The track near AJ's family's place is not a 1/4 - miler. Circle track, dirt or mud (or in this case,
soupy goo)..... I think it's a half-miler but it may be longer
ACS (Adams County Speedway) is a 1/2 mile "Gumbo" (dirt/clay mix) oveal with two 1/8 mile straightaways and banked turns. It's a nice enough track that people (including Carl Edwards' younger brother Kenny) drive from as far as STL to race there.
Oh and BTW they got that track dried out enough that we DID go to the races, the track was ok but the pits were a tad damp in places and smelled like an old dried out hog waller.
Dad got 11th with the Travelin' Javelin. Not bad considering we started at 9 in the morning with just a longblock, installed ALL the accessories including shaft rockers and R&Ring the intake to reinstall the lifters (someone flipped the motor on the stand with no pushrods in it... THANKS DAD), and had a hard time priming the motor (AMC's have an external oil pump, he has converted it to dry sump, and it just didn't wanna get the air out) And had some other small issues that included having to replace the radiator at the last second...
LOL was a fun thrash all in all. Too bad my 72 AMX thrash didn't go as well..
Anyway, I think me and Trish have it figured out now, we need two jobs each, one in Iowa one in AZ, then we'll spend summers in IA and winters in AZ.
No snow, no ice, no "hundred and WHAT-teen?" heat.. And y'all pick on Snowbirds. They got it figured out! lol...
Don't get to see many of these out that way do ya??