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Originally Posted by smracer2002
Sparse turnout for Stk/S/Stk,about 12 to 14 cars combined
Temp is low 80s,baro is 29.76,44% humidity and winds from
the SSE@ 13.
Due to IHRAs contractual obligations I cant go trackside until
the Pros run so i will do the pit shots and shoot from the stands
until 5.30(first round of Pro).
These are some random pit shots and the 2nd round of Stk qualifying.
These are low res jpegs as I am shooting RAW along with jpeg.
Hope you like them.
Yes that fwd stocker did make it from Tempe,the only thing is he
left Tempe,went to Wyoming and then Colorado to get the car and then came to
San Antonio.
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Yes that was some haul, but this experience was more than worth it! I thank GOD I had the opportunity to do this, and the nearly 1200 miles I traveled to Wheatland, Wy., plus the over 1100 miles from there to San Antonio? Wow, that was a lot of fuel stops, but since my Colorado was getting nearly 14 mpg. (with 4300lbs of trailer/car behind it, as opposed to bigger trucks, and 23mpg w/o the trailer behind it), I wasn't feeling too bad.
The people here were great, it was nice to meet you smracer, and I was also glad to meet Dave Carpenter, and meet and hang out with David Latino...I however was hoping that the photo you showed of Dave and I in qualifying, would've been the final (since we were on opposite sides of the ladder, and would've only met in the final)?
I'm bummed that I lost that 1/4 final (1st rnd) race by .0029, but he was a good guy to meet and chat with, and maybe next year we'll get a rematch? Moreover, I had a chance to see just how close that race must've been since I just saw a race involving Larry Morgan, in which the margin was .0026...that was a close one...I wish I didn't have such a soft spot in my heart for Pearl Harbor, because I chose the 15.41 because that tragedy happened in '41. I spoke with my bud Craig about the .42. If I would've gone with that instead, that outcome would've been different (and the picture could've become the final, at the finish line)? As they say, that's racin', and it was the closest stock race of the meet....
How can you beat talking with the VP of racing operations (in the tower no less), and although I didn't win the race, I had a great time, met some old friends of mine from Pueblo Motor Sports Park, in Colorado (Terry, Larry Meyer, & Jeff, from the WWS Team..."We Want Steak")!
If I could, I'd transfer my work out here in San Antonio (I'll be talking with my BIG boss about this when I get back to Az.) I'm already looking forward to coming back here next year, and also Salt Lake Cities "Nitro Jam" race (2mths from now)!
Thanks Hawk, and Michael for wishing me well, I had fun, and will be looking forward to my next IHRA race, but now I'm visiting with friends, so I'll be back here in 3days....