All Entries in the "Racing" Category
David Pearson Street Legal NASCAR
Harlow and his Purolator #21.
We love these street legal race cars! Some are real race cars converted over to be driven on the street and provide a wild ride. I did this way back when with a 1965 Corvette dragster that had all aluminum interior, straight axles front and rear plus a 500HP+ 454. Others [...]
1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler History
This is a continuation of our history of the Ford Talladega, Mercury Spoiler/Spoiler II
1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Cale Yarborough Special 428 CJ Ram Air
As you may remember, Ford had to build 500 Talladegas to get the body modifications authorized for the track; this was also true with the Spoiler IIs. There was an urgency to [...]
1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and Spoiler II History
When Ford began running its Special Order of 1969 Torino Talladegas the Product Development Group over at Mercury wanted its own version of the NASCAR Aero “Going Thing”. By” Rick Ochs and Richard Fleener
In a 1969 intra company letter sent to the Production Development Group at Mercury, Ford spelled out what changes were made to [...]
Top Ten NASCAR Recommendations
By: Richard Fleener
I am no one special. I have never raced a NASCAR, owned a team, been a sponsor or even stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. However, I have been a fan of the sport since I can remember. The first NASCAR race I ever saw was in bits and pieces and televised on [...]
Richard Petty NASCAR King
When you talk of the King around race folks most will know you mean Richard “The King” Petty. He won 200 NASCAR races and raced back when the racers bought their cars off the show room and hauled them to the track on a small car trailer behind a pickup much like a dirt track [...]
Smokey Yunick
There are a number of pages on our site devoted to the Legend of Smokey Yunick. We will continue to add pages and information as we find it and as we discover more of his cars and inventions. Today we just added a Feature Car page under Race Cars devoted to a couple of his [...]
Trans Am Racing Series History on DVD
When you think of watching a DVD you usually don’t think of history or cars. However, I have a DVD for you that will make you want to delay that trip out to the garage. You will want to sit down in front of the flat screen and pop this sucker into the DVD player [...]
Lowering your car the hard way!
In 1969 Ford wanted to lower its Talladega and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II race cars so they would corner better and have less aerodynamic drag. However, NASCAR had strict rules about how low the car could be. The officials measured from the bottom of the rocker panel to the race track surface. The light bulb [...]
NASCAR Plymouth Supberbird, Ramo Stott
The Plymouth Superbird is a car you will never forget once you see it. If you ever saw it on the race track there was nothing like it…well, other than the Dodge Daytona! Even when it was on the smaller ovals out in the Midwest in 1970-71 it was a site to behold.
Ramo Stott owned [...]
Aero Cars on Track at Talladega
By: Richard Fleener
This is the last post on the 40th Reunion of the Aero Warriors at the Talladega Super Speedway. The Dodge Daytons, Plymouth Superbirds, Ford Talladegas, Charger 500s and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler IIs all got their chance to recreate that magical time back in 1969 when Stock Cars were Stock Cars and race drives [...]
Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird Club at Talladega 40th Reunion
By: Richard Fleener
Katrina and I just returned from four fabulous days of playing with our Ford Talladega and a bunch of terrific Mopar and Blue Oval folks at Talladega! We have a long list of stories to tell and nearly a 1,000 photos plus videos to sort through.
We will be posting stories, Feature Cars and [...]
Vintage Racing Darlington Historical Racing Festival
If you are tired of the same old NASCAR boring all look alike cars it is time for you to go to a Vintage Racing event. If you are new to NASCAR or IRL or any other form of motor sport you need to take in a vintage racing event. Doesn’t matter if it is [...]
Dirt Track Racing at its best.
Check out the hay field behind the track. This facility is inside the City limits of Oskaloosa. Three cheers for the citizens of “Osky” for letting this continue and no complaints about the noise or the dirt.
f you want to get up close to racing and have some fun check out your nearest dirt [...]
NASCAR Drivers’ Meeting Camping World Trucks
We have been watching Rod Hornaday race for a very long time, ever since he drove in the Winston West Series on the west coast. He has always been a hard charger and it was great to see him win a Sam Bass Guitar at Nashville.
In yesterday’s post we gave you a recording of the [...]
Sam Bass Guitar; Nashville Speedway
I am sure you have heard all about what punk Kyle Busch did to the beautiful Sam Bass Guitar trophy immediately after the Nationwide race at Nashville. If you haven’t, he smashed it on stage to the horror of most people present.
