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Irwindale California Speedway| bumblebee |
Posted: October 30, 2009 07:50 am
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  adios mf'er Group: Muscle Mod Posts: 446 Member No.: 74 Joined: November 25, 2007  |
In California, my Uncle took me to the Irwindale California Speedway. Lots of Drag Racing muscle cars. Unfortunately, the car we took was not a muscle car. But it sure packed a punch. A late 70's Mitsubishi lancer with a '88 Mazda 7 RS rotary engine. It was an amazing machine. As a car, it held up pretty well vs the muscles, but when I was behind the wheel . . . well, let's just say, I never drag raced before.
This is an event that happens every Thursday and for USD 20, any tom dick and harry can bring their car to race here as much as they wanted. Below is the pic of the lancer and my uncle. Attached Image  |
 
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| bumblebee |
Posted: October 30, 2009 07:51 am
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Here are picks of some of the cars we were up against.
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| bumblebee |
Posted: October 30, 2009 07:53 am
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More cars. These monsters packed some serious muscle under the hood.
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| bumblebee |
Posted: October 30, 2009 07:54 am
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I even met one of the great legends of drag racing who happens to be a pinoy, Mr Ben Alameda. Dunno if some of you guys know of him.
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| rickoks |
Posted: October 30, 2009 08:26 am
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 she canna take no more cap'n Group: Bonafide Member Posts: 726 Member No.: 8 Joined: February 06, 2007 |
not sure if it is the same one but back in the 90's when i used to live in SoCal my uncle who was into oldschool japanese cars had a friend who had a rotary engine lancer. I remember the guy let me ride around the block. that thing was so fast. acceleration is the same feeling as a jet taking off... -------------------- |
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| bumblebee |
Posted: October 30, 2009 03:29 pm
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Probably the same guy. I think these lancers are rare here, add the rotary, that makes it really rare. What's the name of your uncle? I'll ask my uncle if he knows him.
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| luckyone |
Posted: October 30, 2009 06:22 pm
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Hi bublebee, I live close to Irwindale California. I live in Duarte where the 605 and 210 Freeways meet. Are you still in So Cal? There are few local car shows this weekend. One in West Covina on Saturday (http://www.socalcarculture.com/Images/103109Motorama.pdf),
one in Whittier tonight ( http://www.socalcarculture.com/Images/Crui...bysWhittier.pdf ) and one on Sunday in Glendora ( http://www.socalcarshowdjs.com/ ) Those above show lists are the ones that I go to (closer to home). Where are you staying? What city? In case you wanna go to a local show check out the link below..... http://www.socalcarculture.com/events.html This post has been edited by luckyone on October 30, 2009 06:29 pm --------------------  |
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| carld |
Posted: October 30, 2009 11:15 pm
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Bro, I'm so envious! Parts galore, the biggest classic car warehouse ever and a smoking drag race?!??!!!?!!????? Man, you're having one great vacation! Keep having fun dude, and keep posting pics! :)
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| bumblebee |
Posted: October 31, 2009 01:29 am
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Hi Luckyone. I'm staying in El Segundo with the relatives of my wife. Thanks for the info on the car shows. If sked permits, I'll try to see which one I can attend.
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| jetning |
Posted: October 31, 2009 02:58 pm
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hey bumblebee. it was nice meeting you the other day. good to see Butch and the Lancer too. did you make it to Donut Derelicts? goodluck sa project. just e-mail me if you're ready to drop a Ben Alameda engine on that bumblebeast of yours. have a safe trip back home.---- Romeo
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| bumblebee |
Posted: November 01, 2009 03:21 am
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Romeo, it was nice meeting you the other day. Please let us know if you happen to be in the philippines, we may have an EB then. |
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| rickoks |
Posted: November 01, 2009 05:57 am
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she canna take no more cap'n Group: Bonafide Member Posts: 726 Member No.: 8 Joined: February 06, 2007 |
uncles name is Lito Pejoro. Ask him if he knows the guy who drives a right hand drive RX7. -------------------- |
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| steelrat |
Posted: November 01, 2009 11:45 am
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 she canna take no more cap'n Group: Bonafide Member Posts: 1434 Member No.: 61 Joined: September 23, 2007 |
Hey, I see a blue Duster! Any photos???
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| jetning |
Posted: November 01, 2009 04:02 pm
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Franz, here's the John Force Cruise-in I was telling you about. I was not able to make it ( had to change the wife's car's brakes).
http://www.pcfred.com/johnforce09.html |
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| bumblebee |
Posted: November 02, 2009 03:07 am
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Thanks Jetning! awesome pics. too bad I missed it.
Steely, yup. A duster. Was able to take what was under the hood. A badass big block. Attached Image  |
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