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thanks for the info, im preparing myself for a bit of a cluster %^& if you know what i mean, itll be real fun im only 15 minutes from the track

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I just booked the 745 am out of duke point for the 13 th. Scamp are you saying we can all converge at your place the nite before?

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push comes to shove ive got the room, most likely they will have pre event parking available like at divisional and national events( i hope) but i do have about 4 acres if we need to park people

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I just booked the 745 am out of duke point for the 13 th. Scamp are you saying we can all converge at your place the nite before?

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Good Tim.....we'll flip the coin in the parking lot to see who buys breakfast on the ferry!!!
We'll have to stop in Blaine and load up with some of that Yankee "swill"...you know...the $15.00 24 pack of your choice!!

As far as the car goes...it'll launch with the wheels up about 6", but 20 feet out it's a crap shoot as to whether it'll stay hooked or blow the tires off. I still think it's the dam track....they're using some "Walmart" brand VHT that's diluted severely and they're pretty lax about resprays. Two good hits, then on the third run it incinerates the tires. That's with the M/T ET street radial at 17# . Maybe they need more air?
I just stuck new tubes in the Hoosiers and screwed them down. I might stuff those on for Fridays Shootout. Nothin' to lose!!!

Aside all that, it's nice to hear that something is in the works as far as the paperwork for Pinks.

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just received my packet

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Got it today. Lot's of "Rules" and procedure stuff.

Oh well....time to get serious I guess. We have one more big 1/4 mile meet here on the Island next weekend with 300+ cars . That'll be the last time to tune and see what it'll run.
Here's hoping everything stays together this year!
See you guys in 2 weeks!!!

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You pick up 405 in the Lynwood area. It's a better road than I-5. It's exit 182. You can't miss the exit.

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Gotcha!
Now...could one of you fellas maybe PM me as to a reasonably close place to shop (like Safeway, Albertsons, or whatever) for food etc (beer???!!!) near the track.Seems we're not allowed to bring much of anything thru the border.
Someplace easy on and off the highway?

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Instead of PM, I'll just post here, you're probably not the only one with this question. Easiest place would be from the track would be to get back on Hwy 18 east bound to the next exit 1 mile down the road to the City of Covington. They've got Safeway, Fred Meyer, parts stores, all the usual places plus some restaurants and such if you want to go have dinner with the family.

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I know it's not a Mopar but here is what I am showing up with. Look for me at the track for those showing up.

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Got thru this weekend's race without any blown parts....thats something unusual!!
Coming off my best 60' and 1/4 ET and MPH also, so I'm throwing some new ET streets on it tomorrow, and leaving at 5:30 Thursday morning along with Tim (IslandCuda), so see ya around 3:00 or so Thursday afternoon.

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I heard you guys did quite well this last weekend.. Congrats to you all

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Jeepmon now how the heck would you know of what went on at our island race on the weekend, man the world is a small place, Tim

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LOL... Everyone knows you Canadians cant keep a secret... lol.. Seriously, this internet thingy sure does make the world a smaller place...

See ya all in a couple of days

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andrew since your car is already primered you should one up everyone and paint it the all out theme.

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I should've just had the whole thing wrapped lol ..

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Any updates on how the weekend went?

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It was a great day. A great show was put on by some hard-charging racers, and I must say the Speed Chanel crew lays out a great day! The B.C. Contingient stood out with some of the nicest cars on the property, including some of our own moparts guys. It was nice talking with Richard, and sorry, Richard, for the drool on the fender..... his 6-pak Challenger is a masterpiece! Dustin Made a showing in the Burnout Contest with his Dart. And if Anybody here knows the crew that campaigns the "Victoria" Super Stock Hemi Barracuda, Tell him thanks for coming down! Even my Chevy buddy agreed that this car was the nicest piece of iron on the property. A few mopars made the 32-car field, and a local Dart made it to the Semi-Finals, before losing to an 18 y.o. kid in a wheelstanding Corvette that, as much as I hate to admit it, was THE SHOW all day, carrying WAY high wheelstands through the 60 ft. markers time & time again. The final pitted two Chebbies, but both were wheelstanding show-stoppers, with a nice '71 Chevelle meeting up with the Vette in the final. Minimal oil-downs, great racing, great day..... The Northwest racers did themselves proud on this day.

