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Jerry Clayton in National Dragster
Just wanted to congratulate you on being in the new National Dragster. Ed the Ace and Wild Willie were a couple of my heros back in the day and I saw them and all the other guys race a lot. Garlits used to pit next to me at Byron all the time back during the Garlits-Muldowny feud in the late 70's. He even knew me by my first name for a whole summer. Anyway your not forgotten after all these years. Sincerely,
Russ (Ralphs buddy with the black cobra) |
Way to go Jerry! Congratulations.
Clois |
thanks rooster and clois---got to find a copy
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Congrats Jerry
I spent a lot of dollars flying to various NHRA races in the 70's ... Hearing your name again brings back a lot of memories. http://thumb12.webshots.net/s/thumb3...9fhhPkD_th.jpg |
Warren
you might of even been on one of my flights---I used to run across someone every now and then that knew me--guess I better try to find a copy for the museum!!!! |
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I did a lot of flying for business then and I always scheduled a trip just before various races, especially the Gatornationals, US Nationals, Keystone Nats and Englishtown. I always purchased a jacket patch and I have over 30 before 1980. Back then, I needed a monthly snort of nitro to keep the cobwebs out of the brain. Just as good as smoking weed (they tell me). Now I catch the vast majority on ESPN. Not quite the same. |
yep, today its like a corporate world---do you have an appointment??? the driver will be here to sign autographs between 10 and 10:30---oh we got to warm up the car then also---if he is on time!!!
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Jerry, please tell us some stories. Tell us what it was like to don a fire suit and step into one of these cars. Take us through the sequence of a run in an early nitro funny car. Tell us about some of your better races (and even some of the scary moments, if you feel up to it).
-Dean |
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congrats Jerry |
Wow Jerry this is great to see ! I have to find a place that sells National Dragster around here .
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Jerry, if you can't find one you can have mine. Russ
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I can tell you some stories , but I didn't drive it---we had a little guy 108 # for a driver--I drove my pro stocker in late 70s early 80s but generally didn't drive too much as airlines said ----make up your mind--wanta fly? or drive?? without flying couldn't have been able to race the fuelers so I flew and built the cars/engines--we held many track records, the NHRA national record, generally was #1 qualifier and had low et/ top speed of the event, won several, got beat some---
Gonna be gone for 2 weeks, will try to find a library to keep up on things Thanks guys and gals Jerry PS--do a search for Keeling & Clayton California Charger and go further down the list than the model shops and you can find some race stories. |
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