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Jim Taylor
Molalla, Oregon
Driver: Jim Taylor
Class: AA/Supercharged The Baddest of the Gassers
Crew: Bill Childs, Mark Carruba, Rachel Sharp (Daughter), Denise Taylor (Wife and Sponsor!) And whomever we find in the pits.
Sponsors:
River City R.V.
Phoenix
Hot Rod Gassers Association
Fitting Co.
Car:
1937 Chevy- Superior Glass Works body
Bill Childs Chassis and Tin work
Fabricated 9" Ford rear end
Strange 9 ½" center section with 4.86 ratio
Inland Empire aluminum drive shaft
Lenco 4 speed transmission
Crower 2 disc clutch
Browell Bell Housing
Brad Anderson Hemi (451c.i.)
Littlefield 6-71 blower
Waterman fuel system
MSD44 Mag
Enderle squared bird
injector
Monoque wheels
Goodyear Tires
Dan Olsen wing
Best time 7.12 192 MPH
Home track- Woodburn Drag strip
Bio: I first started drag racing in 1960 at Fremont Drag strip in California. The car was a 1950 Plymouth with a six-cylinder flat head motor. I then stepped up to a 1940 Ford C-gas car with a 303 olds motor. I later put a 400-ci olds motor in the car with six carburetors and a cadlasale race box. I raced that car for about 4 years until I rolled it at Salinas Drag strip in 1966. I built another 1940 Ford and raced it in ct gas until later 1967. In 1968 I got drafted into the Army, which ended my drag racing for two years. When I got out of the Army I decided to race things that lasted longer. I took up motocross, then midgets, then snowmobiles, and after many years of that back to drag racing in 1987. When I came back to drag racing I raced super gas for five years and then decided to build the 37 Chevy. I thought it would be a good idea to race a car that I built the body for. So as you can see I have a great love for racing. Once you have this sickness, it never leaves your blood system.
I would like to thank all of the racers and spectators for their support of our great class. Also I would like to thank Jesus for blessing my life with the opportunity to do what I love and giving me a great wife that puts up with all of this.
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