"Live" from our Southwestern Swing

[Larry Hill]

Well we are sitting at a rest area in Texas where we stopped to avoid running into tornados and hail. As we left Amarillo, there was hail and rain and we turned the weather radio on and found out that the Walmart that we had planned on staying at tonight in Elk City, OK had been hit with 90 mph winds and hail and there are tornado warnings all around. So we stopped at a rest area and Larry went in and found out that they have 2 tornado shelters in there. So I guess I will sleep with my clothes on tonight, just in case. Keith and Tonya Lynch and Paul Dilcher are behind us in about Amarillo. Hopefully they are stopping for the night there.

[Joe Pinkston]

I hope you all stay safe for the night and have a safe trip back home. Thanks for the pictures and reports of your trip.




Hey Dan Moore, you're #1.

RIP Mark Graham

[davidhuff]

Stay safe guys.

[BLAZER]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Well we are sitting at a rest area in Texas where we stopped to avoid running into tornados and hail. As we left Amarillo, there was hail and rain and we turned the weather radio on and found out that the Walmart that we had planned on staying at tonight in Elk City, OK had been hit with 90 mph winds and hail and there are tornado warnings all around. So we stopped at a rest area and Larry went in and found out that they have 2 tornado shelters in there. So I guess I will sleep with my clothes on tonight, just in case. Keith and Tonya Lynch and Paul Dilcher are behind us in about Amarillo. Hopefully they are stopping for the night there.

What is Keith doing in texas? Southern route to Ohio--Maybe stop and try to get that FREE steak if you eat the 50 oz. sirloin?

[Larry Hill]

Willy Buck the steak is 72 oz.

Jeff, I think you will own the record. It sounds to me that NHRA's paper work is not up to date. You have a very good car.

[mopar jeff]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Willy Buck the steak is 72 oz.

Jeff, I think you will own the record. It sounds to me that NHRA's paper work is not up to date. You have a very good car.

Thanks Larry, and I hope that is the case and this all gets ironed out. Looking forward to meeting you some time at the races, and maybe we can laugh about this whole issue. Be safe driving home. Sounds like an adventure.

Jeff

[Ed Wright]

Jeff, it smiled all the time?? LOL

[Larry Hill]

Well when we left OK a month ago, it was raining and it is raining again here in OK. Just been driving down the road. Oh, BTW, Larry fired me as tour guide after lunch today. We stopped for a buffet in Hinton, OK at the Sugar Creek Casino. Thought we could get some vegetables, plenty of truck parking. Well, Mike Rice must have been in charge of this buffet! Poorly run and bad food is the best I can say about it! Mark this one off your list.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Jeff, I think you will own the record. It sounds to me that NHRA's paper work is not up to date. You have a very good car.

That didn't work so well for Artie when NHRA told him his completely bone stock straight from the junkyard turbo was too big, or when Griffith lost a World Championship from having a complete bone stock out of the box OEM replacement AC Delco cylinder head on his Cavalier that was legalized a couple weeks after he was tossed, or when Himes was tossed from Indy because his cylinder heads "looked TOO stock" and was later determined that they looked stock because they were... STOCK.

It's obvious you didn't do anything intentionally wrong, but by the book, I can't see them allowing the record retroactively. But I know you'll come back and set the record again to their satisfaction, and maybe feel a little vindication. Good luck,

[mopar jeff]

Mike you are probably right, but I am holding on to some hope that they won't totally stick it to me. I don't know if I want to set it again, because the teardown was a pain. Not really worth it, but I wanted to do it once and that might be all I care to do. Thanks.

Jeff