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Painter is already in line and reports, there is no snow on the ground and also that the NHRA registration trailer is already inside, so looks like we will be racing in Commerce this week-end!:)

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I just called they said race is on

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Live from Atlanta. Just pulled in. It is a beautifull day. Hard to believe. I was not sure I wanted to make the trip. Things look good at this time. I hope they stay that way. . Gary

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see you guys soon........:D

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Keep the updates coming, guys. Thanks.

Also, make sure they have the correct drums of VHT. :)

Good luck!


-Toby

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Gary -- Are you "honeymooning" ...................again ! ! !

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Hey Jack, this is your kind of weather, come on down!;)

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Jack, I am here alone . Where are you? I hope you are coming down so I do not have to do updates. We are here looking for drooze. See you soon Gary

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Woody -- After being out to the "Left Coast" for a few weeks and the temperature here in the "Christmas City" to be in the fifties this weekend all of a sudden the Atlanta weather doesn't seem too inviting ....................

Gary -- Alone ? ? ? Have you fallen out of love ( or is it lust ? ) already .............You're just going to have to entertain yourself ( not to mention us ) this weekend ............better brush up on your camera skills quick -- we expect full details -- and in color thank you ! ! Just to clairfy -- I am talking about racing reports -- not your barking at the moon or "other" nightime skills .......................

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Jack I just dropped the trailer off at the track. I was up in Cummings Ga at Vengence Racing. I got some time on their chassis dyno. To straighted out the fuel map. They have a bunch of your type cars there. My little Neon was all alone not another Mopar.
I don't know how the weather was by the track but up there it was cold as a witches teat, a lot of snow still on the ground. I though I was back up north LOL.

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Jack,
Susan is flying to Gainesville next week. Then its back to honey mooning.

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Artie -- Our snow is almost gone thanks .Your little Neon may be all alone at the moment but will soon be joined by some of its "big brothers" and will fit right in .As for my type of cars I'm really not sure lately what they are .........................

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Just made the call 5 minutes or so till gate opens.
(Gate is OPEN Yyyyyyaaaaahhhhh)

Cold as hell out here though, like Art said "Welcome to Sunny Georgia !"

Got to meet some people I have been wanting to meet for a while.......

Lets get this animal teched.....

(And see if shell run under 10.5 her first time getting stretched out, just so yall know in advance Im not done wringing it out, probably 4-5 partial passes before I let her rip)

Dying to see some of the iron in these trailers lined up....

I can say without reservation I now have trailer envy......from everyone, we have the "hoopty" trailer :):D

Let the breakage begin

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Gary,

You are not alone, I know you have the Captain with you. Have one for me at the end of the day

Dave

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Are they parking you in the special squirrel area and do they have a "Bunny Slope" where you can practice....LOL...


Now I'm just poking a little fun here so don't Tazz me bro.....

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How cold is cold..i live in florida and 60 is too cold for me now!!!
Scott

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Still thinking about coming to take pictures of you guys, but could someone later tonight give me an idea of how many cars you think are there thru tonight. I'm about 2.5 hours away and weather looks like rain in G'ville next week-end so this is a lot closer to watch you guys.

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Anyone getting on the track down there today, or??? Turnout? Thanks. :)WJ

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It was real cold this morning. 30's First car down the track was brenda grubbs. That was around 1:30. So far not to many cars here. Maybe 50 all total. Temps now have warmed up with just a few carsin the lanes. Maybe 3 or 4 testing, but not many. Supose to get below freezing tonight. got to go drain water from the car. Thats all for now.
Dave , this captain is for you. Gary

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What is the schedule for Saturday? Any eliminations on Sat? Are at least two time runs scheduled?

Thanks

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I don't know the schedule at all. A few cars went down. Dusty Lowell 11.07 Brenda Grubbs 10.51 Drooze 11.38 Peter Biondo 10.51. There seem to be traction for the stockers. The time are from memory, i think they are right or at least pretty close

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You mean Drooze hasn't ran a 8 yet??????????? Must be savin it for tommorrow............................

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Can only tell you what is on the car. Brenda C /SA Peter C/SA and drooze A/SA

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Hey at least we know the car exists,how fast have you gone so far?100 words per minute?
Can someone post some pics of the Drooze-mobile?

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Ed go to his blog there are pictures there and its really a sharp looking wrap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs0nNTdY4Hc

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Any help on the number of cars? Qualifing at 10am?

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Thanks Bob.That wrap is very labor intensive.But I guess it's good as far as protecting the paint.And if you sell it you just strip it off and you have a new white palate for the new owner to start all over.

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Hey now.....140 on my old keyboard, about 60 on this mini laptop

We started first pass at 11.8 that was VERY fat on AFR and 6500 shift points

Next run was 6800 shift points and a leaner AFR still very very very fat but 1 tick incrementally lower than before.

Next run was 7k shift points next 72,

Last one 7500 (going to 8 k) but my dumb *** hadnt changed the rev limiter and I had it set to guess what 7500....I was skpping the limiter in 1 and 2nd Im happy it actually shifted and I didnt go down the track in 1st gear

But that pass was 10.87 , every pass was about 2.3 tenths faster with each tune.

IF what we have planned for checks out were all good and on to the next....all went according to plans. Just like every other day with us, not enough time, we didnt run our first pass till after 2.

Now we are checking egts, AFR and logs big time on every pass. (since our valve tap and other mishap)

I had PLANNED to get 6 passes and to 10.5 today, I only got 4 passes though. So only got down to 10.8

The old man will be driving tommorow and this weekend we think...So Ill throw the next tune on it of the 4 more we had planned

It looks from data like its got another second in it, and thats almost exactly what we expected out of this cam and headers around 9.8 when dialed in.

