Meltdowndrags Big Thumbs up!!

My family and I went to check out the Meltdown drags this weekend in Byron IL. It's a great event. I haven't been to a drag race since my friends and I used to race at Union Grove in the 80's. My son has never been to a race of any kind. I've never had the opportunity to see gassers in action and it was downright awesome. One altered mopar "Moparius Maximus" was running in the mid 8's. There were some great wheelstands as well.

If you want to check out the event, check out [URL="http://www.meltdowndrags.com"]www.meltdowndrags.com[/URL]


Here's my son being unusually shy... notice the High Life falcon in the background.

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The "Abomination" is a wicked Henry J

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Caught the Rooster Tail catching a little air.

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Cool!!!
That pic is great! Think of all the torque going on right there!

Cool video of the event...

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That orange 57 reminds me of the Easter bunny!! Hippity hoppity!!!

I seen the Mopar in the last race and i think that said 141mph... darn that thing is fast..

Love the twin black '55s facing off! I need to build some models, a diorama of Abomination v. Agitator is in order. ~P

I enjoyed that very much .....thanks for posting the action

[B]Mike, i raced at Byron, Oswego, and U.S. 30, and attended races at Union Grove, back in the '70's, cool pix and video![/B]

The nostalgia trend is something that I hope continues. After my 55 is on the road, I've been eyeballing a 56' chevy and I think a straight axle would look pretty darn good under it.

Mike

I love the gasser look. The Abomination is AWESOME!