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Aww, Chris, anyone can tell I'm not BG's brother. I am so much better looking.

It was great to race with you as well, and I enjoyed meeting you. I hope the car is OK, I saw you had some problems in the first round.

It was so much fun.....let's do it again next year!!

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steve, 2nd round, right lane, the track went away, the car hooked real hard, slipped and then grabbed real hard aagain, bent the dana 60's tubes and ring and pinion is toast.
new strange S60 is on order today.
everyone was having problems in that lane. i think BG landed in the grass it was so bad, i thought he was on ice and Hemitis was scrathin for traction also.
thats racing but all in all it was one of the best times in a long time.
if i didnt break, i was on that day, had my game face on and i think i could have gone further. oh well.
all the moparts members i met were terrific.
if the track stayed like 1st time trials, it would have been a awesome day. great bite.
wish someone got a picture of my arm drop pass?

Steve and yes, you are one handsome guy, thats why i thought you were BG's brother at 1st glance.

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Aww, Chris, anyone can tell I'm not BG's brother. I am so much better looking.

It was great to race with you as well, and I enjoyed meeting you. I hope the car is OK, I saw you had some problems in the first round.

It was so much fun.....let's do it again next year!!

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steve, 2nd round, right lane, the track went away, the car hooked real hard, slipped and then grabbed real hard aagain, bent the dana 60's tubes and ring and pinion is toast.
new strange S60 is on order today.
everyone was having problems in that lane. i think BG landed in the grass it was so bad, i thought he was on ice and Hemitis was scrathin for traction also.
thats racing but all in all it was one of the best times in a long time.
if i didnt break, i was on that day, had my game face on and i think i could have gone further. oh well.
all the moparts members i met were terrific.
if the track stayed like 1st time trials, it would have been a awesome day. great bite.
wish someone got a picture of my arm drop pass?

Steve and yes, you are one handsome guy, thats why i thought you were BG's brother at 1st glance.

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Chris,
Thats our home track. I spend a lot of time there especially this weekend I paid real close attention to the starting line. The right lane is faster then the left normally. We ran both sides all weekend. All weekend they were close. All of a sudden for whatever reason the first round of eliminations the right side of track goes completely away.
Which is unlikely because neither side had many problems all year for the most part and all weekend until then. When BG runs I can stand behind the burnout board and see his hood come up over the board. We were behind BG when he ran and his car did something I didnt expect it actually fished tailed. Hemi-Itis had a violent 60 foot ride due to which appeared to be the same problem and then you 1st or 2nd round did the same thing and broke. We got put in that lane due to loss of a coin toss 3rd round of eliminations
and won with a good run as well. So by then what ever the track problem was got fixed. In the finals we put that 422 guy in that lane as well and it surely didnt bother him that high reving 4 speed...he beat us in the finals.
So yeah I can say for 1 or 2 rounds something wasnt right in that lane.

Nice car btw sorry I didnt get a chance to meet you.

Doug

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left lane was fine for me and then right lane was ok for 1st 2 runs then ouch.
for me all day the lanes seemed ok, not great but good, with no complaints then after bg went down and after that, it was all over but the memories.
there were alot of cars and the heat i think made the track slick, if the track was sprayed after time trials, it would have been better for the high hp cars.
all in all, i had a blast.

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We all had a blast.I tried staying out of the tower lane after Chaz's monster wheelstand hooked to the right and put him the other lane.All our cars were hooking to the right hard.Sunday had two great passes looking at the sky and arrow straight down the track.First round of eliminations,I was looking straight down the track through my side door window I back peddeled got somewhat straight and throttled it and the same,backed peddeled again got back in the groove ran it out at 139 mph for the loss.It was like ice skating,Ron McCelland,Chris and others fell to the same.A great note,Curt Jr ran his first 10 second passes.

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If the sun is shining brightly next year I'm gonna bring a set of studded slicks for use in the right lane...
Other than blowing the tires off in the second round and losing I had the time of my life.
The ride through the hills and small towns on the way back to I-80 for the ride home was an experience.
Drjay0 freaked out when he actually saw an Amish family out for an early evening spin in their wagon!

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that amish family almost landed under my trailer tires.

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Beaver Bob has posted some pics, a few, as of this morning, one of the finals and some others.

He is generally pretty quick, and posts a whole bunch of them, so keep checking his sight.

Doug, great job, you guys on the runnerup shot!! Good job!!

www.beaversprings.com

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Steve thanks, I love the pic, unfortunately we have 4 people missing from the photo because they had to go home early.
Just 4-5 years ago I almost had the Savoy sold for Bob. He wanted nothing to do with the car. We joke around now because at the time I was actually driving it more than he was. It came down to a difference of 5000.00 and we didnt budge on the price. A guy by the name of Dave Collettes from Maryland was the one interested & making the offers. A few years later, here we are with back to back semi final round appearances at Chrysler Classic and a final round appearance at BSD York Nationals. Yeah we tell everyone that story how glad he is now that he didnt sell the car!!!
A follow up to Dave Collettes...
I met him at the mopar nationals and we kept in touch the past 4 years. Then 3 years ago Im coming out of the Texas Steak House in Columbus and Dave and I run into eachother at the door.
The first thing he ask is do you wanna sell the car? I said no were having fun racing it now, sorry. So..were getting ready for the 1/4 finals Sunday at BSD and who comes into our pits but Dave himself. He said Hey Doug remember me!!! He cracked me up he's so determined so I thought. He said come over here I wanna show you something. He takes me and Bob into his trailer and WOW!! A red 64 HEMI Savoy. He said since you guys wouldnt sell me the car I went out and built my own!!

