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posted August 13, 2010 09:37 AM
green valley raceway
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Lucky14
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posted August 13, 2010 09:55 AM
Bailey??
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posted August 13, 2010 09:57 AM
I was still racing motocross in 1974, didn't get to Green Valley until 1977, Lucky, look at your super 8 videos, I know I'm in some of them, cool post bmw
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posted August 13, 2010 10:04 AM
 Edited By: LAB3 on 13 Aug 2010 18:07
YES, I worked there when Mr. McClure owned it.1966/67 painted the#s on the windshield After that I Bracket Raced a 1971 Honda 750 back then.....had a B Stock 1966 GTO....... had a 421 Catalina Pontiac engine with 3x2's . looked just like a 389. Lot of the racers had a 409 in in a 58 or 59 Impala that had a 348, same thing, engines were hard to tell apart. I met Jon Minnino, Davis Rash and yes Bill
Hielsher out there too. After Bill purchased the track there were new expensive homes built near the track, and the track never did get any improvements and then Billy Myer Dad built the Texas Motor Speedway so all the NHRA events went away.......I lived about 5 miles from the track. Sure was cool on Wed night to cruise to the track and have fun on Grudge Nights
Jon still races the "salt" we all worked at D&D Exhaust back in the day. Jon had a Pro Comp Drag Bike that ran the 7's.he use to tell me he kew if he had a good run...when he crossed the line the front tire was spinning backwards before he pulled the clutch in.3 speed auto and 3 stage NOS... car tire frame. That Triumph was a triple with a chrome plated frame and wheelie bar and a custom white pearl paint. Jack Wilson, Pete Diallio, Johnny Allen were all out at the valley back then. Good Times for sure.
Can you email me this article?? labartay@verizon.net I want to take it to Jon shops and bench race with him LMAO. Damn where has time gone........... just hit 60 today sigh.still racing the younguns' Oildfieldtrash (other Shane) and others go do some roll on's with the Old man LMAO still ride a wheelie.
Louis (LA) Bartay.
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posted August 13, 2010 11:05 AM
Edited By: smokinZX14 on 13 Aug 2010 19:19
OH yes i raced my 68 GTX as well as my Boss 429 and 63 SS 409 car at the Valley .. I have some pictures but i will have to get them scanned to be able to post them ..Green Valley was a great track , to bad it went bye bye ..
I don't have any pictures of my Boss 429 car but it was very easy to spot .. It was green and It had a straight axle out of a 55 chevy truck .. The straight axle was done by Paul Painton race cars in Dallas ..
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posted August 13, 2010 11:22 AM
Paul tubed at 55 I had and then a Vega we got that had a 283power glide with a 10 bolt Gota Dana 60 that was shortened an Paul did a Frame link and brace and set up
the 12 bolt so 10 inch slicks would clear. Tom at Clifornia Custom inHaltom City built a 350
LT1 370 HP that Calverts in Denton balanced. It ran the high 11's when we could get it to hook up.
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posted August 13, 2010 11:28 AM
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Paul tubed at 55 I had and then a Vega we got that had a 283power glide with a 10 bolt Gota Dana 60 that was shortened an Paul did a Frame link and brace and set up
the 12 bolt so 10 inch slicks would clear. Tom at Clifornia Custom inHaltom City built a 350
LT1 370 HP that Calverts in Denton balanced. It ran the high 11's when we could get it to hook up.
Wayne Calvert did a 331 small block with iron angle plug heads for me that ran like a raped ape ..I had it in my 69 nova called White Line Fever .. I took the name of the side of Harys hots rods in Dallas ...lol... White line fever burning a hole in my sole ...
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posted August 13, 2010 11:41 AM
Damn, small world Lee... use to go to Harrys Hotrod Shop to get 110 leaded race gas back in the 1970's. Or Edelebrocks gasket cement..no one around the DFW area carried it. Last time I was there was about 15 years ago and he was selling truck lift parts etc. not sure if he he is still open.
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posted August 13, 2010 12:00 PM
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Damn, small world Lee... use to go to Harrys Hotrod Shop to get 110 leaded race gas back in the 1970's. Or Edelebrocks gasket cement..no one around the DFW area carried it. Last time I was there was about 15 years ago and he was selling truck lift parts etc. not sure if he he is still open.
I started racing bikes and cars in TX in the early 70s till i left in 1981.. Can't tell you how much time i spent at places like Harrys hot rods or Hot Rod Exchange ...North west Loop 12 was my hunting ground for used muscle cars ..Small world for sure ...
