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    8/04/2021 1:56 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    From: Surfside Beach,SC
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    Since its 'just-a-little-slow'...how bout this question..............

    In your opinion...who was the racer/builder that was  "wayyyy ahead of their time" as for as innovation/smarts/tricks/etc.?!

    My pick would be Mickey Thompson! Inventor/builder/driver(Bonneville & drags & NASCAR...when NASCAR was real and not fake!) & Indy/businessman. This guy made stuff people are still using!

    Post your entry......
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    8/04/2021 3:21 PM  #2

    Rudi
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    Re: Since its 'just-a-little-slow'...how bout this question..............

    Smoky, hands down the most innovative.

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    8/04/2021 4:46 PM  #3

    Hakan
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    From: Långrör, Sandarne, Sweden
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    Re: Since its 'just-a-little-slow'...how bout this question..............

    I'm thinking Don Garlits, but for obvious reasons I have to mention Peter Svensson that set a world record in top fuel drag bike 24th of August 2012 with an ET of 5.709 at a dragstrip not far from where I live here in Sweden. IIRC it took Larry "Spiderman" McBride five years to run faster.



     

     

    8/06/2021 8:00 AM  #4

    BobE
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    Re: Since its 'just-a-little-slow'...how bout this question..............

    Rudi wrote:

    Smoky, hands down the most innovative.

    There are many, but Smokey gets my vote.
     

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    8/06/2021 8:59 AM  #5

    rpm
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    Re: Since its 'just-a-little-slow'...how bout this question..............

    Dang Sal, tough question. Might take a while to answer.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    8/06/2021 11:25 AM  #6

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    Re: Since its 'just-a-little-slow'...how bout this question..............

    Ricky Bobby.....developed the "shake n bake" technique....always a direct line to the winners circle...

     

    8/06/2021 1:09 PM  #7

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    Re: Since its 'just-a-little-slow'...how bout this question..............

    I go with Smokey.  I grew up reading his Smokey’s Garage articles in Popular Mechanics magazine.  Those are probably the precursor to how FYIFORD FORUM came about, many years later.  I was fascinated by his problem solving abilities, and that stuff probably formed my mechanical thinking and aptitude more than any other inputs.  Without Smokey, I might have grown up to be a musician or something.  (Not a jab at musicians, just a true statement)

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