Tower Ave...

[10wideracing]

Anybody remember running Tower back in the day (early 90's)? This is a picture of my old street racer. mid-low 10 second car through full exhaust at 3,780 pounds.
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/10wideracing/1968Nova-1997Master2.jpg

[juicedimpss]

i dont remember that one.

[Nix]

I use to go up to Tower road all the time with my brothers and friends back then. Thats when it was actually fun and you didn't have to worry about anyone pulling a gun and shooting you cause' they were a sore loser.

Nice Nova, I however don't remember seeing it up there.

[DynoTom]

I can remember that car from Tower.....I used to go there with my friend to watch the races......

[HITMAN]

Brian was one of the "Waukesha Boys" along with Dave Senderhof, Tim "Cheech" Jakus, Bobby "the" Hood, and Dan (don't remember his last name but he had a really cool brown '68-'70 Charger. Those were the days...:shades

[DynoTom]

Brian was one of the "Waukesha Boys" along with Dave Senderhof, Tim "Cheech" Jakus, Bobby "the" Hood, and Dan (don't remember his last name but he had a really cool brown '68-'70 Charger. Those were the days...:shades


Hell ya HITMAN ! Those names really brought back memories of the good days !

[Cryptic]

you guys are old.. I didn't drive till '92

[scottie K]

Thoooose were the days...


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[scaleracer]

i dont remember that one.
Me either.. Of course I may not be old enough to remember..

Thoooose were the days...


.......................
x2 Deffinately miss those days! Seeing 10-15 cars trailered in to run in broad daylight and not get bothered by cops.. I wish I was older to see some of the street racing back in the 70's and 80's and not this ricer junk.. I still have a rubber ball the size of a softball from St. Paul Ave. in the mid 90's I had in my room as an air refreshener!

[GRAMPS SS]

those were the good ole days on tower..and before that was built when calumet was iused in the mid 70'-80's.....who from waukesha had the green buick...65-66 i think it was....
i remember going there and there would be more people then at GLD...well maybe not that many...but a shit load , i mean a shit load of people down at the starting line and in other parking lots along tower..IT WAS THE PLACE TO BE FOR YEARS.....Dusty's camaro....WARDS Chevelle....Scottys(R.I.P.) Camaro from Fast Times...AND LETS NOT FORGET Carl(R.I.P.) Camaro...Donahue and his car...Brain METZ and the Malibu..what a ride that was..someone had the PRO STOCK KAWI BIKE......soo many guys from back then..but can't remember them all, but i'm sure the names and cars will come to me....all i had back then was my POS Monte on spray....but i got along with everyone back then...wish i could relive just one of those nights again...


the best of times in the days of past...they will never ever be like that again...i'm glad i was apart of it...and made the friends i have today from those days...


always Wauk vs Mil....Wauk vs Falls..always a good time..never an argument that lead to blood shed....then we would go to 73rd and run as well in 90 as well as Tower...hell i have a tower street sign that we borrowed...

and now the friends i have today from these times with cars....cars def brough dif groups together and fun was had by all..and a little money in your pocet at the end of the night if your guys won....i tell sean about those days all the time...

[Voodoo Chick]

That car is absolutely beautiful.

[scaleracer]

Also St. Paul Ave and Margies car show cars trailered there also..

[10wideracing]

It is great to hear that many of you old timers (hell I'm one now too) have fond memories of Tower. Check out this link for a "racers biography" that I worked on with my Dad. In the story it tells about the night that I ran Scotty from Fast Times (a real 10 second Camaro street car).

We used to get the group together at Dave Senderhauf's hosue in Waukesha and do a little "test-n-tune" off the stop lights all the way up to Milwaukee (about 30 miles). "Dyno" Dan Jansen (Charger), Tony Crisostomo (1979 Camaro), Kevin Poppy (1967 Firebird "The chicken"), Tim Jackus "Gray Nova"), Bob Hood (1968 Nova or 1968 "yellow truck"), Dave Senderhauf jr. & sr (1967 Buick).

Then we we got close we'd pop the trunks & add in the race gas, turn on the bottle heaters (ya we had those back then) and test the nitrous system before we rolled into Tower (ask Tony about some of those test runs in the industrial parks at 130 mph). The hood would always stay shut once we got there.

Check out this link for a cool story http://10wideracing.com/category/street-tales

[michelle]

I should ask my dad if he ever ran at Tower.

[HRSEPLA]

I miss those times, street racing was the shit!

[JC70SS]

what combo were you running in the Nova? Very nice car BTW.

[GRAMPS SS]

what combo were you running in the Nova? Very nice car BTW.

The hood would always stay shut once we got there. :thumbsup:goof

[Got Boost]

I remember it as I kicked everyones butt LOL

[Waver]

shoot, I remember running at tower in the mid to late 90's and going up there to watch before then...Seeing scotty's yellow malibu, sams mustang, this real sweet buick regal that was a total sleeper, amongst others.....I did a majority of my running at st.paul with my escorts and the Shelby GLHS (yes escorts, I ran two up there, both with hairdryers and twin cams) at about the time that the import scene was just getting big, about the time the Tri had his acura, then going up to tower or florist if things got too heated........those were the days when highway was actually fun. We would meet up at Mc Donalds, Omega, hales park and ride, amongst other places, do some laps and then go to the races in bg packs. Those were the days

[LIL_PRO_SHOW_SS]

i was born in '93 so i don't remember it....but i hear my dad and his friends talk about it at time...my mom tells me about it as well....

i remember st paul...and park place...

