In the early 90s in Napa, Santa Rosa, Antioch and Fairfield, I used to prowl the streets with my multi colored primer 68 Charger. My greatest joy was demonstrating that if the ugly car wants to race, the money didnt go into the paint job....:headbang: The truth of who is a better driver is at the finish line, not who built your car, how much you spent, or what the dyno says. 800 HP is useless if you cant hook it up...and like in the Harley world- chrome don't get you home....
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I wonder if we ever crossed paths... Hey I use to frequent the Concord, Walnut Creek, Antioch & Fairfield areas,. Modesto & Sacramento, among many others too, no so much the Santa Rosa or Napa areas, but I was out there, many times, with either mostly in a "piss yellow/black" low 69 RR w/440/513ci stroker w/in line 2x4bbls N/A, don't know what it ever ran, I never took it to the track, beat many "
supposedly"
10 second street cars though "yeah right", or a silver or light silver/blue depending on late 80's early-mid 90's a 67 Camaro highly ported rect. port/full roller 468ci BBC single 4bbl Dominator w/N20, tubbed, tinned, back halfed, ladder bar car, w/3 N20 kits to choose from, carb. plate, manifold spray bar or port nozzle kits, depending on conditions or whom I was going to destroy that night...LOL..., that car ultimately went into the mid high 7's w/a 540ci BBC Donavon/Lenco, full tube chassis & 4 link, before I finally sold it, back when I drove it on the streets it would run low 9's "easily", with the juice of course, I would tow one or other car, or a friends car, to my sister house actually Ronert Park, then go out & find some victims to pick on...LOL..., When we would go to Sacramento I would tow to my buddies Bob's C. house in Rancho Cordoba, BBQ with the racing buddies then go out on the prowl, when in Concord everyone came to my place, to swim & BBQ/bench race, it was close to Ignatio Valley rd & you could see the area "we marked off", to race from my back deck... I had a good friend old room mate Rob M. {his dad was a Sheriff}, that grew up in Napa/Sonoma area, we would usually take his car out there, Green 69 BB Nova or Orange/Pearl White stripes 68 SB Camaro, neither wasn't all that fast, maybe low 12's, but very respectable for street driven cars on street tires, at least until the cops kept hassling me or them, then I went back to the good old Concord {Ignacio Valley Rd or Willow Pass Rd.}, Antioch {out by the old drive in mostly or in Pittsburgh out on 10th street, by the PG&E refinery} & Walnut Creek areas with the occasional Fairfield {Ball Cannery Rd, by the base}, Modesto {out by hwy120}or Sacramento {El Camino/El Centro, buy I-5 north, or out by Ranch Secco} areas, depending on what was going on... I use to love to see the F-ugly fast beaters come out & whoop on the no go show boats... The guys always gave me a bad time, because I always had slicks, most would never race me either, I would usually have to get some new unsuspecting person, or some guy would come searching/looking for me from who knows where, they would say "
where's your street tires ?", I would always reply "those are my street tires"....
If you can get the power to the ground, all the HP in the world doesn't do you much good....
