Phil,

No problem man and hope to see you in Indy. I would say that we will probably see a lot of fast cars in Indy and it will probably come down to reaction time for a few racers. Fred Bernardi will be putting his son in his blue Super Bee and he is about 80-90 pounds lighter than Fred. Fred went 10.29 in eliminations last year so we will most likely see some low 10's maybe even some cars in the hi 9's. Shawn Goodman will hopefully be there with his small block roadrunner from Ohio. Dave E. had some engine problems last fall so I am not sure if he will be out to play. I would say the Marshall brothers will be there along with Radar Watkins and Rick Hempel. I think there was a guy with an AMC car that was going to come out and race that said he would be putting up some big numbers so time will only tell.

This was the breakdown last year and it appears that everyone is stepping it up a little so I am just hoping to make it in the top half of the field if I can get the car to hook.

1. Fred Bernardi 10.290 132.93 69 Super Bee
2. Jim Johnson 10.448 125.33 74 Scamp
3. Shawn Goodman 10.701 125.58 72 Roadrunner
4. Greg Van Hoose 10.814 122.47 69 Roadrunner
5. Jim Burnette 10.859 120.55 70 Roadrunner
6. Sean Brady 11.052 121.33 69 Charger
7. Chad Marshall 11.091 119.77 70 Challenger
8. Rick Hempel 11.414 118.20 70 Barracuda
9. Radar Watkins 13.396 100.17 70 Sport Fury


My motor is a relatively a new combination for me and we have had very limited time to test. Once we get everything sorted out I think we will be competitive but we will see. My brothers motor will hopefully be done and he will be going faster based upon the engine builders specs. That is if the 8 3/4 can take the torque until he upgrades to a dana.

Good luck to all the racers and lets all try to pit together. Lets see if Ben and Mike can get us some reserved parking so they can direct us from the gate where to go.