69 rustyrunner at Irwindale raceway

[moparchris]

Hey guys,

Its been a while since I have posted any pics or updates on my projects. I have been busy and it seems that it takes 3 times longer to do something. So I decided to go to Irwindale and see what will happen for the Rustyrunner. 2 passes before it broke! It appears the nipple on the water pump housing is a little rusty and the heater hose just popped off! Oh well. It did run 8.76 @ 82 mph! Incase your wondering, no its not an 8 second car....well maybe on an 1/8 mile track (which is what Irwindale is). Just for reference, my 68 Roadrunner ran 8.80s at 80 mph and at Bakersfield Raceway (which is 1/4 mile track) it ran 13.77 @ 101 mph. So I was impressed with my high mileage numbers matching Roadrunner! I think the Rustyrunner likes me! I have had it out twice now and both times it draws a crowd! A big crowd! I had a restored 68 that was black and very nice and it never drew a crowd like my underdog does! Okay enough babbling here is the car porn. And to Basketcase, I gave my buddy the camera to take some good burnout photos and this is what he came up with. Sucks because the burnouts are the most fun!

 

[moparchris]

Some more with a few pics of some of the other Mopars there that night. It was real dark and I couldnt get any useable photos. I did have the only 69 Roadrunner there, now that I think about it, I had the ONLY Roadrunner there.

 

[moparchris]

I know its not a blown Hemi car, which is awesome by the way and you know who you are, but I had a great time! People were amazed that it would lay 10 feet of rubber on the 1/2 shift!

 

[moparchris]

Some of the other cars

 

[mcmopar]

Sweet pics! BTW did you beat the Rustang?

 

[69hemibeep]

looks like you had fun :cheers:

 

[Roadcuda]

Thanks for sharing. As Bob said, it looks like you had fun. And I have to say that it's a nice change to see full wheel covers on a Runner, That's something you don't see very often.

 

[moparchris]

The Mustywang was hard to beat. I did manage to win one. Thats my buddies car, its fast runs 13.50s.

 

[Basketcase]

nice to see you having some with with her Chris! Thanks for sharing.

 

[ACME A12]

Probably would have gone 8.60 @ 87 mph...if it were B5... :lmao:

Good pics & a great story, Chris! Glad to see you're enjoying the old warhorse. Thanks for sharing!

 

[moparchris]

Probably would have gone 8.60 @ 87 mph...if it were B5... :lmao:

Good pics & a great story, Chris! Glad to see you're enjoying the old warhorse. Thanks for sharing!

I put a piece of my wifes b5 mod top in the back seat, thats why it went so good! :lmao:

 

[Basketcase]

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Probably would have gone 8.60 @ 87 mph...if it were B5... :lmao:

Good pics & a great story, Chris! Glad to see you're enjoying the old warhorse. Thanks for sharing!

 

[dobie]

Very nice!

 

[roadrunnerh]

Thanks for sharing pics!!!! That car looks like a lot of fun!

 

[SomeCarGuy]

Cool. I'm afraid of having to pick up broken stuff so I don't race this car. Good to see somebody still flys our flag