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Originally Posted by Gary Smith
Might want to cut Scott Kelly some slack...Scott is a second generation racer, son of Larry Kelly who raced a VW in Modified Eliminator back in the day. Of the NOPI freaks, the Kellys were probably the only ones outside the late great John Lingenfelter who actually knew something about drag racing.
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I'll cut Scott some slack (I did give him kudos for doing what non of the rest of them that ran the NOPI scene from the west are doing), but given how I feel about the American auto scene, and since I'll think of Dec. 7, 1941 every time I line up next to an import(especially a Japanese one), I'll be hard pressed to cut any imported cars much (if any) slack. Besides, since Volkswagens were originally made by (what once was) the West Germans, and it was the East Germans who produced Hitler (if my memory isn't deceiving me), so I have no qualms with European vehicles. I may not have lost any (immediate) family in that American tragedy, but I feel as an American, that an innocent part of American history was traumatized forever thanks to companies such as Mitsubishi, and their business allies, plus the country for supporting their warped-minded leaders ideals on that originally docile Sunday morning in Pearl Harbor. As far as I'm concerned USA vehicles were, are, and always be No. 1 with me, and those (whoever they are), who think differently can meet me on the line!!!
After years (decades) of favoritism by the magazine writers towards imported (again Japanese)products, inspite of my own eyes seeing that their cars aren't the angels from heaven that Consumer Reports (and other publications of their ilk) feel they were/are, I take great joy in proving that our home grown products are every bit the equal (if not better), of theirs...that's all!