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[David Barton]

Originally Posted by Bill Hawk

David, with all due respect your comment about probably beating Sal is a little premature. The starting line was terrible, but our car has only spun once since is was built. It spun against Gary Richard in the final of the Shootout, we tried to step it up and the track could not handle it.

The track was bad like I said, but against you we added weight and adjusted for the poor traction. Something maybe you should have thought of. There was no way we were going to give it all we had in those conditions. You have a legitimate gripe, but my issue with you is thinking you could out run Sal and blame the track for the loss. Blaming the track for spinning is legitimate, the loss is a stretch.

You showed no performance advantage all week. You may have been saving it for when you needed it, but given the track conditions we were not setup to let it all hang out at this race.

Bill, I'm not looking to pick a fight. You seem to be a little defensive for me stating I thought I had a chance if I had some rubber. You guys won fair and square and I applaud you for that. The bottom line is NHRA did not prep the track to the best of their ability. I really believe if they would drag it more often there would have been less problems.

Mike, I don't even know what to say about your pedal fest comment. That race was far from awesome. I thought it was really sad that Gary Richard, a guy that has provided NHRA with millions of dollars, wasn't provided the track surface he deserves. Same goes for anyone who paid their entry fee.