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Nanan wrote:Guys,
Thanks for the concern, there are a few good people out there on the forum. I'm the oldest of NANAN Racing. Sorry about the poor tree. I'II have them replant a tree but not there.
Amit (driver), my little Bro is OK just allot of pain, out for a few days but my dad (Joe) not looking so well, part of him is injured (de Kar), just goes to show you the love for a machine.
This car has been in the family since the mid 70's. We all learned to build & drive with this old car and it's a DATSUN 1200.
It has gone through alot of changes, first it had a Hunter Hilman 1725 engine (known as Hot Stuff) then a Datsun 1.8 SS spec, a Nissan L20B, Z22 and finally it's now powered by and SR 20.
This time around lots of money was spent on the engine, Race-Cams, piston valve spring, clutch, flywheel etc. Very powerfull and all going through a Ford Quafe 4 speed gear box and Nissan 5.1 Rear w/Race Lock up.
We haven't got around to finding out what happened but from the little at this time, something may have snaped in the gear box, causing him to loose controll just at the Apex of the corner. This is not final.
On a different note, Glad it wasn't my car, Amit was to drive two Race car on that day which included my B13. I was busy at Karting
partycrasher- you've got to be very OLD to remember that statment or related to the drunk @$$ that said it.
Bear in mind what this car has accomlplished but local and foregin, you will only have in you dreams. I'd forgotten about that statment, those were realy hard time for the car and as with all new machine going through development this was the learning curve.
Special thank for bring back some childhood memories, thery were great.
Please us the fig wisely ................ thanks JBL
Bear in mind what this car has accomlplished but local and foregin, you will only have in you dreams.
Nanan wrote:You are so correct,
Nanan Racing biggest obsticle was our own people, this was not easy to deal with. We being New to the sport and all, they could understand it at that time.
It's when we got older and didin't take the $hit that thing started going our way.
You wouldn't belive the number of people we got involved and to date got lots of storys that can be shared (cross crossing, val park, foreShore, free port, M2 etc....)
Just a little history and to my knowledge, My dad was the first in deep south to start racing and it was in 1977. Back then I was 7.
Just imagine, going to school form debe to san fernando in a full built race car, rool cage and all, sitting on the foor and holding on to the rool cage.
No one knows what joy that was, the car even had the short exhaust.
Nanan wrote:just checking, my spelling is out badly.
MotorSport has a bright future, we all need to come togehter as one unit, show our strength not just sit back and talk about it.
I've got lots of history behind me and my family and I do wish that everyone out there in motorSport can have the same as I did. I'm one of the lucky few.
By the way,
Report from by Bro;
The 2nd gear didn't go in (was having problems with it all morning) something went wrong in the gearbox, so thinking it wasn't in and not working let out the clutch and decided to give up but as soon as he got off the clutch the car wipped around with the front wheel ending up on the grass, no control. Tree died.
He's still in some pain but will recover. Parts listing already written up to get the car ready. Spare engine dusted out. Work may start months end.
Just to show you the love for the sport.
Nanan wrote:Guys,
the pic. bring back allot of old, long lost GOOD DAYS. the white 1200 was belonged to me. This was my everyday car, it was powered by A14 -restroke to 1600cc all Nismo race piston, centerforce clutch, Nismo engine middle close gear set, 4.1ratio LSD diff the full works, valves, springs, and an ISKY cam on the power plant, coil overs etc.. the engine Red lined @10,000 rpm. This was a little push rod engine.
The problem was, all the money was spent on the mechanical part of the car and NONE for tires. look at the pic.. it's foregin used.
Back then the Bamboo was very limited on performance part, even none.
MG, Dragist;
if you've got more pic. please send them to me or post. It will help allot of people understand how much we love this sport and what we go through. thanks
Daune;
just remember your love for this sport when it stated, remember us putting on the 23/36 Weber on your dads gold Automatic Mazda 323 and telling him it just the Air Filter we changed. Then heading down to drag race on the Highway...............Guys back them Duane was printing Nismo paper back sticker for the gang to look good, as soon a rain fell the sticker washed off........
qwkwhip:
this was one of the reason I left TTASA managment as their Competition Chairman due to the fact that they could not get their act together to move the sport forward in a positive direction.
From my understanding and people that spoke to me, is that they did NOT stop the race and allowed it to continue. My other Bro (Dave) was very angry. Even the Marshall didn't know what to do, didn't have the correct flag.
Most people saw Amit come out the car, sit down and then fall to the ground. This is very SAD to see and to hear TTSA took their god time.
It clearly shows that TTASA planning was not good, I do Hope that they get it correct the next time around. Luckly it was not a major accident.
I don't want to even let you guys know about the ambulance, it was sad...
Find those old pic... thanks guys
ahfella wrote:MG Man wrote:MG Man wrote::lol:
Cool pic..being a youngun just like to ask where and when was it taken?
....i remember those days well....Nanan racing introduced me to motorsport....back then i had a box lancer with a 1.8 galant engine NA.....had a ported head and i thought it was pretty fast hahahaha geez!....street racind in those days was well organised and disciplined and yes Duane had a 323 with a weber....Mg Man you know yuh have more pics of the lancer when i raced at that rally...i had just turbo charged it and was on FU tyres to before i ahmmmm met a large pothole....good memories man especially the scalextric 4 lane to 3am and hadda work in the morning....DEVI wrote:hehehehe.....
yuh really know yuh priorities, even in the face of danger
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