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Posted by Butch --Previous Message--
on 6/5/2007, 10:56 am, in reply to "LACR will be missed!"
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George great post Hope that someone in the Palmdale area will step up and build a track I can tell you that there are a lot of kids of there that will be racing on the streets out there like we all did at one time or another. We are getting a lot of families out running with us grandpa's bringing the kids having BBQ's and just hanging out with other racers
Butch
www.anra.com
: I have been coming out to LACR since 1994,
: after my family moved up there in 1993. I
: found out about LACR because I used to drive
: around Palmdale looking to get in trouble
: (speeding). ;-) So one day I decided to
: enter and watch the drag racing, since I had
: been a fan of drag racing since I was 13 or
: so. I used to street race my 1984 Camaro,
: but never took it to LACR. After the street
: racing scene got bad, I decided to try LACR.
: I was instantly hooked! I finally had a
: legal place where I could race my vehicles
: and not run from the sight of sirens in the
: middle of the night, then looking for the
: next spot until the sun came up. Plus I
: could finally brag, or should I say be
: humbled, about how fast (slow) my car was.
: In 2001 I purchased my 2001 Camaro SS with
: an A4, mainly for commuting but also to be
: quick. It is all about the 60' and ET with
: me. After a few modifications, it was
: turning 12.8s. I attended pretty much every
: Wednesday and Friday night grudge for the
: 2002 and 2003 years. I even recall one
: Wednesday when I arrived at the track. I
: left work early in Newbury Park to be at the
: gates by 5pm. When I arrived, I noticed I
: forgot to stop by the bank for extra cash,
: so I had to look through my pockets and car
: to come up with the entry fee. Talk about a
: die hard racer. When I made it to the
: staging lanes, no one wanted to run. I said
: to hell with them, I will race by myself.
: Well, I recall it was only myself and this
: classic mustang racing only. When I was on
: the return road, he was going down the
: strip. When I was going down the strip, he
: was on the return road. I made 27 passes
: that day, within one and a half hours. I was
: so beat that by 8pm, when the regular crowd
: started showing up I was asleep in the
: staging lanes. I was woken up by other
: racers waiting behind me to move up the line
: to race. I decided then that I was too tired
: to continue and headed directly home after
: my pass. I became such a regular that people
: in the stands came up to me and complimented
: my Camaro, and even mentioned they would
: bring their kids to watch my car run (as
: well as others I would imagine). I recall
: Marie working the staging lanes with Bernie.
: Then she was promoted to announcer. I say
: this because on one night when I was out
: there, I raced a 2002 "600rwhp"
: blown Corvette. On the second race, and I
: even have the video as evidence, I hear
: Marie over the loud speaker say "I bet
: the Camaro is gonna whoop ass on that
: Corvette" as I was pre staged. LOL,
: like as if I was under enough pressure to
: get a quicker time. Low and behold, I hooked
: and took off while the corvette did not
: hook. That was a great night, but it doesn't
: compare to the one when I met my (then to
: be) wife. It was Nov. 2003 and I lined up
: next to this blonde in a Camaro. She was
: racing a 1998 Camaro Z28 that could run low
: 11s. We lined up and I got her out of the
: hole, but I saw her catch me at the 60' mark
: and then fell back, I of course taking the
: win. We race once more, and same out come.
: We talked and I concluded that her clutch
: slave cylinder was not bled properly. After
: sometime, she contacted me and I went over
: to fix some issues with her other car (1998
: Camaro V6), which started a long lasting
: relationship, both on and off the track. We
: have competed in several races at LACR, from
: CITGO to the National Open. We missed out on
: the 2006-2007 season because we were
: expecing our first son, Riley Jake Lara. Now
: with our son being born, I was hoping he
: would also follow in his parents foot steps
: and race (or at least crew) at LACR, but
: that will never be. But we can at least
: attend the last few races of LACR. Sorry we
: could not have been at the Rally, we really
: wanted to, but with a newborn it was
: difficult. We will miss all of our friends
: that worked at LACR and those we met racing
: in the bracket field. Thank you all for the
: great memories, they will not be forgotten.
:
: Thank you Bernie and LACR!
:
: George P. Lara
: Jenibella Lara
: Riley Jake Lara
:
: 1998 Camaro Z28
: Jenibella Racing
: #7630
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