DT Goes Nostalgia racing

MAN IT SUCKS I CANT POST A PICTURE ANYMORE WITHOUT PAYING MONEY

so just click the link below then Scroll half way down.
to the Future Flash funny car


http://www.dragracingonline.com/livecoverage/xi_2-marchmeet-1.html


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Speaking of DT 2009 racing a Nostalgia fuel funny car,..How bout a trip
down memory lane,..Dennis Taylor back around, Id say 1979-81 ???

open link scroll down 2nd picture,..Yello Vega

http://www.classicfunnycarboard.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=1;t=8413;st=3060


Maybe when Dennis is done playing Nostalgia fuel car racer this weekend at
the 51st annual March Meet,.He could chime in and tell us a little story
about this Vega flopper, how it was to drive,
and the engine combo he ran..??? ET`s, mph..etc..etc..

Dennis you out there...????..
Thank you for supporting the Nostalgia Movement,..isnt it alot more
relaxed, and alot more fun ???

Vic

.sure wish I could just paste the picture in here,.
Guess I have no benifits for moderating for the last year and a half...

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Vic, Thanks for posting the link. The vega was my first race car. A Ken Cox car with a 73 vega body. I ran the car at OCIR in bracket races and all the big funnycar shows. It had a chevy big block, single 4 barrel carb, turbo 400.
It ran 8.80's at 155mph. Had a lot of fun with that car. I have always been a funny car guy, from touring with a nitro car in the 70's to driving funny cars now. I have allways wanted to drive nitro funnycars, but never got to untill now. I drove top fuel for a few years in the 80's, but was always in love with funnycars. I will be driving Garry Messenger's Future Flash here at the March Meet, and selected races this year. DT.

 

Thanks for the reply Dennis, its nice to know how it
all started and with what. What year was this ???

Be Safe and goodluck at the March Meet.

Living the dream.....DT..WAY COOL


Vic

 

A round of applause for Dennis Taylor running against the baddest
and best Nostalgia fuel funny cars in the Nation at the March Meet
and qaulifying in the top half of the field at #8.

CONGRADTS TO DENNIS,..GO GET UM ON SUNDAY.....GO A TEAM

There where 29 Nostalgia fuel Funny cars running down the track at Famaso
raceway trying to qaulify for either the A field or B field , both containing
8 cars to each class,..top 8 qaulifiers (A) FIELD,.. bottom 8 cars (B) field.


.................TOP 8 CARS THE A FIELD...............

1 617 Bucky Austin, Fife WA, '79 Arrow 5.778 245.96
2 611 Garrett Bateman, Tacoma WA, '72 Mustang 5.804 242.45
3 627 Terry Capp, Edmonton AB, '77 Firebird 5.866 248.13
4 720 Lee Paul Jennings Jr, Hilmar CA, '69 Camaro 5.875 224.21
5 739 Ed Dougan, Brea CA, '74 Camaro 5.897 240.77
6 6006 Mark Sanders, Maple Valley WA, '70 Nova 5.917 243.50
7 732 Chris Krabill, Orange CA, '78 Arrow 5.924 243.77
8 714 Dennis Taylor, Anahiem CA, '72 Charger 5.962 224.83

------------BOTTOM 8 THE B FIELD ------------

9 8 Mike Halstead, Fontana CA, '69 Daytona 6.014 240.06
10 7140 Jack Wright, Oakhurst CA, '70 Challanger 6.034 229.94
11 797 Stephen Romanazzi, Visalia CA, '77 Firebird 6.042 227.90
12 781 Mendy Fry, Aliso Viejo CA, '73 Duster 6.106 229.00
13 520 Dennis La Charite, Rolling Hills Estates CA, ' 6.108 238.15
14 724 Dale Pulde, Sylmar CA, '77 Trans Am 6.145 232.37
15 748 Bob Godfrey, Moreno Valley CA, '69 Camaro 6.159 235.60
16 7925 Craig Michael, Las Vegas NV, '72 Satellite 6.181 223.21

..............DNQ.............

17 601 Tom Padilla, Arlington WA, '72 Plymouth 6.216 235.72
18 736 Dan Horan Jr, Sylmar CA, '66 Mustang 6.249 204.63
19 7773 Leah Pruett-LeDuc, Cherry Valley CA, '65 Jeep 6.303 224.21
20 756 Nate Bugg, Orange CA, '71 Barracuda 6.312 224.83
21 708 Mike Adams, Scottsdale AZ, '79 Corvette 6.330 215.20
22 709 James Day, Ehrenberg AZ, '77 Arrow 6.436 215.15
23 7130 Todd Lesenko, Cave Creek AZ, '73 Camaro 6.474 222.22
24 750 Kirk Kuhns, Yorba Linda CA, '69 Camaro 6.536 186.64
25 168 Steve Nichols, Newark DE, '70 Camaro 6.588 222.71
26 400 Mike Savage, Tucson AZ, '70 Barracuda 6.663 203.43
27 7800 John Powers, Phoenix AZ, '77 Camaro 6.748 163.99
28 735 Jeff Utterback, Santa Monica CA, '71 Vega 6.875 148.07
29 730 Jeff Bennett, Las Vegas NV, '69 Camaro 7.212 152.25

Final Elimanations start around 12:00 pm tomorrow

 

Yeah buddy way cool DT makes the field and the car has a lot left in it !
29 AA/FC's trying to make the field and I got sick or I would have been there today, man last year I went and it was so cool the place was so packed people had to sit on the stairs goin up the stands and then when you looked behind the stands at the car show area it was packed at the same time as well.
Dang

 

One heck of a showing for Dennis Taylor excellent job,..
Dennis had to face off against the best in the west first round, and if you
are going to have a reason for not winning a round,
there is no better reason than getting beat by the best.
dont know if Dennis shook, are peddled but fell off a bit to lose first round
to none other than Bucky Austin, who has won the last four races in a row
at Famoso raceway in Bakersfield,..
Great Job regaurdless and glad you had fun doing it.

PS,..Maybe Clint Thompson needs to come Nostalgia racing to put a
end to Bucky`s win streak,.....HINT ,...HINT....

Vic

Hers a pic from first round of Dennis,..
photo by Paul Hutchins




Vic

 

Thanks for the support Vic. We had a BLAST! One of the fuel fittings broke and started spraying fuel over the windshield about 200 feet out. I had no choice but to lift.

I'd like to thank Garry Messenger for giving me a chance to drive his car, and Bob Brooks for getting it competitive so quickly. I can't wait to drive it again!

DT.