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Bill Rink SS/LA

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Don O'Malley SS/JA

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Eric Reyes FS/DC

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Jack needs to identify these guys!

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Charlie Fitzsimmons A/SA

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Patsy - the four in that photo are -from left to right-- Jim Boburka-owner of Copo #007 ,Robin Wright from General Motors Performance , yours truly and JC Beattie of ATI Transmissions and also a COPO owner and driver .

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Some more tech line shots. I see copo's everywhere, its very cool to see the big 3 fighting again at Indy.

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jack,don't think i ever heard the results-is your striping painted or vinyl?
car looks very nice.

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Rick - Because I'm a bit old school you'll never ever see vinyl on one of my rides - its real paint or nothing ............And thanks for the compliment .

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Denklau in O with good lookin 55 Chev Wagon, first time in my recollection Feldman has some competition....265 vs 283......interesting for us bottom alphabet guys

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Ken and Jack, thank you for the great pictures you have posted. I have a special request if at all possible, it would be nice if someone could post a video of the staging area of stock and super stock, why not S/G and S/C, Competition eliminator would also be nice(a la Toby Lang).lol This is truly enjoyed by all of us wishing we were there but can't make it. Thanks for the great work Patty and Larry. Ooops I forgot to say Good Luck and have a safe race everyone. Claude Ruel

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Ditto except NO bracket cars-This is the super bowl of stock/super stock class racing-Lets leave it right there!

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Do you guys know if MPR is there with his new COPO? He was thrashing on it last week. Thanks, Jeff Klei.

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Jeff- Yep, he made it and is parked next to me .........

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Well I guess everybody has had a busy day getting teched and all ready to run tomorrow! We start out at 8:30 in the morning with stock!

Wish us all good luck!

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Jack, thanks for the info. Glad he made it. He was as busy as a one legged man in an *** kicking contest trying to finish it!!!

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Thanks to the Hills, Jack and Ken for your updates and photos. I have been to Indy for Wed-Fri and took over 2000 pictures. Sportsman on Wed and Thursday were the best. Looking forward to you verbal and photographic updates this week-end.

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Good morning members -In a few short hours some of our dreams will come true - the biggest will be hitting the asphalt here at Indy - a sacred place to some- a place with a ton of history to others and a place many of us can't wait to come to .

So you want to talk weather - let me tell you that even at this hour its sticky so by the time 8:30 hits it'll be no fun left in the air.The racer that sits on the leaderboard at the end of this afternoon will have earned it for sure .

Thanks to Chevrolet and the NHRA the COPO Camaros are all parked together and if thats the brand for you its a sight to see when they're out parked along their trailers .

Speaking of Chevrolet they hosted a dinner last evening for COPO owners and a nice evening it was - thanks go out to Sandor Pizsar and Roger Allen from Chevy .

And on with the show as they say ...........back a little later with the dirt ! ! !

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Well Jack's UP! Pasty are you AWAKE Yet??? LOL! Good Luck to all! Wish we was there with the Little (305) SS/JA!:D

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Any Chance for a photo of the MPR Copo?

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Good morning all, like Jack said its already warm and sticky. Here are some current numbers.

Temp 77
Humid 68%
Bar 29.04
DA 3074
Slight cross wind

How about the this two restored car haulers, how cool !. I could not resist, I was in Dan Fletcher's motorhome, spotted his five wins from his western swing this year, I would be happy with just one.

be back later....

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Thanks for all the Great reporting & picture taking by Patsy, Ken & Jack.

You guys n gals are Awesome !!!!

Good Luck to all racers.

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x2!

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Good luck to all you guys and gals living the dream.

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Those restored haulers are way cool!!! Just curious are they someones tow rigs or just part of the experience?

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Thanks, for updates Jack ,Larry&Patsy.

Mike Taylor 3601

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They are probably on display. Cant remember if Mecum or Barret Jackson is going to auction them off at one of there future auctions.

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most likely made for the movie.

http://www.snakeandmongoosemovie.com/videosphotos

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Oh yeah, that makes sense. Super cool none the less, wish i was around to see those trucks and the respective race teams in the hey day. I've been to Indy once and my goal is to make it back with my dad and my boys.

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I quick report... I have to go work on my race car.

Stock is done, it was 3600 ft when we ran. I know Chris Holbrook went a 8.86 in FS trim. I can not really give you much more info, its been a very busy morning. I will have more info when things settle down.

The car haulers are for show.


be back soon....

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Factory Stock Showdown update:

I currently show 26 entries in the Factory Stock Showdown, 13 in FS/AC and 13 in FS,DC including:

12 COPO Camaros
9 Cobra Jet Mustangs
5 Drag Pak Challengers

Should be a great show. As I understand it, the field will be pared down to the finalists tomorrow and the FS/AC and FS/DC finals will be run on Friday afternoon before pro qualifying (in conjunction with the Hemi Challenge final). The overall final will be run shortly thereafter.

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Those are the original car haulers. Prudhomme owns them and had them restored a few years back.

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Barret Jackson in January

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Stock just finished their first qualifier-- the dirt is that David Barton just went 9.16 in FS trim - should put him in the #1 spot ...........And this reporter can tell you for sure it wasn't a perfect run and he's well on his way to retrieving his $2500.

Back in a bit with a bunch of photos ............

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161 cars showed up for first run. 3 cars did not get times. Lots of cars in the wrong class 1st run. I think they were putting up whatever they pre=entered in, not what they teched in at. May take a while to get it sorted out and posted. Summers went 1.40 under. Wong 1.31 under. We went .89 under and I hope we will make the show! More later.

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Well there is a picture of what I assume will be your number 1 qualifier. I did not know that car could fit U? Wow. I does look good. Sorry, picture of Gary Summers car did not show here..

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This morning this place had it all - sticky,humid ,no barometer (29.01),no vapor pressure (.63)a just under 3500 ' DA and just for fun a 8 to 10 MPH headwind .Geez - did we PO someone upstairs ?The track ? Some really got hold of it - others like myself just so-so as my sixty was off by four and a half .

Grabbed a bunch of photos ............

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Barton did run 9.169 in FS/AC trim which is 1.331 under. I show him tied with Chris Holbrook who ran 8.869 in FS/DC trim (also 1.331 under).

Assuming the correct classes, 12 of the top 14 entries are in the Factory Showdown and I now count 27 FS entries.

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Can somebody post the time sheet for first round of stock qualifying. DRC still not showing.

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Sorry - this is what you get going fast ...........

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Where's the current bump at?

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-.607 (again, assuming everyone in the correct class. Also count nine DQ's at the bottom of the sheet, three for weight and six for fuel I'm told.