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Re: AMRA MAKES TV!!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2007, 07:43:08 pm »
Yeah in most classes we can lengthen the frames.  Stock and Super stock has to be stock wheelbase.  They are alot safter and handle better too. 
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« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2007, 07:56:40 pm »
some of the mowers are some strange looking creations. they flip the h pattern 3 speed upside down to put the pulley under the tranny so they can get them low to the ground. they also cut a wheel in half, weld it to another wheel or cut out the center of a wheel and move the center over so they can run a disc brake setup on the right side. a stock frame and stock body that has been dropped down with a live axle and 700 peerless is an oddity at those tracks.
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Re: AMRA MAKES TV!!!!!!!
« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2007, 08:10:34 pm »
i just hate the idea of those modifications being done to a mower, because then they don't look like stock mowers at a glance like US mowers do.
Gotta love a good 'ol Briggs Flathead! :thumbsup:

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« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2007, 08:46:57 pm »
Yeah but they are faster!  Ask George. LOL
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Re: AMRA MAKES TV!!!!!!!
« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2007, 09:06:15 pm »
I won't admit that LOL..... I had a handling issue or it would have turned out differently..... Like another scalping.... I will admit though that Herrin Mowersports HP you got is pretty darn quick......
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« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2007, 09:18:27 pm »
There isn't no better power than Herrin Mowersports HP!   Another scalping....... I don't know about that I wasn't pushing it as hard as I could have.  I was keeping some in reserve if you ever were to catch up.
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« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2007, 10:09:16 pm »
cool video and nice track. :D 8)

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Re: AMRA MAKES TV!!!!!!!
« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2007, 11:31:16 pm »
Put that motor in a real chassis and then you will know what a good hot rod really is.
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« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2007, 01:41:00 am »
It would be interesting then.
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« Reply #24 on: November 29, 2007, 07:25:47 am »
As far as the modification to the wheel base goes, it does seem to make these mowers more stable, which in turn puts a little more hp to the ground. As far as them not looking like stock mowers, Well this is true and I do agree, but these are only allowed in the modified classes,( hence the term modified ) !
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Re: AMRA MAKES TV!!!!!!!
« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2007, 08:37:29 am »
Modifed = SEVERLY ALTERED LAWN MOWER. Generally speaking or termed as an outlaw. no longer resembling a lawn mower. Jed Mercer...........LOL
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« Reply #26 on: November 29, 2007, 09:10:19 am »
Now my mower has a mower frame (slightly modified), mower rear end, belt drive with a mower clutch, mower engine, mower tires, mower wheels.  I guess I well have to tare it down this winter and put a mower hood and some mower fenders on it so it will look more like a mower.  :lol:
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« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2007, 09:23:00 am »
As an independent observer (remember I didn't race at all in Tennessee) I watched all the classes and all the organizations racing against each other...

My initial thought was that one of the classes or one of the organizations or even one of the mowchines was gonna dominate the competition (hail yes I was hoping it would been my FX >:D )

But the truth is all the mowchines despite wheel base differences and (allowable) motor size differences and even in the "mixed bag" races....No One machine or organization truly dominated or impressed the field... ALL the classes and racers (that were set up and prepared) were relatively equal in speeds and it was the driving styles, concentration and consistency that paid bigger dividends than the motor or chassis they "brung".

No one "lapped" the field...(yes they passed a few of the back markers but second and third was right on their tail) and no one machine was "locked on rails" on the track lap after lap either.. pretty much everyone got a chance to slide thru the marbles up on three and four...everyone had "some" good laps..and "some" slipping and sliding... 

All in all it was good close racing, (as it should be) and it was a little bit of luck and a steady hand pulling the flags rather than any motor or chassis combo...

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Re: AMRA MAKES TV!!!!!!!
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2007, 11:12:44 am »
Well said Randy and will have to agree.... Everyone was very well matched. There was no distinct advantage anywhere.
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Re: AMRA MAKES TV!!!!!!!
« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2007, 08:07:18 pm »
some of those "modified" mowers do sit real low to the ground. i saw one this year going through the pits and hit a small bump and twisted his pulleys backwards. there too some of those welded wheel combos do put way more stress on the axles, and the welds or axles break. i think you saw that in the video. NOR66 is one of the few in his class to be ARMA LEGAL. a good looking mower it is too. HE'S MY HERO, I'M GONNA BIULD ONE LIKE HIM, except without the motorcycle brake setup.  :P
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