Question for Ed Wright - Page 2

Butch Sentner · 07-03-2010, 04:42 PM

Hi,
I won`t be going to York or Beaver Springs as I have a prior thing going that wkend.
Hope everyone that is going has a great time
Butch

Butch Sentner · 07-03-2010, 04:53 PM

Hi Ed,

You may remember the guy that bought my 56. His name was John Thropp from Delaware.
His interest was peaked when he saw the 12.90`s and at that time the record in n/sa was 13.60.
He set that record the first record meet in 1971.
I didn`t keep track of how he did with the 56.
Butch

Bunkster · 07-03-2010, 05:33 PM

With all of the 56 talk, does Lamar Vaubel ring any bells?

Ed Wright · 07-03-2010, 05:43 PM

Yep, met Lamar at the World Finals the year they were held at Amarillo Texas. He had a black convertible (with a 'glide?)Very friendly guy. We talked quite a while. My home-made "slipper" clutch (3 speed saver/7" tire-hooker :-) ) gave up so I could not even qualify.

Neil Smedley · 07-03-2010, 05:46 PM

I remember Lamar Vaubel.......He was a great guy who left us way too soon.......I think he lived in a small town just northeast of National Trail Raceway in Ohio

Ed Wright · 07-03-2010, 06:02 PM

Sorry Lamar is gone. I hate to look at ND anymore. Every week we have lost someone else.

Ed Wright · 07-03-2010, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butch Sentner

Hi Ed,

You may remember the guy that bought my 56. His name was John Thropp from Delaware.
His interest was peaked when he saw the 12.90`s and at that time the record in n/sa was 13.60.
He set that record the first record meet in 1971.
I didn`t keep track of how he did with the 56.
Butch

Butch, I never met him but his name seems familiar. The only 12.90s I ever ran were at the old Omaha, NB track. They even gave an altitude correction there on top of that! Couldn't believe it. The fastest one we had in div4 back then was Houma,LA. Of course the. Temp & humidity were both always in the nineties when we went there. Best I could go there was 13.flat.

Rich Biebel · 07-03-2010, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Yep, met Lamar at the World Finals the year they were held at Amarillo Texas. He had a black convertible (with a 'glide?)Very friendly guy. We talked quite a while. My home-made "slipper" clutch (3 speed saver/7" tire-hooker :-) ) gave up so I could not even qualify.

Ed wasn't that race once held at Tulsa........I seem to recall my friend who ran D/MP at the time going to Tulsa for a W.F.'s event....

Ed Wright · 07-03-2010, 06:29 PM

Bob, that gaudy paint was traded to me for building a painter's engine. I was too poor to have mine painted,
He was too poor to have his engine done. My paint was
left over from previous jobs.

I thought it was really cool
at the time. Not now.

SStockDart · 07-03-2010, 07:03 PM

Hey Ed, I knew I knew you from a prior life, in Omaha. It hit me when I saw the picture of you racing the lime green 69 Chevelle at Cornhusker Raceway Park. That was Gary Vincent's SS/E car. I also raced a 69 SS 427 in SS/E. And a Roadrunner in SS/I. I'll try to attach pictures. I didn't pick up my time slip in Tulsa, when we raced in qualifying. I broke a part (fixed now), and the A/C in my trailer quit. I was hot and miserable, so, I headed home. I am too damn old for this stuff. P.S. was my light any good?

07-03-2010, 04:42 PM	#11
Butch Sentner Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright Hi, I won`t be going to York or Beaver Springs as I have a prior thing going that wkend. Hope everyone that is going has a great time Butch

07-03-2010, 04:53 PM	#12
Butch Sentner Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright Hi Ed, You may remember the guy that bought my 56. His name was John Thropp from Delaware. His interest was peaked when he saw the 12.90`s and at that time the record in n/sa was 13.60. He set that record the first record meet in 1971. I didn`t keep track of how he did with the 56. Butch

07-03-2010, 05:33 PM	#13
Bunkster Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 307 Likes: 0 Liked 43 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright With all of the 56 talk, does Lamar Vaubel ring any bells?

07-03-2010, 05:43 PM	#14
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright Yep, met Lamar at the World Finals the year they were held at Amarillo Texas. He had a black convertible (with a 'glide?)Very friendly guy. We talked quite a while. My home-made "slipper" clutch (3 speed saver/7" tire-hooker :-) ) gave up so I could not even qualify. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 07-03-2010 at 06:03 PM.

07-03-2010, 05:46 PM	#15
Neil Smedley Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 163 Likes: 32 Liked 22 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright I remember Lamar Vaubel.......He was a great guy who left us way too soon.......I think he lived in a small town just northeast of National Trail Raceway in Ohio

07-03-2010, 06:02 PM	#16
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright Sorry Lamar is gone. I hate to look at ND anymore. Every week we have lost someone else. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

07-03-2010, 06:29 PM	#19
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright Bob, that gaudy paint was traded to me for building a painter's engine. I was too poor to have mine painted, He was too poor to have his engine done. My paint was left over from previous jobs. I thought it was really cool at the time. Not now. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

07-03-2010, 07:03 PM	#20
SStockDart VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona, Texan forever Posts: 1,118 Likes: 729 Liked 464 Times in 175 Posts	Re: Question for Ed Wright Hey Ed, I knew I knew you from a prior life, in Omaha. It hit me when I saw the picture of you racing the lime green 69 Chevelle at Cornhusker Raceway Park. That was Gary Vincent's SS/E car. I also raced a 69 SS 427 in SS/E. And a Roadrunner in SS/I. I'll try to attach pictures. I didn't pick up my time slip in Tulsa, when we raced in qualifying. I broke a part (fixed now), and the A/C in my trailer quit. I was hot and miserable, so, I headed home. I am too damn old for this stuff. P.S. was my light any good?