Everyone add your Season Greetings and wishes to everyone here--it could get a great string going for the holidays-------------------------------------------------------------------------------memories
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all ------Tony Stewart style
Tim sir,you have a way of growing on a person with your words,sometimes of wit,others of feeling,or humor but always with that unique drawl of southern hospitality. Yes I will be on hand to enjoy the show,and I know its not the last but only a reminder of another great year in racers Reunion history.
You are known in the media world as a person who spell bounds your audience with a taste of whats to come up front but delays the idea till the end to draw a captive audience. Rave on my hero for I for one will be there to be a sponge and soak up the outpouring of interesting matter you wish to share!!!!-------------------------memories
I tried the drag slicks and even grooved them your way but did they ever wear out quick. A retread place in Macon put 2 molds together and started making a tire that worked real good on red clay when wet. As it dried you moved up chasing the moisture. Then a retread co in south ga put a tire out that was good on the sandier tracks so then we had something that was usable. The pavement tires were around but I never could get them to hook up. Some others used them but I drove a coupe for a farmer out of Pinhurst Ga and he had pavement tires on it. the motor screamed all the time because of the lack of traction. Heck I was sideways most of the time working it in the soft stuff hunting grip. If a track ever hardened up it would fly. I moved over to drive for Wayne Dawson the next year and someone stuffed the coupe in the wall totaling it. We juggled tires around till things worked----Somebody put a name to what we were doing later on (called it stagger).
When we built a car it was put in a twist before any bars were put in it,now they jig one --piece of cake now they say. but our cars didnt look like the left rear was going to run up under the car when the power was applied.
A lot of drivers did not know the secrets of some of the great drivers back in the day--given that thought a driver would hunt on the track where the best groove is then back up and start learning how far he can go before he is in to deep and it steps out on him--alas he just learnt something--what if i just induce this stepout early in the turn and apply power to catch the flow.. isnt that called a drift ????
There is a photo thats been recently posted of a 55 Chevy thats got a defined push going on. Maybe you seasoned guys would care to go look at it and give your best guess on what to do to this car----Now mind you this is in the early 60's now and money is tight, parts are old school and you want to race.
What would you do or how would you drive this car. THe car is #91 and it was uploaded by Tim Bruner.
Not to start anything ----B U T--- there is a photo just uploaded of a cool modified #T5 a date is on the photo but where was it taken,who is the driver,what is the name of the track and what series was it in...... Not all of those will always be known but tell what ya know so us dummies that want to know more can digest the complete photo---------------------------------------------------memories
My favorite car of all I had--she was almost bullet proof. and survived many a place i planted her in a race...Oh to have her again
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The tried and proven Shoe box style of cars from the 55-56-57 range were the choice I would love to see ran again. Just think if Nascar were to revert back to its "Younger years of racing" what great races you would see and at speeds you could actually see the cars in their own form,not in a train and each look like the other sans the paint scheme applied