[DR.FORD]

I remember it as I kicked everyones butt LOL

You did have "Top Shelf" stuff, that's for sure!!

[DR.FORD]

Remember when Eddie busted Dave in the chops!!
That was funny:thumbsup

[Sprayaway Fox]

I take it eveybody went legit after a couple years then?

[nismodave]

I used to see that car get beat all the time.

[MY4RCDGSX]

I came into the scene right at the end, and remember seeing some nice cars up there. Hey, here's a question for the "old fogeys" in here... Does anyone remember the brothers with the GN? anyone know what happened to 'em?

For the people that didn't know, there used to be two brothers that would cruise highway and at a couple of the "spots" back in the 90's... two brothers that had some sort of disability, and didn't work... They got money from the state that they just kept dumping into that GN. Looked stock, but the transbrake that they used to launch with off of stoplights disproved that. :wow Seeing that thing in action is what gave me my love for the GN.

Anyone remember?

[Reverend Cooper]

thats a cool car I dont rememeber it i was defending our country at the time.Isn't that like a Camaro only the cheaper version.

[GRAMPS SS]

i remember that GN...but can't place the names....that car was sweeeet...........i'll ask some of the older guys about it....Malibu Mike might remember...well now he drives a Camaro...

[GRAMPS SS]

I take it eveybody went legit after a couple years then?

no....NEWBIES WITH NO REPECT FOR OTHERS PROPERTY made the place look like a dump and the owners of the companies didn't like cleaning up monday mornings...so it came to an end after awhile...they still use the spot...not the same spot...but near it....i remember everyone bitching about that dip in the road right after ball container and there headers would bottom out...i think the left side of the road was the worse...........

legit :rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf :goof

[Sprayaway Fox]

Same stuff we had problems with. At our spot V8 s10's, chevelles, regals, Mopars. IF:devil it still goes on you gotta keep it in the "know."

Something bout racegas on da streets bring a tear to my eye:crying

Damn that musta been fun for you guys also.

[GRAMPS SS]

Same stuff we had problems with. At our spot V8 s10's, chevelles, regals, Mopars. IF:devil it still goes on you gotta keep it in the "know."

Something bout racegas on da streets bring a tear to my eye:crying

Damn that musta been fun for you guys also.

the wife went to a street race with me...Carl was racing...we were next to his car while he was staging..the race gas fumes screwed up her contacts..she said they wee tin anyways.....more then a tear to her eye.....:thumbsup

and everyone around here still knows where it goes down...

[HRSEPLA]

The brothers names were Nick and Charlie(I think Charlie)
Charlie passed away a couple years ago, I talked to Nick last year and he is hanging in there.
They definately had their struggles, very nice guys!:thumbsup

[Sprayaway Fox]

Was the guy blonde/ brownish hair over 6'0 tall, skinny and had a wideband hanging on the A pillar? Jus wonderin:confused

[DynoTom]

wish i could relive just one of those nights again...


the best of times in the days of past...they will never ever be like that again...i'm glad i was apart of it...






I could not agree more with Wayne on this !:headbang


I KNOW the cars are more powerfull and faster ( for the most part ) now but, those days were the sheet !:headbang


Even the highway was fuggin cool back then , I guess that's why I think it sucks so bad today since I was out there back in the day....

[nismodave]

wish i could relive just one of those nights again...


the best of times in the days of past...they will never ever be like that again...i'm glad i was apart of it...




X2 and an AMEN!!!

I sure do miss those days.

Even in my slow ass Chevelle.:rolf:loser

[GRAMPS SS]

REMEMBER 1978 AND THE HIGHWAY.....when NISMO DAVE was over i showed him something from that era....NSRA STREET MACHINES RING A BELL...hell sean wheres my CAR CRAFT STREET MACHINE NATIONALS t-shirts from INDY to school...i saved then all these years and now he can enjoy them....

[nismodave]

Dude, you need to post some pics of that, and the other car stuff you showed me.

I had no idea you had talent.:rolf:goof

[DynoTom]

I'm sure Wayne , Sam and Nismo ( and the other ole timers here ) will agree with me when I say the younger crowd sure got " ripped off " on some fuggin cool times we had back then !


It was EVERYWHERE and I spent many nights at the street races back then !


The cruising was also kick azz back then , every lot a long the highway was PACKED with people and cars, I had friends who I ONLY seen while cruising , it was like a little " musclecar city " cropped up every summer night out there....

[nismodave]

Remember the guy with the Turbo T/A, with the Goodyear slicks?

The TERMINATOR?

Larry's T-Type?

Dan and his Orange 69 Maro', and when he beat the 2 stroke bike, that was whupping big bore bikes all night, for $400???...................That was an awesome night!!! I have the video somewhere.

