I cannot spill all the beans, but I will be participating in the Detroit dragway reunion this Saturday as the shoe of a historic Nostalgia Pro Stock Car. I am very excited for the opportunity to represent this car and be given the chance to show it with pride. Some can speculate as to what car it might be, I will not comment if you are right or wrong. It is the chance of a lifetime IMO. For any that are concerned, I will treat this vehicle with the utmost respect for its value and historic significance. I can't wait till Saturday, and for a good time come support this event at Milan dragway this Saturday.

Very nice ....congrats

Congrats!!!! I know But I'll keep quiet.

Sweet!
What are the details of the event for those of us too lazy to look it up?
They picked a pretty good shoe for the car from what I have seen.
Have fun!

Keith

Congrats Lonnie And I can say from experience that he treats my car very well when he shoes it!!

That is to cool. Good luck , Ron

Sounds great..............enjoy and savor every moment.

Congrats. Maybe I'll see you out there. I plan on bringing the kids & coming out to spectate.

When will you announce who's car and what it is

Congrats, but I have to ask what's the purpose of keeping it quiet?

I know too...
Stop up in the tower and say hi, i think thats where i'll be most of the day

Congrats to you...sounds like a fun time and a once in a lifetime experience that is presenting itself...enjoy it.

Congrats Lonnie

well he always treated my car good..good to hear

Congrats Who ever the owner is made a good choice!

Congrats Lonnie! This sounds like a lot of fun. Does this mean I do not have to avoid you in the lanes on Sunday at Trails ?

Good luck,Smack puppy...Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! Please post your results!

Very cool Lonnie.....quite an honor.....have fun....sounds like a fun 8 second ride

Rickster

Kind of mean to dangle such a lovely tib bit tease out there then leave us hanging....

Lonnie is a tease forsure. Too Bad he was racing this mystery car at the wrong track

Had a great time at the track Saturday. The car in Question was the Macomb Missle Don Carlton built 77 Aspen oowned by Mike Ricketts. Car was uproven so expectations were optimistic. First test pass car did good burnout and everything worked fine till I tried to set the transbrake.....It did not hold, rolled beams as .400 tree came on so I did get the timers started. 2.5 60' mid 10 at 144. Got to feel out the car at speed and knew it had some steam. Cool thing about it was Mike encouraged me to do a bigger entertaining burnout. We found a broken wire on transbrake button at wheel and got repaired for first exhibition run. Had a nice 150-200' burnout After backing the car up I decided to make sure one more time that the brake was gonna hold in low gear. Looked up and I was already staged Sorry Al Petrlius and the Lightning Colt it was an accident, but before I could back out Al staged his colt and lights came on. I released button without bringing up launch rpm 1.34 60' 8.79@150 . We did get the stripe in the round. Mike mentioned how nicely that HEMI rang his ears when I went past him on the burnout Last pass we put everything together. 1.24 60' 8.73 @ 156 Car was on a rope. There is more in this combo, but it would need some professional tuning help to set it in the right direction as it is plenty rich. Had a great time and can't wait for the next opportunity.

burnout

Launch

That's awesome, I thought it was Mikes car you were going to drive. Glad to see he let the ole girl go down the track.

I knew he'd been a bit unsure since that car has history and some next to impossible parts to replace if anything happened.

Nice to hear the ole car finally made it out and down the track. Congrats on the successful outing.