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Jack this may be one of the all time best posts i have seen on this site, and hell im only 30. but i watched my father work is a@@ off in the shop to run 3 to 4 tenths under, and back then that was on the top of the sheet. I finaly got the 455 for my car and am going to build it, and i know i dont have a chance to be a quick car for many years if ever. Growing up stock eliminator was all i knew sleeping in the back of a suburban in a mall parking lot waiting to get creds. god those were the best time of my life. And the greatest part of it all is getting to go racing with my dad and people like you jack so to you and all the ones like you, i say THANK YOU

Mike Dean G/SA 3870

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Jack,

With all due respect to your 35 years of racing with NHRA. You talk about the lack of respect for your fellow racers. Charley in no way insulted you or disrespected you in his reply. Unfortunately you felt the need to slam Charley, and follow it up with a "I never intended to bash Charley", obviously you did.

I am not going to assassinate you, you did a find job all by yourself. You say there was more integrity and respect in the past, I guess you lost a little of that through the years.

You say its more expensive, I say its relative to the times we are in.

I know racers that have been running stock for over 40 years and do not have the same opinion as yours. They are not bashing others that may have had more then they had when they were young.

The internet is a great way to reach many people and express the way you feel, but civility and respect for others should go hand in hand. Please don't let yourself be jaded by the past, because the past is just that..... the past.

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Thank you Frank-----it opened up Pandora's box.

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Yes i am! they may not have the money, but you wont find any ont that works any harder. well harlin might need to do a little maint. on the old wagon! lol

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ken meile is right, this was not a great place for my comments on charley bob...we have a long standing relationship both good and bad and if i wanted to toss him under the bus i should have called him, not piled on on this forum

dwight sutherland...MAYBE the "we only remember the good" part of nostalgia did come through a little...a lot of what you said is true ! at least farmer was unleashed to straighten it out now glendora and the lawyers keep that from happening.

anyway... it has always been fun, and it still is enjoyable, just costs way too much and is way too frustrating > but im too old and dumb to quit id miss my freinds... and id miss charley bob.

jack

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I would miss you to Captain.

We can talk more about this topic at Godfather's in a few weeks.

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godfathers it is, and ill buy the first round... drinks not lapdances !
MAN i hope i get to race, but i will drink !

jack

and ken you are welcome too, in fact everyone is welcome cmon to the doorslammers !

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careful telling people when and where u be drinkin!! You may get picked

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Drag racing is a different world today.
Just because some of us enjoyed the way it used to be, it doesn't
mean we are 'belly-aching',,,,,,,,O.K. maybe a little.
It just means we liked it better in the late 60's and early 70's.

The good thing, is that there is input, from current racers, older racers and wanna-be racers, and of course 'internet racers'.

Me, I still think the 1968 season was the best. Super/Stock was limited to (5) classes SS/B thru SS/F. Even though many cars were factory-backed, quite a few little guys could knock-out the big guns at their local tracks.

Food-For-Thought,,
In 1968, 77% of all cars that participated at drag strips were in STOCK CLASS. And just who got treated like 'second-class-citizens'?
pc