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Whooda thunk it ?? 41 772 T/SA Marvin Ripes, Woodland Hills CA, '66 Chevy 14.000 15.07 -1.070
# 41 qualifier at Vegas this weekend after 2 rounds

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Neil--When you see Marvin tell him welcome back and he still has some friends here in the East who remember way back when the A-1 car was the feared....................

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Wonder if it's a Powerglide car??? LOL!

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I thought you needed GRADE POINTS to enter a Natonal Event........:-)

Some don't I guess........

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The Golden Rule applies...He whom has the Gold...make the rules....

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He could have gotten in on Owners points.

Greg

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Or, as a past World Champion (from about 1970) when winning the Supernationals in Ontario, California was the criteria for holding the title. I asked the same question and that was the unofficial explanation.

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Wasn't the World Champs, the world finals winners.

Greg

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I saw that and was very imperssed! I was having fun looking at all the Junior Stock photo's that Travis Miller put on for us and then I saw Marvin Ripes name on the qualifying sheet for Vegas and almost had a double take. Anybody know how young that man is? Gotta be about 70?

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I don't know about most of you, but I'd be careful what's wished for. I'm still working for my first grade points. However let's look at the criteria:

Marv Ripes... his name is synonomous with Stock and Jr. Stock (about the time the wheel was invented)

A-1 Transmissions.... his company, that's been around since the dark ages

The Ripes/A-1 history in the sport....always a sportsman supporter... never part of the pros (the sell-out crowd).

He hasn't run in years and has decided to make a go at it again (which I myself think is really cool!!).

IMHO, it may be a double edge sword that he runs with no grade points BECAUSE if he weren't allowed, it would signal that the TRADITIONAL sportsman drag racers (REAL class cars) are no longer "marketable" with our fate truly sealed. BUT letting him run can only help the "cause" of the traditional sportsman, showing the "new" NHRA still knows where they came from and what's right for them.