http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/ Hot Rods and Circle Burners!! So buckle up and kiss your driving record good-bye!!! I reallllllly miss the jetboat racin the most even though I was scared to death :) http://images.fotki.com/logo3.gif http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/ http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/the_bug.html Not a race car but it was one that I did a compleat restoration on.
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/The_Bug-th.jpg Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:24:39 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/dusty_rhodes.html Dusty Rhodes!! Yes that was his name.. He was a good friend that raced with us and when he was transfered to another base we took this car and turned it into the first 37 that ended up side down But we won the championship with it...
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]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/Crew_Chief_Scotty-th.jpg Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:34:55 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/another_win.html We had just won our second championship. The other car that is crashed is the #37 before this one. That crash was on the last night of out first championship. Needless to say that we didn't race it after that!! So we built this car
]]> http://images114.fotki.com/v634/photos/4/45156/191402/AnotherWin-th.jpg Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:57:40 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/first_37.html First 37
]]> http://images114.fotki.com/v633/photos/4/45156/191402/First37-th.jpg Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:55:32 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/crashed_37.html The crew after a bad last night at the races. BUT we won the championship!!!!
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/Crashed_37-th.jpg Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:36:30 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/over.html This is how the car ended up! WASTED!!!! But Ted was OK :)
]]> http://images114.fotki.com/v634/photos/4/45156/191402/Over-th.jpg Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:02:20 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/crashed.html This was a shot of the front of the car. The motor is being held in by one motor mount bolt. It broke the transmission of off the motor. Ted didn't get one scratch.... Even back then there was a high standard for safety.
]]> http://images114.fotki.com/v634/photos/4/45156/191402/Crashed-th.jpg Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:00:39 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/watchin_the_races.html Watchin the races
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]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/San_Angelo_Speedway-th.jpg Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:26:34 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/san_antonio_trophy.html San Antonio Trophy Dash Win
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/San_Antonio__Trophy_Dash_Win-th.jpg Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:13:26 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/san_antonio_win.html San Antonio Win
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/San_Antonio_Win-th.jpg Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:01:08 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/texas_t_bird_interior.html When the guy from Car Craft came and did the article he was amazed at the tightness of the car, no rattles, and it actually rode nice. We spent six months building the car and Carty ended up signing the title over to his son because of a agreement(between
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Texas_T_Bird_interior-th.jpg Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:22:30 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/532cid.html 532cid
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/532cid-th.jpg Fri, 5 Jan 2007 19:00:03 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/532cid_ford_hmmmm.html We ended up putting a stroked 454 in it and Crocker is putting the ford emblems on it so the ford fans would think it was a ford ;)
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/532cid_Ford_hmmmm-th.jpg Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:36:15 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/texas_t_bird_painted_2.html Texas T Bird Painted 2
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Texas_T_Bird_Painted_2-th.jpg Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:17:26 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/texas_t_bird_painted.html This is what we ended up painting it. Oh by the way the initial cost to the owner was $67,000.00. The paint job was included :)
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/Texas_T_Bird_Painted-th.jpg Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:35:28 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/texas_t_bird.html Texas T Bird (This is a car that I help build for a Texas millionair... It was a street legal 10 second race car...)
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Texas_T_Bird-th.jpg Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:38:28 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/texas_t_bird_advert.html Texas T Bird (Kinda cool that it got into the little insert thingy's...)
]]> http://images29.fotki.com/v1007/photos/4/45156/191402/Texas_T_Bird_Advertisement-th.jpg Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:26:01 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/unfinished_business-1.html Unfinished Business was always the winner of the wheelie contest!!!!
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/UnfinishedBusiness-th.jpg Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:37:59 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/unfinished_business.html Another one that I had some fun with..
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/UnFinished_Business-th.jpg Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:40:16 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/jet_at_night.html Jet at Night
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/Jet_at_Night-th.jpg Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:57:39 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/jet.html Another race vehicle that I worked on. Probably the fastest one too! It did the 1/4 mile speed at over 300 mph. Soon after this run speeds of over 300 mph were banned :(
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Jet-th.jpg Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:19:15 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/sack_races.html You can't see the drivers to good but they are wearing sacks over their heads. Noooo! Their not that ugly:) This was a way of giving tribute to a blind spectator that wanted to race just once before he died. He got his wish..
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Sack_Races-th.jpg Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:35:32 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/steve_evens.html This happy fellow is Steve Evens. He was the best friend I ever had in racin :)
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Steve_Evens-th.jpg Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:05:56 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/84_pit_crew.html I had lots of help!
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/84_Pit_Crew-th.jpg Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:23:11 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/84_won_a_few.html I think this says it all. After this car I was hooked...
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/84_Won_a_Few-th.jpg Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:09:07 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/rouge_river.html If you look up river in the upper left you can see what we are heading into. More ROCK'S........(we missed em all)
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/Rouge_River-th.jpg Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:00:46 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/rouge_river_3.html This is a shot at the boat show that they have before the races! The boats and gear have to be inspected before each race...
]]> http://images49.fotki.com/v394/photos/4/45156/191402/RougeRiver3-th.jpg Mon, 6 Jan 2003 01:24:17 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/flirtin_with_disaster.html In this kind of racin we was always Flirtin with Disaster
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]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Wild_Thang-th.jpg Sun, 19 Nov 2006 07:19:12 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/my_fishing_boat.html Fishing boat kinda! Actually it "WAS" my race boat.We raced on rivers that fish didn't even swim in :) CHUCK Laird was the driver and I was the "navigator". Actually, I just hung on and prayed a lot :)
]]> http://images49.fotki.com/v1555/photos/4/45156/191402/Myfishingboat-th.jpg Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:38:45 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/boat101c.html Boat101c
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]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Rouge_River_Pass-th.jpg Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:39:33 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/rouge_river_1.html The Rouge River
]]> http://images45.fotki.com/v1450/photos/4/45156/191402/RougeRiver1-th.jpg Mon, 6 Jan 2003 01:17:04 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/duck!!!!.html Duck!!!! This was downtown Grants Pass. You had to watch out for those ducks. The day before a driver was struck by one. It knocked him out and broke his helment. The navigator got the boat stopped safely. When you are going over 100 mph it is hard to see
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Duck-th.jpg Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:40:02 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/green_flag_drops.html Green Flag Drops
]]> http://images50.fotki.com/v1529/photos/4/45156/191402/GreenFlagDrops-th.jpg Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:50:50 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/101.html The Boat Commin At Ya!!!!!
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v662/photos/4/45156/191402/101-th.jpg Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:44:21 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/johnchuck.html Chuck and I at the boat show.
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/JohnChuck-th.jpg Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:58:36 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/hi_mom.html Hi! Mom
]]> http://images115.fotki.com/v661/photos/4/45156/191402/Hi_Mom-th.jpg Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:59:24 GMT http://public.fotki.com/jlscott/my_racin_days/boat101a.html This was the first time I was in a race. I had spent about 15 mins in the seat testing before this race. I guess you could say I was having a good time :)
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