[Larry Merk]

A big THANK YOU to all the racers who attended this race, 19 in all. We realize it was short notice, but that was beyond our control. From talking to most of you over the two days it looked like everyone had a good time.

Thanks also to:
Mike Merk and Ryan Warter who collaborated and contributed to the payout to encourage more racers to attend.
Mike and my grandson, Kaden, for working the burnout boxes for 2 full days. Everyone really appreciated your work.
Brian Thompson for helping me with the qualifying order and ladders.
Larry McLanahan for ensuring that track prep was up to par, and for going home and getting your FS/A car to race the 2nd day after having problems your FSS/C car the first day.
Dave Noll for taking and posting the winner circle photos. (I completely forgot!)

I enjoyed talking with everyone, especially the ageless wonder, Pete Kost, who at 86 years young is an inspiration.

Billy Nees might have had a seizure if he were there with so many of those 302 Ffords in the pits.

Congrats to Gary Gandee and Jim Caughlin on their wins. The Ford guys were thumping their chests with an all Ford final on Sunday.

We will try to work with track management to get 2 races on the schedule next year. No guarantees, but we'll give it a shot.

Good luck to those headed for Las Vegas.