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kingsburgphil
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« on: August 29, 2009, 00:13:27 am »
Anyone got any old rumors about race cars and how they were raced?  No names please, out of respect for the shiftless nere do well's lurking on this site.

Rumor; A certain Gas car in the 70's had a cable operated piece of metal/plastic just behind the front axle centerline. It was lowered when the car was staged. Advantage? You could leave early without breaking the beams. If your car was not a wheel stander and had low bodywork, it would be difficult to see.
 At tech the small panel would remain tucked into a narrow slit in the chassis, ready to drop down when needed. Just a rumor.  Grin 
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Bewitched666
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 19:40:22 pm »
Back years ago when i bought the ex Jack Sachatte's  pro stock car, guys in curacao said i had a small bottle of nitro hidden in de steering column. I laughed my ass off back then and still do when i think of it,was only a rumour of course.

But i never heard of any other Cool
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kingsburgphil
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 05:10:35 am »
Ok! How about another rumor from the 70's?

There was a certain race team that would leave a team jacket in the back of their car when it was on the scales.
Back at their pit they would remove the "hundred pound jacket" (45 kg.) from the car.

just a rumor!  Wink
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Bruce
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2009, 06:08:28 am »
Quote from: kingsburgphil on August 31, 2009, 05:10:35 am
"hundred pound jacket"
That one is from NASCAR.  Same goes for the lead lined helmet.
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Bewitched666
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 07:25:48 am »
Oh looking for 70's era rumours,well i wasnt into vw dubs back then,haha.
Will keep my ears open though.

Greets,
Stanford
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jick
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 20:42:51 pm »
lots of great stories here on this very subject....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162615&highlight=race+car+cheats
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Bewitched666
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2009, 07:11:01 am »
Nice stories there,haha,people are inventive i see Grin
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2009, 22:08:43 pm »
As taken from that thread on the Jalopy Journal:

"A buddy of mine bought the ex Dyno Don Prostock Pinto less less the engine. After putting our own 351 in it we went to fill it up with gas because we could see it was empty. As soon as we poured some in it ran out the filler tube. Turns out the filler tube unscrewed for the race gas to go in and the filler tube only held the gas that was to be teched. Now they require a petcock by the carbs to get a fuel sample"

Are they talking about "our" Dyno Don, the big cheat  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2009, 01:37:51 am »
Dyno Don Nicholson
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