"Live" from our Southwestern Swing

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Cotten!!! A whole field of it!


And this was our first casualty of the trip! The tread came off the trailer tire and blew out. We didn't know it when it happened. A nice guy passed us and kept pointing. He pulled over when we did and came back and said he thought our trailer was on fire! Thank goodness it was only the tire! So by the time Larry changed the tire and then we stopped in Springfield, MO and bought 2 more (just in case), we lost a couple of hours today.

Hopefully tomorrow will go better and I will get some shots at the racetrack for you.

Oh, we passed a little convenience store that it looks like Bo Kenney might own. It was called the "Kum and Go"!

Damn, that looks like Paul Bunyan changing a tire! I would need a forklift to do that! Big Guy! Big Truck! LOL

[Larry Hill]

We're here, we're here, we're here!!! We got passed by Mike Walters just a flying somewhere this morning! Looks like anybody who is in the running for points is here this weekend. We rode around a little and saw a bunch of Div. 5 guys here. Hagberg, Siebert, Johnson and we were told Scott Burton would be here later. Then Irvin Johns is parked right next to us. Oh if you want to come visit, we are outside the gate along the road so after it rains, we can hopefully drive out (or at least be easy to pull out with the tow hooks on the front). This morning the weather forecast was not looking too good. Maybe even up to 5 inches of rain in spotty areas. Hopefully this won't be one of the spots. I took a few pics that I will post a little later. Got to get everything set up now.

[Larry Hill]

Here are some cows somewhere in OK this morning!


Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa


Hard Rock

[Larry Hill]

A pretty sound-deadening wall in Tulsa


The dried up Arkansas River in Tulsa


More dried up River
I guess when it rains here they will all be excited!

Now for pictures of racecars! Tyler Wydarski (sp) G/SA

[Larry Hill]

Nick Siebert K/SA
Nick's Surfer!


Mike Walter GT/JA


Charley Hawthorne F/SA This is the car the Mike Walter has been working on for a while.


Mike's good-looking work!

[Larry Hill]

Steve Hagberg A/SA Nascar Hemi


Country Dog's new Corvette (Jimmy Hidalgo, Sr.) G/SA


Under the hood of Jimmy's car


Cooter's A/SA (Jimmy Hidalgo, Jr.)

[Larry Hill]

I'm not for sure who this is, but they were working hard! Janie and Mike Braswell


SS/AS


Jarod Swinhart GT/AA and his Dad (the car Owner)


This is the car Gary Stinnett will be driving this weekend.

[Chuck Norton]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

We're here, we're here, we're here!!! Oh if you want to come visit, we are outside the gate along the road so after it rains, we can hopefully drive out (or at least be easy to pull out with the tow hooks on the front). This morning the weather forecast was not looking too good. Maybe even up to 5 inches of rain in spotty areas. Hopefully this won't be one of the spots.

Patsy, watch out for that red mud!! It's really sticky stuff.

Good luck,

c

[Larry Hill]

Well it is an overcast morning here in OK. It is not calling for rain today, so hopefully we will get our 2 runs in. There has been a steady stream of rigs coming in all morning. Super Street is first out and they should be calling them up shortly.

Chuck, hopefully we won't be getting into any of that red mud! (But I brought an extra pair of shoes, just in case!)

Gary, come over and introduce yourself when we get to Phoenix!

More later.

[Bob Gullett]

I see Thunder Valley is listed on the live timing site but is showing off line. If someone is near the tower, tell them to turn it on as us arm chair drag racers are intrested in watching it. Thanks for the great reporting and we'll see you in Vegas.