Any Racing Fans?

[LUX Vaporer]

Just curious... I am helping Al Unser Jr with a project. Let me know what you think. Check out Al Unser Jr. Charity Auction

The winner gets a seat in the first ever Al Unser Racing Clinic to Fight Paralysis. Spend time in the classroom and behind the wheel with Al, Al III and Miranda Throckmorton. Drive a real race car. Even get a couple of Hot laps with Little Al, in a high-performance supercar at speeds over 180 MPH.

Any racing fans dream.... Available to all of North America, EU, AUS and NZ racing fans.

If you like what you see, please spread the word and help Al Jr win the fight against Paralysis.

Feedback or questions are always appreciated.


Thanks,

Adam G

 

[LUX Vaporer]

OK... Let's try a different approach... It's my first attempt at videos. Some think they work and some think they're great.

You guys don't know me from .... So... No sugar coating please.

Go ahead... Make my day

 

[LUX Vaporer]

Oh well... I guess no fans... Bummer

 

[BigJimW]

I'm a NASCAR fan myself. I had the chance to take a stock car around Charlotte Motor Speedway back in the mid 90's during the Richard Petty Racing Experience. It was a wild ride. 8-o

 

[LUX Vaporer]

I'm a NASCAR fan myself. I had the chance to take a stock car around Charlotte Motor Speedway back in the mid 90's during the Richard Petty Racing Experience. It was a wild ride. 8-o

Big Jim,

What a pleasant surprise... Now were talking... So you know what it's like to get on that track. That's sick! I may have my chance in July. I'm looking forward to it.

Al Unser Jr is a true champion and it's an honor to work with the guy. Go check out the site and enter... You just may win.

Thanks for taking the time...

Adam G

 

[VictorySpeedway]

I'm a fan of local grass roots dirt track racing. I am fortunate to be within an hour of the oldest continuously operating dirt track in the U.S., and one of the oldest racing surfaces in the world - Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY.

I'm the track historian, and as active as I can be as a fan.

(Shameless plug warning) Victory Speedway , a short history of our beloved speedway.

Anyone in the NY Metro Area who thinks they might enjoy a night at the races is cordially invited to spend an evening with our local heroes.

Since smoking in the grandstands was outlawed a few years ago, I look forward to vaping to my heart's content this season.

 

[Chanel]

I'm a NASCAR fan and Tony Stewart supporter.
I recently wrote about the Talladege racetrack.
High speed car racing: Should Daytona and Talladega be banned? - by Conny Manero - Helium

 

[jbrocky]

Oh Yeah....been a NASCAR fan for only 5 years so kind of a newbie in that arena but I LOVE IT!!!! While my husband was hunting one weekend I saw a special with Jimmie Johnson driving a cab in NY - got a kick out of it and watched the race afterwards. Been a fan ever since....and yep a Jimmie Fan.

I'll check out your link.....thanks!!

 

[Chanel]

For quite a while I didn't care about the sport jbrocky. My son was into it, but not me.
In fact the vroom vroom vroom got on my nerves.
Then he said, it's different if you support a particular driver, so I started looking for a driver I liked.
One week I noticed Tony Stewart and as that say ... the rest is history.
Now I never miss a race. I have a couple of Tony's T-shirts, a couple of his jackets, a calendar, oh and of course a model of his car.

I like other drivers too though. I like Jeff, and Jimmy, and Carl and ... oh a couple more.

 

[jbrocky]

Chanel, I love Tony and his attitude!!! I know he toned it down a bit the last year or so but I think with NASCAR backing off we may see some of old Tony again. I think he is one of the few that can pull off being an owner/driver.

 

[Chanel]

Yeah ever since he became an owner he's much more calm.
Not sure that I like that, I liked 'Smoke' with a bit of fire.
I'll never forget the day that a reporter approached him after a race and when asked how he liked the performance of his car, Tony replied "Biggest piece of crap I've ever driven." LOL

 

[jbrocky]

OMG...I remember that too...LOL. I loved it last year when his car is just 'smoking' and he's coming up on JR (I believe) and he says on his radio "Here...kitty-kitty". I always want him on my fantasy team because that guy burns to win!

 

[Chanel]

Yes, that was funny wasn't it, when he said "Here kitty, kitty, kitty."
Tony and Zippy were a great team. I don't know he current crew chief all that well.

 

[LUX Vaporer]

I'm a fan of local grass roots dirt track racing. I am fortunate to be within an hour of the oldest continuously operating dirt track in the U.S., and one of the oldest racing surfaces in the world - Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY.

