Had a great time today...

Oh yeah... I guess one of the most exciting thing for me today was a front view of that car that flipped over the guardrail. Fortunately, I wasn't hot-shoeing it down the return road. I was ~300' from him. I saw him come over the wall...just nailed the brakes. It was eerie b/c it appeared like it was in slow-motion, but I had no idea how far he would come barrel-rolling towards me. Impossible to get any kind of perception of the speed.

What's ridiculous is that it was a high-11 second car. Give me a break. No way that thing should be _that_ out of control if it had been sorted out at all. Then to hear the guy talking like it was "loose all day". Fortunately, he's ok. The roll cage saved him.

By the way...........I want to give a special tahnks to the Folks from LA, Arkansas and Houston, who made the very long trip to help us make the Talon Fall Classic a success. It was great to see you folks again.


I hope to see some of you when FFW fires up again. LA is going to seem like a run down the street compared to the drive to Jersey and New Hamshire. Welcome to the schedule:beer:


Rocks:bows

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Originally Posted by True Blue Aggie

And thanks to Terry for giving my wife cash to buy lunch for herself. I'm sure that $5 will be added to my next labor bill at Christmas time.....:tu:

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Ha! Terry may have already gotten his payment while you were racing.....j/k, but he is like a blood hound with a nose for that.

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Originally Posted by 00Bolt

followed VERY closely by that TA that defied gravity and pulled a few "1 oclock" wheelies

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Great pic, Doug. Actually those guys have that car sorted out very well. Any more power to it, or lack of attention to the suspension and it would have been dragging the rear bumper, which would most certainly mean when it came back down the oil pan would have come through the motor. :eek2:

The car went straight every time I saw it go down the track. Impressive.

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Are we talking about the Pontiac TA, or the starting line operator "TA"? :d

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whats wrong with Ennis? its alot closer...... well at least to me it is

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The ONLY thing ennis has going for it is its closer and its a 1/4 mile...

Its WAY too crowded - , too expensive, The traction sucks and the people suck...

Other than that its fine

I want to know what the hell is going on here!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are all out there slipping around like crazy people, and this guy obviously has gotten the darned track to bite...............


WHAT THE HELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to do that kind of launch.................:bows :bows :bows :bows

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I want to know what the hell is going on here!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are all out there slipping around like crazy people, and this guy obviously has gotten the darned track to bite...............


WHAT THE HELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to do that kind of launch.................:bows :bows :bows :bows

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Notice what lane he is in.:hammer:

Traction was not that bad until about 6:00pm for me. That was the first time I spun today. Also probably did not help that we ran at 6:00, 6:15, and 6:25 to get the event done.....there was water everywhere in that Left Lane. I did run my fastest time today though in the Left Lane. But I think it was because I was the 4th person down the track this morning...

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Traction was not that bad until about 6:00pm for me. That was the first time I spun today. Also probably did not help that we ran at 6:00, 6:15, and 6:25 to get the event done.....there was water everywhere in that Left Lane. I did run my fastest time today though in the Left Lane. But I think it was because I was the 4th person down the track this morning...

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Typically traction is not much of a problem for the LOWER H.P. vehicles....:eek:

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Notice what lane he is in.:hammer:

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Yeah...I noticed that also. Hmmmm...that is the same lane that Michael jumped in after he darn near ran over me peeling out of the staging lanes. At first, I couldn't figure out what his hurry was......I think I know now.

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The ONLY thing ennis has going for it is its closer and its a 1/4 mile...

Its WAY too crowded - , too expensive, The traction sucks and the people suck...

Other than that its fine

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I agree with Doug 100%. Yes, its an hour closer. But you get way fewer runs in, the pit area is very crowded, the racers down there (at least on a "street day/night") suck now.

I raced there for 6-7 years from '92-98+ and it has gone downhill bad. On a Friday night you are lucky to get 2-3 passes in... over a 5 hour period. The staging lanes are a 1/4 mile long, so you end up pushing your vehicle through that just to keep it semi-cool. Way too many ricers with attitudes.

Personally, I don't go there anymore except as a spectator for the O'Reilly Fall Nationals every year.

140 pictures in the gallery now - every 10 seconds you should see 10 more.. at least for a while ...

Hmm, we ran 70-80 all the way back to DFW/Frisco and didn't see any coppers - but we left at like 4:30ish.

Thanks to Andy/Ssandman and his call on the way-in this morning. :d I would've been up sheist-creek explaining almost 2x the posted speed-limit to DPS/Laney trying to play catch-up to the convoy. knana