[HRSEPLA]

It was great, MUSCLE CARS were stacked 4-7 deep in staging on Tower road, no cops, all night friday and saturday.
And HWY 100 was packed with cool cars and 3 way races at EVERY stop light..
I wish alot of the younger guys could have seen those times.
I got some video too..

[scaleracer]

It was great, MUSCLE CARS were stacked 4-7 deep in staging on Tower road, no cops, all night friday and saturday.
And HWY 100 was packed with cool cars and 3 way races at EVERY stop light..
I wish alot of the younger guys could have seen those times.
I got some video too..

I wish I was there earlier and got to see alot more.. Vids would be good.. Should this thread be moved also?? Just wondering..

[SmokinRAM114]

sam you needs to get those tape reels on here. LOL JK sam, tina and I were talking about this at one of the last nights at Oscars. how it "used" to be

[Waver]

was larrys t type white?

[HRSEPLA]

No, it was gunmetal Grey

[scottie K]

i have some old VHS of tower .... i think Wheels does to

[juicedimpss]

Remember the guy with the Turbo T/A, with the Goodyear slicks?

The TERMINATOR?

Larry's T-Type?

Dan and his Orange 69 Maro', and when he beat the 2 stroke bike, that was whupping big bore bikes all night, for $400???...................That was an awesome night!!! I have the video somewhere.


that was the shit,the dude riding the 2stroke bike was drunk as hell and whooping on newer much larger bikes all night.

[Got Boost]

The best was Watson and the turbo Suzuki than ran 780 @ Beech Bend the comming to Tower to race a XZ10 giving him 400 ft ... Watching the rider of the turbo bike smoke a joint 10 mins before the run with no helmet running it out the back door @180.... Priceless

[Got Boost]

I used to see that car get beat all the time.
What car???

[Got Boost]

I came into the scene right at the end, and remember seeing some nice cars up there. Hey, here's a question for the "old fogeys" in here... Does anyone remember the brothers with the GN? anyone know what happened to 'em?

For the people that didn't know, there used to be two brothers that would cruise highway and at a couple of the "spots" back in the 90's... two brothers that had some sort of disability, and didn't work... They got money from the state that they just kept dumping into that GN. Looked stock, but the transbrake that they used to launch with off of stoplights disproved that. :wow Seeing that thing in action is what gave me my love for the GN.

Anyone remember?
Is that the one that went mid 10s with all hand controls ?? If thats the one yes I remember

[b4mytm]

As everyone has said ..those were the days. The Hwy was sooooo much better back then. I was up at Tower in the 90's too. Have a decent amount of footage myself.

[Poncho]

My dad always used to talk about Street Racing on Wisconsin Ave & Hwy 100, guess he's a super super old fogey. He said he could could go out any day of the week and get some street racing action going on. His era would've been around 1968-1975.

[HRSEPLA]

Is that the one that went mid 10s with all hand controls ?? If thats the one yes I remember

'brothers' as in siblings, not 'brothers' as in black guy I think he meant. lol

The other 'brothers' hand control GN was Stan's that was in the 10's. Cool car!:headbang

[HRSEPLA]

that was the shit,the dude riding the 2stroke bike was drunk as hell and whooping on newer much larger bikes all night.

Scott Fischer was the one whooping up on everyone that night, I actually just saw him last week, and I havent seen him in years!

[juicedimpss]

Scott Fischer was the one whooping up on everyone that night, I actually just saw him last week, and I havent seen him in years!

NO! scott was the dude with the 600 whooping on the big bikes.
the dudes with the 2 stroke kawi were from wind lake or something like that,i think one of them was mark.

[HRSEPLA]

Oh, must have been a different night, the drunk part I thought was odd for him, because I got video on 81st and Calumet, Scott Fischer on his 2 stroke and those wierd riding goggles whooping up on crotch rockets and cars one night. He can ride!

[juicedimpss]

Oh, must have been a different night, the drunk part I thought was odd for him, because I got video on 81st and Calumet, Scott Fischer on his 2 stroke and those wierd riding goggles whooping up on crotch rockets and cars one night. He can ride!

i think the night dave and i are thinking about was on 73rd street. and i agree,i dont think scott was dumb enough to race and drink at the same time.

[MY4RCDGSX]

Sam, you nailed it right on the head. Those were the two brothers I was talking about, with the hand controlled GN. I just remember rolling up next to them on HWY and national one night... told him to launch it, as I've never seen one of these in action before. He locked the transbrake, spooled it up, and took off like a bat out of hell with both of the brothers laughing the whole time. :rolf

I'll definitely say that I miss the good ol' days... I mean, I can't talk from the era that some of you are, but from the war stories, wish I could of been around in the early 80's to see some of that action go down. And, I definitely agree that the people out there now-a-days should see how it used to be. :(

[Daytonapacecar959]

If i'm not mistaking wasn't the one with hand controls a GNX?I know i remember seeing it around town and at car shows.

[HRSEPLA]

I think Stan's was a GNX with hand controls, Nick and Charlie's actually had foot pedals in it.

[GRAMPS SS]

I think Stan's was a GNX with hand controls, Nick and Charlie's actually had foot pedals in it.

