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My Racin Days

Hot Rods and Circle Burners!!
So buckle up and kiss your driving record good-bye!!!
I reallllllly miss the jetboat racin the most even though I was scared to death :)

       
    
    
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Not a race car but it was one that I did a compleat restoration on.
1 Not a race car but it was one that I…
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Dusty Rhodes!! Yes that was his name.. He was a good friend that raced with us and when he was transfered to another base we took this car and turned it into the first 37 that ended up side down But we won the championship with it...
2 Dusty Rhodes!! Yes that was his name…
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Top View
3 Top View
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Crew Chief Scotty
4 Crew Chief Scotty
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We had just won our second championship. The other car that is crashed is the #37 before this one. That crash was on the last night of out first championship. Needless to say that we didn't race it after that!! So we built this car
5 We had just won our second champions…
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First 37
6 First 37
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The crew after a bad last night at the races. BUT we won the championship!!!!
7 The crew after a bad last night at t…
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This is how the car ended up! WASTED!!!! But Ted was OK :)
8 This is how the car ended up! WASTED…
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This was a shot of the front of the car. The motor is being held in by one motor mount bolt. It broke the transmission of off the motor. Ted didn't get one scratch.... Even back then there was a high standard for safety.
9 This was a shot of the front of the …
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Watchin the races
10 Watchin the races
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BE There!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11 BE There!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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San Antonio Trophy Dash Win
12 San Antonio Trophy Dash Win
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San Antonio Win
13 San Antonio Win
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When the guy from Car Craft came and did the article he was amazed at the tightness of the car, no rattles, and it actually rode nice. We spent six months building the car and Carty ended up signing the title over to his son because of a agreement(between
14 When the guy from Car Craft came and…
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532cid
15 532cid
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We ended up putting a stroked 454 in it and Crocker is putting the ford emblems on it so the ford fans would think it was a ford ;)
16 We ended up putting a stroked 454 in…
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Texas T Bird Painted 2
17 Texas T Bird Painted 2
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This is what we ended up painting it. Oh by the way the initial cost to the owner was $67,000.00. The paint job was included :)
18 This is what we ended up painting it…
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Texas T Bird (This is a car that I help build for a Texas millionair... It was a street legal 10 second race car...)
19 Texas T Bird (This is a car that I h…
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Texas T Bird (Kinda cool that it got into the little insert thingy's...)
20 Texas T Bird (Kinda cool that it got…
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Unfinished Business was always the winner of the wheelie contest!!!!
21 Unfinished Business was always the w…
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Another one that I had some fun with..
22 Another one that I had some fun with…
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Jet at Night
23 Jet at Night
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Another race vehicle that I worked on. Probably the fastest one too! It did the 1/4 mile speed at over 300 mph. Soon after this run speeds of over 300 mph were banned :(
24 Another race vehicle that I worked o…
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You can't see the drivers to good but they are wearing sacks over their heads. Noooo! Their not that ugly:) This was a way of giving tribute to a blind spectator that wanted to race just once before he died. He got his wish..
25 You can't see the drivers to good bu…
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This happy fellow is Steve Evens. He was the best friend I ever had in racin :)
26 This happy fellow is Steve Evens. He…
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I had lots of help!
27 I had lots of help!
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I think this says it all. After this car I was hooked...
28 I think this says it all. After this…
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If you look up river in the upper left you can see what we are heading into. More ROCK'S........(we missed em all)
29 If you look up river in the upper le…
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This is a shot at the boat show that they have before the races! The boats and gear have to be inspected before each race...
30 This is a shot at the boat show that…
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In this kind of racin we was always Flirtin with Disaster
31 In this kind of racin we was always …
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Wild Thang 101
32 Wild Thang 101
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Fishing boat kinda! Actually it "WAS" my race boat.We raced on rivers that fish didn't even swim in :) CHUCK Laird was the driver and I was the "navigator". Actually, I just hung on and prayed a lot :)
33 Fishing boat kinda! Actually it "WAS…
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Boat101c
34 Boat101c
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Rouge River Pass
35 Rouge River Pass
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The Rouge River
36 The Rouge River
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Duck!!!! This was downtown Grants Pass. You had to watch out for those ducks. The day before a driver was struck by one. It knocked him out and broke his helment. The navigator got the boat stopped safely. When you are going over 100 mph it is hard to see
37 Duck!!!! This was downtown Grants Pa…
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Green Flag Drops
38 Green Flag Drops
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The Boat Commin At Ya!!!!!
39 The Boat Commin At Ya!!!!!
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Chuck and I at the boat show.
40 Chuck and I at the boat show.
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Hi! Mom
41 Hi! Mom
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This was the first time I was in a race. I had spent about 15 mins in the seat testing before this race. I guess you could say I was having a good time :)
42 This was the first time I was in a r…
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