Gatornationals Fri 15th March

Stu Twin · Post by **Stu Twin** » Thu Apr 04, 13 10:24 pm

Only went on the Fri & Sat. Unfortunately we didn't make it there on either day before 10am so we missed the Sportsman classes. I get the impression that the NHRA see Sportsman as an inconvenience at Natioanal events as they didn't get any track time between 11 - 5 (except on finals day).
Still, Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock (cars & bikes) and Pro Mod held our interest. Warmish & sunny both days, tho for some reason the fuelers couldn't get a decent run on the friday, i think the bump by late afternoon was in the 6's. Probably as it's new tarmac.
Got a result going in on the Friday, someone flogged us 4 spare tickets at $15 each ($33 face value), and we got 'Military discount' (they love that over there) for Saturday so $61 instead of $75.
Hope these go down better than the bike photos...

Spotted this 67 GTO at National Parts Depot in Ocala on the way.

Gainesville has changed a bit since we went in '85.

And our runabout - Dodge Grand Caravan. Ideal for 4 blokes with loads of crap.

the dodge · Post by **the dodge** » Thu Apr 04, 13 10:51 pm

nice pics, got any more?

db · Post by db » Fri Apr 05, 13 11:07 am

Cars are stunning, thanks for posting

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Fri Apr 05, 13 1:08 pm

65 Cornet with the 426........Looks to clean to drive!

Also like the shot of what looks like a GRP BelAir body dragster. Interesting to see the lifters with the covers off....

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Fri Apr 05, 13 5:02 pm

The blown and injected Cornet does it for me Dave and I like the paint too, looks bang on!

I have to say the blue GTO is a belter though.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Apr 05, 13 5:11 pm

Blown Injected Hemi AFXer oh my God.....Mental

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Apr 05, 13 6:20 pm

Look closer, I think those are Weber Carbs on that blower.

Shame that Funny cars, pro stocks and pro mods all look pretty much the same on the track these days.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Sun Apr 07, 13 2:46 am

Nice pics stranger! Good to see you got the hang of the photobucket thang

Just working my way thru 5 pages of new posts from the last week, so I'll check your other thread(s) in due course...

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sun Apr 07, 13 9:27 am

Nice pictures ,, i like all the ballast on the nose of one of them pro mods,about seven pictures from the end i think it was...wonder if thats to keep the nose down or to make the class weight ,,,few pound on there,, Blue would have a heart failure if he had to load that on one of his cars