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My 15 year old son and I have been working on an old FWD 4 cylinder stock car together for a while. Totally out of my element on these, I'm used to V-8 rear wheel drive racers.

Friday we lugged it to the track for the first time for some fun. Started 4th and finished 2nd in our heat of 8 cars, and started on the pole and finished 9th of 23 in the feature.

The clay track was really tacky in the features so the V-6 cars that really out-powered us were able to run straight to the front. We held our own with cars more equivalent to ours, and did it with about 1/5 the budget and investment they had in theirs.

Not bad for the first time racing in over a decade and in a totally new-to-me division. We had a blast.

That looks like a blast. I've had the urge to go to old dirt track I've not been to in 20 + yrs. I'm sure the grandkids would say it's

I didn’t know there was FWD dirt track cars.

Brake Weight wrote:I didn’t know there was FWD dirt track cars.

Rear wheel full frame "stock" cars are going the way of the dinosaur here. It's like milsurps...finite supply and they haven't been factory produced in a good while. You're hard pressed to even find parts at the local scrap yards any more.

Cool for you and your son. I don't go to race tracks anymore of any kind. I remember how it was and the next stop would be to start kicking out windows and buy tubing. It's in the blood.

Longcolt44 wrote:Cool for you and your son. I don't go to race tracks anymore of any kind. I remember how it was and the next stop would be to start kicking out windows and buy tubing. It's in the blood.

Boy I know how that is. I'm a third generation driver, and I can't seem to get away from it.

racerguy00 wrote:

Brake Weight wrote:I didn’t know there was FWD dirt track cars.

Rear wheel full frame "stock" cars are going the way of the dinosaur here. It's like milsurps...finite supply and they haven't been factory produced in a good while. You're hard pressed to even find parts at the local scrap yards any more.

Depends on were you look, I still have some RWD Crown Vics and Lincoln town cars on the lot

The crown Vics and Lincoln would reign supreme in the Demo derby .

steelbuttplate wrote:The crown Vics and Lincoln would reign supreme in the Demo derby .

Exactly. Its the 78-87 GM midsize cars that dominate the dirt stock car division if they are available.

racerguy00 wrote: Boy I know how that is. I'm a third generation driver, and I can't seem to get away from it.

From the grin on your son's face it looks like he's going to be the 4th generation. Good for you and have a great time.

steelbuttplate wrote:The crown Vics and Lincoln would reign supreme in the Demo derby .

A Crown Vic would put a Sherman in the ditches.

SA1911a1 wrote:

steelbuttplate wrote:The crown Vics and Lincoln would reign supreme in the Demo derby .

A Crown Vic would put a Sherman in the ditches.

Crown Vics can be badass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFwPXEeJ3aI

I think the secret of the Vic was he had a dog showing the safest route and the trunk being open must create one hell of a down force on those rear tires.

Longcolt44 wrote:I think the secret of the Vic was he had a dog showing the safest route and the trunk being open must create one hell of a down force on those rear tires.

That could be. I just thought the dog was too smart to actually ride with him.

millman wrote:

Longcolt44 wrote:I think the secret of the Vic was he had a dog showing the safest route and the trunk being open must create one hell of a down force on those rear tires.

That could be. I just thought the dog was too smart to actually ride with him.

Good one M, that is a laugh out loud soda spitting post.