"Live" from Indy!

[TOM KASCH]

Chris,
on one listing it had your dad running a cuda in a-sa ,what was that your new car that did or didn't run?

[Chris Hill]

Tom,

Dad is running the 71 'cuda that we've been running for over 25 years. It has the 440 six pac and is running A/SA with it. Per DRC, he went a 10.29 first round of class 10 pounds light on the second run on the car since it was painted and reassembled. It is now painted panther pink with an "AAR" stripe on the car.

[Larry Hill]

First of all, thanks to Chris for giving you updates for us. So here is the lowdown. We finally got loaded up around 6 last night and headed to St. Louis to test since we wanted a run on the new car before Indy. Got there 10 minutes after tech closed and they wouldn't let us run although we were there for about 45 minutes and they were still running cars down the track when we left. So we drive on to Indy and get here about 3 am. Slept til 6:15, then got ready to get parked. We were at the main entrance with the pros, so we got out of line and drove in Gate 8, got parked, unloaded, and teched and ran 1st round this morning. For the 1st pass on the car in 6 years, it ran pretty well -.72, but not good enough to get in the show. So he gets everything ready to run class within the hour. He was 65 pounds on that run so he took weight out to ( he thought) 10 pounds over minimum. But being tired and rushed, he made a mistake and took out too much. So our 1st round class win was DQ'd. So now only 30 cars have to be thrown out for us to get in the show.

Interesting thing seen in the pits before class: a California car putting dry ice on the manifold. ?????

Haven't talked to anyone much yet, We have been pretty busy.

Did go by and talk to Rick and Roz Gresens about our steak dinner. Rick and Larry had a bet for the last 4 years or so as to who would get their car back up and running sooner. And we won. Rick's C/S Mustang still isn't out.
My connection keeps going away, so more later.
Patsy

[Jack Matyas]

Patsy -- Almost a Cinderella story -- after a six year thrash you and Larry have nothing to be ashamed of -- go get that steak dinner tonight and hold your heads up high ...............And BTW , keep on with your great reports ! ! !

PS -- Another thing -- your safe with that Panther Pink deal -- we won't be coloring any of our Pontiacs in that hue........I'll leave it to the 70's Mopar's and AMC 's . Cute though ........

[Jared Jordan]

Anyone have any idea what happened to Ronnie West? DRC shows him as winning his first round class matchup against Keith Lynch but he is conspicuously absent from the 2nd round of class. I'd thought he was going to win it...

[Tom P]

See the Abbazia and Duzac matchup in Rd 2? It looks like a dead heat, gave up .104 on the tree and ran .104 quicker.

The air must be getting even worse everybody seems to be slowing. Hope that improves for the Hemi and Thunderbolt shootouts.

[Chris Hill]

Mom is having internet connection issues, so here are facts and rumors as she has told me.

I believe to be Fact: Ronnie West was beaten by Wilkes in second round of class, but the results did not show up on DRC. West was being beat and got out of it. No idea what they both went.

Rumor: Bogan in A/SA has had his car impounded by tech. This issue at hand is intake manifold and it's authenticity. Rumor has it is very "Fast" and could get contingency money if he had won.

Rumor for Barn duty: Beeler, Shaul, Warter (K/SA),

[Jim Woods]

Larry and Patsy, that is one gorgeous cuda, excellent job

[Bob Rice]

Tom,
Excellent picture. Larry, great looking Cuda!
Bob Rice