This past weekend the Camping World Trucks were in Nashville for their annual [...]
World of Outlaws Race Car
If you have never had the opportunity to take in a World of Outlaws race or have never been to a dirt track in the mid-west here is a video for you. It is an exhibition run of a World of Outlaws race car at the famed half mile dirt track at the Southern Iowa [...]
Roush Yates Performance NASCAR Parts now for everyone!
Just received this News Release from Roush Yates Perf Parts and thought some of you racers out there might just be interested.
For Immediate Release
A new initiative from Roush Yates brings amazing value to all Ford racers
Mooresville, NC: Have you ever wondered where all the surplus Ford engine and chassis parts go from the various NASCAR [...]
NASCAR Drivers’ Meeting
Have you ever wanted to attend a NASCAR drivers’ meeting before the big race? Well now is your chance. I am afraid I can’t send you to a drivers’ meeting but I can do the next best thing. I video recorded an entire drivers’ meeting and it is on our site for you to see [...]
Need a Gift for Father’s Day? Here is an idea!
Dear Shifty,
Father’s Day is coming up real soon and I have no idea what to get my Dad. He is really into cars. He goes to all the cruise-ins and muscle car shows. He has an old hot rod he has been working on for years. It has no paint on it that you can [...]
Highlight of the Memphis Super Chevy Drags 2009
Here is our last video of the Memphis 2009 Super Chevy Drags. Also check out our other videos from the Monster Mopar Weekend and Good Guys Nostalgia Nationals.
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Jet Dragster, Memphis Super Chevy Show
If you have never seen a pair of jet dragsters face off on a drag strip put it on your to do list. In the meantime you can take a look at this video shot at the Memphis Super Chevy Show and get a small idea of what you are missing.
Just think what it must [...]
Dodge Daytona, Plymouth Superbird, Ford Talladega, Mercrury Spoiler II Back at Talladega!
The 1969 and 1970 aero cars from Dodge, Plymouth, Ford and Mercury are returning to Talladega!
You will not want to miss this.
On November 1, 2009 the Talladega Superspeedway will welcome arguably, the most talked about stock cars in NASCAR history. The Daytona Superbird Auto Club will be hosting its 40th Reunion at the world famous [...]
Mini Van 1/4 Mile Wheel Stand
Here is another video from the 2009 Memphis Super Chevy Show. This one shows you on a 1/4 mile long wheel standing minivan.
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Super Chevy Show, Drag Races 2009
The rain really put the drag racers in their trailers. It seemed as soon as the track was dry it was a signal for the rain to start. In fact on Sunday when a few racers did get on the track the mops came out to dry the track from a weeping crack at the [...]
Let’s Go Racing!
This is toooooo coooool. Check out the nose of Jamie Land’s Modified race car! You will remember Jamie as the guy who sold the Radical Rat Rod to Paul Tracy. Jamie is also into fast race cars and dirt tracks (my kind of guy). He just finished his new car and is ready to race.
To [...]
Riverside International Raceway Museum
In the mid 80s when I moved to Southern California the first thing I did was get season tickets to Riverside. It was a shrine for me. I grew up seeing it in movies and reading about it in magazines and watching races on TV. Within a few years I had my perfect season tickets [...]
IRL Testing at Homestead
In late February we visited the IRL testing at Homestead Florida. It was our first visit to this facility and it certainly will not be our last. We had never given the track much thought because it is so far from almost everyone but it is a terrific facility. You can see the entire track [...]
Benny Parson’s 1969 Ford Talladega ARCA Race Car
We have just posted another terrific Feature Car. This one is owned by Barry Miller and is an actual 1968/1969 Holman and Moody.
It was the Pole Winner at Daytona in February 1968 at a speed of 179.459 MPH. It led the ARCA 300 for 25 laps until crashing and finishing 22nd. It was one of [...]
1969 Talladega Tribute to Benny Parsons Video and Photos
We just put up a new Feature Car that is very special. It is a tribute to NASCAR legend, Benny Parsons. The video below will give you an idea of what you will see on the Feature Car page. It is a Boss 429 powered street car built for the race track by Rick D. [...]
NASCAR? Don’t Even Miss it!
