Southern Slingshots at Southern Nostalgia Shootout
by Marvin T. Smith
The Southern Slingshots put on quite an exhibition at the Southern Nostalgia Shootout! They brought eight cars and ran the wheels off of them. These eight ran four or five times a day, putting on their own eighth mile show and not running in the regular eliminations. Other members of the Southern Slingshots chose to run in open competition. Several cars ran their personal best times, so they were really pushing their machinery to thrill the crowds. Tammy Fargo ran the quickest of the group at 4.91 at her personal best speed of 141.61 mph. Ed Fargo drove the car the full quarter to a 7.97 158 mph on Saturday. Charlie and Diane Meyer’s injected Chevy dragster with Diane driving was another car with a new personal best. John Crawford brought his injected 427 Chevy Logghe car from Ohio and also ran a personal best on the South Georgia Motorsports Park concrete. Dave Workman had his beautiful blown rat-powered dragster on the track for a number of runs, but was having problems. Even though he broke two transmission shafts, grazed the wall, and had to repair his steering, he never missed a session! Both Dave Workman and Tammy Fargo participated in the Cackle Event on Saturday night, and Tammy out-flamed Don Garlits and Roger Gates in Denny Fenstermaker’s car. Two other Southern Slingshot members raced in open competition. Terry Stewart won Flathead/Inliner class with his Hilborn injected 6 cylinder dragster, and Phil Bramande won Altered Competition class with his dragster. These guys and gals really personify the spirit of nostalgia drag racing: great cars, wheels-up action, great people, and great times.
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The Southern Slingshots put on quite an exhibition at the Southern Nostalgia Shootout! They brought eight cars and ran the wheels off of them. These eight ran four or five times a day, putting on their own eighth mile show and not running in the regular eliminations. Other members of the Southern Slingshots chose to run in open competition. Several cars ran their personal best times, so they were really pushing their machinery to thrill the crowds. Tammy Fargo ran the quickest of the group at 4.91 at her personal best speed of 141.61 mph. Ed Fargo drove the car the full quarter to a 7.97 158 mph on Saturday. Charlie and Diane Meyer’s injected Chevy dragster with Diane driving was another car with a new personal best. John Crawford brought his injected 427 Chevy Logghe car from Ohio and also ran a personal best on the South Georgia Motorsports Park concrete. Dave Workman had his beautiful blown rat-powered dragster on the track for a number of runs, but was having problems. Even though he broke two transmission shafts, grazed the wall, and had to repair his steering, he never missed a session! Both Dave Workman and Tammy Fargo participated in the Cackle Event on Saturday night, and Tammy out-flamed Don Garlits and Roger Gates in Denny Fenstermaker’s car. Two other Southern Slingshot members raced in open competition. Terry Stewart won Flathead/Inliner class with his Hilborn injected 6 cylinder dragster, and Phil Bramande won Altered Competition class with his dragster. These guys and gals really personify the spirit of nostalgia drag racing: great cars, wheels-up action, great people, and great times.
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posted by David @ 4:43 PM
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