I didn't see him there. I was there for 930 to about 330. Sonny Messner is who is in the car. He owns it now. He also has this Suburban.
The yellow Jr. Dragster is one of the ones I still have that we built. We ran 5 to 6 of them with mostly neighborhood kids that would never have had a chance to know about drag racing back when we were running them. Brought it to let kids sit in and start up. The "Swamp Rat 3" belongs to Sonny Messner now. It is the only Swamp Rat that Don ever let go of. Sonny is a very close friend and does a lot for Garlits out here on the west coast. Don was not here. Jack was a Great MC for the event. Not sure how tall Flag mountain is, but Walker Pass is 5000 feet and the shop (LTR) is at 3000 feet. Some of the peaks here are in the 6000/6500 ft. range. That boat that I tune belongs to Ed Miller and his wife Barbara. We just pulled it off the Dyno Monday and it is a 540" BB Chevy. Made 1200 HP on Gasoline. It is a River Racer class boat that Ed is learning on. He also has a Picklefork that he is building and we are doing an Alcohol motor for it. He probably will have his son in it.
. This guy makes the Energizer Bunny look like a Slacker. My son made a 10 foot banner and it is pretty much full of signatures - it will be hung in the lobby at Isky's.
The goatee, the wire frame glasses and the Rebel helmet (I dug a picture I have of him wearing it) all add up to maybe it is him. The facial expression I've never seen before threw me off.
Been wondering that myself since he wasn't at Prudhommes b'day party.
Ivo was NOT at the party and I am more than sure that you would not see Garlits sitting in Ivo's car. Snake was going to be there but his wife called and said that they needed to stay home because Roland was staying with them and since he ws not doing well they didn't want to leave him alone. Didn't ask for particulars but we hope he is going to be alright.
Here is the link on Facebook about t shirts. Sounds like they are working out details.
www.petersen.org
