Racing Pics From OCIR in California

[Xplantdad]

Picture # 1

Cormier Chevrolet Corvette

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Picture # 2

Hot Rod Magazine Project/Test car Scarab 350ci chevy in a Datsun

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Picture # 3

Engine in my nova right after I removed the inline 6

[Xplantdad]

Last one for now...

MY FIRST TIME SLIP FROM OCIR DATED JULY 21 1982.
Not bad for an 8.5 to 1 compression 402 big block running on UNLEADED gas, through the mufflers on street tires.

It only got faster(and more expensive) from there!

[427TJ]

Bruce, you're killin' me with these flashbacks. Gold Moroso valve covers and air cleaner on your 402! That is SO 1982. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Salvatore]

Bruce, Don't stop there!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif How about more California strips with pictures!

[Xplantdad]

Gold Moroso engine dress up kit...brought to you by Super Shops of California....I had to work for a week to afford those! They stayed on the car for a years worth of cruise time. I also added the LS/7 decals to the side of the car(above the side marker lights) for about a month. Sure raised some eyebrows at cruise nights!

[Motion Camaro]

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Bruce, you're killin' me with these flashbacks. Gold Moroso valve covers and air cleaner on your 402! That is SO 1982. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

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<font color="blue"> I had gold Moroso valve covers, gold Moroso aluminum oil pan, gold fuel pump block off &amp;
gold velosity stacks(2) on my 327 Vega.
Man, those were the days. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif</font>

[427TJ]

Yeah, I remember scraping together the money to buy chrome Moroso valve covers for my small-block/4-speed '67 Camaro. I was running solid lifters and the clatter came through those thin valve covers loud and clear. I bought my Moroso covers at Vic Hubbard Speed and Marine in Hayward, CA, and I think I paid $45 for them in 1981.

[Xplantdad]

Okay...ready for some more pics?

Picure 1 is an altered. "Satuday Night Fever"

[Xplantdad]

Picture # 2
Injected T

[Xplantdad]

Picture # 3
Nova..was the BANE of street racers in socal. The guy would DRIVE it to OCIR, run mid to high 9's the way it looks in this photo, and DRIVE it home. Was a "big" small block running an 1150 dominator carb!! It took him a year to dial the car in. He actually ran some of the pro gas brackets to have fun. Right after this photo was taken, he had to install a full cage.
It was amazing to watch.

[Xplantdad]

Vega wagon...doing a burnout http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[Xplantdad]

Paul Rossi Dodge car

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Pro stock bike...If I remember right, this is a shot of Terry Vance, of Vance and Hines Racing

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The famous "Service Center" Volkswagen. Front engined big block 454, engine set back. Notice the position of the driver.

[Xplantdad]

TOP FUEL BIKE...Remember these terrors? This guy actually laid this bike down in the lights the following Saturday night.

[Xplantdad]

An early 70's Trans Am in the traps.

[427TJ]

Hey, in 1983 I bought a Crane cam and lifters at Service Center in Oakland! That place was like a Toys R Us for street machiners. Bruce, you're like the "wayback machine" with these photos.

[Xplantdad]

Trans Am "sand drag" Funny Car

[Xplantdad]

I had a camera...I had to take pictures of something...!

[Xplantdad]

Viejo Speed Center Camaro..From Mission Viejo, Ca.
Going fast!

[Xplantdad]

Only 3 photos to go...then I have to update the CCnats post with 3 more photos!

Wheels up launch of a http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif volkswagen! It beat the Trans Am in the other lane!

[Xplantdad]

Another wheels up launch..this time from a 60's Chevy wagon from Glendale, AZ.

[Xplantdad]

FINAL ONE!
Yellow T.

[Steve_Hoog]

Bruce awesome job on your pics.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif