"Live" from Indy US Nationals 2011

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

My car had 0 passes on it when I arrived at Bowling Green and 9 passes total when Kenny and I ran. I didn't go to Indy this year expecting to win anything. I thought it would be a victory just to qualify and I did do that. Maybe you should come out and try your luck since you are an authority on winning races. And I'll race any where I want and some computer cat isn't going to tell me to stay at home. What a joker?

Damned few racers would tow hundreds of miles with a new car with no passes on it to race at one of the toughest division races in the country, and then tow to Indy, not sure of being able to qualify.

Bruce not only did that, but he did it successfully. It's a great looking car, with a ton of potential. And Bruce is just the sort of guy to make it reach that potential. We talked in the staging lanes, and it looks like he already knows where to find 2-4 tenths.

I may not agree with Bruce on a lot of things, we've gone at each other as hard on this board as any two people in recent memory. But I'll say this, anyone who questions his dedication to drag racing in general, and Stock Eliminator in particular, has no idea what they're talking about. And given Bruce's investment of time and money in a traditional old school class car, he's got every right to speak out about NHRA making the car uncompetitive in its class with a stroke of the pen.