Huge crowd there! get there early, by 8

The convertible is officially retired. The red GTX is by all means ready to go as a back up. Joel has his heart set on the coupe, and I can't blame him. With another full day tomorrow, we could possibly hear the coupe run.

at least you guys don't have a 3 day drive to get to Cordova!

Every time I sit down for 2 minutes the paparazzi show up!
We made lots of progress today. The car is now 30 to 40% wired, the throttle linkage and gas pedal is done. There is hope!

A Iowa buddy and I are wanting to come to Coradova. I can't take any work off during the week, will it be worth the trip to roll up on Sunday? As a spectator can we walk through the pits and talk to you guys?

Yeah it will be worth it, walking the tech line is the best way to see all the cars up close, its the only time they will all be together and not trying to leave to get to the next track.

registration line is the best car show ever

GLD was incredible, everyone is still talking about the crowd at 8:00AM on a weekday.

Two shots attached, one from inside Clark's car one from outside.

Bill

That is an amazing amount of people!! Will definitely shoot for getting there earlier rather than later. Last year Martin had more people than Norwalk, but no where near that many.

Fingers crossed the coupe makes it, Joel and Jeff! It looks much closer in Jeff's facebook updates.

Hoping to fire the coupe up tonight. Joel is off work the rest of the week, and is finishing up the wiring.

Plan to catch up with everyone at Gateway Tuesday.

Mike

Has the red GTX been fired up and had a few miles put on it...... Recently?

Erie silence from Oklahoma.......I suppose the Gebhart thrash is in full swing about now. Any word from the clan?

Any hemi-esque pops or sputters from Minnesota to disturb the quiet?

We are all on the edge of our seats!

The red car was Oh so close last year. We fired it up around 2am Saturday morning, the day before tech, and the engine had almost zero oil pressure. The lifters were grooved and with the cam lift, it was bleeding off from there. It was too big of a risk to load it up and drive the 700 miles to Columbus and hope a set of new lifters would cure it. Joel replaced them after we got back, and all was well. He drove it maybe 10 miles, then has not touched it since. He was so bummed about doing all that work, and spending a ton of money on it, to even look at it again. Can't say I blame him. I'd actually feel more comfortable bringing that car then the coupe, but IF we make the entire week, it's going to be one epic trip.

I'm off now to get race gas, and with fingers crossed, we should have it fired up tonight.

....and the red car is here, Joel didn't make it with the coupe. Something about too many things going wrong.

Saw Billy and the brothers, they were not last in line this year. Great job!

Good to see all of them made it there in time.

Keep those torque convertor bolts tight!

Terrible news on Joel's Coupe, they were sooooo close! Glad to here Gebhart clan is good to go.

Looks like something went away in the Gebhart clan '73 Charger - lots of smoke.

Talked to Joel about the coupe.Few unexpected issues.I was confused about the GTX. It still had his FAST number in Dial In Marker on the windshield but had slicks on the back.LOL.Had to leave before they made a pass today.