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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 22, 2009 17:19:18 GMT -5
FACTORY ALTERED  The 1965 Dodge Coronet Factory Altered Wheelbase Specifications Wheelbase, inches: 110 Weight, lbs: 3,050 Number built: 6 Base price: NA Standard Engine Type: ohv V-8 Displacement, cid: 426 Fuel system: 2 x 4bbl. Compression ratio: 12.5:1 Horsepower @ rpm: 550 @ 5000 Torque @ rpm: 490 @ 4000 Representative Performance 0-60 mph, sec: 4.5 (est.) 1/4 mile, sec. @ mph: 10.20 @ 138
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Post by pmossberg on Nov 22, 2009 22:36:30 GMT -5
I gotta bust your chops dodgehemi.
The car in the second photo is a 65 Plymouth Belvedere.
Same specs and performance tho.
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 23, 2009 10:23:09 GMT -5
Go ahead pmossberg.
I did not even look to see what it was it was right next to the other one .
If I would have look I would have seen it was a Plymouth, a very nice car anyway.
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 23, 2009 10:28:41 GMT -5
After next Monday Nov. 30,2009 no more "A LITTLE RACING HISTORY UNTIL JAN 1,2010. Taking a vacation.
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Post by pmossberg on Nov 23, 2009 10:41:24 GMT -5
Yeah...I didn't want to point out the big "Plymouth" logo on the front fender.  I've had both. My fist car was a '65 Dodge Coronet convertible. I have a '65 Plymouth Satellite convertible now. It is a well deserved break dodgehemi. Thanks for all info so far! |
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 24, 2009 9:51:23 GMT -5
[size=4Four in a row not a first for a team][/size]
NOT A FIRST: Hendrick Motorsports' run of four consecutive championships is not a first in NASCAR -- or for the team. In the 1990s, drivers Jeff Gordon (1995, 1997 and 1998) and Terry Labonte (1996) combined to win four straight Sprint Cup titles for the organization. No other team has won more than three in a row.
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 24, 2009 9:59:05 GMT -5
KK and RPM 2010
Kahne considering leaving RPM after 2010: from a Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes - Kasey Kahne Open Interview done at Homestead:
Q) HOW MUCH WILL YOU TRY AND STAY IN THE LOOP WITH RPM MANAGEMENT ON WHAT'S GOING ON?
Kahne: "I use to try and stay in the loop and then things don't happen that they say will. At this point, I have one year left (on my RPM contract). I want to do the best job for Richard Petty Motorsports in my final year. It's up to them what happens. They do their thing and I'll do mine. All I can do is make myself better at driving race cars and communicating with Kenny Francis. If I do that, I'll be happy next season."
Q) SO YOU'LL TRY AND LOOK ELSEWHERE NEXT YEAR?
Kahne: "Yeah."
Q) REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR, WILL NEXT YEAR BE YOUR LAST YEAR WITH RPM?
Kahne: "That's hard to say. Come January, I can start looking around; I can talk to other people. I would imagine the Gillett's are going to talk to me at that point. But as of right now, the Gillett's haven't talked to me and I'm just kind of doing my job, doing the best that I can through the end of the season. The ups and downs of the team has made it difficult for me to really say, 'Man, I'm going to be here for 10 more years.' I really don't know what's going to happen. Truthfully, I don't know what's going to happen right now."(Dodge Motorsports Transcript)(11-20-2009)
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Post by pmossberg on Nov 24, 2009 11:48:30 GMT -5
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 25, 2009 10:58:20 GMT -5
AERO PACKAGE
Aero package for restrictor-plate races being evaluated: NASCAR hasn't ruled out the possibility of making aerodynamic changes to the Sprint Cup cars for Daytona that could require a test at the track prior to Speedweeks in February, NASCAR President Mike Helton said Monday. Helton talked about changes to the Cup car during a luncheon prior to the NNS/NCWTS Awards Banquet tonight. One piece of the Cup car that could get changed is the aero package for Daytona and Talladega. Cars went airborne in each of the Talladega races this year [#99-Edwards in May and #39-Newman in November]. NASCAR has wind-tunnel tests scheduled in a couple of weeks for the Cup car focused on restrictor-plate tracks. "[We're] specifically looking at the chemistry of the roof flaps because we have the ability through the camera angles and data collection to learn more about the incidents [at Talladega], particularly the 39 [of Ryan Newman] at Talladega this past October. We can learn more," Helton said. "We will do things over the offseason and if it is a major change for Daytona, we may have to do something [test] there to take a look at it. We'll have to wait and see what we find out from the wind tunnel and a complete evaluation." As far as any rule changes for the car for races not at Daytona and Talladega, Helton said only to anticipate subtle changes. "I don't see anything glaring that has to be fixed, and there is not an overwhelming consensus of anything major [to change]," Helton said. "I still won't sit here and tell you there won't be something. & We always put out a rule book and then we put out a lot of [technical] bulletins along the way."
"I couldn't sit here and tell you today that the wing is there forever on the Cup side," Helton said. "I couldn't tell you that the [front] splitter as we know it on the Cup car will exist forever. I can tell you we are going to learn a lot with the Nationwide car that has a different configuration to it aerodynamically and we'll learn from that and we'll see what happens." Helton said since the first introduction of the Cup car in 2007 there have been at least 25 subtle changes in the rules.(
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 25, 2009 11:00:22 GMT -5
PETTY BLUE ON SHOP
Blue Changes at Yates Shop: The building used by Yates Racing in Concord, N.C., soon will be gutted and prepared to expand into a four-car Sprint Cup garage when the merger with Richard Petty Motorsports is completed. The building was used to field two cars owned by Yates/Hall of Fame Racing in 2009. With the merger it will expand to the #9 of Kasey Kahne, #19 of Elliott Sadler, #43 of AJ Allmendinger and #98 of Paul Menard. The building is expected to be painted the famous Petty Blue since the organization will take on the RPM name.(
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Post by pmossberg on Nov 25, 2009 12:26:00 GMT -5
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 25, 2009 15:17:14 GMT -5
The 1990s Earnhardt & GordanA personal note (I did not like this decade in racing)199019911992MORE
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Post by songsmith1950 on Nov 26, 2009 8:07:42 GMT -5
I am with you Howard! Without Richard there or anything and with Kyle not really setting the world on fire it wasn't too good until. . .
I met Judy in early 1991 and on a whim we chose Dale Jarrett as our guy. Remember, no Dodges though they have fallen out of our favor now as the current setup goes.
How nice that we now will own Yates, the people Dale drove for. And needless to say Dale gave us a good time in the 90's.
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 27, 2009 19:04:13 GMT -5
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Post by dodgehemi on Nov 27, 2009 19:10:15 GMT -5
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