Had a blast the whole day <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> Congrats to Angie and Geoff for having a wonderful event, can't wait till the next one.

It was glad to meet new people and reunite with others(VINCE, Tony, Judson, Harlan, Stephen D., Coach, Joe, Trevor, Chris from Diamond pistons and many others)

Anyway, set a new best during first qualifying round but was 5lbs under at 3495 <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> aghhh

1.49 60'
10.871
126.28

So I added a little more gas and ran second round of qualifying and weighed in at 3508lbs-set low ET and MPH for #1 qualifier <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

1.48 60'
10.871
126.48

Had a bye run first round, then ran Coach in second round (I knew I had to cut a good light-.575 to his .565 and ran a 10.91 to his 11.2x). Final round was with Tim H.(95 FORMULA). Hoped this was going to be a good race since he qualified #2 with a 11.0x, but we both were pushing the leave and both spun. Tim spun more and didn't recover good. I had a 1.55 60' and ran a 10.92 to his 11.7x with a 1.8x 60'. Good race Tim <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

Congrats to Mike H. for setting low ET\MPH for #1 qualifier in his class(steet\stock automatic)and winning against Trevor D.-also a good run!

Now to get back to 3395lbs and try to get a 10.7x pass.Then on with the N20 <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> and reach my next goal.......

Again, congrats to everybody that ran good and Thunder Racing for having the event. Also thanks to all the friends that hung out at our tent and helped throughout the day!

<small>[ November 03, 2002, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: Futral Motorsports ]</small>

 

Allan, your car was hauling *** as usual! Enjoyed watching it run, and always good to see you and the woman.

Damn solid rollers <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

-Tony

 

Congrats on the win Allan! It was some very good racing in the modified stock manual class.

Jason

 

Nice times!
<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

 

Congrats Alan, very nice.

Mikey

 

Congrats Allan <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Will be calling you tomorrow to pay for Java's cam. Wish I could've been there with everyone <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Futral Motorsports:
<strong>It was glad to meet new people and reunite with others( VINCE)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey, maybe we should have gotten a picture with YOU and Vince!!!!! You seem to forget that I am TALLER than YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Vince is one big **** though.

Tim

 

The event went really great, thanks to Angie and Geoff for putting on the event and to the whole Thunder crew, you did a super job!

As you can see from Allan's post we had a great day of racing, the car was running great even with the added weight and the weather was SUPER!!! It seems like the weather held out just long enough for the awards then the bottom fell out and its been yucky and getting warmer since.

Just watched Gordon's videos of Friday night and Saturday and they are good, you would have thought it was professionally done, nice job G.

Thanks to everyone that helped out all day, we had fun and cant wait to do it again.

 

congrats FMS on new bests and two wins ... thanks for feeding us, Brandon and I had a lot of fun.

 

Allen, Congrats on your win! <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

The .575 to .565 lights was in the 1st round of qualifying. I ran a 11.08 to your 10.87. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

In the 2nd round of Elims I cut a .531 to your .601 light and if I would not have missed 4th gear we may of had a race. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" /> LOL!

You have one bad *** Hot Rod my friend kept up the great work and we will see ya next year. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />

<small>[ November 03, 2002, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: Coach 02 M6 Z/28 ]</small>

 

Congrats on the win allan. I had to do something in the final to try and help me out. I went for it off the line and the track didn't hold..oh well, I had nothing for ya and had to try something. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" /> . The fastest car won and thats the way it should be. Now..for my r/t all day...geeeeze....I have nothing to say except that my head must have been in the clouds somewhere. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="gr_emb.gif" />

Congrats man...

Tim

 

Thanks Coach,sorry about that,mixed up the reation times.

Thanks everybody for the congrats <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Tim H. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

Tim C. next time I see you,I will have the YARD stick to measure you- like the ones they have at the kiddie rides <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Futral Motorsports:
<strong> Tim C. next time I see you,I will have the YARD stick to measure you- like the ones they have at the kiddie rides <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LMAO!! <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

 

Candy and Allen were the best host.. I would have been lost w/out them. Futral Motorsports makes and has some fast cars in their arsenal. I really appreciate Futral Motorsports for squeezing me in on Friday and putting in a awesome cam. The "F4" cam has awesome street manners and pulls like a power lifter in a hurry... I think it even revs up faster than my old 226 XE-R cam.. I even got a ride in that monster 434ci Solid Roller.. I have never been afraid of riding shotgun in my life, but no way will I let Allan drive me around in a car with that much power again.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Atleast if I drive I can lift my foot off the gas.. I do not know if Allan knows what backing off means.. Then to watch Mike H. with the same cam I have run 11.2's at 118mph with stock heads.. That was really impressive.. He was also over 3500lbs.. I need to get my car's weight down bad.. Thanks again Candy and Allan for showing me the town. Trust me, I will be back... Suzette and I..

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by VINCE:
<strong>I even got a ride in that monster 434ci Solid Roller.. I have never been afraid of riding shotgun in my life, but no way will I let Allan drive me around in a car with that much power again.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Atleast if I drive I can lift my foot off the gas.. I do not know if Allan knows what backing off means..</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Vince, I can relate to that statement!
Been there, done that, never gunna let that happen to me again! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> lol
BTW, nice to have met you at the shootout.

Congrats Allan <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
Great job!

Gordon

 

Hey Allan, Congrats!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

I enjoyed meeting you and Candy Friday night (make that Saturday morning) and I'm sorry we didn't get to stay for the race.

Vince, we stayed at the Red Roof and parked right in front of your car. It was the brown 98 Blazer w/ an FMS motor in the back of it! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Allan, I'm hoping to get you some 'stock tune' dyno numbers soon and maybe some track numbers this weekend if we get it buttoned up fast enough.

<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by VINCE:
<strong>I even got a ride in that monster 434ci Solid Roller.. I have never been afraid of riding shotgun in my life, but no way will I let Allan drive me around in a car with that much power again.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Atleast if I drive I can lift my foot off the gas.. I do not know if Allan knows what backing off means.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The first night I met him I raced him, he beat me but we have been together ever since and that was in '88. Now you can ONLY imagine what I have been through <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I have finally gotten accustomed to it but you are right he DOES NOT know the meaning of backing off. He defiantely loves his job.

Vince - Glad you had a good time, it was a pleasure meeting you and getting to hang out with you. You are one cool guy and your car is a beauty!! To bad it started raining or we would have had to stay up for some Sat. night street racing. Guess it was for the best since we all needed some sleep.. Next time you come, Suzette will have to come with you.

Gordon -- You know you liked it! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" />

John - It was nice meeting yall, I hate it was so late and we didnt get to talk more. Wish yall could have stayed for the event, maybe next time it will work out. Hope everything is ok with your wifes grandmother.

<small>[ November 04, 2002, 12:05 AM: Message edited by: Candy ]</small>

 

Looks like I missed out on some fun guys <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> Congrats Allan on the win! I will see you this weekend to finally pick up you know what <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

I took a ride in Allan's car when he had the 4.30's in the rear end and all I could say was (dude there's car ahead of you) ha!ha! ha!. That is one bad hot rod. I am tickelled pink over the way my car ran for the event and that is with Futral tuneing <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by AINT SKEERED:
<strong>I took a ride in Allan's car when he had the 4.30's in the rear end and all I could say was (dude there's car ahead of you) ha!ha! ha!. That is one bad hot rod. I am tickelled pink over the way my car ran for the event and that is with Futral tuneing <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">3682 lbs race weight