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Old 11-20-2008, 08:36 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez View Post
In Div.1 look out for Mike Meier,or as we refer to him as Zippy.Anybody who can drive a fwd car and go consistant 00 and teens in a car as inconsistant as the slower fwd cars is going to be dangerous in the
Spirit,after we get the all straightened out.He's already lost races with a 000 and a 003 due to a very inconsistant car.We're working on it.

Ed F.
Ed,

What kind of fwd car did Mike have? I only saw him (at least this year), racing a '74 Malibu/Chevelle, and his Spirit...I know first hand how challenging a fwd car can be, but mine is coming around. Given my two 4th rd finishes (both ironically loss with close red eyes -.011 & -.012, and one of those with my car running right on the dial to the thou') March of this & last year, and a quarter final finish at the '06 Mile High Nat's (plus several other successful races), maybe my Z24 & I should be an up and comer...I will thank Marv Ripes (at A1 Torque Converters), Lunati (Cams), Ben Andersen (M/T tires), plus Paul Strauss, Gary Kammerzell, Lane "The Hawk" Weber, Randy Hyman, Verle Stevens Enterprises (engine), and Lane & Shell (S & A Transmissions of Englewood, Co), plus Danny Sutherland (Exhaust Pros..Commerce City, Co) for their contributions to making my car be one of the more consistent fwd cars (predictable e.t.-wise), on the circuit. Not that I'm wanting to purposefully toot my own horn, but the people of Janesville, Wi. built a great car back in '86 that I have the pleasure of racing now.

B.T.W., good luck Mike with getting the bugs worked out of your Spirit, and kudos to both of you for racing slower classed stockers in a land rich with the behemoths of large engine lore...
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Last edited by GarysZ24; 11-20-2008 at 08:38 PM. Reason: I didn't credit the Spirit as Mike's
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