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Originally Posted by SSDA Hemi
Ben, no disrespect to Secretariat, but Bucky was .00 out there on him before the piston came apart. He was "on" and doing an excellent job all weekend. IMO the favorite coming into this race. Bucky was also the low qualifier. With that said though, it was an excellent race with all top 4 qualifiers advancing to the late rounds and thats why the winner isn't decided on paper.
Also a big hats off to all the SS/AH competitors that show up for Indy. Having a big field of Hemi cars just makes it that much more of a show! NHRA needs to realize these cars have such a strong history at Indy and arent going away anytime soon. Where they parked the SS/AH cars was a slap in the face to the Hemis. Out of sight....Very sad day and I expressed my disgust and concern to Dale Aldo, although it fell on deaf ears
Second would be the SS/AH index. The top 3 qualifiers were qualified 93,94 and 95!! Some of the better running cars got in the eliminator as alternates, but gone are the days of the Hemi cars packing up after the shoot out. Index needs to be raised .10 to .15 and get more of these cars into the eliminator
Third would be hats off to the Daniels!! There were 3 generations of Daniels in the winners circle and there wasnt a dry eye in the house! Jimmy did an excellent job all weekend and stayed calm, cool and collected in probably one of the biggest races of his young career. The best is yet to come for Jimmy!!
And a little comment about the "Hemis being hand grenades" discussion a couple pages back. The engine in the Daniels Dart was actually built in 2009. The start of the Ray Retaliation program. The same engine won Indy in 2010 with Big Jim Daniels driving and has been in the car all along.
Hopefully next year Indy will be filled with a bigger field of SS/AH cars, a little less drama and NO wrecks or carnage. See you ALL there!!
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That's why I said "I wouldn't want a piece of either one".....they were both bad. But I'm biased. I just think that blue car is the baddest thing around. Just my opinion.
I could care less, personally, about the parking. Where else are you going to put them? It's Chevy's race.....
But it was an awesome field and some great racing on Friday. You think Jimmy's engine is old.....you should see Pancake's. hahahahaha. It's OOLLLLLDDDDD