Junior Dragster

Excellent Kate!
Thanks for sharing.
Looking forward to some Schnauser pix after the show.

How fast is fast?

And how old are the drivers in competition?

The young lady you are painting the car for obviosly comes from a wonderful home if her mom and dad are doing this for her

The young lady you are painting the car for obviosly comes from a wonderful home if her mom and dad are doing this for her

Good job. Something in which to take satisfaction!

If only I had produced something that cool while I stood on concrete for fifteen hours myself last Thursday...

Kinda reminds me of when I painted my shop-class CO2-powered micro-dragster... though I simply painted it one color...

Very neat. You are very talented.

"How fast is fast?"

The older kids are allowed to run them on alcohol with some expensive engine parts. They will hit well over 60 mph in 660 feet (1/8 mile). Fast enough to get a speeding ticket on many highways.

"And how old are the drivers in competition?"

From 9 to 17 yrs old I believe. The older they are, the faster they're allowed to go. It's governed by the sanctioning body of the track. NHRA or IHRA.

Looking at the logo the good nes is that you have a fourth, or is it fifth, career as a tagger.

Any discussion of speed should include speed and the relative proximity of one's butt to the ground. 60mph in a Triumph feels a lot faster than 60 in yo mama's Vista Cruiser, cooler too.

Nice paint btw.

Nice paint job on the Jr. Should look sweet on the track this summer.

nice job "Runnin Wild" i see the pony err running wild maybe that was the parents idea and the kid was thinkin of the song by Airbourne ;))))

That is a beautiful job Kate! Dogs, painting and blogging,hope you have time for some fun too.

Do they still make those dragster bodies out of metal, or are they all fibreglass and/or composites nowadays?

Lucky kid!

Beautiful artistry Kate!

Texas Canuck- How dare you suggest a Triumph is cooler than a Vista Cruiser? That's almost treasonous.

I wish I'd gotten my son into that when he was about 12.

Texas Canuck- 60 in a Triumph was a lot rarer as well. And usually allowed you to see the taillights of the 124 driving off and leaving you behind.

Granted, I'm biased, I had the second 124 sold in BC that I know of, a '69 124-1348cc, (round markers, no hood bulge), British Racing Green, and ate up as many TR6's as I came across.

Upon closer examination of the pictures, I see Kate shops at Princess Auto. I have those folding stands too. They rock for holding up truck doors and stuff.

Excellent work Kate, plus it's getting close to donning that helmut and going for a raaaapppp on two wheels.

Princess Auto, the flea market of mechanically inclined tinkerers. Pity a lot of the cool stuff is only made in China.

What kind of engine do they use?