[GTX JOHN]

I agree totally with Mark Yacavone/Jim Carter posts on
this thread!

I got in trouble in the early 90's for braking ......Destroyed a set
of Front Runners or two!

It got old fighting with NHRA officials all the time and to put myself
and other racers in DANGER! All the stock racers from then know
the way I drove back in those days. I finished ( 3rd in Div. 7 ) up
towards the top my first couple years back Stock Eliminator racing.

I used to laugh and say if I did not get a written warning (The were on Paper
back them) by 2nd or 3rd round I was not aggressive enough! In
the years after that I unfortunately saw drivers severely hurt and even die
at the track in front of me, it really made me rethink how I operate my car.

I modified my behavior......I try to hold one or two hundreds
but NOT a tenth any more. If I spin......I go home and work on the
race car. The rest of my family follows the same rules or their race
cars get parked for a while. If you EVER see my boys operated
there cars recklessly....Let me know and I will PARK them for a
while even if NHRA is not aware of the problem!

I still go my share of rounds every once in a while and I still will
judiciously use the brakes as everyone in Div. 7 is aware.


Just my opinion.......Everybody else can do whatever their
conscience dictates!

At our shop...........Justin Jerome still deserved to WIN the Winters.
I have never seen him or his Dad (Jeff) exercise less than excellent
judgement beyond any possible question. I have lost track of the times
Jeff has beaten me without any drama!

I watched the Finals live before loading up after my kid lost to Justin in
SEMI's.....I was standing there watching in real time.

Just my .02 cents, the musings of a old man.

John Irving (Sr.)