Michael Beards most amazing win ever
 

Beard won the 10k race at the WORLD FOOTBRAKE CHALLENGE Today, BBBBUUUUTTTTT WAIT ............HE WAS RUNNER UP ALSO.......BEARD RAN HISSELF IN THE FINALS OF TODAYS 10K RACE.

CONGRATS BEARD.

Herb Jr

PS One of those entrys was mine.

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Now that is just GREAT! He can talk to himself about why he was winner or runner up. I can't wait to talk to him about it. I'm wondering if he will tell me about the win or the RU first. I am also interested to know if he did a Win/RU Split? :~)
It might also be interesting reading his press release to his sponsor. Headlines:
YOUR NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS!

Congrats Duck Boy!

Herb Jr, Was yours the winning or RU card?

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congrats Michael, that's amazing!!!!.
maybe next year i can come play too....

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Adger his cell phone is dead and his charger is broke. He has to ride home 4 hours talking to hisself. He borrowed a phone from some guy in Hardee's while eating dinner to tell me about it. I signed him at 11pm Thursday night as an unrestriced free agent on the second entry.

Herb Jr

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All I can say is WOW!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

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CONGA-RATS to the Duck. I'm sure you will put the money to good use.(LOL) .Hope to see you soon. Mike

Mike Galuk
JOE COOL RACING
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Congrats Michael!! Left to Right - WFC Race Promoter Steve Stites, Michael Beard, Scott Macy and Jared Pennington, the other WFC Race Promoter.

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Double click the above image to see footage of Michael Beard's "final" round!

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Michael -- As you know i've been racing a very long time and can't remember anyone being both the winner and runner-up at the same time -- some day you'll have to explain all this to me . Did you also collect runner-up money? If so thats a pretty big weekend so congrats and I'll help carry it to the bank Tuesday if necessary .............

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Good job Mike.

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We're not worthy!!! WOW thats all I have to say!!! Oh and congratulations!!!

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Wow!. Congrats Michael.

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Good grief Mike! You couldn't be satisfied with first place? You had to take second place also? Next race you go to everyone should just pack up and go home! I guess the only guy that can beat you is you!

Congrats on a history making win! Jim

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lol I'm just laughing and shaking my head! It seems that after every stretch of breakage and other bad luck with the Volare, he bounces back in a big way.

Congratulations! You gonna keep going to bracket races instead of class races? ;)

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Only if he is smart Myron lol. I haven't seen you in years. I hope things are going well for you sir.

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Congratulations on another great win!

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DOUBLE F- - - - - - AWSOME!! killer killer job.

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Michael,

You made the right move by not going up north to Mich...All the hard work is paying off, congrats on your Win / RU and think of how much fuel you saved...Nice Job and keep it going in 2008......... Dave,

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If you beat yourself, do you get winner and runner up money?LOL!!! Nice job. Now get home and make my numbers.LOL!!!

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CONGRATS Michael!!!!

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wow...way 2 go Michael...that is impressive!

:eek:

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Thank you -- all of you! This weekend was the most unbelievable weekend of my life.

THANK YOU:
- Herb McCandless, Jr. and Piedmont Dragway for the second entry. I was just going to go single, but when Herb's driver couldn't make it, he allowed Randy Larson and I to use those entries to double up. (Oh, BTW... 3-$5K's and 2-$1K's for $197 July 4th weekend at Piedmont. BE THERE!)

- Rodney Finchum for welding up my header. I broke the #4 header tube first thing on Friday... cracked ALL the way around. I used two Mountain Dew cans and two hose clamps to get through the day. After getting beat at six cars, we put it on the trailer, and Randy and I got the header pulled in (relatively) short order. Finchum welded 'er up inbetween rounds of the gambler's race! You're too cool, man.

- Randy Larson, self-proclaimed pit b*tch. I very literally could not have physically done it without your help. Leaf blower for the trans, box fan for the motor, and my battery charger. We ran the *snot* out of the Volare, making runs as close as 7 minutes apart, timeslip to timeslip. It was crazy.

- Scott Macy for the loaned rear end after I hurt a ring & pinion last week. Even if he did ask for it back in the semis. Scott's been my go-to guy for a large number of projects on this car, emergency and otherwise, from wiring to transmissions and rear end setup, and more.

