Re: Where is 69 Yenko Camaro 124379N663539
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DW31S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lots to read and learn from these posts. I see you are friends with Sweitzer....I see him a lot at the sale. I'm sure we have crossed paths and probably share a lot of racing buddies; MacNeish, Totaro, and on and on. My hat is off to you to be able to race competitively with such an elite group. NHRA Stockers are extremely intricate and few outside of the racing fraternity understand what it's all about. I chose the nostalgia route as my real racing days are behind me. It's not that we don't want to win, it's just that we don't really care when we don't. Eventually, my Camaro will be like the Bryan Adams song lyrics "back in the summer of '69" and hope to have power trains for the three classes the car competed in. You're rubbing elbows with some of the sport's finest and your cars reflect it in both presentation and time slip numbers. I'll be sure to stop and say "Hi" at one of next year's events. Merry Christmas, my friend.
Dave Siltman </div></div>
Hi Dave,
Thanks for the nice comments.
I only know Steve Sweitzer from his racing reputation, which he is an excellent racer, although I have not seen his car in recent years. The reason his name was on the door of the 70 Camaro is because the previous owner and Steve are good friends, in fact I was told Wes McCracken (the former owner) works for Steve a few days a week currently. MacNeish and Totaro are also very good racers by their reputations, both are either current NHRA Record Holders and/or maybe previous record holders, but I have never had the pleasure of meeting either one. I have not been traveling a lot to the east coast for quite a few years, although, I do plan to make a few more trips over that way next year, time will tell.
If you are at a race and I am there, please stop by and we can shoot the breeze. Good Luck on your nostalgia project, racing with three different powertrains sounds like it will be a lot of work, no doubt you will be quite busy and I hope you see many WIN lights.
Merry Christmas to you and yours and also, I wish you a Happy New Year!!!
Gary Merrick
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