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http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...40675#indextop


Still planning on Phoenix???

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Yeah, Daryl, we are on our way to Phoenix now! We moved up to #9 in the Division, but after being down to 9 cars, we thought we had a chance at gaining a little more. Oh well, that's racing. It is really bad for Jackie Alley who is #2 in Super Stock and from Idaho. Or the Super Street guy, Chris Butcher who is from Massachuetts.

Well they don't have to worry about us ever coming to Noble, OK again. Twice in 9 years is 2 times too many.

We got loaded up in the rain pretty quickly (for us). Of course, Larry looked like a drowned rat when he got back in. We didn't have any trouble being stuck since we were in rock just beside the pavement. Larry said one of the Emmons cars was stuck, though.

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thanks, Ed. I can barely remember Gary but I do remember he had a Chevy ramp truck that he hauled a 72 Firebird on that was much like the car I had and then Pontiac guys had a close bond. Just tell him I said hi after 40 yrs. Bob Michael.

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Sorry to see you guys leave us here in muddy Noble. We are staying and going to ride it out. It was good talking with you and larry this afternoon. Good luck and have a safe trip.

rod

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Good luck to you and Chris, Rod. We will be pulling for you. It was really neat to see in the first round of Super Street, a family from Mass, the Butchers, running a family from Wash, the Dalrymples in OK. It was like they said "I'll meet you in the middle" (of the country).

For any of you headed west on I-40, there is a nice dump station with fresh water at the rest area at milemarker 10 in OK.

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Rumors heard at Noble: 6,6 1/2, and 7 pound classes. Still doesn't put new cars in their own class. Just makes Fezell's car fit stock again. Also front wheel drive cars absorbed into regular classes. Stick and autos run together with sticks having to carry an additional 100 pounds. Don't know if any of this is true, just rumors at this point.

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Can't wait for this one more enhancments.

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Here are a couple of pics from today:

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ncamera013.jpg
Scraping the track at Noble.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ncamera014.jpg

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ncamera016.jpg

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ncamera018.jpg
Heading out of Oklahoma City.

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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ncamera019.jpg
Oklahoma countryside after it stopped raining!

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ncamera025.jpg
Drilling new oil wells

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ngNoble003.jpg
Wind farm

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ngNoble005.jpg
The 2 lane road to the right is the famous Route 66. Larry always wanted to take a trip along Route 66, so now we are doing a 2 in 1 trip!

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A good effort by all at Noble to get the race in. The track worked well, french fries were great, and we got to see our friends from div. 4 and 5. The track had a Big four wheel drive tractor for the planned escape from the red mud. Mother Nature was the only stick in the mud!

OK needed the rain so every thing worked out. Most of the crops look to be a total loss from no rain.