Question for Ed Wright

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Butch Sentner

Hi Ed,

You may remember the guy that bought my 56. His name was John Thropp from Delaware.
His interest was peaked when he saw the 12.90`s and at that time the record in n/sa was 13.60.
He set that record the first record meet in 1971.
I didn`t keep track of how he did with the 56.
Butch

Butch, I never met him but his name seems familiar. The only 12.90s I ever ran were at the old Omaha, NB track. They even gave an altitude correction there on top of that! Couldn't believe it. The fastest one we had in div4 back then was Houma,LA. Of course the. Temp & humidity were both always in the nineties when we went there. Best I could go there was 13.flat.

[Ed Wright]

Bob, that gaudy paint was traded to me for building a painter's engine. I was too poor to have mine painted,
He was too poor to have his engine done. My paint was
left over from previous jobs. I thought it was really cool
at the time. Not now.

[SStockDart]

Hey Ed, I knew I knew you from a prior life, in Omaha. It hit me when I saw the picture of you racing the lime green 69 Chevelle at Cornhusker Raceway Park. That was Gary Vincent's SS/E car. I also raced a 69 SS 427 in SS/E. And a Roadrunner in SS/I. I'll try to attach pictures. I didn't pick up my time slip in Tulsa, when we raced in qualifying. I broke a part (fixed now), and the A/C in my trailer quit. I was hot and miserable, so, I headed home. I am too damn old for this stuff. P.S. was my light any good?

[Ed Wright]

SS Dart, Were you in the red Dart parked across from us? (black '96 Trans Am, SS/JA) I saw that one leave early. Give me your class & car number and I'll look. I have time slips here four four passes. Two SS/EA cars, one GT/HA (think that was Bryan Chaney, and a GT/EA. Let me know and I'll check for you.

[Bob Rice]

It looks pretty good to me Ed!
Bob

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Bob, that gaudy paint was traded to me for building a painter's engine. I was too poor to have mine painted,
He was too poor to have his engine done. My paint was
left over from previous jobs. I thought it was really cool
at the time. Not now.

[SStockDart]

4911 - SS/EA..........We ran together in 2nd Q. pass. I think you had problems too. I glanced over on the launch and saw the under carriage of your car then you faded and passed me when I clicked my car at just past half track. Thanks Ed

[Ed Wright]

You had an .036 light and a 1.44 60'. I had a .048 with a 1.34 60'. Mine failed to shift, and still don't know why. I disconnected my tach from the MSD tach output " just in case", don't really need it anyway.
Hope you got everything fixed OK.

Even with the temps, if the starting line was any better, I couldn't stand it.

[SStockDart]

Thanks Ed...The Dart is fine. I got looking at the Cornhusker Raceway Park pictures closer and The lime green Chevelle of Gary Vincent's was a C/S car then, so than must have been 1970 or 1971. I was racing the Roadrunner in G/S at the time and also had a P/S 62 Catalina. Oh yes.........7 inch tires. What fun. The really fast guys around there in Stock (I am sure I will miss spell some names and leave some out) were Fred Anderson, Garber and Daveny, John Wilson, Eddie Rezac, and Richard Charbaneou. I was just a kid fresh out of the Army then.....where has all the time gone?

[SStockDart]

I knew my 60' was not any good, the car spun and the front end stayed on the ground. (Obviously it stayed on the ground if I could see the under carriage of your car.......ha ha) thanks again