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Old Nov 9, 2003 | 10:15 PM
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Arrow ARE's record fell today

Ronnie Duke's car won the outlaw class at the Shootout today with a new national record. His car went 8.52 @ ??? Can't remember the mph, but he did exact some revenge on Madman in the race
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 01:00 AM
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Wow that car gets down, I would like to see some vids of it in action
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 01:04 AM
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Congrats to Ronnie Duke.



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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Reckless
Ronnie Duke's car won the outlaw class at the Shootout today with a new national record. His car went 8.52 @ ??? Can't remember the mph, but he did exact some revenge on Madman in the race
unreal that is flying CONGRATS
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 09:05 AM
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It is on Mikeys video camera as they ran Outlaw before PS ... ask Mikey to post the vid.
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 09:07 AM
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Congrats that is flying!!

What is the cars setup and raceweight?
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 09:37 AM
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I recorded the whole races the first day I will post up his record video later I need to go pick up a frewire cable then i will post his video up.
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 09:39 AM
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I think the car was weighing in a tad under 3700 lbs or 3800 lbs.
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Congrats to Ronnie Duke for the new record.

By the way what a great trailer and rig he has.

I think that I need one of those bad boys.

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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 10:19 AM
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That car was dead-on consistent and launched/ran without any drama. It was so smooth and quiet going down the track that you couldn't even guess that 8s would hit the ET board. Amazing car, especially being convertible and 3700 lbs!

He did one of his bye-runs with the top down LOL!

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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 12:17 PM
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Race weight on 8.52 run was #3692. Almost 2 tons of fun!
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 12:46 PM
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Race weight on 8.52 run was #3692. Almost 2 tons of fun!
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Hats off to Kurt Urban and the Wheel to Wheel crew. You guys built and ran a 1st class car!

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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 01:29 PM
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No doubt!!! That car was flying all weekend.

I had a chance to check out the car up-close on Sunday, and was more than just impressed. Every piece on the car is a work of art!

Nice job guys!!!
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 01:33 PM
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No doubt!!! That car was flying all weekend.

I had a chance to check out the car up-close on Sunday, and was more than just impressed. Every piece on the car is a work of art!

Nice job guys!!!
I took a bunch of pics of this car. You can check them out HERE

I've never seen a car with that much attention to detail in person.
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 02:21 PM
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Great pics big show......
Thanks Tom, we did our best.....
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 02:51 PM
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That car is definately the most impressive thing I've seen in person. It was gorgeous and hauled serious ***.
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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congrats !!! that is awesome. especially at that weight!
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