STAN still has his GNX...saw him during the summer and last year at WOW...doesn't his wife have a GN or another GNX

[70 cutlass 442]

that would be cool to get some footage up on here form the 90s..... btw im surprized we dont have 100 people on here saying how street racing is dangerous and that guy on the bike shoulda had a helmet on.

[DR.FORD]

REMEMBER 1978 AND THE HIGHWAY.....when NISMO DAVE was over i showed him something from that era....NSRA STREET MACHINES RING A BELL...hell sean wheres my CAR CRAFT STREET MACHINE NATIONALS t-shirts from INDY to school...i saved then all these years and now he can enjoy them....

I was one of the guys dumping out water and bleach in front of Big Boy on Hwy 100 when the Car Craft nationals was here- I think in 1978! West Allis Police had NO CONTROL over what was happening!! That is why it was never held here again. I feel bad for the young people into cars to have missed this stuff...to see all different musclecars being used for what they were built for-Priceless. I had to explain to my Dad how my jeans got ruined, and all he said was "wish I would have known, would have liked to seen it"!!

[2006wrxtr]

I had a 79' Malibu that I would run. Had 4" Cowl hood and centerlines on it.

Was only a mid 12 sec car but it was fun.

[GRAMPS SS]

I was one of the guys dumping out water and bleach in front of Big Boy on Hwy 100 when the Car Craft nationals was here- I think in 1978! West Allis Police had NO CONTROL over what was happening!! That is why it was never held here again. I feel bad for the young people into cars to have missed this stuff...to see all different musclecars being used for what they were built for-Priceless. I had to explain to my Dad how my jeans got ruined, and all he said was "wish I would have known, would have liked to seen it"!!

i made a error...the NSRA STREET MACHINE NATIONALS were in 1979 in Milwaukee at state fair park....car craft was from 77-80 at Indianapolis fair park...we went down fro them as well...the cops there are worse then west allis....they had dogs...then they moved the car craft nationals to ILL......after what had happened in milwaukee ,west allis contacted NSRA and said no more here...soon after , the street machine division was canceled from NSRA.....later in 1980 they had a street machine national event in Madison....

we sat in the red barns parking lot(now known as oscars) during the nats here....alot of nice iron came from all over to come to milwaukee for that...now..you can't get crap here...

those were the days.....if i think about it and look at pics...it's like yesterday....:thumbsup

[DirtyMax]

i have some old VHS of tower .... i think Wheels does to

I have some Park Place footage somewhere too... in addition to all the HWY fun.

[HRSEPLA]

Dirty, is that the one where I almost wrecked on Park Place?!

[Sprayaway Fox]

Reunion in summer 09'?:devil

[wheelsofsteel]

Dirty, is that the one where I almost wrecked on Park Place?!

Dam, I remember that night. Racing Jeremy and I seen your headlights shine on his passenger door. Scared the s#!t out of me!!!

[DirtyMax]

Yup, same night. :thumbsup

I'll have to do some digging.

[michelle]

I got my dad to tell me some stories tonight about Tower when he used to run there. He said they would park their trailers at the "finish line" so they could load them up right away and get out of there quick if any cops showed up. He said they never would have any problems them and back then there wasn't really a good racing tire that was approved for the street, so that's why they always loaded them up on the trailer.

He said he mostly drove his Mustangs down there and of course the Pony Express. He claimed he never had a cute little nickname or anything though.

[DR.FORD]

I got my dad to tell me some stories tonight about Tower when he used to run there. He said they would park their trailers at the "finish line" so they could load them up right away and get out of there quick if any cops showed up. He said they never would have any problems them and back then there wasn't really a good racing tire that was approved for the street, so that's why they always loaded them up on the trailer.

He said he mostly drove his Mustangs down there and of course the Pony Express. He claimed he never had a cute little nickname or anything though.

I am going through my vids tomorrow and I will get the footage of the Pony Express!! It is in street trim with exhaust and NO wheelie bars (of course!)
I learned how to drive a wheelie down the track in that car!! I was much younger then and It's cool you can hear me shift the Nash with the wheels 5 feet in the air:thumbsup Those were the days!!

[juicedimpss]

I am going through my vids tomorrow and I will get the footage of the Pony Express!! It is in street trim with exhaust and NO wheelie bars (of course!)
I learned how to drive a wheelie down the track in that car!! I was much younger then and It's cool you can hear me shift the Nash with the wheels 5 feet in the air:thumbsup Those were the days!!

whatever.........you are older than dinosaur fossils

[DR.FORD]

whatever.........you are older than dinosaur fossils

You DO mean Dyno-soar!!

[juicedimpss]

You DO mean Dyno-soar!!

lol,someting like that

[GRAMPS SS]

I got my dad to tell me some stories tonight about Tower when he used to run there. He said they would park their trailers at the "finish line" so they could load them up right away and get out of there quick if any cops showed up. He said they never would have any problems them and back then there wasn't really a good racing tire that was approved for the street, so that's why they always loaded them up on the trailer.

