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Re: Help break the SCTA myth

To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Help break the SCTA myth
From: jkamo@rushmore.com
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:20:05 -0600
thats cool Dick,  what vehicle were ya runnin 
at the time for the carb change??

Joe :)


Quoting Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>:

> The myth of  "The Golden Boys" is just that, a myth.  When I first started
> racing, some old gray haired guy (yeah, even older than me) walked by as I
> was trying to sort out my motor after my very first run.  "Carb acting up,
> eh?  He asked."  To which I affirmed his analysis.  "You never will get it
> right with that thing on there."  was his answer as he walked away.  
>    
>   A few minutes later, a little boy came up to me with a carburetor in his
> hand.  He told me I was supposed to bring it back to "that van over there"
> when I was done racing.  After an afternoon of flawless runs with the
> borrowed carburetor, I returned it to the van.  It wasn't until an hour or
> two later that I found out that the late Don Vesco had loaned me a
> carburetor.  I figure you can't get too much more "golden" than that!
>    
>   Since that incident, I have had several more repeats of nearly the same
> story, only with other "Golden Boys". 
>    
>   DickJ
>   In East Texas
> 
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