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8/14/18, 11:22 AM

Replies: 19

Ranger aircraft engine?

Views: 3,429

Posted By Backitin

Re: Ranger aircraft engine?

lol, the dragster engine was also out of a caddy. I remember when they started it for the first time. The garage was tiny and when they started the engine there must have been excess alcohol (prob....

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8/14/18, 8:59 AM

Replies: 19

Ranger aircraft engine?

Views: 3,429

Posted By Backitin

Re: Ranger aircraft engine?

Very cool stuff. That's what I miss in todays racing. When I was on a modified crew in the early seventies we took a engine straight from a dragster and gave it a shot. I think they built a pan and...

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8/12/18, 5:52 PM

Replies: 19

Ranger aircraft engine?

Views: 3,429

Posted By Backitin

Re: Ranger aircraft engine?

Id imagine it has to be installed in a winged car otherwise the idea would never take off.:D

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

8/11/18, 6:01 PM

Replies: 58

Who's your favorite non winged

Views: 11,607

Posted By Backitin

Re: Who's your favorite non winged

I'm more in awe of Opperman the more I knew about him. I seen him almost beat up at Flemington because some rednecks didn't like his cross and they wanted him to remove his hat for the evening. I...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

8/9/18, 1:31 PM

Replies: 58

Who's your favorite non winged

Views: 11,607

Posted By Backitin

Re: Who's your favorite non winged

Opperman, Sammy Beavers.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

8/9/18, 11:10 AM

Replies: 17

White cars?

Views: 4,051

Posted By Backitin

Re: White cars?

If my car was stopped on a dusty dirt track I'd hope it would be white, although it wouldn't be.
One persons opinion of whats pretty is another persons ugly. The crazy designs are the ugliest things...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

8/3/18, 1:02 PM

Replies: 8

Drivers getting hurt

Views: 3,565

Posted By Backitin

Re: Drivers getting hurt

I haven't been paying a lot of attention, has there been a uptick in burn injuries this year ?
I'm more then happy with todays safety standards and the way racers are protected . I've seen a bunch...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

7/28/18, 8:13 AM

Replies: 18

Windom's move

Views: 6,366

Posted By Backitin

Re: Windom's move

Its easy to tear your stuff up if it aint yours or you got plenty to tear thru. I don't really care bout the hard driving or questionable passes, I do hate when the winner acts like a clown.
Back in...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

7/25/18, 3:39 PM

Replies: 23

Your input

Views: 5,121

Posted By Backitin

Re: Your input

I hate blankets laid in advance, unless they were my blankets back in the day at Flemington. I used to like them blankets. We had the same seats, first turn top row forever. I never gave it much...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

7/24/18, 4:51 PM

Replies: 48

71p

Views: 17,005

Posted By Backitin

Re: 71p

As far as pot if they test for it it proves they are still in the stone age (or not). Why should you test for something that might have been done weeks ago where it could have been completely legal...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/23/18, 7:46 AM

Replies: 60

Ohio Sprintweek

Views: 13,139

Posted By Backitin

Re: Ohio Sprintweek

Wings disgust me. That however doesn't mean wings are a crutch or that winged drivers are less talented as a whole. winged drivers however dont race true traditional sprintcars, they race more of a...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/21/18, 6:28 AM

Replies: 44

Bridgeport 5/8

Views: 8,709

Posted By Backitin

Re: Bridgeport 5/8

And the concern came from having to much explosive power. I believe it was said that the car had insane power and rev AFTER he took his foot off the throttle. From what I read he stated the car had...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/20/18, 2:06 PM

Replies: 60

Ohio Sprintweek

Views: 13,139

Posted By Backitin

Re: Ohio Sprintweek

Most of us try not to. To a true wingless fan ( fan being short for fanatic) we could care less about winged racing.
Just speaking for myself a true nonwing fanatic. A nonwinged car and a winged car...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/20/18, 9:34 AM

Replies: 44

Bridgeport 5/8

Views: 8,709

Posted By Backitin

Re: Bridgeport 5/8

I see the winner of weedsport was actually complaining that his car made too much power. Imagine that 900hp being too much, that's a first for me to hear a dirt driver saying he had too much motor....