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posted August 13, 2010 02:13 PM
I raced at an AMA Dragbike event there in the 80s.Nice track.When you drove in you would swear it ran downhill
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posted August 13, 2010 02:20 PM
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I raced at an AMA Dragbike event there in the 80s.Nice track.When you drove in you would swear it ran downhill
if it was summer, you sure had a head wind
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posted August 13, 2010 02:49 PM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 13 Aug 2010 22:50
i can honestly say i never been there .. you bunch of olde bassturds
for the christians y'all be buzzards
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posted August 14, 2010 05:09 AM
Good thing,......... you woud have had your azz kicked......... you slow azz "Heathean"
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posted August 14, 2010 06:27 PM
nawh may lost a race but nobody kicking this Heathean ass ..i 'm the only guy that could take out rambo at 1 time
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posted August 15, 2010 05:20 AM
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I was still racing motocross in 1974, didn't get to Green Valley until 1977, Lucky, look at your super 8 videos, I know I'm in some of them, cool post bmw
wee
It wasn't Super 8. It was the new tech VHS!
I converted them yesterday.
Everything is from 1980 - 1982. I will take a look to see if I have any more tapes.
I have to find a way to convert .VOB files to .WMV so I can break it down into small clips.
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posted August 15, 2010 05:48 AM
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I raced at an AMA Dragbike event there in the 80s.Nice track.When you drove in you would swear it ran downhill
Maybe the one I WON!
ET brackets, Sept. 24th and 25th, 1983.
In the finals, I raced "a girl." Being the male chauvinists that we were, I was under a lot of pressure to win, or I would have never heard the end of it. She was obviously very good as she made it to the finals.
Anyone know her name?
Anyway, I usually was running people down, but she dialed a 9.10 to my 9.55. It was all over at the tree, as I slowed to a 9.65 to take the win.
Loughlin gave me a sob story about attendance not being what it should have been (A LIE) and a check for $100.
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posted August 15, 2010 05:52 AM
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I raced at an AMA Dragbike event there in the 80s.Nice track.When you drove in you would swear it ran downhill
Maybe the one I WON!
ET brackets, Sept. 24th and 25th, 1983.
In the finals, I raced "a girl."
Loughlin gave me a sob story about attendance not being what it should have been (A LIE) and a check for $100.
seems like a fair amount for beating a girl .. you sure girls name wasn't smokin
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posted August 15, 2010 05:53 AM
Hey lucky, do you have any video of the "east texas Mafia" as called by jack wilson on their BSA rocket3 drag bike?
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posted August 15, 2010 06:06 AM
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Hey lucky, do you have any video of the "east texas Mafia" as called by jack wilson on their BSA rocket3 drag bike?
If it was earlier than 1980, I got nothin' for ya.
Otherwise, I'll look in the next few days as I edit what I have now on DVD.
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posted August 15, 2010 06:28 AM
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Hey lucky, do you have any video of the "east texas Mafia" as called by jack wilson on their BSA rocket3 drag bike?
If it was earlier than 1980, I got nothin' for ya.
Otherwise, I'll look in the next few days as I edit what I have now on DVD.
nothing from 1977-1979?
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posted August 15, 2010 06:34 AM
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nothing from 1977-1979?
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Sorry - not looking good .....................
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posted August 15, 2010 07:24 AM
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Hey lucky, do you have any video of the "east texas Mafia" as called by jack wilson on their BSA rocket3 drag bike?
I remember them. I worked at Carltons BSA and Yamaha Shop on East Lancaster, Terrys Honda was on one side and Glenn's Triumph was on the other side. I was 14 and a had a bored out S-90 with Meg and a bigger carb that Robert Balkcum built for me. On Sat. at lunch I would race stock twin Jet 100 Yamaha 2smokers. I could just beat them and my S-90 was not stock and Dad had the fenders and battery cover chromed. I would tell the kids on the twin 100 that I was stock with a pipe. Carlton got mad at me would not let me park my
Black Honda in front of his shop. It looked new and with the chrome Curtis Terry let me park it "Inside" his show room.......... I got " Let Go" after that ......... LMAO now. My step brother Tommy was a member of the Fort Worth Cycle Club back then and he got me the job as he knew Carlton, he had a 650 BSA.he was mad at me too.
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posted August 16, 2010 01:09 PM
I like the part where the racers made " any necessary traction or horsepower adjustments"
Pretty damn technical stuff right there!!
Very cool article, very cool!!
RACNRAY
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