Why race your supercar

[sYc]

As per taking risks, I guess I should not mention that my youngest son took the Yenko Camaro to his high school prom the last two years. Talk about stepping back in time, two teenagers, all decked out, arriving at the prom in a 1969 Camaro. Needless to say, he was the envy of his friends. Rumor has it he "showed out" a little. Must have got that from his mother. Right Rob [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Besides the thrill of driving/racing, the exposure/attention we have received has been kind of neat. In the 6+ years we have owned the Camaro, here is some of the coverage it has recieved. 2 page pic in SC of it racing Mark Kickle's hugger ornage Yenko at SCR1, cover of Muscle car Review doing a burnout at Pure Stock Drags, (set sales records), pic in SC doing a burnout at the FBody Gathering, pictured several times in MCR participating at the Pure Stock Drags, part of a feature on COPOs on Speed Vision, part of segment on SCR on My Classic Car, pictured on newest JL diecast, scheduled to appear Yenko poster/drawing. I am sure there are others, but these are the ones that come to mind. And the reason? Certaintly not because it is the nicest or most correct one out there, far from it, but because we are not afraid to drive it. And hopefuly, once finished, our Nova and Chevelle will receive the same. I realize some owners do not enjoy this kind of attention, but we kind of dig it. And, I think is has helped educate the public as per what these cars were/are about.

[SS454]

Tom,to your youngest son [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img]
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[Kim_Howie]

Tom , my youngest son took my rs-ss camaro conv't with 41 opts to home coming in 1991 I was more afraid of him driving around town than i have ever been on a race track. The thing about a race track is the car is teched and checked of safety which i don't know about the idiot on the street. Give me the track any day compared to the street.

[JoeG]

I'm one of the new kids on the block when it comes to this forum, but I've kinda been hanging around because it seems no matter how a topic keeps going around in circles , mostly everyone seems to find a common center..---Very REFRESHING. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Somebody point this poor guy to the Douglass topics [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[JoeG]

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Somebody point this poor guy to the Douglass topics [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Took a quick look------WOW!!!---Talk about take no prisoners---------- That's O.K.--as long as they can't reach thru the computer screen and punch me!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]---Can they?? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[Jeff H]

It's always good to hear other perspectives and opinions on certain subjects.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

JoeG;
Even with 6+ pages of sometimes heated dialogue, everyone agrees that the Douglass cars are a very cool part of the SuperCar hobby, and have a lot of mystique about them. I believe we all respect each other's opinions, it may not always appear that way in a given thread but in reality we do.
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[sYc]

Kim, That is the parent in you. We can protect our kids from a lot of things, but not idiot/drunk drivers. Just yesterday I visited with the mother/sister of the 18 girl who lost her life due to a drunk driver (BAC was over .300). [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif[/img]