Dirty and/or Weathered- Show 'Em Here

[sentsat71]

Gary....
Like these 2 pics "on track" and "back in the pits"

But.....what would it look like after wheel packing before any hot laps started??

If it would have been Ascot, it wouldn't look so "clean"....   

have to figure out a way to scan a pic from a 1983 CRA pic at Ascot of head on view of a couple of cars after wheel packing....from that angle cannot see any car #'s   

though, think on a model that would be "overkill" big time....!!   

[Gary Davis]

Pack'in the track is a slow muddy job( Dirt tracks are that way..aren't they... )...and it don't smell good either. I've been in a push truck...a push jeep w/top on( thankful for that)..Tow trucks out there in the mud just a Pack'in.  Also.. Slid'in sideways in the turns going ...well...let's see...about 2mph...LOL.. Getting completely sideways is a trip. Specially in a short wheel base rig. I imagine almost ALL of us on here have experienced that thing called Pack'in the track. I've packed in a hobby stock and claimer class cars. I've never done it in an open wheel car. But....I certainly had to scrape them off before time trials and heat races. By the time the main events are up...they're pretty dry.

[Gary Davis]

Now that's what I'm talk'in about right there. Dirt ALL over(MUD---Race'in clay). That stuff stinks. I've seen an open top truck pack'in with 3 people inside...man..oh man...everything was covered...including them. One was a knocked out looking blonde too!!! Hmmmm..I wonder if her hair color had anything to do with her being in that pack truck? They were having fun though. Smiling and waving at everybody...LOL

[sentsat71]

Yep, that pic is how the sprints looked after early rounds of wheel packing....

Back here, one track uses a TerraGator (designed for spraying crops in the fields) helps out wheel packing....
One night he "forgot to signal" that he was exiting the track at the track entrance and a pick-up came out of the turn and slid into him.....tow truck had to pull the fender out so the driver could drive away...

[Olderndirt]

I love Leftturns diorama with the '41 Plymouth. Those old Flathead sixbangers could be made to run on a short dirt oval. There were a couple of them running here back in the day. The rules out here allowed Flathead six engines to run any carburetion, and a high compression head. That coupled with a Chrysler gray marine crankshaft, and a high lift cam, could make them pretty quick in short bursts. And they sounded absolutely evil.

  Olderndirt

[dbranson]

Like them all, however that speedway sign is awesome.