Live from Indy!!! US Nationals

[Larry Hill]

Well, it is official--5 cars were pitched--Holzman AA/SA, Nicholson A/SA, Pierce, Bishop B/S, Boudreau.

The final sheet still is not out. I am going to figure out who we have in the morning.

More later. It is dinner time. Larry is supposed to cook cabbage and kelbasa, but I think he just wooshed out on me. So I guess it is leftovers.

Patsy

[davidhuff]

Who won a/sa?

[442OLDS]

Here is a neat link:

http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...90811#indextop

[Floyd Staggs]

Chad Holzman wasn't tossed so he must have won. Looks like the runnerup got tossed.

[Bruce Noland]

Jim Boudreau is all about class. He was .002 to the good at the 1000' mark and at that point the contest was very much up in the air. Jim DeFrank dumped and Jim took the win. THEN after the race Jim Boudreau ran the numbers on his time slip and determined that DeFrank would have won the race. NEXT Jim Boudreau took the class trophy over to Jim DeFrank's pit and gave him the trophy - saying that it looked like Jim DeFrank would have been the clear winner. The Boudreau and DeFrank camps have a great deal of respect for each other. I hope this balances Jim Boudreau's Karma account. Not that he needs it.

[BRUCE PARSONS]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Jim Boudreau is all about class. He was .002 to the good at the 1000' mark and at that point the contest was very much up in the air. Jim DeFrank dumped and Jim took the win. THEN after the race Jim Boudreau ran the numbers on his time slip and determined that DeFrank would have won the race. NEXT Jim Boudreau took the class trophy over to Jim DeFrank's pit and gave him the trophy - saying that it looked like Jim DeFrank would have been the clear winner. The Boudreau and DeFrank camps have a great deal of respect for each other. I hope this balances Jim Boudreau's Karma account. Not that he needs it.

How do you take a trophy to give to someone else when the trophy is not in your possession? I never got mine until after the teardown. Has something changed? lol

[z28camaroman]

T. Bishop got a very raw deal. Was told to pull a piston, was very hard to do in that car. Never got the pan off the car but was able to move it to the side so it could be removed. All of the specs checked out fine and the piston and rod were on the conservative side, everything in spec, but he was still tossed because the techs could not read the whole part number on the top of the piston.

Here's a man whos been running at Indy for over 40 years. Has one of the best and honest engine builders in the country, Bub Whitaker, and they throw him out for this. BS. Bub was hot.

The D/SA Camaro class winner next to Tim was also suppose to pull a piston but somehow they got a pass not to do it because the engine crain was not up to snuff for the job. I thought that when NHRA told you what they want, you are to do it.........case closed.

I'm still shaking my head about this tear down session.

Jerry

[Bob]

Originally Posted by z28camaroman

The D/SA Camaro class winner next to Tim was also suppose to pull a piston but somehow they got a pass not to do it because the engine crain was not up to snuff for the job.

You can also have these free passes when you own or run an Eaton/Hettler engine!!!!!

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by BRUCE PARSONS

How do you take a trophy to give to someone else when the trophy is not in your possession? I never got mine until after the teardown. Has something changed? lol

To the laughing Mr. Parsons. Good point. I didn't recieve my trophy until after tear down either. Jim Boudreau went to the DeFrank pit and told them he was going to give them the trophy. Is that better? Check with the DeFrank folks and you'll find this to be true.

[Sean Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Well, it is official--5 cars were pitched--Holzman AA/SA, Nicholson A/SA, Pierce, Bishop B/S, Boudreau.

The final sheet still is not out. I am going to figure out who we have in the morning.

More later. It is dinner time. Larry is supposed to cook cabbage and kelbasa, but I think he just wooshed out on me. So I guess it is leftovers.

Patsy

5 Cars out of how many? What was the total # of cars torn down?