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#121
07-12-2015, 01:29 PM
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Good times, the old racing days
I scanned a few snapshots of the GTO racing at the track and thought I'd share them. Most of the shots were taken during the mid to late 90's when it was still a dedicated bracket race car and had most of its faded burgundy paint job still intact.
These pictures were taken at the now-defunct high-altitude (2700 ft.) Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale CA, where the air quality was always notoriously lousy at over 4000 ft. usually. I normally dialed in the car somewhere between 12.40 and 12.60 depending on the weather. Best ET and MPH on one unusually nice 'air day' (2400 ft.) at LACR was 12.22 @ 109 MPH, the car ran between 12.22 and 12.29 all day. Best ever ET recorded was at the also now-defunct Carlsbad Raceway in Carlsbad CA - 12.055 @ 110.29 MPH on a warm August morning, in cooler weather I'm sure the high-11s would have been more than achievable. Carlsbad was much closer to sea level at 225 ft. elevation than LACR in Palmdale. The GTO was a great low to no-maintenance race car with an old never rebuilt 8.6:1 1974 455 that ran on 92 and then later 91 octane unleaded. Oil and filter change once a year, a new pair of slicks about every 2-1/2 years and check the the ignition timing and dwell on the points every 5 years (never needed any adjustment). Never even looked at the spark plugs. It was basically just a street car equipped with a set of slicks, a manual reverse-pattern transbraked TH400, drag shocks and a stripped-out interior to save weight.      
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1964 Tempest Coupe LS3/4L70E/3.42 1964 Le Mans Convertible 421 HO/TH350/3.08 2002 WS6 Convertible LS1/4L60E/3.23 1966 VW Type 2 Single Cab Pickup 140hp 2276 1956 VW Type 2 Panel Van 36hp 1200 1957 VW Type 1 Beetle 180hp 2276 |
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#122
07-13-2015, 01:46 AM
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Nice!
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#123
07-13-2015, 02:41 AM
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The place that we loved to hate -- and now so dearly miss it.
Isn't that your goat about dead center in the photo? Motor home is Pete McCarthy's who was always at every Pontiac race back then.
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Mick Batson 1967 original owner Tyro Blue/black top 4-speed HO GTO with all the original parts stored safely away -- 1965 Catalina Safari Wagon. |
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#124
07-13-2015, 02:51 AM
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Quote:
Good times I tell ya! 
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1964 Tempest Coupe LS3/4L70E/3.42 1964 Le Mans Convertible 421 HO/TH350/3.08 2002 WS6 Convertible LS1/4L60E/3.23 1966 VW Type 2 Single Cab Pickup 140hp 2276 1956 VW Type 2 Panel Van 36hp 1200 1957 VW Type 1 Beetle 180hp 2276 |
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#125
07-14-2015, 12:54 PM
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id love to have a set of those exhaust tips you made bart and nice schwinn fair lady in the pictures
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