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S197 3V Fabman's build; How did we get here?

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Fabman

Dances with Racecars
@Flash68 and I tearing up the asphalt at Sonoma last week.
Unfortunately he had an alternator failure (sound familiar?) and wasn't able to make the main event. :(


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Fabman

Dances with Racecars

Fabman

Dances with Racecars
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Fabman

Dances with Racecars
Throw back Thursday.
Those were the days....

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Fabman

Dances with Racecars
When men were men and women were women... An I imagine they paid you something for winning.
Anywhere from about 800 to 3000 dollars to win depending on the show.
Tires were 100 bucks a pop and entry was 35 bucks.
The races in the last 2 weeks were 1000.00 to win and 2000.00 to win....in MINI STOCKS!
Yeah....mini stocks. Toyotas, pintos and hondas with stock motors, bodies and suspension, yet my million dollar road race car with $550.00 a piece tires and near 1000.00 entry fee races for.....zero. That still stings just a little bit.
 

Fabman

Dances with Racecars
There we go, that's a mini stock from back in the day.
They haven't changed that much and some of the ones I built way back then are still winning.
Look how cute my kids were...they are all in their 40's now and have kids of their own. Ouch.

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So funny how these things go. I was just chatting with a friend, like an hour ago, about the pitiful payouts of NHRA. Sprint Car payouts aren't much better. Kart racing, ha, you get a trophy from the local trophy shop!

Great looking family! My parents have pictures like that of us at the Drag Boat Races. My dad and uncle stopped before the next funeral was for one of them.
 

Fabman

Dances with Racecars
So funny how these things go. I was just chatting with a friend, like an hour ago, about the pitiful payouts of NHRA. Sprint Car payouts aren't much better. Kart racing, ha, you get a trophy from the local trophy shop!

Great looking family! My parents have pictures like that of us at the Drag Boat Races. My dad and uncle stopped before the next funeral was for one of them.
HA! That was my wife as we say "BB" or before boobs.
Was a much needed and appreciated upgrade.
 

Fabman

Dances with Racecars
That's my boy now....still collecting trophy's with Dad. ;)

I noticed though that the kids are bigger and the trophy's are smaller....must be all that inflation I keep hearing about.
Those are all first place trophy's....3 races in 3 days. No consistency. :mad:

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Fabman

Dances with Racecars
Update:
This is the mini stock that won the $2000.00 race.
No, I’m not kidding.

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Fabman

Dances with Racecars

302BOB

Epic Contributor
There we go, that's a mini stock from back in the day.
They haven't changed that much and some of the ones I built way back then are still winning.
Look how cute my kids were...they are all in their 40's now and have kids of their own. Ouch.

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Sal,4 daughters?!?! Now I know why you race so hard!!!!......Each one has to be a feather in your cap and a place in your heart.....race on.........................ouch don't happen til the great grand kids want to race.............................................................:shhh:
 

Fabman

Dances with Racecars
Sal,4 daughters?!?! Now I know why you race so hard!!!!......Each one has to be a feather in your cap and a place in your heart.....race on.........................ouch don't happen til the great grand kids want to race.............................................................:shhh:
2 daughters.
That’s my wife on the left and my son holding the trophy.
 

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