Short Track and NASCAR modeling

.....Bucket......
  I haven't built mine yet.  I dug this up from the forum archives......Thanks David Bogard  for the bucket instructions
 https://www.shorttrackmodels.com/index.php?topic=1762.0

i can appreciate the sentiment. you'd have to be kooky to pull off a stunt like that.

https://youtu.be/918iRHKPAaM?si=3AegURDlGL28P1su

Quote from: john2 on February 20, 2026, 05:54:47 AM Thank you.  Very interesting. 

The black and gold  77 looks familiar.  Ronnie Johnson or somebody from Chattanooga ?  My memory fades.

i can't imagine ANY dirt driver transporting his car to Germany for any sort of race.

When racing was fun and you made your own everything was not bought over the counter

For years I vented out the  window thru  the space next to my window air conditioner unit. Instead if using the accordion panel the unit came with, I installed a plywood panel with a dryer vent flap and hose attached. The flap keeps the critters from "nesting" in the hole

So I bought a new spray booth several months ago. It's sitting beside my bench, still in its box. I have a dilemma of my own making, I tend to over think the heck out of things. First , this is in a work shop, separated from the home by a breezeway. My issue is that I don't really want to drill a 4" hole in the wall to exhaust the booth. I can do it, got all the tools needed including a 4" hole saw. Just don't want too. There is a window fairly nearby, but I have an air conditioner/heat pump unit in the window so that's out. I'm thinking about venting to one of those filtered interior dryer vent units. Saw that one on YouTube. Then I thought about just making my own out of a five gallon bucket. Have any of you done anything like this? Any advice or opinions?

Thanks,
Steve

By the way, moderators feel free to move this if this isn't where it belongs.

I bet you're writing about Ronnie's dad, Joe Lee Johnson. He ran number 77 for as long as I can remember. Ronnie always ran number 5 when driving his own cars.

Quote from: john2 on February 20, 2026, 05:54:47 AM Thank you.  Very interesting. 

The black and gold  77 looks familiar.  Ronnie Johnson or somebody from Chattanooga ?  My memory fades.

  Thank you.  Very interesting. 

The black and gold  77 looks familiar.  Ronnie Johnson or somebody from Chattanooga ?  My memory fades.

just shows to go you, it's a universal core value we have. transcends oceans & language.

for the love of cars.

Those look like a vintage coupe class at a midwest dirt track