{"id":59496,"date":"2022-02-10T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=59496"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:43","slug":"sick-week-drag-race-profile-scott-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2022\/02\/sick-week-drag-race-profile-scott-abbott.html","title":{"rendered":"Sick Week Drag Race Profile: Scott Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sick Stats<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: <\/strong>Huntertown, Indiana (near Fort Wayne)
Vehicle: <\/strong>1970 Plymouth Road Runner
Color: <\/strong>Orange, with spots of primer and rust
Engine: <\/strong>520 Wedge
Tires:<\/strong> 295-55-15
Personal Best: <\/strong>10.32<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you choose the\nvehicle you are racing with?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is our fun car my wife and I take to all the drag and drive events across the country. I\u2019ve owned it for 34 years. It won a Daily Driver class championship at the 2013 Hot Rod Drag Week, and finished second in our class at Rocky Mountain. I can run it just about 11 anywhere except Colorado. At Rocky Mountain Race week, I couldn\u2019t get it past 12.20 due to the high elevation and heat those days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes this vehicle\n\u201csick\u201d? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its longevity. It is a\nbeat-up old warrior. I\u2019ve put 15,000 miles on it from drag and drive events\nalone, and it has run on 30 different tracks over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What excites you about\nSick Week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love going to different race tracks, and I get to visit\nfour I\u2019ve never been on before. I keep a log of every track, so I get to expand\nthat list. With so many tracks closing in recent years, I want to get as many\nas I can on my log. I also enjoy driving into these local communities; people\ngather in chairs along the highway to see all of us as we enter their\ntown.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will your journey to\nFlorida be like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are traveling down on Friday and Saturday. We might stop\nat Summit Racing in Georgia to get some parts since it is right off I-75.\nOtherwise, just stopping at gas stations. We\u2019ll already be loaded up with\nsnacks (meat, cheese, crackers, celery, peanut butter) along with water and\nsome sodas, so we\u2019ll mostly just need fuel and a break now and then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you participated in any other racing events like this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too many to list. Like I said before, 15,000 miles worth. Hot Rod Drag Week every year from 2009 to 2019 are the main ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes you a good drag\nracer?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honestly, I\u2019m a hack! I\u2019m not very good \u2013 I just got lucky a\ncouple of times. The car has an automatic transmission, so I don\u2019t even shift.\nAll I have to do is put it in drive and just keep it going straight. A monkey\ncould drive it and run 11\u2019s. This is what I do for entertainment \u2013 it isn\u2019t\nserious competition for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is your drag race inspiration?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I grew up in the 1960s, which I consider to be the renaissance years of super stock cars and the beginning of pro stock. I like racers like Grumpy Jenkins, Dick Landy, Arlen Vanke, along with Sox & Martin. I saw those guys and thought how cool it would be to have a car like that. Now I do, and I can experience what they experienced. That is very exciting for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you passionate\nabout outside of racing? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wife would tell you I have too many hobbies. Boating and flying airplanes are at the top of my list. I\u2019m a licensed pilot, and now that my daughter is studying for her pilot license, I\u2019m helping out with that. My wife enjoys Big Ten basketball, which I like watching with her.

Anything else you\u2019d like to add?
<\/strong>People need to get their car out and do events like this. A car show is fine, but these cars were not meant to just sit around \u2013 they are performance vehicles. Get out, drive them and drive them hard. A drag and drive event is like nothing you\u2019ve ever experienced. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sick Stats Hometown: Huntertown, Indiana (near Fort Wayne)Vehicle: 1970 Plymouth Road RunnerColor: Orange, with spots of primer and rustEngine: 520 WedgeTires: 295-55-15 Personal Best: 10.32 How did you choose the vehicle you are racing with? This is our fun car my wife and I take to all the drag and drive events across the country. I\u2019ve owned it for 34 years. It won a Daily Driver class championship at the 2013 Hot Rod Drag Week, and finished second in our class at Rocky Mountain. I can run it just about 11 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":59430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575],"tags":[528,1910],"class_list":["post-59496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-drag-racing","tag-grassroots-racing"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Scott_feature.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59496"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59530,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59496\/revisions\/59530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}