[Shotimes] Slightly OT : World Street Nationals

[Ron Porter]

I would guess about all were on pump gas. In the Street Machine runs I've
seen over the years, pump gas is one of the requirements. FWIW, there are
stations around here that sell the leaded & unleaded race gas at a regular
pump.

Wheelie bars, open headers, yeah, we see that around here on about any
cruise night you wanna pick. Also, there are a lot of tubbed-out "Pro
Street" type cars running around. Well, "a lot" is relative, but there's
more folks building them than I would have thought before I moved back up
here.

Need to get to the big city more often, Ransom!!  ;-)

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Ransom T Holbrook [mailto:ransom@setel.com]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 11:51 AM
To: Ron Porter; 'Shotimes '
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Slightly OT : World Street Nationals


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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ransom T Holbrook
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 12:36 PM
> To: 'Shotimes '
> 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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