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Home / Stormy Mystery / Shelby's Genealogy / Our Mustangs / R1320 Drag Racing
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1969 Boss 302 Clone Mustang 351 Cleveland / Baby 429 4-speed Ford Toploader |
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1964 Dodge 440 440 Mopar Industrial Block 727 4-speed Tranny More............... |
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2005 Ford Mustang Supercharged 4.0L V-6 5-speed Automatic |
In November, 2007 the TV show Pinks All Out from the SPEED channel taped one of their shows here in Tucson and though our buddies Will and Kelly McLearran (McLearran Racing) helped us change out our close ratio toploader tranny for a wide ratio one, I didn't have time to master the new shorter first gear before the qualifying for Pinks. The sad part is that the E.T. range that the show picked to film would have been about what I would have run! Patrick and I did get to go to Pinks as VIPs though and that really made the day for us, being right up front and being introduced to the cast of Pinks. Now mind you, we've never seen the show, so meeting them didn't really mean much to us, but we took pictures anyway, as everyone we know knew the cast.
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We race at Southwestern International Dragway near the intersection of Houghton and I-10, next to the fairgrounds, outside of Tucson, Arizona. Come visit the track!
My family's history in racing started out when I was grade school age. My father, John Leamon has worked on, built and raced cars for as long as I can remember.
The first car I remember was called the "Golden Rod" and was owned by Stormy McDonald, worked on and raced by my dad and his best friend, Mark Lowder.
The next race car I remember was in the 70's, and was
owned, built and driven by my dad, called the "Penney Pincher". The car dialed in at 13.80 E.T. and ran right on the money almost every time.
Dad was one of the first, if not the first at the track to run an automatic.
I remember everyone thought he was crazy as they all ran manual trannys.
But he was adamant about how much more consistent it was and he was right.
No serious racer in his right mind would have a stick today!
My dad would turn over in his grave if he knew my brother and I can run faster than he did. He raced at Tucson Dragway, which was off of Houghton Road, at Poorman. Tucson Dragway is long gone, but still in the memories of us who seemed to spend our whole life there. If you want to see some other vintage Arizona Racing History check this out.
Shelby's brother, Mark is the manager at Merle's Automotive University Store, the largest automotive parts wholesaler in Southern Arizona and races in the Pro category at SIR. Here's his truck:
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Dodge Adventurer
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Billet front and rear servos Billet planetary 2.77 low gear custom pump with hardened front pump Gear Grinder billet trans brake Red Alto clutches and Kevlar bands 4500 stall PTC converter 1350 series 4" drive shaft with billet steel slip yoke 8 ¾ rearend narrowed 12" and back braced with 456 strange gears Moser 35 spline axles Moser spool 14x32 Goodyears 3400 lbs race weight Best to date 11.60 @ 115 mph 1.57 60 ft |
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