If you are like me I am not even missing NASCAR on TV. All I watched this season was the first few laps, went out in the garage, turned on the radio and listened to music. Then I went back in the house fast forwarded the DVR to the end of the race and watched [...]
1969 Dodge Daytona, pick-a-pair; Photos and More
If you like the winged cars from Chrysler you have to check out our Feature Car page and the TWO 1969 Dodge Daytonas we have there. These were photographed at the 2008 Monster Mopar Weekend in St. Louis earlier this year. These cars represent the Dodge warriors that hit the NASCAR race tracks in 1969 [...]
Is NASCAR getting the Message?
Katrina and I used to go to 5 or 6 CUP races every year. This year we went to 1 and we don’t watch but a couple of them live on TV. Most likely won’t go to any CUP races in 2009. Why? They are boring and the cars are not stock cars. [...]
Good Guys Nostalgia Nationals Drag Race and Show Video and Photos, Bowling Green, KY 2008
Last weekend we went to the first ever GoodGuys Nostalgia Nationals in Bowling Green, KY. Not just a car show, not just drag races, not a cruise, not just a swap meet, not just a car coral; IT’S ALL OF THAT! You know when someone says GoodGuys it means class; you know it means hot [...]
NASCAR Does One Thing Right; Trucks
I complain about NASCAR a lot but we still go to some races and watch the beginning and ending of others on TV if it is raining outside. The one exception, the Craftsman Truck races. I still wonder why more fans haven’t taken the trucks. I went to the very first Trucks points race [...]
$.36 a Gallon Gas and Stock Cars built from Stock Cars
It was 1969. The Stones, “Honky Tonk Woman” was one of the top ten songs along with “Get Back,” by The Beatles and “Sugar, Sugar,” by the Archies. Richard Nixon was President, a house could be bought for $40,000.00. Milk was $1.26 and gas 36 cents a gallon! A postage stamp cost $0.06 and the [...]
New NASCAR Really Sucks!!
In the last post I was ranting about NASCAR and wishing for the good old days. You know what, after the Brickyard 400 and drivers getting 25 miles on a set of tires I just give up. Brian France you win. Take NASCAR any where you want to take it, and make sure you take [...]
Today’s NASCAR Sucks
Is a New Trend Emerging?
About a week ago I posted some photos and videos of the Racers’ Reunion event at Music City Speedway in Nashville. Katrina and I had a great time and wanted to share this experience with others who could not make it. I have never had such a great response [...]
Racers Reunion, NASCAR the way it was, the way it Should Be!
Racers Reunion Inaugural Event
July 18, 2998 Nashville Music Speedway
Take your NASCAR Sprint Cup and keep it on ESPN or where ever it is this weekend I want another Racers Reunion! For all you folks fed up with the goody goody boys in NASCAR and the template built all look a like race cars the [...]
Cale Yarborough the Music Video!
You have to check this out if you love NASCAR or Cale Yarborough. Our car is even featured in this! Sit back turn up the volume and enjoy this. You will want to watch this more than once. It is real old school.
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IRL Indy Cars at Nashville; Scott Dixon Made a Mistake, Got Wet and Won
Indy Car Racing is back! The split between IRL and Cart was terrible. It took Indy Car racing from the top to almost killing it. NASCAR was a second rate series until the split. We just got back from the Nashville race and it was a disappointment. Last year we didn’t get to see one [...]
Morgan Shepard you are my Hero; NASCAR Nationwide at Nashville 6/7/2008
We just returned from the NASCAR Nationwide Series Federated Auto Parts 300 presented by Dollar General at Nashville Superspeedway on June 7, 2008 in Lebanon, Tennessee. It was a very hot day and the racing was very good.
It was a slow start with the hot sun out but when the sun went down the drivers [...]
Kyle Busch and his “little shrub hugger” fan
Dear Shifty,
I think your name is a typo, there shouldn’t be a “f” in your name! You don’t like him because he is young and a better driver than his Champion team mate Tony Stewart. I like Kyle Busch. I think he has more talent in his little finger than all the other NASCAR drivers [...]
What you need to know to see a NASCAR race.
Dear Shifty;
My boyfriend invited me to a NASCAR race but I am not sure what to expect. I know nothing about NASCAR. I want to go, so what do I do, what do I wear and what should I know before I go?
Signed
Fast but no Racer.
Dear Fast but no Racer:
Your boyfriend sounds like a good [...]