To top it all off he was racing in NSS Sunday and I had no idea he was even there. He was parked real close to us. I must have walked by his car a dozen times at least! I get a phone call today from guess who Dave again congrats to you guys I saw the results on BSD website. He said I'll be back for Flashback Friday and I'll get that kid in the 4 speed Ford for you.
Doug
Heres a pic of Dave Collettes new ride....

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Doug,

It was nice to meet you on Sunday. Congrats on an oh-so-close end to an awesome day. That wagon was real hard to see at the stripe in the dark. He was dialed 9.10, and I was 11.20. I was in the left lane, and I didn't realize before running that he had no headlights. I thought my reaction time was worse than it was, and I ran it out the back. Double breakout...you know who won.

It was a great day, and I can't wait for the "Flashback Friday" race coming up. There is a 422 Event at Beaver the following day.

It's a shame they didn't run the .500 tree like they originally planned. It would have made for better/closer racing. It definately gave the guys that race in the 422 series an advantage (me included). I don't like the tables to be slanted ever, but it's tough to fight city hall.

It was great to meet some of the site members. I hope everyone had a safe trip home. Tom

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Tommy, Looking back considering the company I think we were just happy getting to the finals. The cards were laid and the deal was dealt things were just going right and to run 3000 under in the finals We knew with the change in weather it was going to run in the high 50's so I even added more fuel in the car than normal and Bob gave a quick jab through the traps on the breaks but it wasnt enough. The class rules is what you dial first round is your dial for the rest of the day no changes, no exceptions. I like the rule, it really makes a driver out of you. That 4 speed ford was tough. He can just flat out drive! He had more in his car than a 9.10 I presume. He probably knew we had more in the HEMI as well. We thought he ran out too but that wasnt the case we actually beat him but ran out.

As far as 422 running a 400 tree vs a 500 tree
I definately was told by Beaver Bob Thursday night it was a 500 tree. but one thing I think you will appreciate as well as any others in the NSS class that weekend...First round of eliminations there was a ford in the staging lanes with a dial ending in 8
I noticed it didnt say anything, then my oldest son noticed it and I decided at that time they werent going to change it. Everyone in the lanes ended in "0" I went to the BSD track personnel and told him he just shrugged his shoulders and didnt know anything about it. So I then went to
the first 422 guy I saw and pointed it out to him. He immediately went to the driver and had them correct it right away. It could have very well of been his first event and just simply didnt know the rules. One things for sure if youre gonna have rules they gotta be for everybody. This way everyones on an even playing field.

up to a great weekend!!!

Doug

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If the sun is shining brightly next year I'm gonna bring a set of studded slicks for use in the right lane...
Other than blowing the tires off in the second round and losing I had the time of my life.
The ride through the hills and small towns on the way back to I-80 for the ride home was an experience.
Drjay0 freaked out when he actually saw an Amish family out for an early evening spin in their wagon!

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I hear thee.

I'll never forget I was about 9-10 and my brother was towing his 70 RT 6 pack Challenger to BSD and an Amish buggy came around the corner and he had to move in the other lane to miss the buggy. Those of you that have towed cars knows what happens when you have to make a move that quick. The whole car was swaying back and forth on the trailer trying to pull the our old Dodge truck along with it.
Everytime I see an Amish buggy it reminds me of that day, and I dont trust the horses so I give them room.

Doug

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All I can say is WOW, what an awsome event My buddy with the primered hemi powered Gone Berzerk Willys has been trying to talk me into going for a couple years now and I am glad I gave in this year to the 8 hour drive Had a bit of a scare when I got all squirelly in the left lane just past the 1/8 mile during first round of eliminations but when I went on to win the gasser shootout I seemed to forget all about that
I mostly went to watch all the NSS cars duke it out and I was not disapponted, what a show they put on Was great to see Allen and his pops again and also meet Hemi-ites, Bob George, Doug and I am sure others that are escaping me right now.
I sure hope to make it again next year, hell I might even go again in October for the Jalopy drags if it's in the budget


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Your car is neat. So is the old Willys (one day I WILL have one with a Hemi in it). I was hanging around with the two brothers that had the 55 Chevy you ran in the 2nd round Sunday.

I like the style and approach of racing the gassers take. Very laid back in the pits. Talking and having fun with each other. Don't really care if you win or lose, just go out and race. If you win it's a plus. I didn't see any cut-throat crap like happens alot of times at other races. Just go out and run it all out.

I didn't know you were a member here. Like I said I was just hanging around with those guys. I didn't even know they were going to be there until I ran into them. That whole thing is a real hoot!

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Yes I didn't open my mouth. I was a little overwhelmed by all the cars and action. Plus I usually figure people are there doing their thing and don't want someone walking up to them saying "Hey I see your posts on Moparts.com" when they have some time constraints.

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It certainly was an exciting and hectic weekend.Great racing action But still nice to put a face to members during down time.It is both respectful and courtious not to bug someone when they are busy