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chris tinberg · 06-18-2009, 05:29 PM

It is heart warming to see all of the nice things everyone is writing about these two fine gentlemen so i have to tell my story .. several years ago along about 1983 or 84 we were at a div. 5 race in marion S.D.we had been there for a few hours and this new white chevy dually towing a white chapparell trailer came in to park next to us [ only the pros had chapparells at that time ] well i quickly learned it was lloyd and DG this was around the time that natl. dragster did a story on them and they were on the cover . me being a 14 year old punk kid thought that was the neatest thing in the world "parking next to some racers who had just been on the cover of natl. dragster" . [ if you look closely in the background of one of these posted photos there is a green 68 chevelle SS/KA # 5001 parked behind the CJ that was my dads car and this is the weekend i am telling you about ] after they had got out and unloaded everything i went over to look at they"re mustang and talk to them if they would talk to me and talk did they ! i"ll bet i talked to them mainly lloyd for several hours over the weekend asking allot of probably stupid questions to them but none the less he was very gracious to answer them and from that day on we became good friends . you know what is very ironic about this story every time i would see lloyd he always brings up this race and laughs about how young my brothers and i were and always says" it"s nice to see you guys are out here doing this together " well lloyd if you happen to get this just wanted to let you know we are thinking about you and to get well ! P.S. maybe you can con one of the nurses into sneaking a few COORS LIGHT'S in for ya LOL! FYI i have a copy of that natl. dragster with them on the cover that lloyd gave me 4or 5 years ago i remember asking him when i was at they"re shop visiting if they buy chance still had any copies left and he said yes and i asked if he would sell a copy to me and he laughed and said " i am flattered that you would even want one " and he gave me a copy that i very much cherish ! these are people you meet only once in a lifetime . and i am very proud to say they are my friends ... chris

06-18-2009, 05:29 PM	#28
chris tinberg Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Anybody have any history on these guys? It is heart warming to see all of the nice things everyone is writing about these two fine gentlemen so i have to tell my story .. several years ago along about 1983 or 84 we were at a div. 5 race in marion S.D.we had been there for a few hours and this new white chevy dually towing a white chapparell trailer came in to park next to us [ only the pros had chapparells at that time ] well i quickly learned it was lloyd and DG this was around the time that natl. dragster did a story on them and they were on the cover . me being a 14 year old punk kid thought that was the neatest thing in the world "parking next to some racers who had just been on the cover of natl. dragster" . [ if you look closely in the background of one of these posted photos there is a green 68 chevelle SS/KA # 5001 parked behind the CJ that was my dads car and this is the weekend i am telling you about ] after they had got out and unloaded everything i went over to look at they"re mustang and talk to them if they would talk to me and talk did they ! i"ll bet i talked to them mainly lloyd for several hours over the weekend asking allot of probably stupid questions to them but none the less he was very gracious to answer them and from that day on we became good friends . you know what is very ironic about this story every time i would see lloyd he always brings up this race and laughs about how young my brothers and i were and always says" it"s nice to see you guys are out here doing this together " well lloyd if you happen to get this just wanted to let you know we are thinking about you and to get well ! P.S. maybe you can con one of the nurses into sneaking a few COORS LIGHT'S in for ya LOL! FYI i have a copy of that natl. dragster with them on the cover that lloyd gave me 4or 5 years ago i remember asking him when i was at they"re shop visiting if they buy chance still had any copies left and he said yes and i asked if he would sell a copy to me and he laughed and said " i am flattered that you would even want one " and he gave me a copy that i very much cherish ! these are people you meet only once in a lifetime . and i am very proud to say they are my friends ... chris