2014 Byron 20th annual Power Wheelstander competition

[Budnicks]

enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YTID5c4NLs

 

[66Satellite47]

Wow!!! A great time is always had at Byron!

 

[bobtile]

I can do that.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

I can do that.

I can attest to that. Wheel up

 

[bobtile]

https://youtu.be/rRN5Iuyonl0


Check out the hang-time on this one!

 

[Mike Gaines]

This was my car in 1967. Kinda up on one wheel....I was 27 years old and a certified fuel funny car racer..

 

[bobtile]

Just got my funny car license.

 

[ozymaxwedge]

View attachment 251778This was my car in 1967. Kinda up on one wheel....I was 27 years old and a certified fuel funny car racer..

Some big history there Mike, would have been a great time to be apart of Drag Racing, bet you have some stories to tell.

 

[Mike Gaines]

Some big history there Mike, would have been a great time to be apart of Drag Racing, bet you have some stories to tell.

Yup...lots of stories...match raced about every weekend. Usually best 2 out of 3...winner generally fot $300 and loser $150..run what you brung. I had hilborns and ran about 80% Nitromethane, etc. etc. It was the infancy of altered wheelbase funny cars.
Built the entire car myself...chassis and motor...in the rear back room of my speed shop.
But...I was NOT famous or well known because I was racing a crummy little tracks in southern Illinois, Indiana and Missouri...If I had lived in southern california I might have been famous...lol

 

[Gpuller]

I can't do that.

Fixed it for ya! LOL

 

[fwi]

Not Byron but Vegas baby!

 

[ozymaxwedge]

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Yup...lots of stories...match raced about every weekend. Usually best 2 out of 3...winner generally fot $300 and loser $150..run what you brung. I had hilborns and ran about 80% Nitromethane, etc. etc. It was the infancy of altered wheelbase funny cars.
Built the entire car myself...chassis and motor...in the rear back room of my speed shop.
But...I was NOT famous or well known because I was racing a crummy little tracks in southern Illinois, Indiana and Missouri...If I had lived in southern california I might have been famous...lol

Mike, Do you know where your old altered wheel base is ???