Saturday Night Racer - If you could drive 1 pavement short track car?

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If you could drive 1 pavement short track car?
05/14/10 at 5:18am

If you could drive one of these short track pavement cars, which one would it be??

Supermodified
360 Supermodified
Nascar Modified
Grand American Modified
410 Winged Sprint
360 0r 305 Winged Sprint
410/360 Non-wing Sprint
Outlaw Late Model
Late Model
Street Stock
Mini-stock
Midget
Mini-sprint
Micro-sprint
Northeast Big-block/358 Modified
Hobby Stock

Many choices.

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18racr LMR God Offline We have a Fraud in the White House. Posts: 2848	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #1 - 05/14/10 at 6:07am I would race the cars like whats on MADHOUSE,think they are nascar modifieds?,,bad ass fun
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ka_jd7and1 LMR God Offline Posts: 1052 Bakersfield, CA	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #2 - 05/14/10 at 7:15am It would have to be a Grand American modified, and it would have to be on a 1/2 mile. I always loved watching those run Mesa Marin.
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sj_valley_dave LMR God Offline Love the smell of nitro in the air Posts: 1700	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #3 - 05/14/10 at 11:41am Without a doubt, a 850 hp 410" 70% left side weight Supermodified at either the 1/2 mile in Irwindale or the mile in Phoenix!
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Late_Model_Mark LMR God Offline Red Clay Report Posts: 2497	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #4 - 05/14/10 at 1:37pm My choice would be a Supermodified. Couple of tracks to burn rubber with a Super, Winchester, Toledo, and especially Oswego. Late Model Mark The Supermodified Report...LOL
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short track fan LMR Member Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 207	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #5 - 05/14/10 at 1:59pm Hands down it would have to a super modified on any track.Ask Kenny shepherd about his ride inone at Altamont speedway.Took a week for the grin to wear off Dean Gray
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Reply #6 - 05/14/10 at 2:21pm

Ray Myers #83 (above pic is SM I believe)

1979 I was a 16 yr old kid, and got to drive my dad's "PRO STOCK" as they called them in Bakersfield- back when it was Asphalt 1/4 mile.

To me that was one of the biggest kicks I ever had.

Ran the same car at SMS twice that year...it just wasn't the same to me... I LOVE WATCHING dirt racing - but I liked driving pavement better. (ALWAYS wanted to drive on a road course too)

I have always thought the old Saugus Speedway with it's off cambered corners would have been a kick in an old Southwest Tour car, or maybe the old Craigs Road Speedway (same type of Car) in Vegas.

A "MODIFIED" with the motor all layed down and them huge ol wide tires...now that could have been fun too, but I'd think 1/2 mile be best for that, over a 1/4 or 3/8's mile bullring.

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Reply #7 - 05/14/10 at 4:51pm

sj_valley_dave wrote on 05/14/10 at 11:41am:

Without a doubt, a 850 hp 410" 70% left side weight Supermodified at either the 1/2 mile in Irwindale or the mile in Phoenix!

You people are out of your minds if you want to race a Super at Irwindale or Phoenix! I have been in a 360 Modified at Madera and Mesa Marin and both places scared the you know what out of me. I'll take the dirt and the feeling of safety over that anyday.

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Reply #9 - 05/14/10 at 7:42pm

Supers at Mesa where actually pretty stable before the suface went away. I'dale is a blast because it has so many grooves the lower tier cars can stay somewhat aggresive and fast guys don't have to check up to get around them. PIR should ask for a financial statement from some super guys before going through tech. That place will find the weak spots in any car quickly...not a track for the underfunded. Trust me.

Me? I'd like to try a Crown car at Milwaukie or "swego...big history at those places with the Champers.

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Reply #10 - 05/14/10 at 8:46pm

Oddly enough, I always thought a road race course would be a kick in the butt in something like a ASA or S/W tour type car. There isn't a bone in my body that wants to go two gazillion mph into a turn and hope all the welds hold in something as crazy as a super mod. Fun to watch but usually don't race very well. Watched them at Mesa once, they were bad fast, but it was a train race.