I'm the track historian, and as active as I can be as a fan.

(Shameless plug warning) Victory Speedway , a short history of our beloved speedway.

Anyone in the NY Metro Area who thinks they might enjoy a night at the races is cordially invited to spend an evening with our local heroes.

Since smoking in the grandstands was outlawed a few years ago, I look forward to vaping to my heart's content this season.

Nice... I guess I was wrong... First Big Jim W and now a racing historian. BTW Your shameless plug gave me an idea...=) Did you check out Al Jr's site? I think we may be able to do some cross-promotions if you are down...

PM me if you are interested in hearing my idea.

AG

 

[LUX Vaporer]

I'm a NASCAR fan and Tony Stewart supporter.
I recently wrote about the Talladege racetrack.
High speed car racing: Should Daytona and Talladega be banned? - by Conny Manero - Helium

Great article! Would you be interested in doing a piece regarding Little Al's most recent project? The first ever Al Unser Jr Racing Clinic. What we have up our sleeves very newsworthy.

Let me know if you are interested....

 

[LUX Vaporer]

For quite a while I didn't care about the sport jbrocky. My son was into it, but not me.
In fact the vroom vroom vroom got on my nerves.
Then he said, it's different if you support a particular driver, so I started looking for a driver I liked.
One week I noticed Tony Stewart and as that say ... the rest is history.
Now I never miss a race. I have a couple of Tony's T-shirts, a couple of his jackets, a calendar, oh and of course a model of his car.

I like other drivers too though. I like Jeff, and Jimmy, and Carl and ... oh a couple more.

This is great... I am starting to feel less alone in this thread... =)

 

[shatner]

I used to autox my Subaru STi, drag race my '68 Camaro Z/28 and did a few track days in my Ford Lightning.

 

[LUX Vaporer]

I used to autox my Subaru STi, drag race my '68 Camaro Z/28 and did a few track days in my Ford Lightning.

Sik! You should see the high-performance supercar that we have for Al jr in the clinic. He'll be giving hotlaps in a 2010 Camaro. 650HP Crazy!

 

[shatner]

Sik! You should see the high-performance supercar that we have for Al jr in the clinic. He'll be giving hotlaps in a 2010 Camaro. 650HP Crazy!

Any pics? My Camaro has a 383 stroker. It started as a 350, but I threw a couple rods and spun some main bearings years ago. So I broke it down and sent it to the machine shop.

They bored it .0040 (or is it .040?) over, balanced and knife-edged the crankshaft, ported the valves, 2" intake, 2 3/16s exhaust.

I got it back from the machine shop and started the reasembly. 6" rods, 11.5:1 compression pistons, 28Xcam (can't remember, but I do have the blueprints), can't remember the duration, but it likes to stall at stop lights.

I also did a serpentine belt conversion, edelbrock intake mani, Holley 1050cfm double pumper w/ mechanical secondaries and MSD ignition.

Behind it all is a Centerforce Dual friction clutch and a Richmond "Street/Strip Bulletproof" 5-speed with a Hurst shifter.

The car's a beast. Pulled 627rwhp and around 700lb-ft of torque. I'll dig up the dyno sheet if you want to see it.

 

[BigJimW]

Big Jim,

What a pleasant surprise... Now were talking... So you know what it's like to get on that track. That's sick! I may have my chance in July. I'm looking forward to it.

Al Unser Jr is a true champion and it's an honor to work with the guy. Go check out the site and enter... You just may win.

Thanks for taking the time...

Adam G

I'm more of a big "down home" track fan than the bigger races myself. I used to work at Thompson International Speedway (Thompson, Conn) as a teenager and met up with a lot of the greats in the North East modified circuit. Guys like Geoff Bodine, Ron Bouchard, Richie Evans, Charlie Jarzombek, Fred Desarro (I was great friends with his sons and we used to pull pranks all the time at Thompson. We were such troublemakers. ) and others. Last time I heard from my friend Geoff was about a year ago. He's doing well, but we almost lost him to Daytona to this

YouTube - Geoff Bodine near fatal NASCAR crash at Daytona

I also worked at Seekonk Speedway, the now defunct Westboro Speedway (Westboro, Mass), Stafford Motor Speedway (Stafford Springs, Conn), Oswego Motor Speedway (Oswego, NY), and I even had a job up in Maine at the Oxford Motor Speedway for awhile. As a teen, I was quite busy between selling programs and working with the track clean up crew at most of the major NE tracks. I practically lived on greasy consession stand hamburgers smothered in onions. Man was it fun.