CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Attention Jim Waibel Broken Down in North Florida

FlyingW · 01-04-2011, 11:50 PM

I am not here to decifere what may have or may not have happened back in the 70's. I do however feel sorry for you that you have carried this around for so many years. It must be agonizing to live this way.

Understand this... while you may have had bad experiences with my dad, there were MANY MANY MANY others who did not. There were MANY MANY MANY national record holders that ran under the Waibel Competition W. I also know that you do not recieve honors such as "Engine Builder of the Year" or Division 2 Hall of Fame Inductee by either being a fraud and/or not what you are made out to be. I dont think that NHRA seeks out very many people to place information into thier rule books on how valve jobs should be done, however they did with my dad. So I ask you, do you feel that they would do this to someone that by your definition was OUT TO GET YOU!!!

My other question to you is the same as other in this forum, if you had a problem with the work that was done in your motor, WHY GO BACK? You know there is an old saying "1st dog bites me, SHAME ON DOG, the next time the dog bites me, SHAME ON ME" I just know that if it were me, and I had the kinds of issues that you are describing, I would have went down the road long before what you are saying. It is not as though you did not know other engine builders. I do wish that you would have cleared the air with my dad years ago...

As far as Troxel is concerned, I know that there was a working relationship between him and my father, however to what extent I do not know.

With all of this being said , I would still stop and help ANY racing family that was stranded on the side of the road....

Again, as I said before I am sorry that you had a bad experience with my dad, and I hope that you can eventually put it past you and move on. After all, in the grand scheme of things what good does it do for you to hold on to the bitterness?

Please understand that even though I try not to take sides in things like this that do not directly involve me, it is very difficult not to have a biased opinion in the matter because no matter how you look at it, he is still my dad, right or wrong in his actions in the past.

I am not my Dad, and I hold no hard feelings towards anyone in reguard to this issue or any issues they may have had with him. I want to be my own person in the racing world, and you really have NO IDEA how hard that actually is!!

Jeremy Waibel

01-04-2011, 11:50 PM	#13
FlyingW Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Frostproof, Fl. Posts: 450 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Attention Jim Waibel Broken Down in North Florida I am not here to decifere what may have or may not have happened back in the 70's. I do however feel sorry for you that you have carried this around for so many years. It must be agonizing to live this way. Understand this... while you may have had bad experiences with my dad, there were MANY MANY MANY others who did not. There were MANY MANY MANY national record holders that ran under the Waibel Competition W. I also know that you do not recieve honors such as "Engine Builder of the Year" or Division 2 Hall of Fame Inductee by either being a fraud and/or not what you are made out to be. I dont think that NHRA seeks out very many people to place information into thier rule books on how valve jobs should be done, however they did with my dad. So I ask you, do you feel that they would do this to someone that by your definition was OUT TO GET YOU!!! My other question to you is the same as other in this forum, if you had a problem with the work that was done in your motor, WHY GO BACK? You know there is an old saying "1st dog bites me, SHAME ON DOG, the next time the dog bites me, SHAME ON ME" I just know that if it were me, and I had the kinds of issues that you are describing, I would have went down the road long before what you are saying. It is not as though you did not know other engine builders. I do wish that you would have cleared the air with my dad years ago... As far as Troxel is concerned, I know that there was a working relationship between him and my father, however to what extent I do not know. With all of this being said , I would still stop and help ANY racing family that was stranded on the side of the road.... Again, as I said before I am sorry that you had a bad experience with my dad, and I hope that you can eventually put it past you and move on. After all, in the grand scheme of things what good does it do for you to hold on to the bitterness? Please understand that even though I try not to take sides in things like this that do not directly involve me, it is very difficult not to have a biased opinion in the matter because no matter how you look at it, he is still my dad, right or wrong in his actions in the past. I am not my Dad, and I hold no hard feelings towards anyone in reguard to this issue or any issues they may have had with him. I want to be my own person in the racing world, and you really have NO IDEA how hard that actually is!! Jeremy Waibel Last edited by FlyingW; 01-04-2011 at 11:59 PM.