LIVE from Pittsburgh, IHRA Nitro Jam and Pro-Am

J.R. Schodde 1225 · 06-08-2012, 01:19 PM

I feel fortunate to have Pittsburgh Raceway Park as my home track. I was pitted right where the spectators were entering the track. I fielded lots of questions from motor heads and their children, but mostly the question was where is Grave Digger? I have been going to PRP (old Keystone) with my father since I can remember, and I have never seen that spectator count there. I am glad they were there because it made my 2nd -.00_ loss in a week a lot easier to swallow. As soon as I pulled in after the loss, 2 kids about 8 years old came running over asking for a photo handout. I told them sorry, I do not have photos but I will use their digital camera to get a photo of them behind the wheel. They each got a photo, hopefully a memory, and I had a flooded engine

Note to all, disconnect throttle linkage before letting kids in the driver seat.

Congrats to all the winners and runners up! and to Denny Finan and Hot Dog Traupman for holding down Fort Pitt.

J.R.

Roger K Fain · 06-08-2012, 10:09 PM

Great job Michael....you Northern "carpetbaggers" come up from the South and clean-up on us "homers" in fine fashion.

Kevin Panzino · 06-08-2012, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by J.R. Schodde 1225

I feel fortunate to have Pittsburgh Raceway Park as my home track.....I have been going to PRP (old Keystone) with my father since I can remember, and I have never seen that spectator count there. I am glad they were there because it made my 2nd -.00_ loss in a week a lot easier to swallow. As soon as I pulled in after the loss, 2 kids about 8 years old came running over asking for a photo handout. I told them sorry, I do not have photos but I will use their digital camera to get a photo of them behind the wheel. They each got a photo, hopefully a memory, and I had a flooded engine

Note to all, disconnect throttle linkage before letting kids in the driver seat.

J.R.

This made me laugh out loud. Very funny.

JR, I can see you have grown up to be the fine young man I knew you would. (last time I saw you was about 10 years ago, back then you were a fine lad). I can tell you have stayed the same, just grown up now.

And yes, the new owners of Keystone (it will always be Keystone to me I suppose, but I do like PRP as a name....) have done wonders with that place.

I look forward to seeing you again at the races and catching up, as I get back into this sick and borderline demented addiction of ours.

Kevin

06-08-2012, 01:19 PM	#1
J.R. Schodde 1225 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Steel City, PA Posts: 32 Likes: 5 Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts	Re: LIVE from Pittsburgh, IHRA Nitro Jam and Pro-Am I feel fortunate to have Pittsburgh Raceway Park as my home track. I was pitted right where the spectators were entering the track. I fielded lots of questions from motor heads and their children, but mostly the question was where is Grave Digger? I have been going to PRP (old Keystone) with my father since I can remember, and I have never seen that spectator count there. I am glad they were there because it made my 2nd -.00_ loss in a week a lot easier to swallow. As soon as I pulled in after the loss, 2 kids about 8 years old came running over asking for a photo handout. I told them sorry, I do not have photos but I will use their digital camera to get a photo of them behind the wheel. They each got a photo, hopefully a memory, and I had a flooded engine Note to all, disconnect throttle linkage before letting kids in the driver seat. Congrats to all the winners and runners up! and to Denny Finan and Hot Dog Traupman for holding down Fort Pitt. J.R.

06-08-2012, 10:09 PM	#2
Roger K Fain Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Clarksburg, WV Posts: 146 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: LIVE from Pittsburgh, IHRA Nitro Jam and Pro-Am Great job Michael....you Northern "carpetbaggers" come up from the South and clean-up on us "homers" in fine fashion.