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Big Show · 11-28-2011, 11:51 PM

Its not often that you get the chance to assist a drag race legend to fulfill a dream. In January of 2001 I was crew chief of the car that Bret Kepner set a national record.
Brian Olsen let me prep a mess of a car and took it over 1200 miles, untested, to attempt to set a record. It wasn't easy, first it was disqualified at tech. After straightening the classification issue and setting the record, the car died on the return road. It looked like no back up, however after a thrash in the pits the piece of dirt in the carb was removed and we set the record lower in each of the next four runs.
Bret treated me like a Top Fuel crewchief, asking me for instructions and providing feedback after every run. The crowd was 3 to 4 people deep around us in the staging lanes! What a class act.
Thank you Bret and Brian, I will never forget that day.

11-28-2011, 11:51 PM	#60
Big Show Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Upper Midwest Posts: 9 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What was your best moment in racing Its not often that you get the chance to assist a drag race legend to fulfill a dream. In January of 2001 I was crew chief of the car that Bret Kepner set a national record. Brian Olsen let me prep a mess of a car and took it over 1200 miles, untested, to attempt to set a record. It wasn't easy, first it was disqualified at tech. After straightening the classification issue and setting the record, the car died on the return road. It looked like no back up, however after a thrash in the pits the piece of dirt in the carb was removed and we set the record lower in each of the next four runs. Bret treated me like a Top Fuel crewchief, asking me for instructions and providing feedback after every run. The crowd was 3 to 4 people deep around us in the staging lanes! What a class act. Thank you Bret and Brian, I will never forget that day.