Photos of my dads vintage supermod - Page 2

Krabill · 07-06-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by z06boy

I was watching the "World of Outlaws" and trying to imagine driving something that weighed 1200 lbs. and had 800 hp...on dirt !!

I met a guy who has raced a slew of different types of cars. He specialized in SCCA, but has driven quite a few different race cars (including Indys) and he said by far the scariest vehicle he's ever sat behind the wheel of was an Outlaw

HRCNICK11 · 07-06-2009, 06:25 PM

I have driven a sprint car during pactice before the race right after they watered the track. It was my 16th birthday present from the owner and it was scarry even going as slow as I was.

When I drove Garys car I was thinking it would be like driving a fast go-kart I was insanely wrong. Imagine if you can a Busa powered go-kart and your trying to drive it fast on a ice hockey rink with out hitting a wall or spinning out cause the car your driving is one of a kind.

I watched a 60 year old man that had his own sprint car, get tears in his eyes when he was told he could drive the car I just got out of. He was in tears when he came off the track. He had grown up watching Sammy Sessions race and never in his wildest dreams did he think he would get a chance to drive it. To me it was just another one of Garys cool cars I did not know the history of it at the time.

marko138 · 07-07-2009, 09:17 AM

When I was young I wanted to race spring cars. My dad has a buddy who races them. They are pretty killer.

HRCNICK11 · 07-07-2009, 05:50 PM

At I-96 speedway in Michigan in order to set a fast time in a sprint car you have to run the whole lap wide open this is on dirt. A friend of mine was telling me the first lap you do wide open is such a mind game cause every bone in your body wants to to lift off the gas for the turn.

I could not imagine running into a corner with my foot flat to the floor and just pitching the car sideways.

07-06-2009, 06:25 PM	#2
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	I have driven a sprint car during pactice before the race right after they watered the track. It was my 16th birthday present from the owner and it was scarry even going as slow as I was. When I drove Garys car I was thinking it would be like driving a fast go-kart I was insanely wrong. Imagine if you can a Busa powered go-kart and your trying to drive it fast on a ice hockey rink with out hitting a wall or spinning out cause the car your driving is one of a kind. I watched a 60 year old man that had his own sprint car, get tears in his eyes when he was told he could drive the car I just got out of. He was in tears when he came off the track. He had grown up watching Sammy Sessions race and never in his wildest dreams did he think he would get a chance to drive it. To me it was just another one of Garys cool cars I did not know the history of it at the time.

07-07-2009, 05:50 PM	#4
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	At I-96 speedway in Michigan in order to set a fast time in a sprint car you have to run the whole lap wide open this is on dirt. A friend of mine was telling me the first lap you do wide open is such a mind game cause every bone in your body wants to to lift off the gas for the turn. I could not imagine running into a corner with my foot flat to the floor and just pitching the car sideways.