Good morning y'all. Glad some of ya are getting out there and having fun. Rainy day here in Wilmington NC, so I'm staying indoors for now. I've been spending what free time I can make, working on making my trailer road worthy again. Gave it a bath for the 1st time in 7 years. 90% of the black streaks are gone. Some minor shadows still showing where the darkest mess was, but from 10' away, it's mostly white once again. A neighbors tree is close to the rear driver side which seems to have made that area quite a bit uglier. Got the inside cleaned out from my necessary junk I've been storing inside. Swapped the hand jack with a nice electric unit and got new tires this week. The old tires had a whopping 200-300 miles on them, but were 7 years old and dry rotted. I spoke with my buddy Robbie, and it looks like we may get time in a few weeks to restart the car and give it a good looking over before making any passes in it. Been trying to remember the last time it ran. either late 2014 or early 2015. I don't know if It will see the dragstrip before the end of this year, but I can definitely see it happening in early 2024. Feeling kinda antsy, like a kid close to Christmas, in respect to racing again.

Floyd, it sounds like SEMA was a good time for you. That is one great looking truck. My brother had a 72 Chevy truck he started turning into a hotrod before he passed away in 2016. Wish I could have kept it instead of selling, but being realistic, it would take years before I'd get to finishing it for him. Better to let someone else take over and enjoy it.

Fern, Good to hear your #1 gal is recovering well. Good luck in Farmington this weekend. Hope the weather stays outta the way. It's raining on us in Wilmington all day today. Haven't looked at tomorrows forecast yet.

Chuck, it appears you've been pretty damm busy for a while. Hope your repairs go easy on you and your wallet.

Ya'll have a great weekend. If you're racing, turn on some win lights and let us know how it's going.

Well I got both numbers win lights first round. 2nd round lost both, one by .001 and the other by .003. Close but done for the day. Chad Dotson and Derrick Harris (Tootsie Roll) in the final. Chad for the first win of the weekend. More today. Oh, 188 entries.

Good evening, everyone!

Trying to get caught up with this thread. While I haven't been as busy as ChuckT or maybe I have, just don't want to hammer it out.

This past month & half has been hectic: Race car issues/fixing, Boy getting married, friends/family visiting, getting ready for Thanksgiving race(s) & hopefully Hangover race(s), & a bunch of other everyday retired life shyt.

Hope all is well with everyone!

2BKING working harder/busier in retirement.

B--I been retired 23 years now and still don't know how I ever worked and took care of all this other "STUFF".

More of the same at Farmington race. Still no buy backs. Won a few rounds and lost one to Hannah Blevins, red light, and the other to Derrick Harris, .002 light. I just had a good time and saw lots of folks I had not seen in years. The track was hooking, my car was 1.33 60ft every hit and the crew did an excellent job all day both days. Special thanks to David Spaugh for fixing my electrical short. Kept me in the game! Don't know who won Sunday as they were still at it when I exited. Everyone stay safe.

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Originally posted by ferndaleflyer:
B--I been retired 23 years now and still don't know how I ever worked and took care of all this other "STUFF".

Fern,

While I've only been retired 1.5 years, I totally agree with you!

2BKING has only one regret in retiring, I should have done it sooner.

Amen!

Hey Fern, how was the track at Farmington? Didn't they just finish repaving?

I don't think it could have been any better. My car which usually leaves flat as a flounder was picking up the wheels 6 to 8 in and 60 was 1.33 EVERY hit. Every FULL pass was 6.46 except one 6.459. My car is always very consistent but that track was 100% and so was the weather. If your car had trouble working there you better work on it.

Glad they got the track fixed. Pretty sure I remember hearing, it was supposed to be a simple task early this year, that turned into a nightmare for them.

Good evening guys, how y’all been doing. Been getting some rain here, we really need it to. Watching her Door Car nationals, what a great race.

You all have a great Sunday.

Good Evening everyone, hope that you had a great week and that next week is even better! Stay safe and be thankful that you live in the USA.

Bob

Morning all! Spent the day mostly under the dash of my wife's 66 c10 doing some wiring stuff. Heating pad on my neck this morning. LOL! We are going to finish up bleeding the brakes and take it to breakfast this morning.

Good mornin all. Man am I tired yesterday Mike and I finally got the motor set in his Boss 429 clone we have been building for 4 years wow what a squeeze even with the Chris Alston front end and no shock towers in the way it fills that compartment up takin the day off today-lol

Did anyone notice that the runner up and winner were the same car at Galot door car race yesterday? $20 grand for first + the runner up check.

I did Fern.
Had a lot of friends racing there.
Best lost 6th round Saturday race.
He lost third rnd to the winner. Or the runner up on Sundays race!

Hope everyone is well here.

Go Eagles!!!
I don't even believe they will win either! Gotta try

Lots of friends there also. This Fri and Sat we venture up to Piedmont to the foot brake race. Should be a good one.

Fern and everyone else good morning, wow looks like you guys are racing a lot ****her into the fall, good for you guys. I haven’t raced since late September but anxious to get back out there. The car is already just got to get myself ready to rock ‘n’ roll.

Thanksgiving is coming so you all have a great time with Friends and family. We all have a lot to be thankful for, I know I’m . Happy Thanksgiving to all.

I'll be spending Thanksgiving getting to the track and parked---eat leftovers Sunday!

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Originally posted by ferndaleflyer:
I'll be spending Thanksgiving getting to the track and parked---eat leftovers Sunday!

To me that’s the best Thanksgiving you could have.

Since I logged in.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

I'm going to breakfast with my son and then going to finish the leaves!
Looking forward to breakfast, not so much for the leaves!

Side note: Drove past Atco raceway today, which I do most days. I hardly hate people, but hope Len Capone gets food poisoning tomorrow as a minimum.

I'll be watching MotorMania races through out the weekend. Good luck foot feeders!