He said he mostly drove his Mustangs down there and of course the Pony Express. He claimed he never had a cute little nickname or anything though.



your dad owned PONY EXPRESS...NO SHIT....that blows my mind....your dad use to hang with the lemkes...larry and GARY R.I.P...and a few others i hung with in the FALLS in the day.....and grandmas house was on 145 at the turn in GTOWN... ....i haven't seen your dad in like...shit i can't count the years....your dad knows my wife and brother in laws.mostly my brother in law LARRY from Hayward days.......hell i remember when the pony express was in WOW....that car was killer...

[HITMAN]

I am going through my vids tomorrow and I will get the footage of the Pony Express!! It is in street trim with exhaust and NO wheelie bars (of course!)
I learned how to drive a wheelie down the track in that car!! I was much younger then and It's cool you can hear me shift the Nash with the wheels 5 feet in the air:thumbsup Those were the days!!

Jim, is that the late 60's dark blue Mustang you had with the stick in it? I remember going for a ride in that car down North Chicago back in the days when we used to hang out at Morisse's till the AM on the weekends...:shades We even got the Waukesha Boys to come and vist one night. That place was golden in the early/mid 90's.

[michelle]

My goal was to find the Pony Express and restore it back to how my dad had it (paint scheme and all), but after finding it parked next to Adam's SHO at Dennis' getting the cage done and seeing how it is now, I don't think it will be an option. But hopefully I can get my dad down to GLD to see it run next season. He sounded like a little kid on Christmas when I told him I was standing right next to it. (:

[DR.FORD]

Jim, is that the late 60's dark blue Mustang you had with the stick in it? I remember going for a ride in that car down North Chicago back in the days when we used to hang out at Morisse's till the AM on the weekends...:shades We even got the Waukesha Boys to come and vist one night. That place was golden in the early/mid 90's.

Yep! 351 Cleveland, Doug Nash 5 speed with a 3.25 first gear and a 5.67 in the rear! TIG welded cage when built in, I think 1980 (Mr. Rupert could confirm) 14X32 car with ladder bars and housing floaters. Mechanical (cable driven) tach with tattle tale. Heavy-ass TRW pistons, FORD RODS AND CRANK, big roller, shifted when it nosed over!! Tach read 9800 after one pass:headbang NO BULLSHIT!!
Better than that is when I did the 93QFM cruise and put the wheels in the air about 4ft on Wisconsin ave!! That car hooked like a Las Vegas prostitute:rolf

[wheelsofsteel]

Jim, is that the same car that I have footage of you yanking the wheels in front of Borchardts during the annual fathers day show?

[DR.FORD]

Jim, is that the same car that I have footage of you yanking the wheels in front of Borchardts during the annual fathers day show?

Yes Sir!! Dark Blue 1967 Mustang-Damn I miss that crashbox:headbang
Could you dig that up? I would like to put it all together to have and give one to Michelle and her Dad- You too!!

[b4mytm]

I got to ride in that Mustang doing the same thing in front of A&W if I'm not mistaken. :)

[DR.FORD]

I got to ride in that Mustang doing the same thing in front of A&W if I'm not mistaken. :)

You are NOT mistaken!!
I guess you could say you did big wheelies long before some of the "Bad Boys" on this forum!!:wooo
And as I remember you weren't even close to skurrred:thumbsup
Not like our buddy Troy that got sick when he was with me on Wisconsin ave!!:rolf
"I thought we were going over"!!!! (quote)

[Cutlass Queen]

those were the good ole days on tower..and before that was built when calumet was iused in the mid 70'-80's.....who from waukesha had the green buick...65-66 i think it was....
i remember going there and there would be more people then at GLD...well maybe not that many...but a shit load , i mean a shit load of people down at the starting line and in other parking lots along tower..IT WAS THE PLACE TO BE FOR YEARS.....Dusty's camaro....WARDS Chevelle....Scottys(R.I.P.) Camaro from Fast Times...AND LETS NOT FORGET Carl(R.I.P.) Camaro...Donahue and his car...Brain METZ and the Malibu..what a ride that was..someone had the PRO STOCK KAWI BIKE......soo many guys from back then..but can't remember them all, but i'm sure the names and cars will come to me....all i had back then was my POS Monte on spray....but i got along with everyone back then...wish i could relive just one of those nights again...


the best of times in the days of past...they will never ever be like that again...i'm glad i was apart of it...and made the friends i have today from those days...


always Wauk vs Mil....Wauk vs Falls..always a good time..never an argument that lead to blood shed....then we would go to 73rd and run as well in 90 as well as Tower...hell i have a tower street sign that we borrowed...

and now the friends i have today from these times with cars....cars def brough dif groups together and fun was had by all..and a little money in your pocet at the end of the night if your guys won....i tell sean about those days all the time...


What color was the prostreet Kawa bike?

I remember these days, cars use to come on trailers and be unloaded. I also remember when park place was the spot to race at too.

[GRAMPS SS]

What color was the prostreet Kawa bike?

I remember these days, cars use to come on trailers and be unloaded. I also remember when park place was the spot to race at too.

blue.....and how old were you during these years....:goof

[Cutlass Queen]

blue.....and how old were you during these years....:goof

Pretty young but I always got to be in big bro's camaro or dad's camaro :goof Hell my mom use to sneak out the orange camaro while my dad was sleeping in bed:headbang

[GRAMPS SS]

I REMEBER ALL THAT....the old mans camaro was no slow camaro as well....