- Bristol Dragway staff... it was a blast and an honor working with y'all from the announcer's booth last year, and from the driver's seat this year it was even more impressive. I run 9" M/T radials on my car, and the 60's varied a total of two numbers in 38 runs over the course of 3 days (and that's including the slow ones when I had my cobbled patch job on the header!) Simply amazing.

- Steve Stites and Jared Pennington. What can we say? Everyone appreciates what you've done for your fellow racers so much, from putting together an absolutely top-notch event to having to sit on the sidelines and watch your creation unfold round after round with the best footbrake racing on the planet.

- To all those who had a hand in the extras for the event - Jeg's, BTE, Mickey Thompson, and all of the other sponsors, Bug McCarty and the ladies who kept us hydrated in the lanes, Brandon Bailey, Fern, and everyone involved.

And of course, to all my sponsors - Duck Tape brand duct tape, Mickey Thompson, K&N Filters, Bradley Auto Parts/Bumper-To-Bumper, Bearden Oil Co./Sunoco Race Fuels, Joe Gibbs Racing Oil, Sloan Racing Engines, Macy Motorsports, Billy Nees Race Cars, my dad Stephen Beard, and my teammates Matt Zapp and Terry Knott. Heck, EVERYONE!

I never would've imagined pulling off something like this. Been driving the same as always... just goes to show that anyone can do it. It's impossible for all those close races to fall one way, yet they did.

Congrats to Bob Tatum and Scotty Richardson for your wins.

Thanks to Angela Macy for the awesome pics and video, and Robert Ellison for more great pics!

Hope I didn't forget someone!

NOTE: This post is being made more than 24hrs after the race. At the time the race was over, we added another oxymoron to the likes of "athletic scholarship" and "jumbo shrimp"... "Beard, speechless."

About all I could come up with was "OH. MY. GOD."


Thank you, everyone, for being a part of an unbelievable weekend I will never forget.

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Well, I haven't been doing well so far this year in racing. A Mopar bracket event this past weekend didn't help either. Then to make matters worse, you call me "sir"! :p ;) lol I see/hear your name enough so I guess your doing ok. I may get out to a big ET event one day again. Thanks.

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Well considering how well you did last year at said event, your still batting .500. lol

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You? People have started calling me Mr. Beard! (That's still my father, not me) Not sure if it was the race, or the grey starting to creep in on the sides... ;-)

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great job mike!!!!

dj raiser

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Michael,
Without a doubt...you ARE the man!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Have a Great Year!
Joe Sannutti

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Am I seeing or not seeing any tire smoke when Michael is doing his burnout in the video?

Maybe that eye check-up is getting closer than I thought.

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Michael, you are one badddddddddddd footbraker, great, I mean an amazing feet.

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Todd, you're not seeing any smoke. Michael does girlie burnouts. :D

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Now that's funny, come to think of it, i think he plays with rubber duckies and has a girlie dog too....

Mike, just kidding, i love animals,....there delicious!!!

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I usually do them a *little* harder than that, at least when I know that Angela's got the camera out. ;) I was shortening them up a little bit toward the end, as I was making a run every 7 minutes between double-entries, with less than 20 min between "full" rounds!

60's were nothing but 1.51's and 1.52's, on 30x9 M/T radials @ 17psi. Pretty good tip o' the cap to them, I think!

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Hey Mike,

I've announced very few "doubles" over all the years I've been announcing, it obviously isn't easy to do.

Congrats on the win & runner up. That's pretty special stuff and a damn good day behind the wheel. See you @ MIR

Unk

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Michael, Great job! You are unbeleavable FOOTBREAKER!!! See you at MIR Britt Mizia

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Wow...A win and a R/U at the same time. I can definitely say that I've never seen that before...

Congrats Mike. I guess all those years at BSD paid off after all!

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and to top it off, he's easy on the eyes..:)..well done Michael.

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No question, Beard is one of the best in the bizz. Congrats!

When I grow up, I wanna be just like you.

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Danny - I recommend not growing up. :D

Robert - Set the Jim Beam down and back... away... from the keyboard. ;)


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Great job Mike you are the man.

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Great job Michael! That is an extremely impressive feat. I wish I could have been there to see it! Simply
Awesome. Cheers!!

Manny Sousa