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Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Thanks Claude, and I'm trying to get it done, just need a better budget to do that with (and I'm within 2yrs of having that, thanks to now 3yrs of debt eliminating o/t I've been able to work to help make it happen...it's all about the funds to race with me). However, I feel that Michael Beard, and Stan Kopejtka are right there at the door waiting to run it down, and drive through it with their fwd stockers, and final round appearances mounting for both of them are the proof. I wish it could've been me to be the first fwd NHRA national/divisional event winner in over 25yrs, or IHRA Nitro Jam winner since its inception, but I feel one of those two will be the first to do that...I'll continue to try (however), to beat them to the punch...that's going to be monumental history given how tough it is to win nationals or divisionals nowadays!!!

Gary you have one of the best and probaly one of the first to have won a Wally right in your backyard in Mark Yaccavone. The late great Steve Taylor told me his secret to his success was to make sure to not line up on the previous cars groove but just off completly with street tires. Good luck. Claude