[10wideracing]

Was Eddie the guy with the Chevelle?

[GRAMPS SS]

^^^^^the blue '69 CONVERT???? i knew him as WARD....

[HRSEPLA]

Ahhhh, Ward's '69 Chevelle, what a car!

[DR.FORD]

Was Eddie the guy with the Chevelle?

Eddie had a Trans-Am, black car. He hung out with Carl.

[pashtrd]

So I went to a friends house tonight for our yearly holiday dinner. His wife was in the process of transferring VHS tapes to CD. Guess what she was transferring over? tapes from Tower from the mid 90's. I had them burn me a copy, i will see if i can post some of it on here.

[scaleracer]

^^^^^the blue '69 CONVERT???? i knew him as WARD....

Probably not the car but could it be the one from RSD Blue with a white top, Prostars, and pulls the wheels with a full cage running some good numbers..

[juicedimpss]

Eddie had a Trans-Am, black car. He hung out with Carl.

he has "steel wheels jim" 's white chevelle now tho.

[HITMAN]

he has "steel wheels jim" 's white chevelle now tho.

:rolf I remember that guy and I remember how he got that name. "I've got the fastest '68 Chevelle in the world (or something like that) with a factory steel hood and factory steel wheels." Pure comedy... Come to think of it, I made money on a race he was involved in. Fat-Head Kevin (You remember him, don't you, Ron? ;)) raced Steel Wheels one night up on 145 when Kevin was running a silver 2nd gen Eclipse. A friend was convinced that Jim and his big-block would stomp a mud-hole in that import. I knew what Kevin's car could run and I knew that Jim wasn't going to do real well. I was right. Kevin murdered the Fastest Steel Wheeled '68 Chevelle in the Universe...:rolf:rolf:rolf

[Voodoo Chick]

What was "Tower Road" all about? I'm assuming it was a hangout/racing spot.......Someone explain, please?

[70 cutlass 442]

/\/\ thats what it was back in the day.... now its just a spot for snoop to do an 1/8 mile burnout with spectators.

[Voodoo Chick]

I wish so very, very much I could've seen it all in it's "glory days."

[HITMAN]

I wish so very, very much I could've seen it all in it's "glory days."

It was pretty fun. At it's best/worst it was like a circus. A hundred people standing along side two fast cars doing side by side burnouts getting ready to race, then running full bore down a public road loaded with spectators. It's amazing nobody got killed. WAYYY too many people and too much trash (empty beer cans especially...:rolleyes:) being left on the industrial properties is what ultimately led to the downfall of Tower as a regular hang-out.

[Voodoo Chick]

It was pretty fun. At it's best/worst it was like a circus. A hundred people standing along side two fast cars doing side by side burnouts getting ready to race, then running full bore down a public road loaded with spectators. It's amazing nobody got killed. WAYYY too many people and too much trash (empty beer cans especially...:rolleyes:) being left on the industrial properties is what ultimately led to the downfall of Tower as a regular hang-out.

That sounds so cool. I can kinda imagine it, when I hear the stories about the "old days." My mother used to hang out with the car scene during the mid 60's, and tells me about how it was, and I have had friends that told me about the 70's and early 80's. I really cannot express how much I feel like I was truly born in the wrong era, and missed out on all the best times. I love very much to hear the stories from the ones who were there, though. If I ever meet you in person, I would love to hear more about those times.......

[Poncho]

That sounds so cool. I can kinda imagine it, when I hear the stories about the "old days." My mother used to hang out with the car scene during the mid 60's, and tells me about how it was, and I have had friends that told me about the 70's and early 80's. I really cannot express how much I feel like I was truly born in the wrong era, and missed out on all the best times. I love very much to hear the stories from the ones who were there, though. If I ever meet you in person, I would love to hear more about those times.......

you know, we can still create new stories!! I know if in 15 years I ask "Hey you remember the YELLOW wannabe steeda that over the course of a year, like EVERYONE on BCM raced and beat" everyone will remember it. Or "hey do you remember that one early night up @ Culvers where that little CRX went ripping down the isle at full bore, and almost went into the front windows of Aldis, cuz it couldn't turn, and somehow made it around the corner?" some will remember that.

[Feature Pony]

:rolf I remember that guy and I remember how he got that name. "I've got the fastest '68 Chevelle in the world (or something like that) with a factory steel hood and factory steel wheels." Pure comedy... Come to think of it, I made money on a race he was involved in. Fat-Head Kevin (You remember him, don't you, Ron? ;)) raced Steel Wheels one night up on 145 when Kevin was running a silver 2nd gen Eclipse. A friend was convinced that Jim and his big-block would stomp a mud-hole in that import. I knew what Kevin's car could run and I knew that Jim wasn't going to do real well. I was right. Kevin murdered the Fastest Steel Wheeled '68 Chevelle in the Universe...:rolf:rolf:rolf

AAAHHHH Kevin.. Theres a guy that fell off the face of the earth. Last time I saw him he had a turbo supra and then he disappeared. Funny guy, all of his buddys said he was the credit machine, and man did he talk a lot of smack! LOL goodtimes. I wonder if he still has Ron's old Imp?

