Remember This Driver From 1987?

#16 08-06-2008, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jackee Allen

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#17 08-06-2008, 11:44 AM

Cool pic Wayne. Just so happens my lady wore his T-shirt this last weekend. I've still have one of his unused C.L. bumper sticker.
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#18 08-06-2008, 12:00 PM

Tht injector was made by Sid Waterman. Shirley and Ted Combis ran one too. They had trouble with it on burnouts because it has a side by side set of butterflies that flowed a LOT of air, and that made throttle response touchy..

I remember Dante pulling into the 85' Springs at NTR on Saturday around noon. His old POS junk Peterbilt cabover blew up somewhere on the west coast. He traded it off and bought a new KW 110" COE off the lot and hauled a$$, straight through driving for the Springs.
They unloaded, set up, ran for the staging lanes and ripped off a 5.63 in the very last session to make the show.
It was SPECTACULAR!
I don't remember if he went rounds, but I was a fan. That dude proved he was a hard core racer that day!
He was great for the sport and his team was one of the highlights in the 80's...

#19 08-06-2008, 12:04 PM

Here's a better photo of the car. Thanks to Karen Eason for sharing.

MEMORIES.

#20 08-06-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by George Civiletto

Tht injector was made by Sid Waterman. Shirley and Ted Combis ran one too. They had trouble with it on burnouts because it has a side by side set of butterflies that flowed a LOT of air, and that made throttle response touchy..

I remember Dante pulling into the 85' Springs at NTR on Saturday around noon. His old POS junk Peterbilt cabover blew up somewhere on the west coast. He traded it off and bought a new KW 110" COE off the lot and hauled a$$, straight through driving for the Springs.
They unloaded, set up, ran for the staging lanes and ripped off a 5.63 in the very last session to make the show.
It was SPECTACULAR!
I don't remember if he went rounds, but I was a fan. That dude proved he was a hard core racer that day!
He was great for the sport and his team was one of the highlights in the 80's...

And if I remember right George, the rest of the story is the after the rig was parked, it sank into the seemingly always rain soaked ground and had to be pulled out with a tractor after the event.

#21 08-06-2008, 02:07 PM

More people ran it than just Shirley, Ted and Dante - it was a tricky piece to set the idle on which made the throttle response some what difficult. It required a driver with a very fine touch to make it work.

However it complimented Sids blower design which was the old bowers very well. When a person could get them to work they flat out hauled.

#22 08-06-2008, 02:29 PM

I always enjoyed a Steve Evans interview, but when Dante won the finals of a race and Steve interviewed him, it was a great moment. You could just see how much it meant to him to win. I don't remember what race it was, but Evans said something to the effect of "Touchdown" and I thought Dan was gonna cry. I was happy for him then, it was good to see. Anybody know what race it was? I think it may even have been a rain delayed final on a Monday. Man, waaaay too many years ago to remember without some help.

#23 08-06-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Stanfield

I always enjoyed a Steve Evans interview, but when Dante won the finals of a race and Steve interviewed him, it was a great moment. You could just see how much it meant to him to win. I don't remember what race it was, but Evans said something to the effect of "Touchdown" and I thought Dan was gonna cry. I was happy for him then, it was good to see. Anybody know what race it was? I think it may even have been a rain delayed final on a Monday. Man, waaaay too many years ago to remember without some help.

Was it the Southern Nationals in Atlanta?

#24 08-06-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Rogers Jr

Was it the Southern Nationals in Atlanta?

Confirmed! Google is my friend.

Dan won in Atlanta in '86

#25 08-06-2008, 03:02 PM

Pastorini also runnered-up to Dick LaHaie at the initial All Stars race at the Motorplex in 1987. Rains forced the Top Fuel final to be run at Atlanta a couple of weeks later.

#26 08-06-2008, 07:14 PM

Couch was tuning him...and when Dan got his money from the Raiders after a 10 year lawsuit he quit racing and has a business in TX....

Many used that injector...Combis was the first as he funded the patent.

#27 08-06-2008, 07:29 PM

Nobody mentioned anything about his Dragboat career.
Driving the Quaterback Sneak.

#28 08-06-2008, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Rogers Jr

Confirmed! Google is my friend.

Dan won in Atlanta in '86

Thanks Paul, I have been wondering about that all day. I know I have that race and a lot more recorded on the old VHS tapes I have stockpiled back home. One day I will get back and copy them onto the computer and go "youtube" crazy. Remember when you had to wait a week or so to see the race on TV?

#29 08-06-2008, 08:33 PM

The Quarterback Sneak was also the name on the dragster , black with gold lettering ,got pics of it and the Coors car at Houston and the Cajun Nationals ,but I have no scanner. But that could change !

#30 08-06-2008, 09:14 PM

My all-time favorite Oiler Quarterback!

Ah, memories.....I ate breakfast with Cris Dishman one morning at Denny's. Totally by accident! Oh, and Carl Mauck knocked me down in the airport once. And, and, and....Earl Campbell picked me and my metal folding chair up to get a football during pre-game warmups. Um, my ex-stepdad was in the oil business in the 80's and they used to have spectator seating on the sidelines. Good times, good times!