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Dave

The dealership was Paul Harvey Ford..... It's right on 38th st.... It's been boarded up for a few years now!

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We just got back in to the nice cool air conditioning. We went over and had barbq ribs and chickens at the Skillmans tonight. Very nice! Thanks to Bill and Stacey and Ray and Drew. I took some pictures that I will post tomorrow. Right now I just want to get cool!

We also went to the presentation for the A/S and A/SA Challenge winners. Congratulations to Caleb McFarland and David Barton for jobs well done! I have pics of that, too, that I will post tomorrow!

The ladder still was not up when we came home, but I was able to find out on DRC that after Corda and Downing were tossed, we ended up with Bo Butner first round. All I can hope is 3rd time is charm as he has beaten us twice already this year, the most recent being last weekend at Bowling Green in the third round.

Well we have an early morning tomorrow, so it is bedtime for me!

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Thanks for the info, I guess that begs one more question: does the barn fill up first, or do selected cars go there, those maybe getting more scrutiny? Does thE barn indicate a more extensive teardown, i.e., cherry picker available etc

Do they still pull some pans?

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I had to run to town and when I was gone my wife thinks she heard that a car went over the wall. Anybody know?

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Maybe this?




CLERMONT, Ind. -- Darin Bay's jet dragster lost control and went over the guard rail on the top end of the race track during an exhibition run to conclude the day's action from the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. Bay, from Vancouver, WA., was alert and conscious after being extracted from the vehicle and was transported to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis for further observation.

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Rob, a jet car crashed. They were working on getting the driver out is the last thing I read.

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Thanks Guys. Hopefully he is OK

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it came real close to where my parents where parked by ticket shack, Rick Twitchell was even closer

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Drag Race Central said Bert Morgan was a "no-show" for first round of the auto class combo. Does anyone know what happened to Bert?

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Randall....I was torn down in 2008......was told as I pulled up to go to the tent...at that race...tent was for head only and barn was for rod and piston/crank.....yes they seal you the day before...... make you initial next to your car number on their sheet that you agree to be there the following day ....... there was a morning session and an afternoon session.

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Well it is another sunny day here at Indy. Going to cool down today to 95 from 99 yesterday. It was still 85 here at 11 last night!

I am wearing my Mardi Gras beads that I got over at Teuton's for a little luck against Bo this morning! They have already called up the left side of the ladder.

More after we run.

Oh here are a couple of shots from last night at the Skillmans:
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http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...ket/005-40.jpg

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Good morning folks, just to follow up on Patsy. The weather for this morning is warm but a whole lot better then yesterday afternoon.

Sunny
Temp 75
humd 69
Bar 29.00
DA 2960
slight cross wind

They just called stock to the lanes, be back later.

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This is such a cruel sport, all the people I was pulling for, except Wenzel, are gone 1st rd. I was really pulling for our track reporters and Andy Durham.

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I was listening to the audiocast this morning and Randy Wilkes had a single. Was there not enough alternates in the staging lanes to give him someone to race against? Last year, as I recall an number of alternates made first round. Has the rule changed regarding this?

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Terry, it's a 71 454-425 factored at 420. I think his car is going to be pretty decent when he gets it worked out.

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My dad was in the lanes and he was an alternate so that must not have been the case they sent us back just letting ya know

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Mike,

My brother was the second alternate and made it in. He told me that all of the alternates got in except for 1. He also said that someone broke and potentially another alternate could have gotten in. Maybe somone else who was at Indy has more details on this.

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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3220 Randy Wilkes 3225 Chad Mahlosky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 10.379 129.00 No Time
B/SA Dial: 10.37 (+/-): 0.009 H/S Dial: 11.22 (+/-): 88.779
Qualified: #23 10.214 -1.036 #87 11.193 -0.807

Mahlosky breaks just before the waterbox, so there is no alternate. Wilkes gets the free pass to round two.

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Mike,

According to my brother, it was before the waterbox and some people were saying there should have been an alternate. One guy told me that the car broke before it crossed the return road right at the front of the staging area. I am getting this all second hand, so we really need to know from someone who was there.

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I`m not positive, but I would think that once a pair of cars was selected, and the info put into the computer, wouldn`t that be too late for inserting an alternate?

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Geaux Pourciau !!!!!!

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who asked about BERT... he told nhra he had won about 20 us nats wallys when it MEANT something and they could put this one up thier *** he wasnt running no stupid singlecombotrophybull**** he'd just stay in the trailer.

jack mccarthy

i may have paraphrased a bit but that was the message.

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Go Bert.

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SS cars are at the barn , so far ive seen Candies Ford, Hopkins Ford, Angelo D's Vette Bohanons Camaro, Westcotts fish in other building Belangers Nova, Nowicki's dodge and peter b's firebird, no news as of yet means good news

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Kinda sad if you run into one of the under factored combos in eliminations.

154 Anthony Fetch 1499 Jim Boudreau
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.093 10.181 113.73 0.045 10.412 121.10
B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -1.069 B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.838
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Downing ) 0.044 10.311 0.131 (L Smith ) 0.002 10.607 0.167
E1 (K Stubbs ) 0.082 10.252 -0.998 (M Truman ) 0.020 10.418 0.018
Qualified: #11 10.164 -1.086 #59 10.365 -0.885

Heads-up!

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When you think of all the years and support to the speed parts and drag race related industries Jim and many others have spent, having to face blatant under factored cars heads up has got to make you wonder if its all worth it....
Going ''a la Fletcher'' may be one way to handle it but it is certainly not ideal....
MB

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random observation... used to be each car in teardown was allowed ONE crewmember and NO-ONE else was allowed (including me) ...

now ford has sent dealer staff and engineers to dissasemble and tech the cars. im not sure about mopar.

i would like to see the drivers dissasemble and reassemble these cars, just wondering how many could even drive out of the barn ??

jack

p.s. barn at times looked like a new car dealership shop...almost all new cars, many mechanics, and many drivers just watching them work on thier cars.

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Does the Ford service Tear down come with the package when you buy the car or doe's it cost more??? What happens if you are out in Idaho and you set the record? Will they fly a team out there? You all know that they sold the FORD Airline during troubled times oh I forgot that Edsel Ford II owns a charter service that he bought from Chryler!

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Jack, if this were the case, the field would be 32 cars.

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x2!! Lmao!

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Sean , I agree at this point in time , but how about in one, two years? How many guys would come back?
I know of at least one or two down here.

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Notice to all who enjoy the reporting from Toby Lang. I just got back from the U.S. Nationals where I witness an incredible feat. There in the stand Toby Lang taking Video's for his fellow racers to watch. The temp was over 100 and the sun was blazing on him but Toby wouldn't stop there, he would go back for more. We were all dying of heat and sun stoke out there but not Toby, he was in the sun baking away for our viewing pleasure. Toby, my hat is off to you, you're incredible. Claude

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Thank You !!!! Toby Lang..... Pics and vids are awesome...

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If you can't imagine what our classic Midwest heat and humidity was like for a guy from the Pacific Northwest, just be assured that Toby has probably got his sun/temperature allocation built up to about 2030.

Thank you Toby for a tremendous job!

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Thanks Toby for the time and effort you put into your video's!! For those of us that can't be there,you are the MAN!

We've got to start a donation pot for this guy!! :)

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Hey Jack, they must still be under warranty! Lol!!!

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What happened to Randy Hopkins??

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Technical infraction