Pomona or Bust !......oooopppss BUST....big time !

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Time slips and grade points are relative.Got some?

Now Ed be nice he once drove a FWD car

[Harry 6674]

Hey Drooze you could have,like some that have been taking shots at you, built a super comp car for about 1/6th of the money,turned a few dials,pushed a few buttons and been there. Wouldn't that be fun? Good luck with your real racecar. Maybe 1/10th the money.

[Mike Taylor 3601]

Drooze,
What route you taking through Ky? There is great little hole wall in the restaurant just down the street from Stanton's shop Hulio's, best burgers anywhere!!!
I missed what happened to your engine does it have a warranty?LOL(about warranty joke) not laughing about your engine sorry to hear you had trouble.Read post about your
Dad running drill bit in knee hope he's doing ok, tell him it works better to use wood to back up what your drilling.LOL
Mike Taylor 3601

[Bobby Zlatkin]

That was a pretty ambitious plan. Like something our military would attempt with unlimited resourses and manpower.

You guys definately get an A+ for your efforts.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Time slips and grade points are relative.Got some?

No Ed, we're not related!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by NewHemi

Pomona may not have been a realistic goal for us, but there was an outside chance to make it, and as long as there was a chance, we had to try to make it.

Two years ago, none of this would have even been possible. I won't go into the personal reasons why it wouldn't have been possible, because they were just that; personal. But at the time, they seemed insurmountable.

Even the odds of us actually getting a Drag Pak car were dramatically against us..... But somehow we got number 24!

So why not "dream big"? Drooze (Chris) is my son, and I hoped that I had taught him to never let disappointment drive his reality. Rather than dwell in it, use what you learn from it to build your bridge to success!

Together, we will do what we can, to do what can be done. And what can't be done; Pomona for example, will just have to wait.

But as Drooze has already done, I will now do again. It may be redundant, but it is also heartfelt!

THANKS to all who have been so helpful and encouraging.

David
New Hemi Racing

David , Thanks for the well written and informative (first) post. Good luck this year.

(Drooze, see what happens when you slow down the wpm's a little? j/k)

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by art leong

Now Ed be nice he once drove a FWD car

Yeah Artie I've heard the story multiple times.

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

Hey Drooze you could have,like some that have been taking shots at you, built a super comp car for about 1/6th of the money,turned a few dials,pushed a few buttons and been there. Wouldn't that be fun? Good luck with your real racecar. Maybe 1/10th the money.

Harry you must not have checked the prices on a nice competetive S/C car lately.....and one with the 2 extra buttons and dials...Button number one makes the car run 8.90 in a snowstorm and button number 2 is the one that turns on the tree reader. You only use the dial under certain conditions and I can't reveal that part of it, it's secret..........you can have a perfect run anytime you want but you save it for when you need it so you don't get caught......There is even another option where there is no driver in the car...totally remote operation from the motorhome....
Just trying to keep you up to speed on whats available in "Not Real" racecars in the modern era...

[hemidup]

Drooze, So far only 18 paid entries for Brandenton on the 16th. ( Doug Duell is one of them.) If your car can make it, sounds like you'll get plenty of seat time.

[Harry 6674]

Rich, I hope its more fun to do than it is to watch. I ran S/G for a while until all the crutches came to be. It doesn't take much power to run the 8.90 time but of course have to build a enough engine to run 6.90 so you can shutdown for a couple seconds. Doesn't seem like racing is the right term to use.