to make my presence felt in a Championship way!!!

4. Winning Bandimere's only (known to me that is), highschool reunion race in 1990, with an '85 Chevy Celebrity (4cyl., fwd). I not only won my bracket, but the overall championship afterwards.

5. Winning the King of the Track in a 2002 race at Pueblo Motorsports Park, with my current car.

6. The .006 package I put on Tony Hernandez in my rnd 3 win at the '06 Mile High's, in route to a quarter-final finish at the same race...Ryan McClanahan best be glad I got light headed (due to dehydration, and my pit space was way up there in Bandimere's dreaded "North 40" prior to our race"), because he was only .014 over his dial, and got out of it quite a bit against me (since I ran my car with a too warm intake plenum), and ran .13 over my 16.66 index, for the loss...if I would've run just .06 quicker, I believe I would've broke him out, and would've been Mike Loge's semi-final round opponent...thus as long as my light would've been clean & green (in that potential race), I would've been the final round opponent to Scott Burton (Mike's car stumbled to run nearly 1sec over his dial), that was televised on ESPN's "Inside Drag Racing" show a week later!