[Shotimes] (OT) Bogus Chevy vs Ford show

[Donald Mallinson]

These reality race contest car shows are really bogus, but 
sometimes fun to watch.

Ron,  I agree, with pretty equal cars, the first 60' is 
where the race is won, but when the cars are a lot 
different, the first 60' may not be the deciding factor.

Example, I had a really fun three race match with a 62 Ford 
Galaxie at a nostalgia drags several years ago.  My 62 cat 
(389, 348 hP set-up with a bit hotter cam and headers) had 
slicks and 4.88 gears and was running 14.0's at about 103 or 
so mph.  My competition was a 62 Galaxie (about the same 
weight) with 390 with the 406 top end, he was probably at or 
near 400 hp (talking GROSS hp rating here).  He had dirt 
track style M/T sticky tires and could not launch hard.  He 
was running 14.0's but at about 106 or 107 mph.  He was 
making a lot more power than I was.

This was a fun match race that the announcer played up like 
we were somebody important, and we had a blast.  I would be 
2-3 car lengths ahead till I hit fourth gear and his HP 
started catching up.  As the ET indicated, we were neck and 
neck at the finish line. I won the first race, he won the 
second.  In the third, we both red lighted but I red lighted 
"less" so I won the event.  crowd went crazy and we were 
friends for quite a while.

All those rice racers that are FWD that don't use slicks and 
long wheelie bars to keep the front tires planted, make huge 
top end HP with juice and turbo's/blowers, but they don't 
60' very well.  They still win a lot of races.

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:

> Last night I caught the "Full Throttle" show on the History channel, which
> is similar to the "Great Biker Build-Off" type of show. They played it up as
> a big "Chevy vs Ford" challenge.
> 
> They took an early '70s El Camino and Ranchero with no engines, and built
> them for the big race.
> 
> They had a 383ci 450 HP Chevy engine, and the Ford had a 400ci 400 HP.
> 
> And....the Chevy had positraction, and the Ford didn't!!
> 
> The "plan" was that the Ford would catch & pass the Chevy at mid-track
> (BS!!.....apparently never heard of all the ET being made in the first
> 60'!!)).
> 
> Well, guess what?? The Chevy walked away from the Ford on the line and won
> the races!!!!!  DUH!!
> 
> What a load of crap!!
> 
> Ron Porter
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