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Funny Cars Under the Stars at Barona
Posted by btucker on July 25th, 2010
JBA supports local drag racing by sponsoring Barona Drag Strip and RaceLegal. Last night, July 24, 2010, Barona hosted its Funny Car Summer 2010 show. It was a fun time and the crowd seemed to enjoy it, even if one of the funny cars did try to eat a crew member! I’ll apologize in advance for the lame night-time photography….let’s just call it “special effects” and let it go at that. The pictures don’t tell the definitive story, just random shots. Chris Boyer was on the microphone, the ice cream truck was armed and dangerous and the weather was perfect. One stop at Sonic on the way home and we called it a night. See the pictures for more details. -bt
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- Funny cars under the stars.
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- Mid-50′s Ford ran good!
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- Nothin’ subtle ’bout the paint.
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- JD’s Mustang in the pits.
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- Quicker than the Shelby GT500!
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- Blown Sentless in the pits.
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- Heaven Bound between rounds.
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- Small block Chevy?
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- Chevy II or Nova?
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- Bada Bing in the pits.
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- Got motor?
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- Mercury Comet GT.
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- Cool little Plymouth Valiant.
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- Wicked looking ’63 Corvette.
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- Purpose-built race car w/ fiberglass body.
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- Ran seriously fast.
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- 1969 Camaro.
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- Bitchin’ Mopar.
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- The ol’ Mopar ran pretty strong.
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- Totally old school, totally cool!
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- JD’s Mustang against the Split Window.
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- The Mustang and Corvette launch.
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- Charger versus Valiant.
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- Hot rods at Barona!
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- Will it ever make a complete pass?
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- More funny car action.
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- Funny cars ready to go.
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- Right after car tried to eat crew member.
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- Lots of good racing action.
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- Not your father’s Briggs & Stratton.
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- High caliber photo special efx.
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- Read ‘em, know ‘em, live ‘em.
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- Staging lanes after nightfall.
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- Another shot of the staging lanes.
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- One wicked fast VW.
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- This Mustang ran hard all night.
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- Staging under the lights.
Crower 2nd Annual Open House
Posted by btucker on July 10th, 2010
Crower invited JBA to exhibit at their 2nd Annual Open House Saturday July 10, 2010. What a great collection of cars and gearheads! The event featured serious machinery, including top fuel nostalgia dragsters, vintage slingshots, offroad vehicles, pro mods, street rods, late models and muscle cars. Something for everyone! Hosted by Bruce and Dave Crower, Kerry Novak, Roger Levine and the rest of the Crower crew, a good time was had by all. If you played your cards right, you also got a tour of the 100,000 sq. ft. Crower facility. A number of the hard core vehicles took turns cackling for the crowd. Music and a snack bar topped it all off. See the pictures for more of the story. -bt
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- Mike’s blown Mustang and Paul’s Willys.
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- Paul’s clean and quick Willys.
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- Hot rods hanging in the Crower lot.
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- Donovan-powered Porsche madness.
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- You don’t see too many offroad Camaro’s.
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- Notice the plugged ears!
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- Wild Pro Mod wowed the crowd.
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- Hard charging sand rail.
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- Don’s good ol’ blown hemi roadster.
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- Blown Bowtie companions.
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- Bet this is really quick.
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- Duncan’s Rehr-Morrison powered Camaro.
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- Cool old Crower poster.
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- Chopped 53 Studebaker.
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- Jack and Warren’s hemi-powered modified.
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- Cliff’s Wright On altered.
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- Nice lookin’ ’69 Camaro.
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- Henry J with a blown SBC.
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- Rick and Chuck’s top fuel nostalgia dragster.
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- A subtle tribute to Nolan.
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- Everyone loved the nitro burners.
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- Better plug your ears!
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- Another cackle-fest crowd pleaser.
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- Fast car…there’s alot going on here!
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- Crower uses only American materials.
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- Kerry described Crowerglide clutches.
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- Shaft-mounted rockers are in demand.
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- Want a set of titanium rods?
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- Kerry describes various Crower cams.
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- Crower offers pin-oiled lifters.
JBA and Dragsters at Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse
Posted by btucker on July 02nd, 2010
On Wednesday afternoon June 23rd JBA co-sponsored Dragster Nite at the Steakhouse Stake Out at Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse on Mission Gorge Road. Somehow we found a way to get out of moving our shop for a few hours to hang out with a bunch of drag racers. We brought down Fenn’s Vega drag car and Tucker’s old split window. The special guest was Don Prudhomme and he was as friendly as can be. He made a point of walking around the whole show and talking with folks, posing for pictures and signing autographs. Even though he’s earned superstar status in drag racing, at this show he was just another gearhead checking out the cars. One of the funny things he said about his driving career was “I’ve been on fire from here to New York .” See the attached pictures for more of the story. -bt
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- Don “The Snake” Prudhomme.
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- Junior fueler dragster.
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- Meats and two chutes.
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- Desperado driven by Ms. Eily Stafford.
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- Mark Lueck custom painter extraordinaire.
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- Guy Aguayo’s Super Comp Top Dragster.
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- Danny Aguayo Super Comp Top Dragster.
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- Rick’s old car run by Mike Smith.
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- Paradise Alley nostalgia top fueler.
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- Larry Holt’s Speed Specialties.
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- A bug with bad intent.
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- Louvres and fat whitewalls.
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- Clean AMX.
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- Classic Willys pickup.
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- Slammed pick-me-up.
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- Black and white…both fast.
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- Jim Borba and Don Prudhomme.
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- From another angle.
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- A partial overview.
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- Don’s pick for vehicle of the show!
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- Norm, J and Mike hanging out.
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- It’s in the details.
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- Classic stuff.
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- Joel & Olympic Coatings support local racers.
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- Nice lookin’ Mopar.
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- Built to drive hard and look good.
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- Steve Fenn’s drag race Vega.
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- Cool artwork from Mark Lueck.
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- More cool artwork from Mark Lueck.
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- Shaking hands and making friends.
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- Thanks for signing my hot wheels!
