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Bob West
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#46 Post by Bob West » Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:08 pm

Hi, My name is Bob and I'm a raceaholic :mrgreen: I'm 47 widowed w/ 2 kids still at home. My wife passed away with Leukemia in August of '98. I've lived in Republic,Mo. for the last 3 yrs, 18 yrs in Monett,Mo. before that. I'm working for a local trucking company in Springfield,Mo and have been for the last 15 years, as a driver, owner operator, fleet manager, now a flatbed freight broker. I love drag racing and a beer now and then. I've owned my current car '72 Chevelle since '99 and its made the transformation from grandmas car to big block bracket racer, I've run no/e for the last 4 yrs, 3 yrs at Ozark and 1 yr before that at MoKan. I've finished 17th,6th,10th and 12th respectively in points. I spend most of my time working at my job or working on/racing my car and most that know me know that the kids 13/15 are usually in tow, my daughter doesnt go as often as she used to, she'd rather play on the computer.
72 Malibu-Nov. '08-1.329-3.995-6.280@106.94-9.988@131.62
best 60ft to date- 1.319
http://www.dragtimes.com/1972-Chevrolet ... -5251.html

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#47 Post by John_Heard » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:44 am

Again welcome Bob, glad you joined up. Looking forward to seeing you at the races here in a few months!

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#48 Post by Bob West » Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:20 pm

Thanks for the avitar John...that'll work!!!
72 Malibu-Nov. '08-1.329-3.995-6.280@106.94-9.988@131.62
best 60ft to date- 1.319
http://www.dragtimes.com/1972-Chevrolet ... -5251.html

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Re: Newbie Here. Well, kinda anyway

#49 Post by MOKANRACER » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:40 pm

BBC71Nova wrote:Finally decided to go ahead and register. I've been lurking here since John setup the board. Lots of good info. Hopefully I'll be getting to work on my car sometime soon. Always seems to get put off for some reason or another. Expect lots of questions :shock:

Below is a pic of my '71 in current form. Motor is out. Color is Torch Red but my camera wasn't adjusted when I took the pic so it turned out a little orange.

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Welcome John. Oh yeah,I like Torch Red as well. I,m guessing John was talking about me stealing your RED car.LOL My 62 is in process,but will be all Torch Red by next season,hopfully. I have a 55 Belair thats Torch Red and had a matching 55 step side ,Torch Red too. The rest of my vehicles ,including my trailer are Victory Red. Dont know how that happened. Again welcome...Roger

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#50 Post by 8secondz » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:17 pm

highmy name is mark , i live in western ny and i too am addicted! i have a 85 z28 with a bb and true 10.5's, weighs in at 3550 and runs 8.70's@ 157and shorts a 1.26 . its lotts of fun and am glad to be here ! cant get my pic to work but heres a short vid. thanx !


http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.asp ... 6C216D6D29

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Your vid

#51 Post by MOKANRACER » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:24 am

Whoa...........WORKS for me.............

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#52 Post by John_Heard » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:22 am

Hey Mark, welcome to the forum - Nice Camaro!

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#53 Post by DriveWFO » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:40 am

8secondz wrote:highmy name is mark , i live in western ny and i too am addicted! i have a 85 z28 with a bb and true 10.5's, weighs in at 3550 and runs 8.70's@ 157and shorts a 1.26 . its lotts of fun and am glad to be here ! cant get my pic to work but heres a short vid. thanx !


http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.asp ... 6C216D6D29
BigDog, you signing up in every online forum this week?!?! :D

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#54 Post by nastynova » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:58 pm

Here are a couple of pics of 8secondz ride from the local track we race at.
Glad to see you could make it over! I'm still recovering from the 10.5 hr. drive we made last night to your headers!!!
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#55 Post by DRAG GTA » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:38 pm

Pretty new here, just thought I'd throw up a pic of the turd.
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Will be running in an 11.50 index class on motor this season and a manual trans bracket race. And I'll finally get to spray this thing for some fun runs too. :twisted:

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#56 Post by 10.5inches » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:06 pm

Hi my name is Ilya (Russian) and I live in Monty, AL. I don't race yet since I'm only 15 but I do work for a racer. Hopefully gettin my car in a couple of months so we can start work. Hoping to get a '70 nova or a '68 chevelle. Either-or, I'm hoping to put in a V8 427 just to get a slight hop off the start :D . Kinda a nice show car at school too... Well, I'm mainly here to learn and kinda brush up on cars so if I'm wrong about something, please corect me.
Real men do it with 10.5 inches...

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#57 Post by teagersnova » Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:16 pm

Hi My name is Russ and live in Dallas area and race the local 1/8 mile tracks. I have been working on my car for the last 2 years. The car is a 74 nova with a 468BBC with a Ron's flying toilet injection and a 2sp glide with a new 3500 tci converter and a A-1 transbrake. The rear is a 9" with 4.86 pro gear and strange spool and axels. I have just added a Big shot NOS kit looking for a ride of my life. The Car runs 6.17 1/8 @ 112mph looking for the 5's[img]http://racingjunkrides.com/view.image/299/632[/img]

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#58 Post by sc68z28 » Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:08 pm

Great site!!
My name is Bill. I have a very supportive, wonderful wife of 31 years.
Our only child [a girl] is now 25. I'm 52 and deep in a midlife crisis. I did some bracket racing back in the 70's, untill last year haven't even visited a drag strip.

I want to run my centrifugal supercharged, SBC, 68 Camaro in Pacific Street car 10.60 index class and do Summit racing Pro class bracket racing.

It's been to the track 3 times last year, for test & tune. On my 1st trip [out of the box] I ran a 10.70 then a 10.50 @ 130.

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68 Camaro, 380ci, Procharger, G-force 5 speed, EFI, 7" 2 disc clutch, best ET 8.69 @159
Best 60' vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OLzx5jBo4w

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#59 Post by nastynova » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:05 pm

sc68z28 wrote:Great site!!
My name is Bill. I have a very supportive, wonderful wife of 31 years.
Our only child [a girl] is now 25. I'm 52 and deep in a midlife crisis. I did some bracket racing back in the 70's, untill last year haven't even visited a drag strip.

I want to run my centrifugal supercharged, SBC, 68 Camaro in Pacific Street car 10.60 index class and do Summit racing Pro class bracket racing.

It's been to the track 3 times last year, for test & tune. On my 1st trip [out of the box] I ran a 10.70 then a 10.50 @ 130.

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Very nice ride! I dig the looks of that Camaro!! :D

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#60 Post by sc68z28 » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:40 pm

Thanks nastynova!

Now if mine would just launch, like your Nova does, in your avatar pic.
68 Camaro, 380ci, Procharger, G-force 5 speed, EFI, 7" 2 disc clutch, best ET 8.69 @159
Best 60' vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OLzx5jBo4w

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