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Personal Information |
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Name: |
Bill Horton 50 5/6 |
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Vehicle Information |
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1998 Dan Page Dragster Super 7.941 166.50 Precision Automotive Chevrolet Bowtie 572 Callies ? Crower billet ? 11:1 Dart 360 Jesel Weiand 1250 Holley HP Mallory Na NA Powerglide by
H&H Transmissions Select MW Ford 4:30 gears MSD 7AL3 See above Autometer Dan Page NA NA NA Weld Goodyear Never NA NA NA Weld Goodyear Mark
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Racing Accomplishments |
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1995 Super Chevy Show, New England Dragway, 9 top ten finishes at LVD,
best finish of 2nd, beating |
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Sponsors |
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Stone Insurance Agency race car
insurance program; Spaide-Kuipers fulfillment consulting Haskell NJ, WAMMAC web consulting Cincinnati OH, H&H Transmissions |
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Questions |
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How did you get your start? Track
photographer at Connecticut Dragway What’s been the biggest challenge to your racing program this season? Compared to last season? The driver has mental blockage. Also some early chassis problems hurt reaction time consistency What would you consider
your biggest accomplishments as a racer? Won 1995 Super Chevy show at New England Dragway What’s gotten you hooked on the
drag racing scene? Been so long I don’t remember. What are your plans for the future? Might as well do it now
because I’m not going to when I’m seventy and in a retirement community What advice would you give to someone looking to start out? Find someone sane and competent to give you advice so you waste as little time and money as you can. ALSO take your
time, save the money and do it right. In the long run quality is the most important thing when it comes to your parts, and its
safer, too. Who are your biggest friends (or enemies) at the track? Daco, Who do you fear having to see at the
starting line? Why? Dave McClellan’s Pinto; the car is impossible to drive against at the top end. Very briefly, tell me the
dumbest mistake you've ever made at the race track? I make at least one per week. They’re all dumb and just when
you think they can’t get dumber, they do. Anyone you’d like to thank, wives you HAVE to thank, other things not mentioned you feel
are important? Thanks to Daco for teaching me everything I know. Which is more than it looks. What music do you listen
to? Who’s your favorite? Springsteen/Southside etal; shore music. Also Phish, Grateful Dead, Garland Jeffries,
Graham Parker, Marshall Crenshaw, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, others. Two favorites thru the years are Bruce and Graham. Any nick
names for you? More than I can count. Up here, Do you have any pets? Not my own, but I adopted Socks, Joe Vitetta’s dog. We’re
the same color so we must be related. Do you have Kids? God no. What do you like to do as a hobby outside of drag racing? .Lots of hobbies. Golf, model building, reading, photography, riding my bike, fine food & wine, military history,
movies. What track do you dislike the most? Any with a bumpy shutdown area. Which is your favorite track to race on Do you have a lucky charm? What is it? No, but its not a bad idea. I could use one, anyone have any suggestions? If you could meet anybody you wanted living or not who would it be? Why . I’ll give you several. Lou Reed, the smartest guy to ever play rock and roll, I’d ask him to explain what all the songs I don’t
get are about. Don Cheadle, the best actor on the planet, to find out how he gets such consistently great roles. Bruce
Springsteen, to find out if it was really me in one of his songs (yes, there is one with a Any additional comments? |
