From the Road – Sights of Edelbrock Sick 66 as Enthusiasts Travel Through Oklahoma and Texas
After three days in Missouri, Edelbrock Sick 66 hit the road on day two to Oklahoma for day three and racing at Tulsa Raceway Park, then a nearly 300 mile drive day to Texas for day five action.
Route 66 provided some amazing sights, as well as some good memories to reflect back on.
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Coverage of the event is broken down into daily installments, and we will have extensive coverage in the Winter print edition of Sick the Magazine.
But we thought it would be cool to look back at some more highlights from the days that made up Edelbrock Sick 66, with this one focusing on some of the cool road views from days three and four.
Route 66 Bowl not only provided for a cool place to eat, bowl and do a variety of activities, but the parking lot was littered with cool signs and memorabilia. The majority of the participants spend more than just a few minutes on this check point.
Two cars took the meaning of ‘hitting the road’ literally on day four, and the ’69 Road Runner of Patrick Derieg was one of those.
The oil pan was split opened like a can of biscuits, and although Derieg and fellow enthusiasts got it fixed, he missed turning in a slip at Texas. We did see Derieg make exhibition runs during the week though.
The Chicken Shack proved a popular checkpoint on day three, and Bruce Fleming got a snapshot of his 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 in front of the sign with Sick 66 influence.
The stick shift Oldsmobile finished just outside the top 50 with a 7.61 average, and a best run of 7.41 at 96 mph at Tulsa on day three.
You see all kinds of cars and trucks on a drag-and-drive, but Jesse Madaffari’s John Deere-themed ride is on a totally different level.
The unique ride has done several drag-and-drive events, and Madaffari told us he was enjoying the cool factor of Route 66 and all the memories he made along the way.
Day four brought a massive number of check points to the table, and one of them was the Stafford Air and Space Museum. The duo of planes was complemented by Larry Brickley’s ’69 Charger before he returned to the road for his next stop.
What better bonding for a husband and wife than traveling Route 66 in a 1971 Pontiac Trans Am? Erik Wiegand got some time behind the steering wheel of wife Christine’s ride as they visited one of two Route 66 museums on day four.
But they played musical chairs for Christine in the driver’s seat when it was time to make drag strip runs. Christine averaged 7.80 for the week.
Route 66 has seen the automotive hobby changes significantly since it got its first use in 1926, and along several sections of the original road, you can almost look back in time to see how simple things were nearly a century ago.
Some sections of the original road are still visible in several states, and although this section was closed and nearly overgrown with brush and trees, one of our Dodge Hellcat Chargers shows just how narrow roads used to be compared to today.
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Sick the Magazine.
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