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Originally Posted by shawnfricke
Bizman, thanks for the compliment.  What is your name and here is my story.
You could call it that, I was actually camping out inside the track. My fiance was there running super comp, my car was there and in the trailer hoping that on the outside chance that a spot opened up I could jump in. At the time I had 2 grade points and the spot was technically open to anyone with a grade 1 or higher.
On Tuesday I found out there was a spot available. I had something going on at work and wasn't sure if I could make it back on Thursday to get 1 time run. So I opted not to take the spot. On Wednesday I found out that I could get Thursday afternoon off and decided to see if the spot was still available. At that point well over 24 hours had gone by since the spot had opened up and was available to anyone who wanted it. We spoke to NHRA and Division 1 and they allowed me to do a "gate registration" and be the 60th car in the field.
No hard feelings at all, it was just a fortunate situation for me to be able to take the spot. I certainly would not have parked outside the gate and waited for it but since my car was there I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity. 
Shawn |
LOL...who are you trying to kid Shawn, you were on pins and needles waiting for the opportunity and you maximized on it! Great job by the way!!!