[Shotimes] Slightly OT : World Street Nationals

[Ransom T Holbrook]

Wouldn't be all obvious except allot of the cars had wheelie bars, open
headers, and such.  They even showed some "tube" cars ...

My 2 cents worth is if it doesn't run on pump gas it ain't a street machine
...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Shotimes '" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Slightly OT : World Street Nationals


> Not really. Back in the late '70s, when they used to have the "Quickest
> Street Machine Shootout", or whatever it was called at the time (and the
one
> that Jimmy Addison and the Silver Bullet won for a few years....come to
the
> Dream Cruise, the Silver Bullet is there!!), they instituted the
requirement
> that the cars had to drive something like 25-30 miles to the track, rather
> than the "trailer job" that many folks did for "street machines" even back
> then.
>
> Obviously, these cars have always been quasi-legal, with "very" temporary
> things put on them to be "legal" to be on the road. I would suspect that
> part of the reason for the escort was to protect them, and keep traffic
> clear. Another issue is that what's legal in KY or TX or MI may not be
legal
> in FL.
>
> FWIW, as long as a car seems to be legal for the obvious stuff, it's OK
with
> me. I think it is important for the cars to drive some miles to the track,
> though, just to show that they can do it!!
>
> Ron Porter
>
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> Subject: [Shotimes] Slightly OT : World Street Nationals
>
>
> Good Lord, does anyone else see a problem with this ?
>
> Just watching Horsepower TV, they are doing a show on the "World Street
> Nationals" held in Orlando ... subtitled, "Who's got the fastest Street
> Car".
>
> When the show started they explained that the cars would drive from the
> convention center to the drag strip .. excorted by the police because the
> vast majority of the cars were NOT street legal!!
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