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Old 06-09-2021, 12:34 AM   #21
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Great ! Racers are seldom ready this early , we usually end up the last days/minutes rush/chaos ! Good work and hopefully your team can make some new records .
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Old 06-09-2021, 08:23 AM   #22
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All the best to you and your son at Speed Week. Nice to see some east coast guys going out west to play. Go get 'em!!
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Old 06-09-2021, 01:32 PM   #23
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Great ! Racers are seldom ready this early , we usually end up the last days/minutes rush/chaos ! Good work and hopefully your team can make some new records .
It really pisses the competetion off when the fastest car team in the association always gets to the track early, unload, do absolutely nothing to the race car, walk over to the coffee stand, get a doughnut and coffee and then sit around till the track opens.
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Old 06-09-2021, 02:20 PM   #24
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Pete, I know what you saying!
Do your work at home garage and not at the pits....
Sometimes it works that way....
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Old 06-09-2021, 03:02 PM   #25
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It really pisses the competetion off when the fastest car team in the association always gets to the track early, unload, do absolutely nothing to the race car, walk over to the coffee stand, get a doughnut and coffee and then sit around till the track opens.


Heck you know we resemble that perfectly.
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Old 06-09-2021, 03:05 PM   #26
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Heck you know we resemble that perfectly.
Well, you got to the track before we did.....LOL
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Old 08-14-2021, 06:53 PM   #27
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Just saw the post on HAMB about setting the speed record of over 200 mph using a flathead. That is a monumental feat of engineering. Congrats to all involved. Long live the flathead!
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