DP #24 Drooze, Mandie & Pop shooting for Vegas

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

Chris if you were on the sheet and not listed as a DQ for fuel or weight......your still in.... that is how it is here in Div 1......They can't DQ you for not making a run especially if it rained.

I think all the stock qualifying was over and we didnt make a qual run, Ill find out tommorow.

In the meantime, for all the DP and CJ haters (kidding sheesh) here are some pics, I got to see a 428 and a 352 CJ run, interesting....gonna be tough pickings albeit were still a .7 sec off the 352's time in E...but Im hoping running on all 8 right will make a wee bit of difference.

Here are some of my FAVORITES.

The entire pic reel can be seen here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/newhemi...7623932801336/

And its NOT child safe....Not bad but in vegas we had to take a couple pics of interesting things.....had to.

The Old Man at the Track.


Dirty old man with a camera



Mandie getting into the New Hemi Racing spirit



Wondering what vends out when you put a quarter down a DIY guys plumbers crack



Car hanging out at the Mopar trailer in Vegas




The BEST, I have NO Idea, WTF I am doing in this pic....None whatsoever, Mandie is looking a little odd as well...Doug Duell is the only one looking sane or normal

[Floyd Gomez]

Hey Drooze looks like the fart got stuck in the last picture! LOL

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

Chris come to Xenia Ohio this coming Sat and run the SS/stock Series, it will be a great testing session for you.

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson

Chris come to Xenia Ohio this coming Sat and run the SS/stock Series, it will be a great testing session for you.

Id love to, Ive got the kids this weekend.....need some good quality time with them, were going fishing, shooting and all the other things a 4 and 6 year old love to do, theyve only been to the track once not really their scene yet.

[duster 408]

Drooze, why don't you come to National Trail Raceway May 14,15&16 for the Chrysler Classic. The Hooter's wings will be on me. This is a good time and good racing.

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by duster 408

Drooze, why don't you come to National Trail Raceway May 14,15&16 for the Chrysler Classic. The Hooter's wings will be on me. This is a good time and good racing.

I seriously considered it but they have no good home for the DP.....

(besides after another GP so Indy is a lock)

[Jimi B]

Originally Posted by drooze

Id love to, Ive got the kids this weekend.....need some good quality time with them, were going fishing, shooting and all the other things a 4 and 6 year old love to do, theyve only been to the track once not really their scene yet.

Thats sucks, you would pretty much be in my neck of the woods!

[NewHemi]

Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson

Chris come to Xenia Ohio this coming Sat and run the SS/stock Series, it will be a great testing session for you.

Drooze has two reasons for missing Xenia.. First he does have two young uns that need to see their Dad once in a while...

And second I have some committments too, having not seen my lady for several weeks and she thinks I should get rid of the car, so I need to spend some time convincing her that she is as important to me as is the car, and Drooze can't go without me and the most important component in our race venture; my wallet!

David
The New Hemi Guy

[Mike Galuk]

David, take Mandie and leave the Drooze at the house(LOL) He might be bad luck. Mike

Mike Galuk
JOE COOL RACING
M/SA-2000

[NewHemi]

Only had one kid because of concerns about that...

As for Mandie, she is currently on the road with Drooze again down to West "by God" Virginia to pick up our original tow vehicle which lost something inside the motor while towing our broken drag pak back from Atlanta. That was after we broke the trailer and had to go back to Virginia a couple weeks later to pick it up. Morons in Virgina who fixed the trailer, forgot to hook up brakes, so went back to have it done. We later discovered they also didn't replace the shackle and leveler which were worn through from dragging with broken axle. The shackle broke in West Va, and we temporarily fixed it, and then the brakes stopped working again later and we have yet to fix them. So maybe Drooze really is bad luck......

I was scheduled to go with him to pick up the old truck, when Mandie said she would like to go. Once Mandie was set to go, Drooze told me I didn't look up to the trip since I had chemo yesterday, and he thought I should rest up...

I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night! So I am not fooled that he enjoys Mandie's company more than mine, or that I, as a third wheel, might just cut into the younger folks fun.

Mandie is great helper as well as a bright and funny gal. She probably would cost me less money than Drooze, so maybe when they get back, I will see about that suggestion.

And now after starting to pull the headers on the car so we can pull the engine and see how it looks inside, but since Drooze thinks I don't look good today, I think I will just go home and take a nap...

David
The New Hemi Guy