How about Canadian Poncho day at the drag strip?

eeluddy · Uber Guru

How about Canadian Poncho day at the drag strip?

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Sounds good but we'd need a commitment from folks before we plan such an event. I think you can book the track for weekdays which means a day off work for most people.

RDubya · Poncho Master!

Would be great to have a big get together so close to home. If we get a date enough in advance i'll make sure to be available to help too!

65Camino · Uber Guru

I'd be in for it! Drag racing all day long...Woooeeee!!

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Would a running chassis with a plywood floor and a lawn chair be ok?

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Yes, but you'd have to run in the modified class.

eeluddy · Uber Guru

Todd, Don't you want to know how fast that big block is going to be?

59poncho · Poncho Master!

sounds good to me. We'll see how slow i can go!! i can even grab my dads huge flip up travel nascar bar-b-que! Its huge.

gparis7 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

St. Thomas Dragway has a Buick Olds Pontiac day every fall. I think it's set for the second or third weekend in October this year.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

I would have liked to have run the car with the small block first just for kicks.

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

You can! I have a meter ,that you can run on THE HIGHWAY.. You set it, and push down, and hold it until it registers 1/4 mile.. Will give you indication of how fast SBC is I will bring it next week wink

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

blacktransam wrote:

Would be great to have a big get together so close to home. If we get a date enough in advance i'll make sure to be available to help too!

Since I dont want to "hurt" my old cars.. lol wink

c Can I bring my wifes "Woody" wagon... wink

-- Edited by 427carl at 12:05, 2008-09-30

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

427carl wrote:

Since I dont want to "hurt" my old cars.. lol c Can I bring my wifes "Woody" wagon...

now thats funny, but its not a poncho

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

427carl wrote:

You can! I have a meter ,that you can run on THE HIGHWAY.. You set it, and push down, and hold it until it registers 1/4 mile.. Will give you indication of how fast SBC is I will bring it next week

Is it radar proof. Knowing me, that'd be the time I get bagged for "racing". Bye bye Laurentian...

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

65Camino wrote:

I'd be in for it! Drag racing all day long...Woooeeee!!

You need a Pontiac ! I know someone who might lend you one. wink

RDubya · Poncho Master!

My car won't be doing any racing...unless i want it to be the last thing it ever does*L*

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

I will drive it for you!!! I am very gentle... I will stop 1/4 way down the mile... biggrin

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

69Laurentian wrote:

427carl wrote:

You can! I have a meter ,that you can run on THE HIGHWAY.. You set it, and push down, and hold it until it registers 1/4 mile.. Will give you indication of how fast SBC is I will bring it next week

Is it radar proof. Knowing me, that'd be the time I get bagged for "racing". Bye bye Laurentian...

To be safe, we can try it out on your street!

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Stephenzone wrote:

427carl wrote:

Since I dont want to "hurt" my old cars.. lol c Can I bring my wifes "Woody" wagon...

now thats funny, but its not a poncho

It was converted to Chevrolet, to protect the innocent...

eeluddy · Uber Guru

gparis7 wrote:

St. Thomas Dragway has a Buick Olds Pontiac day every fall. I think it's set for the second or third weekend in October this year.

Do you know when that is? I checked their website, couldn't find any info on that.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

If I pop the motor at the track, will CAA tow me from there or will we have to clean the shoe polish numbers off the windows and push it out to the road? Thats what those of us had to do with our cars under factory warranty when we broke things at the track and had to call GM roadside assistance... wink

eeluddy · Uber Guru

69Laurentian wrote:

If I pop the motor at the track, will CAA tow me from there or will we have to clean the shoe polish numbers off the windows and push it out to the road? Thats what those of us had to do with our cars under factory warranty when we broke things at the track and had to call GM roadside assistance...

I'll tow you back to Ingersoll with the Acadian. 194 cubes with an air cooled Powerglide should do it if we don't take it out of Low

427strato · Addicted!

I would doubt whether there would be sufficient Pontiacs in Ontario, or there derivatives, to substantiate an all Pontiac race day at any track, including St. Thomas, although this is my favorite track. The practical solution would be to hook up with the ONDR, ie Ontario Nostalgia Drag Racers and Rick Proctor in particular, who run points races throughout Ontario. This weekend they are running at Grand Bend for a two day event which promises to be spectacular as ususual. They run gassers, altereds, stocks, pure stocks, etc. and it is always incredible racing. Why they don't advertise in Old Autos is beyond me as they have been in existence for a number of years and spectators are almost non-existent. There is one gentleman that runs a 1963 black Parissiene with a 409. The event this weekend is usually held at St. Thomas on the thanksgiving weekend however I expect due to the purported problems with the track management it was rescheduled to Grand Bend this year. This organization is well worth joining and dues are an incredibly low $20/year or thereabouts. Everyone involved is supportive of the next guy and willing to assist in each others endeavors. Doug.

RDubya · Poncho Master!

The event could always be run with some other regional Pontiac clubs. I know there's the Ontario Pontiac Club, it's newer cars but they had an event in St.Thomas in the summer, even had GM there. I didn't get to go but heard it was a decent turn out. I also found a local Trans Am club which i need to check into. I'll bet somehow enough Pontiacs could make it, not sure on time of year but if you don't mind an all years event then it could work. Just a thought.