[Waver]

you know, we can still create new stories!! I know if in 15 years I ask "Hey you remember the YELLOW wannabe steeda that over the course of a year, like EVERYONE on BCM raced and beat" everyone will remember it. Or "hey do you remember that one early night up @ Culvers where that little CRX went ripping down the isle at full bore, and almost went into the front windows of Aldis, cuz it couldn't turn, and somehow made it around the corner?" some will remember that.

We can add somthing to that........remember that ferarri f40 that would cruise on hwy just looking for fast races

[juicedimpss]

AAAHHHH Kevin.. Theres a guy that fell off the face of the earth. Last time I saw him he had a turbo supra and then he disappeared. Funny guy, all of his buddys said he was the credit machine, and man did he talk a lot of smack! LOL goodtimes. I wonder if he still has Ron's old Imp?

no,he went away for a while. he is back,and a party machine again. He sold the gold car years ago,and it was parted out.I think scotty ended up getting the chassis and put a different body on it,and it has changed hands a few times since.He was definately the king of "credit card" racing.

[Got Boost]

no,he went away for a while. he is back,and a party machine again. He sold the gold car years ago,and it was parted out.I think scotty ended up getting the chassis and put a different body on it,and it has changed hands a few times since.He was definately the king of "credit card" racing.LOL Aint that the truth:rolf

[GRAMPS SS]

no,he went away for a while. he is back,and a party machine again. He sold the gold car years ago,and it was parted out.I think scotty ended up getting the chassis and put a different body on it,and it has changed hands a few times since.He was definately the king of "credit card" racing.

didn't he own or run the family biz on calumet road..was he a stocky jolly fellow...??????????????

[juicedimpss]

didn't he own or run the family biz on calumet road..was he a stocky jolly fellow...??????????????

thats correct.
i remember the night larry nicknamed him "chucky cheese"
:rolf

[HRSEPLA]

I still run into Kevin on the HWY a couple times a year, to me he was the original 'ricer' lol
Back in 1989 or so he had a badass little white AWD turbo eclipse w/ Nitrous, when I had my '71 Nova and we used to race on Theo Trecker Rd. off the HWY.. He always had the next up and coming import as they rolled off the line, then made sure it had a turbo or two and Nitrous(before it became known as NOS) lol

[boostaddict14]

Me being too young for these days obviously I wish I could;ve seen them. It's been sad to see since i started driving in 03 hwy deteriorate as a community. It seems more and more idiot drivers come out of there holes every year.

[Feature Pony]

to me he was the original 'ricer' lol
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Yeah that is true, I was so shocked when he bought Ron's IMP off of him. I was like thats no import with a turbo something must be wrong? Either that or Ron was really running a 4 banger with a lot of boost!! LOL :rolf

[nismodave]

Last time I saw kevin, was down at Culvers last year. He was driving a c6 vette I believe.

[Got Boost]

thats correct.
i remember the night larry nicknamed him "chucky cheese"
:rolf
Also Fat Head Kevin .. He always had cool cars ... Shane had his Big Chief Motor ... Kevin had a 07 Z06 also Had one of those shitty Pontiac LeMans the little one with 4 18 inch subs ..would blow out the side windows

[10wideracing]

I was going through some old photos and came across these pictures that were taken early on Saturday morning in October 1990. The night before the place was packed with 300+ spectators and there were a bunch of 9 & 10 second races that had taken place. This was my burnout.

Good memories....

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/10wideracing/Towerave1990.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/10wideracing/Towerave19902.jpg
This is a picture of my 1968 Nova's engine.
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/10wideracing/Nova4271992picture.jpg
Here is the "mystery engine" ( I never lifted the hood once we arrived at Tower Ave) in the Nova. 427 BBC 8.5-1 compression, 250 NOS plate when I ran pump gas (325 Nitrous Works plate with 110 octane race gas), Merlin rectangle heads, Bob Hood's old .614 solid lifter cam, 3" exhaust all the way back to the tail pipes,4.57 Ford 9" rearend, home made slapper bars, 1.47 60' at the track (probably better at Tower with "Dyno Dan" Jansen putting down the VHT).

[Feature Pony]

I remember going up to tower and there was a guy in a white dodge coronet I think, that he was spraying the hell out of that car, the primer superbee that ran at the races, and the primer black chevy II that was taking out bikes left and right, the crotch rocket guys never learned. Some nice Iron showed up.

[scaleracer]

I remember going up to tower and there was a guy in a white dodge coronet I think, that he was spraying the hell out of that car, the primer superbee that ran at the races, and the primer black chevy II that was taking out bikes left and right, the crotch rocket guys never learned. Some nice Iron showed up.

I remember the Black primered 66 Nova! I used to like that car alot! I wanted to make a slot car like it for the longest time! I saw it at the DARE show at Solid Gold McDonalds a couple years ago with a new owner and the guy got it dirt cheap too!

[GRAMPS SS]

I was going through some old photos and came across these pictures that were taken early on Saturday morning in October 1990. The night before the place was packed with 300+ spectators and there were a bunch of 9 & 10 second races that had taken place. This was my burnout.

