Please...old timers, give us some really hard core Nabisco street racing storys!
SOB/RFH:
I see they are tearing up the Nabisco factory and it was closed some time ago. I remeber cruising by it in Mark Herberts Buick T-top....sort of flashed by and on we went but I am curios on what happend over the years it was "the very local raceway".
So please fill in with NA cars beating V8's and the 4 cylinder turbo terrors of the 80's!!!
Bill Schwimmer:
I raced there 2 times in my' 55 in about '87. My "street car" was basically a b/mc with a muffler & license plates. 78x90.5,Fumio 42x37.5 heads FK89 13:1 comp, 4:86 r&p real BRMs ect. The 1st time I raced was against a '67 bug that had gone 11:70's with a stinger @ Carlsbad. We raced heads up & he gave me the move , because I had a muffler & cooling tin .It was for $100. We lined up & left & it was wheelstand city all over the place for both cars. The spectators said we were both all over the place. I never even paid attention to where the other guy was I was just trying to get my car straight. It was going ok the top of 2nd & I put it in 3rd & hit something slick & I was sideways for a really long time thru 3rd. I really thought I was in trouble & thought I was going to crash,but it never dug in the tire. If it did I would have been on my head for sure...I plugged it in 4th & got it straight & crossed the finish line.I never saw the other guy till the very end & it was so close we did'nt know who won until we got back to the spectators to find out. I won that one..
The other time I was racing a guy named Vince Harry he was Jack Sacchete's crew chief @ the time, He was riding some Yamaha superbike & I knew nothing about motorcycles. He gave me 6 cars out & the move,So I figured he would have to run in the 10's to beat me .Vince weighed about 300 lbs so I figured this wasn't going to happen. We lined them up & left & it was in the winter @ night & my car would go about 9300 rpm thru the gears & was really flying.I pulled it into 4th & there he was right next to me & he went right around me like I was parked. I think that was for $100 or $200 that time.
Vince died in '92 while street racing his 9 sec turbo beetle. Street racing was pretty much how he made a living.
Its fun to talk about the old days, but I would'nt want to relive them... Bill
Rick Meredith:
Hey Bill, were you there the night after one of the rallies where Mike Martinez ran his black chop top against some guy in a buggy? I remember a bunch of of us hanging out then the cops came and everyone scattered.
Rick
SOB/RFH:
Wow!! That's great Bill!!!! Inspireing and enterteining!! Racing can be dangerous....but ohhh so fun!! Was it Vince that got hit by a V8 car and later shown on TV? I remeber a racer over here in sweden telling me that story and also how the scene got attracted by criminal elements with guns! Scary!! Must have been around that time.
Rick. Martinezes top chop is a favorite of all time. Let's here the story. Don't keep us out. Guess all "The Head Shop" guys were in to street racing? I have heard the story of the Super beetle vs the Berg car :)
Anyone else to fill in on the glory days!
Lee.C:
AWSOME story Bill and at 9300 it must have sounded AMAZING ;D 8)
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