Our AFR on final run was 11.2 .... yes really....and that was MY choice to ru it in this way and collect data and incrementals, it will take 10 total passes to get the info I want and get the car zerod to the "break in case of zombie attack" drive like hell nuclear option tune.....

The only single thing I have any regrets or dissapointments of is I only got 4 passes, we had planned on 6 but it took longer in the trailer to get our liscences and all paperwork squared away (but now I liscenced and so is the old man :) See the little blue "temporary" lol....(well other than stepping on the limiter like a moron)

Im never gonna live the 8 second comment down here until someone goes 8.99 with one of these....Oh well....if I can be of entertainment value then at least I have SOME value.

Here is another few pics to enjoy, when you see the old man youll have no doubts as to my sense or lack of humor....(the pic was his idea I didnt even kn ow he did it till 5 minutes ago.....thats Pop...)

The track today was a wonderfull time....got to meet some GREAT people, truly great.

Oddly I got to meet someone who I have wondered who he was for a long time, "Dusty Lowell" he was a follower on the blog since the beginning and I parked behind him in staging and he told me hed been following us...that was neat.

Also met a great bunch of others some Ive chatted with here and on the phone,

Great day.....

Still havent got the trailer re-orgainzed but, good day.

Thanks everyone who has helped with their knowledge and advice.

To the ballbreakers, thank you as well....you keep me going :D

Thanks to Stewart Way and Art Leong for their help with "the drill"

And to Bill Holt for squaring away our screwed up last minute paperwork.

Great day !

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I'd call that a good day....keep going. WJ

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As one of the ballbreakers.......I congratulate you for getting up and down a few times and getting in the 10's.......

You'll find that most racers...even ballbreakers like me are really pretty good guys.....and will usually help you in a heartbeat.....

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DROOZE i see your pited next to art leong that man has the best stories ever they will keep you laughing

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The Droozemobile lives! Long live the Droozemobile! Jim

Hi Artie!

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DROOZE: Ask Art about Cryogenic Processing and Rem ISF Finishing....or just wait and Doug Duell will show you more ...Good Luck , JB.

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Lol...I have no doubt thats true.

I guess ballbreakers wasnt the right word, you have never said anything with "nastiness" and not many have. "Disbelievers" or people who question my motives, sincerity, or honesty that a different game. Like I said those are far and few between, but people who are openly nasty to someone well, my guess is Im not the only one they are that way to.

The rest I will have to prove to over time and in person, not a "Ill show you" attitude, but "show" in a positive sense, it wont happen today, but 9s are next....then back to the 10s with the 5.7. 9s may take another T&T day, Im sure they will but the cars got it in her no doubt. At that point on to my next projects and Ive got 3 on the slate. I REALLY dig Arts car, and am thinking a 4 popper is something I would enjoy more from a motor perspective.

If you cant bust a little chops and have fun I mean....Ive got a thick skin and I can (and do) laugh at myself with the best of em.

But no doubts when a racer is in need all the stand up guys are there.

Thanks Rich...(and you dont bust chops any harder than I listen to 14 hrs a day from the old man...lol)

Its been a great experince I wouldnt change 1 item in this Adventure....not 1...(ok maybe loosing all the skin with a grinder on my knucke that took 3 weeks before I couldnt see the tendon but hey at least I know my first aid and wound dressing are top notch, ooouuucccchh)

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Droozie,did you make arrangements to enter Gainesville next week with the Atlanta grade point?You only have till Monday.

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Drooze

Your car looks Great. The Best of Luck to You This Year.

As you i will be a newcomer to Stock Elim. this year, after a 30 year lay-off
from driving.

I was just wondering if the wrap you put on your car is costly ????
Or is it just as much as a nice paint job....

Pistol Pete
1374
I/SA

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I posted this over at Moparts......

For Frrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee
(Doing my best Adam Sandler impersonation)

Wraps are becoming competitive.

There is a REASON GatorWraps has a much real estate on our car as they do.

Originally it was to be wrapped at Pomona, but we busted going there.

But our Title sponsor picked up the rest of the cost.....

Call a bunch of wrap companies tell them where and how you will be competing, out of the 3 I called all 3 would do it under cost for real estate (under 1500)

Racing wraps have BIG market potential for these companies, and most of the companies are smaller and trying to make a name for themselves in performace/racing application

GatorWraps.com for example.

So, for us even IF we had to cover the full cost of $1500 (thats about the "at cost" price) but only 1 had a good graphics guy (GatorWraps)

The only reason I picked GatorWraps was they were out of Pomona and Vegas so they had installers in that area.

Id call around and "pitch" them, explaining, Sportsman racers are just starting to see the value in wraps, in your local area you will be seen at the track often, use us as an example of how they can promote the wrapping and the exposure....see if they would do it "at cost" if they get say a 14x24 spot somewhere, like I said 2 companies I called out of the blue were all game. 1 was in Ohio and the other we ended up using.

I like it because like others have mentioned, time to sell, bored of the look......rrrrriiiiiippppppp, start over. THAT I like, I have a short attention span.....what was I talking about..? Oh nevermind:D

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Thanks for all the great pictures and I wish you and your dad the best thru out the year.I hope you guys meet all the goals you set for your new stocker.

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Fri, just after noontime....What is happening down there in Ga. today, Boys?? Good weather and car count growing? Anyone putting down good numbers? Best of luck to everyone there...Good snow-melting day here in New England.... the maple sap is running...WJ:)

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Im "thinking" there will be at least 1 record today possibly (no not us, unless you count the first Official NHRA reprimand for "Delay of Game" for me running a 26 second pass in the Pacifica for a GP, and no they didnt reprimand me Im kidding)

But cars seem to be running good (ceptin us) and people are very happy and seeming guarded about Gainesville and teardowns, etc....

Air 59deg....29.4 inch, 11% outta my weather....