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/19/18, 7:26 AM

Replies: 44

Bridgeport 5/8

Views: 8,709

Posted By Backitin

Re: Bridgeport 5/8

The 5/8 mile was built by the former promoter of Flemington speedway, the fastest 5/8 mile clay track in the world before "progress" swallowed it up.
Personally I prefer nonwing cars on a 3/8 as...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/19/18, 7:14 AM

Replies: 50

Different winners in USAC

Views: 10,715

Posted By Backitin

Re: Different winners in USAC

I have to wonder out of the guys that have cockpit adjustable shocks how many can actually make improvements while they are racing as opposed to guys that are making their cars worse out on the...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/17/18, 3:42 PM

Replies: 50

Different winners in USAC

Views: 10,715

Posted By Backitin

Re: Different winners in USAC

Could be worse, were into the mx nationals and for whatever reason there always seems to be one guy that's faster then everyone else. This year its Eli Tomac, if he gets a good start forget it he's...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/15/18, 3:07 PM

Replies: 9

USAC: EASTERN STORM POINT STANDINGS: After Race 1 of 6

Views: 1,958

Posted By Backitin

Re: USAC: EASTERN STORM POINT STANDINGS: After Race 1 of 6

He did get the most points, the most feature points. I like it makes the entire night of racing more impactful.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/13/18, 1:27 PM

Replies: 13

Usac: Usac sprints storm to the east this week for 6 straigh

Views: 2,871

Posted By Backitin

Re: Usac: Usac sprints storm to the east this week for 6 str

Yep you may. Credit card, whats that ? Me and my son are going, cash deal only, lol. As for the bike I traded a speedwaybike and spent 600 bucks having front suspension done and two new shocks. A...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/12/18, 5:57 PM

Replies: 13

Usac: Usac sprints storm to the east this week for 6 straigh

Views: 2,871

Posted By Backitin

Re: Usac: Usac sprints storm to the east this week for 6 str

Your right about the neck thing. I might not be the no. 1 advocate but I might be the most vocal.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/12/18, 12:36 PM

Replies: 13

Usac: Usac sprints storm to the east this week for 6 straigh

Views: 2,871

Posted By Backitin

Re: Usac: Usac sprints storm to the east this week for 6 str

We had planned on going to weedsport. I really want to support the effort of getting nonwing sprints into northern pa, upstate ny. That being said I'm broke from rebuilding a vintage Honda mxer that...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/12/18, 8:20 AM

Replies: 17

Racetrack photography

Views: 4,449

Posted By Backitin

Re: Racetrack photography

First off if you asked him to not take photos, out of courtesy I guess he shouldn't have.
Second off if you did ask him to not take a photo, knucklehead is way to mellow of a phrase on his part....

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/11/18, 2:59 PM

Replies: 6

Starting Fresh, What All Do I Need?

Views: 1,603

Posted By Backitin

Re: Starting Fresh, What All Do I Need?

R speedwaybikes don't have brakes or idle either, sounds like you're ready to race with us.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/3/18, 7:58 AM

Replies: 12

Outside the box.

Views: 4,235

Posted By Backitin

Re: Outside the box.

Theres no such thing as a inexpensive car racing class. Any four wheel racing I've been involved in got expensive no matter what your intentions originally were. If your low budget even in a low...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

5/28/18, 9:08 AM

Replies: 28

Kody Swanson the best

Views: 7,983

Posted By Backitin

Re: Kody Swanson the best

Actually he said he's the BEST driver not participating in the least entertaining class's of racing. Impossible to say one way or the other, saying he's the best is stretching it abit.

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