Dirt racing is where it’s at!! I raced in '92 and '93 at Bieda’s in Fothill. 1/6th mile oval with high banking. That is actually where I learned how to drift.
We ran a 5hp Briggs and Stratton mottor bored .030" over with a milled head, decked block, Alpha II carb to run alcohol and a tennesse thunder cam. That thing was fast!! I won the first season championship on the new track at Merrittville speedway, then 2nd the next year before I sold everything.
Now THOSE were the days! actually making adjustments to make a differenace… Spark plug heat ranges, tire pressures and offsets, gear ratios, clutch engagement rpm’s, seat positioning for better weight transfer, on-the-fly carb adjusting for propper EGT’s. That was some great father-son bonding.
After I sold all my stuff I raced at Cameron Motorsports. This was in '00, '01 and '02, and was really fun. It was $99 for the season and $30 every time you came… You had an hour of practice (if you showed up early enough) then 2 heats and the feature. It was awesome. I came in 4th for my weight class, the next year I came in 3rd. By '02 he had changed everything around to save money… They didn’t have the heats anymore, it was a qualifying time to set your feature starting position. That sucked, it took away so much of the fun that I quit after that year. I finished second for the season.