Englishtown, NJ...Old Time Drags - F/C Reunion

[Musclecarkid]

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, Aug 10th. E-town Old Time Drags and Rod Run. Gassers, Rails, Coupes, Nostalgic Funny Cars, 409's, Fuelie Vettes, Musclecars and the Travlin' Truppi-Kling Tribute show. Cars start rolling in Sat Aug 9. Great weather Bring your camera. Sat is the Chevy Show & Go. Hang with the Funny Car Drivers Sat night. Be There!!!!!!!

[FANTASY FACTORY]

Going out to wash the trailer right now.

[Musclecarkid]

Lots of cool Old Drag Cars rolled in to E-town today. Should be a good Funny Car Show and Old Time Drags on Sunday. See ya there.
Stop by the T/K Display and say hello.

[Verne_Frantz]

Well, I think everyone got a time trial and maybe a few got a first round before the rain stopped things. The place was packed. So many cool cars! I apologize for no photos, but I was busy with Ronnie Evans' '62. I did get a video of his only time run, but it'son someone else's camera recorder.

I am happy to report and acknowledge Ronnie’s FIRST 9 second run in his long history of racing a ’62 409 car!. The one time shot he had produced a 9.908 @ 136. The funny anecdote about that run was the fact that Ronnie forgot where the timing slip booth was, and he proceeded all the way down the return road in front of the grandstands, and then made his way back to the pits. He borrowed a 4-wheel to go back and retrieve his timing slip. Let’s just call it his “victory lap” for the crowd!!!! Ronnie is truly an icon and unsung hero in drag racing, with a history that starts in 1962.
I’m privileged to call him one of my best friends and humbled to have my name on his car just for being a helper.

He mentioned that a shoe polish bottle found it's way under the clutch pedal when he went for second gear. He was on the rev limiter when he forced 2nd without the clutch. Better things are in store for that beautiful car!!

Verne

Just in case anyone doesn't know this car, here's a pic from York last month..................

[njsteve]

Verne, I guess he oughta patent that lucky shoe polish bottle as a PCOEPT (Permanent Clutch Over-Engagement Prevention Tool.)

[Verne_Frantz]

His clutch engages 1" off the floor, so anything under it means NO clutch.!
Lucky for him, he has a trans that can take it.