"Live" from the Western Swing

[M Cotten]

Great job racing! We are in staging #1 in Sonoma.....not too nice. It has very sticky mud. My dog had so much mud on her feet she was 2 inches taller. We hear around noon they will move us to staging #2 and it is supposed to be grassy. There are 5 rigs in line.

Patsy tell Larry we hope to see him in Sonoma with the Wally riding around on the golf cart.

Good luck and safe travels to all. Paula

[E Buth]

Great posts and pictures,We watched some live feed on espn3 and saw Larry against the mustang,but the broadcast showed no win lights or scoreboards

[Larry Hill]

There has been a bad accident with a TAD. I was outside and didn't hear his name, they just said Mark something. The car hit the sand trap, then the net and folded. Danny Gracia was one of the men to help get him out and carry him to the ambulance. There is a helicopter here, but they haven't moved him to it yet. Since we are at the end of the track it was all right in front of us. More later as we get loaded up and hit the road.

Oh the race with Cour was awful. Larry had him a little on the tree, but at the eighth we were running 103 and he was running 107. He just played with us from there.

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by M Cotten

Great job racing! We are in staging #1 in Sonoma.....not too nice. It has very sticky mud. My dog had so much mud on her feet she was 2 inches taller. We hear around noon they will move us to staging #2 and it is supposed to be grassy. There are 5 rigs in line.

Patsy tell Larry we hope to see him in Sonoma with the Wally riding around on the golf cart.

Good luck and safe travels to all. Paula

Paula,

Its up to you to do the Sonoma reporting until the rest of the crew gets there.

Good luck to you and Mike.
Bill Lamb

[Floyd Staggs]

Patsy and Larry, good luck in Sonoma. Thanks for all the reports and pictures.

[John Leichtamer Jr]

Larry

Give that 4-Speed deal a thought.

Hammer

[GarysZ24]

Wow Larry & Patsy,

What a great trip through this great country of ours you two are on! Awesome pictures from Marion & SD (in general), plus all of the rest (especially those taken in Wa., Or., and Northern Cal.), which now underscores why I'm working on relocating northwest from all of the heat here in Phoenix...although I like it better than snow, it gets a bit extreme when frequent daytime highs are 110 +! I bet Mike & BJ Graham were glad to be up there in Sonoma with you and away from this heat...those who went there and entered the Az. nationals, will have a chance to partake in 2nats "stock/super stock", and two divisionals in two weekends...for those who could make the trip, that's alot of bang for the buck!!!

Oh btw, I too saw your interview yesterday and your 30-40 sec.'s of fame (nice car too)! Moreover, I don't know if anyone else saw this, but on the pro qualifying show, they showed four wheelstanding Stock/Super Stock cars pre/post a commercial break! OMG!!! Maybe the other thread about NHRA & ESPN hating our cars is starting to get some attention....and I'm also glad to have heard WJ giving us some due credit in his remarks about how the track needs to be safer for Pro Stock to Stock as well!!!

I wish you two well in Denver, GOD BLESS the remainder of your awesome trip, and I hope you saw the other thread about you Larry being on tv. (with regards to the Golden, Co. Mopar pre-race picnic...I hope they're doing that again this year...I hope you get some pics of it too, I'm homesick for that area). Thanks, and someday I hope to meet you two folks, because you two are obviously great people, and racers to know!!!

[vic guilmino]

Take some picture of those big mountains that you are going to go up.

[Larry Hill]

Well we are rolling thru the desert in Northern Nevada. There is not even a Walmart bag blowing around to hang on a fence post. Every now and then you will see a tumbleweed blowing across the road. Reminds me of old Roy Rogers shows! It is only 100 degrees out here!

[vic guilmino]

i always what to see a tumbleweed