The Oddest Car You Raced Against

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

1968 Avanti II (white, 4-speed)
It came through with a 327/300HP Corvette engine.

Ran in G/Stock in 1970.


The front of the car looked as though it had large ice cubes wedged
into each side of the grille area.

Those are cool cars. There's a warehouse in Shelbyville TN that is full of them and other Studebakers, he has another bunch in a field.

I think the guy bought out the inventory when the last company went under while producing the "Avanti II'.

[Todd Boyer]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

Not a S/SS car, but I raced against a El Camino at Maple Grove that had a GMC 4V71 diesel in it!
had a hard time chaseing him thru the smoke.

It wasn't loud was it Tom ???

[Sam Murray]

Back in the 70"s a guy from Mass bracket raced a 50"s Chevy Panel Van with a 427, it was a 11 second sleeper.

[greg fulk]

In the early 90's I ran a "rail buggy" (bracket race) I gave him a .90 spot. He laeft then broke an axle & came into my lane....I got stopped but a very odd race.

[Bob Don]

1980 Summernationals, Stock Elim, rd. 2, I was running a U/SA 6-banger '71 Nova and I get paired against Bob Bender in his Y/SA Vega wagon. I'm used to leaving first on everyone and here I have to spot Bobby almost 3 seconds! Needless to say, I redlit big time.

[Tom Goldman]

Originally Posted by Todd Boyer

It wasn't loud was it Tom ???

It wasnt too bad ,he had a 4" exhaust out the back,but I could still hear it over my car!
If I remember correctly ,it ran in the hi 12's ..Had a small Allison 4 speed behind it.
The owner was a diesel mechanic ,and I guess he didnt see enough of them at work.

[Dan Bennett]

I'd nominate anyone who had to race me in my first car - a 59 Nash Metropolitan.

It was able to talk my parents into letting me buy it for $150 when I was 14 and learned to drive a stick in the field next to our house.

AHRA classified the car as X/FG but I'm not entirely sure the tech guy didn't just pull a class at random since he was pretty well stumped.

I won my class at Pacific Dragstrip in Pacific, Missouri the day they gave out free jackets to class winners. In the first round of Eliminator, I came up against a Pontiac Tempest Sprint (OHC 6 cylinder with a Quadrajet) that cleaned my clock in epic proportions.

[Jack McCarthy]

ok im still laughing... but i think the diesel tractor guy wins the blue ribbon...

in the old days they had co-pilot nights Mj & i put a bunch of seatbelts in and went 3 rounds with 7-8 passengers > too much fun for us but i wonder if there are 2-3 people somewhere with us on a list

jacl

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

I'd nominate anyone who had to race me in my first car - a 59 Nash Metropolitan.

It was able to talk my parents into letting me buy it for $150 when I was 14 and learned to drive a stick in the field next to our house.

AHRA classified the car as X/FG but I'm not entirely sure the tech guy didn't just pull a class at random since he was pretty well stumped.

I won my class at Pacific Dragstrip in Pacific, Missouri the day they gave out free jackets to class winners. In the first round of Eliminator, I came up against a Pontiac Tempest Sprint (OHC 6 cylinder with a Quadrajet) that cleaned my clock in epic proportions.

I ran my 1969 VW beetle at New York National in 1969.I was in class XF/F Experimental
Foreign F.

[Jim Young]

I got chased in my 14 sec. Monte Carlo at E-Town by a 78 Ford Mason dump with a supercharged BB Ford dialed 13.78. The Truck was called the "Brickslayer" and it was fully functional. Must have weighed 9000 lbs!