Nope. That wasn't me. I'm runnin a flathead.
--- "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>
wrote:
> Hey Dick
>
> Not to pick on you, but I thought you were the
> guy who proposed a
> Nostalgia Class to encompass your 53 Stude ? I
> don't complain about the
> fact that you can duct air from under the car,
> to behind the rear window to
> make you go faster and stay safer in your ride,
> while I can't in my 68
> Firebird ! I think the SCTA has enough on its
> hands already without further
> segregating the classes into Vintage,
> Nostalgia, and Late Model. Our bad for
> choosing cars that aren't as slippery as a new
> Chrysler Concorde !
>
> Darrell @ BLACK RADON ENGINEERING
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick J [SMTP:lsr_man@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 1:36 PM
> To: John Beckett; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Electronics vs. old way Nastalgia
> class
>
> Gee, John, it ain't me. All I want is a place
> to
> race. I studied the rules, picked where I
> wanted
> to be, then I built (or am building)
> accordingly.
> I'm just happy to be on the track at all.
> I've
> got two flatheads, a hemi, a small block
> Chevy, a
> Harley, a teeny weeny rice burner, and a Dodge
> truck and I'm satisfied that there's already a
> class to run every one of these.
>
> --- John Beckett
> <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> wrote:
> > I think some people are still missing
> the
> > point. With a quick count
> > there are over 620 classes now on the
> > books...which includes all the
> > existing Vintage classes. And currently
> > Flathead Fords don't have to run 289
> > OHV Fords, Arduns don't have to run against
> > Hemi's and Buick straight
> > eight's don't run against Chevy V-8's now.
> So
> > what are we talking about? We
> > don't need to reinvent the wheel here guys.
> No
> > body is being excluded from
> > LSR.
> >
> > John Beckett
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
> > <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>;
> > land-speed@autox.team.net
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>;
> bbutters@dmi.net
> > <bbutters@dmi.net>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:48 AM
> > Subject: RE: Electronics vs. old way
> Nastalgia
> > class
> >
> >
> > >Doug, I think you're missing a subtle point
> > here.
> > > Those were the days when the greatest
> > >breakthrough in automotive history was one
> HP
> > per
> > >cubic inch. What are production cars doing
> > now 3
> > >1/2 or 4 or even more in decent rice
> burners
> > with
> > >variable cam timing etc? Some of us just
> want
> > to
> > >have a place for some of the vintage stuff
> to
> > >still have fun. I don't think a 300 inch
> > >flathead is going to fare too well against
> an
> > >electronic injected, computer ignitioned
> 302
> > >small block do you? Those old Ardun
> > conversions,
> > >finned aluminum flatheads, nail head
> Buicks,
> > >Y-block Fords with three deuces, 392 Hemis
> > with
> > >dual fours or Hilborns, and straight eight
> > Buicks
> > >ought to have a place to be showcased other
> > than
> > >in magazine articles and museums! Do I feel
> > >threatened - hell no, I'm going to run my
> > >flathead roadster anyway, but it sure
> doesn't
> > >have much of a chance against a 289 Cobra
> or a
> > >5.0 Mustang! But that doesn't mean I
> wouldn't
> > >like to have a place where I could still
> run
> > in a
> > >competetive race. Don't worry, the old
> timers
> > >will never threaten the mega buck, monster
> > cubic
> > >inch, electronically sparked, computer
> > controled
> > >cars. I'm sure you'll feel the pinch a
> little
> > >when your forhead gets longer and your belt
> > gets
> > >bigger and the jet turbine cars,
> anti-gravity
> > >crusers, and nuclear powered zillion mile
> per
> > >hour science fiction racers of the future
> > start
> > >to crowd your big block and every other
> > internal
> > >combustion engine into antiquity. If that
> new,
> > >leading edge, high tech stuff is what is
> most
> > >important, then NHRA, Indycar, and F-1
> events
> > >have a lot of it! I for one, would still
> like
> > to
> > >see old Novis, Alphas, and Offys run, but
> they
> > >can't share the track with modern stuff.
> In
> > LSR
> > >we race one at a time, so anything has a
> safe
> > >place on the track. There's room for all of
> us
> > in
> > >LSR and I hope it stays that way.
> > >
> > >
> > >--- dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com wrote:
> > >> youve got to be kidding- a nostalgia
> class.
> > a
> > >> car with electronic fuel
> > >> injection cant race against a car with
> > >> mechanical fuel injection? a car
> > >> with exhaust thermocouples cant race
> against
> > a
> > >> car without them ? a car
> > >> with an electronic rev limiter cant race
> > >> against a car without one? - this
> > >> is rediculous - are you guys that
> threatened
> > by
> > >> some electronics that you
> > >> cannot throw down and race against them?
> -
> > from
> > >> hearing about the
> > >> "nostalgia" days from my pop, these were
> the
> > >> days where you raced hardcore,
> > >> with what you had - street or drags- the
> > days
> > >> of the real heads up warriors
> > >> -not worried about what the other guy had
> > under
> > >> his hood ( oh, please
> > >> excuse me -i'm sorry - i cannot race you
> > >> because youve got a new 409 chevy)
> > >> -race to the death ! - victory !
> -none
> > of
> > >> this whining crap - if
> > >> the "nostalgia" method is so great - go
> out
> > and
> > >> show em and kick their a- -
> > >> es instead of sissifying this sport with
> a
> > new
>
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