Final note: The greatest driving job I have ever seen was laid down buy a guy in a 9-second Willy's early in the day. He hit a slick spot and found himself staring at suddenly out of shape at about 1000 feet, doing nearly 120! Sideways left, staring at the near lane barrier..... pitched back the other way and avoided contact, only to find himself quickly in the other lane looking directly at the opposite barrier, only to successfully negotiate that disaster as well. How he drove it out the end without a scratch, I will never know. But hats off to that guy!!

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Final note: The greatest driving job I have ever seen was laid down buy a guy in a 9-second Willy's early in the day. He hit a slick spot and found himself staring at suddenly out of shape at about 1000 feet, doing nearly 120! Sideways left, staring at the near lane barrier..... pitched back the other way and avoided contact, only to find himself quickly in the other lane looking directly at the opposite barrier, only to successfully negotiate that disaster as well. How he drove it out the end without a scratch, I will never know. But hats off to that guy!!

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The Willys wild ride you spoke of, was it orange? If it was I was in the other lane when he lost it and ended up in my lane.

We had an absolute BLAST at Pinks,though I didn't have the best of luck I would do it again in a heartbeat. My first pass on Friday was good, I was expecting a 10.32 and it ran a 10.324.Second pass the tree comes down so fast I didn't quite get it to WOT before I let go of the button and it ran a 10.41, a bit of a slip up but not serious. Saturday on my first pass when they pointed to me to go into the waterbox, I put it into gear and the heavy spring on my shifter broke.It mostly holds the handle from flopping around or so I thought. I did my burnout and was happy to get all three gears. I had a good launch but it didn't shift into 3rd the first time I hit it. I knew right then I was sunk. I ran a 10.56...I went to town and bought a new shifter (it was the oldest part on my car!)got back and thrashed to get it all in and just barely made it into the end of my class. I ran a 10.36 on my second pass on Saturday.

The group they picked were right in my bracket,(10.20-10.40ish) if I could have run between a 10.32 and a 10.36 on the pass where I broke my shifter (it predicted a 10.34)I think I would have had a good chance of getting in.

It was an awesome day though,and there were so many people!It blows me away to see someone finally figured out how to fill the stands with people to watch a race with relatively slow cars! 10.40 cars! and it was exciting!Hats off to the Speed Network and the Pinks All out crew!!! Can't wait for the next one.

I'm going back to Pacific Raceways this weekend for the Pacific Sportsman Nationals.

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We were gonna come over and have a beer with ya but you know how things were. Man did we spend alot of time talking to people. My voice was actually starting to go a little by Saturday afternoon. Beer helped in keeping my throat moist. Man I love how Dirt cheap beer is down there.

Don.

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I watched it a hundred times, when the Willy's comes into the picture, you can just barely see my front end drop. I was on the rev limiter because it wouldn't shift so I gave the gas pedal a pump and at that split second it shifted and I accelerated away! I had no idea he was having trouble until I got back to the pits and my crew told me.

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I watched it a hundred times, when the Willy's comes into the picture, you can just barely see my front end drop. I was on the rev limiter because it wouldn't shift so I gave the gas pedal a pump and at that split second it shifted and I accelerated away! I had no idea he was having trouble until I got back to the pits and my crew told me.

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superwrench; I HATE you!!!

All weekend long I had to hear from the wife about how gorgeous that pink car was, why can't I build one that nice, that's the most beautiful Mopar she's ever seen, blah...blah...blah. You're killin me!!!

Seriously, nice ride!

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Thanks.....now get this.....

We're sitting back at the pits after the 2nd run on Saturday just waiting for the anouncement for the 32 car field, and two soon-to-be pit woofies come strolling by and ask if they can have their picture taken beside my Pink Pig.
So...they get their pic, and then they decide it would be a great idea if they'd get me to autograph their..... .. well..you know...!!
You shoulda seen and heard my wife....she asked me just exactly how big my head was after that !!!!
Yeah....I was sorta astounded with the comments on the car.....I don't even consider it as nice as most people see it, but I guess it must be OK.
It's nowhere near as nice as it was before I decided to go racing with it.

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I watched it a hundred times, when the Willy's comes into the picture, you can just barely see my front end drop. I was on the rev limiter because it wouldn't shift so I gave the gas pedal a pump and at that split second it shifted and I accelerated away! I had no idea he was having trouble until I got back to the pits and my crew told me.

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Does anyone know about how long they usually take editing before it gets onto TV? A month?

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