What racer has been driving the longest ?

Nitro Joe Jackson · 01-03-2010, 04:09 PM

this year will be the 46th year of NHRA racing for my parents, they both started a few years earlier but just local stuff.
Like my Father said drag racing will never be as good as it was before electronics came into the mix. I'm from Ohio remember, lol

Alan Roehrich · 01-03-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson

this year will be the 46th year of NHRA racing for my parents, they both started a few years earlier but just local stuff.
Like my Father said drag racing will never be as good as it was before electronics came into the mix. I'm from Ohio remember, lol

Joe, I can remember sitting in the lounge at the Holiday Inn just up the road from the track at Atlanta about 23 years ago, on Friday night after the first day of qualifying for the points meet. Lex Dudas was sitting at the next table, and about 11 o'clock that night he said, "if it were up to me, I'd take every delay box, every throttle stop, and every air or electric shifter, put them in a pile, run them over with a bulldozer, and set them on fire". We can all dream.

Mike Bassin · 01-03-2010, 04:35 PM

I'm sure that there are some that have done this longer but how about Leon Miranian. Started racing in 1959 at Manassas Va and Aquasco Md til the next year when 75-80 opened the gates. Was a regular thru the sixties there winning many trophies and stock class and eliminator titles. Has always raced stock and then in about 1970 moved to super stock, his red Corvette has been campaigned since the mid seventies. A many time record holder and has won national opens and divisional events but has not YET won a national event. It's overdue but may soon happen! I met Leon in the very early sixties in the beginning of my announcing career. It's people like him that make our sport great!

Jim Cimarolli · 01-03-2010, 04:39 PM

What about Dave Boertman and Chuck Gallagher?

01-03-2010, 04:09 PM	#1
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01-03-2010, 04:35 PM	#3
Mike Bassin Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: East Berlin PA Posts: 134 Likes: 0 Liked 120 Times in 19 Posts	Re: What racer has been driving the longest ? I'm sure that there are some that have done this longer but how about Leon Miranian. Started racing in 1959 at Manassas Va and Aquasco Md til the next year when 75-80 opened the gates. Was a regular thru the sixties there winning many trophies and stock class and eliminator titles. Has always raced stock and then in about 1970 moved to super stock, his red Corvette has been campaigned since the mid seventies. A many time record holder and has won national opens and divisional events but has not YET won a national event. It's overdue but may soon happen! I met Leon in the very early sixties in the beginning of my announcing career. It's people like him that make our sport great!

01-03-2010, 04:39 PM	#4
Jim Cimarolli Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sulphur Springs Texas Posts: 743 Likes: 146 Liked 166 Times in 46 Posts	Re: What racer has been driving the longest ? What about Dave Boertman and Chuck Gallagher?