Found old photos on a disc, thought I'd share a few cool cars from 1988 Sac Raceway Govn. Cup & Night of fire

[Budnicks]

My white 85 T/A 540cid Big Chief heads, split dominators on a Fowler (IIRC) sheet-metal intake
7.90 S/E, Ca. Outlaw P/S, TS car, running 7.50s 188-ish
I got her on the holeshot, on A 4/10ths Pro-tree & I won by 0.05,
back then they had the full reaction lite/time 4/10ths of the lite added to it
I was a 0.414 to her 0.419 lite, (today that'd be a 0.014 to a 0.019 lite)
at the stripe 7.501 at 188-ish to her 7.551 at 189-ish
like by a fender literally

Me lining up against Bonnie/LeRoy Filson

after the launch

 

[Budnicks]

LeRoy & Bonnie Filson 7.90 S/E, Ca. Outlaw P/S, T/S, FI Camaro, running 7.50s

Doc Finley S/E 7.90 car, Outlaw PS, TS car running low 7's
Injected with a Enderle Bug Catcher hat on a Tunnel-ram, running methanol for that event IIRC

Charles Carpenter's 55 Chevy it was fast in 1988,
real low 7's almost 200mph

An old buddy of mine Dave Sullivan won the Bracket race $2500 good $$ in 1988
11.00 Duster, Dave was a great bracket racer, he had a cool 70 Hemi 'cuda
it didn't run much, I did see at TNT sessions, rarely at the track
when running Pro-Gas

 

[GTX JOHN]

Dave was a Great racer. The car did huge Wheel Stands when he
wanted it. Is he still alive?

 

[Budnicks]

John Force Olds FC

Bob Bunker 55 Chevy PM running lower 7's 190-ish

Wayne Torqulson 57 T-Bird PM 429 Shotgun based running really low 7's
another guy that was from Concord too

 

[Budnicks]

Dave was a Great racer. The car did huge Wheel Stands when he
wanted it. Is he still alive?

I haven't seen or heard from him in 2 decades
I'm not 100% sure

 

[GTX JOHN]

His Buddy Randy Bursell who also had a Superstreet
Wheel Standing Big Block White Duster passed last year. They
raced against each othert in many final rounds. One
of the toughest guy I knew back in the 60's. You could
hit him 10 times to every time he hit you and you would
want to quit before he every did. Do not ask me how I Know
that!

 

[Budnicks]

A friend of mine from Concord too
an electrician w/my buddy Rob
& Roland w/his wife were running Jet Dragsters
'Club Merm' Racing (spin on their last name)
Roland ran that car most
they had 2 jetcars later
Sue strapped into Dangerzone Jet Dragster running 6's near 300

Roland died some years later of an aneurism IIRC
haven't heard or seen Sue in a long time

 

[Budnicks]

His Buddy Randy Bursell who also had a Superstreet
Wheel Standing Big Block White Duster passed last year. They
raced against each othert in many final rounds. One
of the toughest guy I knew back in the 60's. You could
hit him 10 times to every time he hit you and you would
want to quit before he every did. Do not ask me how I Know
that!

I sort of remember Randy like that too
name sounds really really familiar, I just can't put a face on it
'sometimmer' I assume

 

[R413]

Dave Sullivan brought a Super Stock 340 duster to Seattle division race in mid 90's and ran S/ST 10.90 class with it on the back bumper, had them all scared. LOL

 

[mopar jack]

Roland died some years later of an aneurism IIRC
haven't heard or seen Sue in a long time

I think Roland is still alive but has no memory. Sue passed 3years ago from a lot of health issues.

 

[Budnicks]

I think Roland is still alive but has no memory. Sue passed 3years ago from a lot of health issues.

No Roland is dead...
He was in a halfway home/strung-out & went out on some crazy ****...
Something messed his brain up...
(I wanna' say 1997-2002-ish time frame, it could be a few years after)
Don't want to talk to much about it, for respect the dead...

I didn't know Sue had died, she never seemed too healthy...
Mostly after Rob & Dee C. left Sac. & moved to Reno area...
I lost track or her after Roland died, we had spent a lot of time at Club Merm
their place in Concord, I lived just the other side of town, fellow MoPar head
Me Jim Mike Beak/Jeff Rob Robby & Scott a few other all the BBQs swimming
or just hanging out & drinking beers, from early, early 80's to later 1997...
I'd take care of their animals sometimes, when they'd go somewhere &
I was staying in town...
That's where Roland was dealing Parts/cars, he was also a Direct Connection Dealer
& he pissed a lot of people off, with some of his dealing...
I'll leave it there... He was also a Union Electrician...

We had quite a few mutual long time friends,
in the Sacramento area, Oakland area & Concord alike
I thought I knew them well, I spent many a day over their place...
I didn't know as much as I should have...