On 12/9/06, I had ran 8.929-146.50 to establish the quickest pass by a Gebhart. On 3/30/07, I had ran 8.972-149.05 to establish the top speed by a Gebhart. These two runs topped my previous best of 8.969-147.26 set way back on 9/08/02! All runs were made in my 70 Challenger with a 440 Eddie head motor and a two-stage O'Malley plate.

On June 22nd I finally got the call from Dale, and he was babbling on about toppling me from my perch with an 8.87-149.20 out of the Gremlin!

"Well good grief", I feigned disgust, "it only took you 13 years!"
"But I'm 6 years younger than you!"
"And I haven't made a serious pass since 2008, you know I have crap just laying around that can take that number back!"
"Bring it on, the Gremlin and I will be ready!" He quipped back.

I told my Wife about it the next day and she just shrugged, "Why should I care if Dale went faster than you have?"
When The Barracuda build begins in earnest next year, maybe then she'll understand!!