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Reply #11 - 05/14/10 at 9:05pm

mudslinger47 wrote on 05/14/10 at 8:46pm:

Oddly enough, I always thought a road race course would be a kick in the butt in something like a ASA or S/W tour type car. There isn't a bone in my body that wants to go two gazillion mph into a turn and hope all the welds hold in something as crazy as a super mod. Fun to watch but usually don't race very well. Watched them at Mesa once, they were bad fast, but it was a train race.

Duane

Like your choice on the road race deal. And you are right, sadly the west coast supers have turned into a exhibition. Check out Youtube "Irwindale 1,2, and 3" to see how good it once was. Hopefully the SMRA franchise program will bring the cars back at Vegas. And if you ever get chance to see the east coast versions, ISMA and Oswego are really racey. Mucho more parity in the rules with the mandated BBC. I've seen guys stuck in the b-main Friday night and win Saturday.

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Steve Curtis LMR God Offline www.raceimages. net/ Posts: 721 CA	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #12 - 05/14/10 at 9:19pm I have stood in turn 1 at Oswego and turn 1 at Anderson for the Little 500. Just for the pure rush of it I would love to take a ISMA super into turn 1 at Oswego, but I would love to see how insane it is to be midpack at the start of the Little 500.
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Steve Curtis LMR God Offline www.raceimages. net/ Posts: 721 CA	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #13 - 05/14/10 at 9:21pm Hey Rodney, did I meet you at the ISMA show at Toledo a few years back? You weren't the guy who arrived late after towing all the way from California with a open trailer?
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Rodney LMR God Offline Posts: 717	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #14 - 05/14/10 at 9:24pm The Little 5...another bucket lister.
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imracin68j LMR God Offline Do the impossible Posts: 6228	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #15 - 05/14/10 at 9:29pm This car toured asphalt tracks and was used in exhibition sessions to try and break the track records which it did a lot. The car ended up getting destroyed in one qualifying session. Probably handled bad a$$ while it was around.
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Reply #16 - 05/14/10 at 9:34pm

Steve Curtis wrote on 05/14/10 at 9:21pm:

Hey Rodney, did I meet you at the ISMA show at Toledo a few years back? You weren't the guy who arrived late after towing all the way from California with a open trailer?

Hey! Yep that would be me. Kept trying to figure why you sounded familar. I was'nt planning on running that night. I was taking that thing some where to get some work done. Still had alot of fun that summer but the reality is the car we bought from Howie needed more attention than I could give it on the road so we bailed. Hope you are doing ok.

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Steve Curtis LMR God Offline www.raceimages. net/ Posts: 721 CA	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #17 - 05/14/10 at 9:35pm Randy Sweet at Kalamazoo....... Insane!!
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Reply #18 - 05/14/10 at 9:41pm

Couple of videos for you guys,

This one is a heat race at Oswego without the wing. You need to fast forward to about the 4 minute mark before the race starts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcNISTembfc

On board at Sandusky, you get to see how the ISMA style wing works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZwxQRd3a4

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Late_Model_Mark LMR God Offline Red Clay Report Posts: 2497	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #19 - 05/17/10 at 6:24am How bout the late and very great Jim Shampine and his mid-engine 4-wheel drive Super that smoked the boys for a very short time before a rule change put the kabosh on that deal. Hard core that stuff was back then. Late Model Mark
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Reply #20 - 05/17/10 at 1:44pm

Late_Model_Mark wrote on 05/17/10 at 6:24am:

How bout the late and very great Jim Shampine and his mid-engine 4-wheel drive Super that smoked the boys for a very short time before a rule change put the kabosh on that deal. Hard core that stuff was back then.
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And as quick as his cars were, they where still nothing more than a better mouse trap built with the same materials as the the others. It's always been less expensive to throw ideas at the tubing bender than money at a engine. I think the powers that be over-reacted.

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Late_Model_Mark LMR God Offline Red Clay Report Posts: 2497	Re: If you could drive 1 pavement short track car? Reply #21 - 05/17/10 at 4:35pm I fully agree. Late Model Mark
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