Good memories....

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/10wideracing/Towerave1990.jpg
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/10wideracing/Towerave19902.jpg
This is a picture of my 1968 Nova's engine.
http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq236/10wideracing/Nova4271992picture.jpg
Here is the "mystery engine" ( I never lifted the hood once we arrived at Tower Ave) in the Nova. 427 BBC 8.5-1 compression, 250 NOS plate when I ran pump gas (325 Nitrous Works plate with 110 octane race gas), Merlin rectangle heads, Bob Hood's old .614 solid lifter cam, 3" exhaust all the way back to the tail pipes,4.57 Ford 9" rearend, home made slapper bars, 1.47 60' at the track (probably better at Tower with "Dyno Dan" Jansen putting down the VHT).

back then we should of sold tickets and made money...your not kidding on the 300+ people...sometimes more people were there ,then at the track.....that old Chevy II looked like crap..but would run....remember the old black falcon with stock wheels that ran like a bat out of hell...i still see that car around on the northside...def the good ole days....

[97z2801ss]

I hear alot of stories from my dad and my grandfather about the "good ol'" days. I like hearing about them, also My cousin had racing vids from the early 90s I believe with a Brown or Green 2nd gen camaro, he had a green skylark and a silver 79 T/a also a white malibu and a 65 metallic brown i believe, satalite. Theirs a few other cars I remember seeing in the videos. I think they raced by the recycling center in West allis by quad.

[HITMAN]

...remember the old black falcon with stock wheels that ran like a bat out of hell...i still see that car around on the northside...def the good ole days....

LOL, I remember that car. Wire wheel hub caps and fender skirts. I didn't even know you could get a Falcon with them. I believe that thing was a solid 12 second snooze-mobile...:thumbsup:thumbsup

[Voodoo Chick]

I wonder what happened to all the cars from the "good old days".......I wonder how many still exist.

[Voodoo Chick]

Me being too young for these days obviously I wish I could;ve seen them. It's been sad to see since i started driving in 03 hwy deteriorate as a community. It seems more and more idiot drivers come out of there holes every year.


I feel the same, but maybe if all of us here still hang out on the Hwy and keep having fun, some of the old magic of days-gone-by can remain. I doubt it can ever be what it was, but it could still be nice.

[HITMAN]

People get older, tastes change, cars get sold to make room for new projects/hobbies/families. A lot of us from the 90's are still doing the car thing today, just at a different level and in different locations. Some of us, like DR. FORD for instance, are kicking ass on a national level. :shades

[Mustang Muscle]

Wow. I feel like i missed out. My uncle talks about the days he went to hwy in his t-top monte. I don't think he ever went to tower's. I wish now was like those "good ol days". It just isn't the same, it kinda suks now but some of us still go to towers and still cruise.

[buttersgt350]

yeah i remember the early 90's on hwy 100. you would turn around at amf lanes and the park and ride past layton. lots of fast cool cars, without the stupidity of the current group of people that hangout their know. good times.

[Feature Pony]

yeah i remember the early 90's on hwy 100. you would turn around at amf lanes and the park and ride past layton. lots of fast cool cars, without the stupidity of the current group of people that hangout their know. good times.

The tile shop and the park and ride!!! Hwy 100 was a good time in days gone by, but there was still bone heads that cruised up there as well. When I had my black 90 GT my buddy and I were talking to some chicks in their daddy's gray S-10 4 door blazer I was checking out the road and heard a BANG I look over to the right and the girls were gone! The chicks hit a telephone pole by Oscars, I kept driving and trying not to laugh. If the girls post on this site I'm sorry I should of asked if you were ok but I couldn't stop laughing and WAPD was there pretty quick and I couldn't afford a cruising ticket.
Yeah and another thing is when it rained on hwy there was at least 9-12 accidents every pass you took. My moto was if you could drive on hwy 100 in the rain cruising and not get into a accident, you were a pretty dam good driver.

[Waver]

The tile shop and the park and ride!!! Hwy 100 was a good time in days gone by, but there was still bone heads that cruised up there as well. When I had my black 90 GT my buddy and I were talking to some chicks in their daddy's gray S-10 4 door blazer I was checking out the road and heard a BANG I look over to the right and the girls were gone! The chicks hit a telephone pole by Oscars, I kept driving and trying not to laugh. If the girls post on this site I'm sorry I should of asked if you were ok but I couldn't stop laughing and WAPD was there pretty quick and I couldn't afford a cruising ticket.
Yeah and another thing is when it rained on hwy there was at least 9-12 accidents every pass you took. My moto was if you could drive on hwy 100 in the rain cruising and not get into a accident, you were a pretty dam good driver.

man that is how it was in the late 90's early 2000's.......and that story brings up memories....I should find those old pics.....post some up

[70 cutlass 442]

Does anyone remember in the 70s up at calumet ? there was a home made tree that was up there until the cops took it......

[GRAMPS SS]

Does anyone remember in the 70s up at calumet ? there was a home made tree that was up there until the cops took it......

i remember that...he took that everywhere with him....he had a 68 camoro and work at the citco on hwy 100 and capital.

he did get that back....i think the guys name was kurt...