Inaugural Great Lakes Nationals (2 Viewers)

watching clay's video from friday, towing back to their pits i noticed the doucette trailer as they passed by.
greg hunter in #3 slot. how long has greg been driving and not alan bradshaw? they weren't at indy i'm pretty sure?
pretty sure alan was driving @ BIR
The Doucette team was at their home track in Manitoba during the Labour Day weekend running an A/Fuel Dragster match race against the Clif Bakx dragster "The Bull". They ran a best of 5.300 @ 271.37 for both ends of the track record. Gord Gingles was driving the Doucette car.
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I wasn't aware; thank you.

Last time I checked the larger teams carry 10 or more spares for all the reasons you already know. Terry Haddock doesn't have that advantage. Not that there's anything wrong with having a trailer full of parts; that goes hand in hand with teams that have access to multimillion-dollar sponsorship. Still, I find it a bit sad when Haddock has to work hard just to come up with one competitive blower when Team Force can put a new one on all of their cars after every pass at every race if they so choose.

You work with a small team and do a hell of a good job based on limited exposure and funding. You know how it goes.
But isn't it fun when a Haddock or a Zizzo beats a Force car?
 
Don't ever forget that there was a day when Force would've looked at Terry Haddock's current operation and think to himself: Someday, maybe that will be me.

He started with less than nothing and built the empire. I can guarantee you, Terry has that same dream.

Connie bought his first plane with a few bucks he won racing, but he also didn't start out with a Silver Spoon or a Trust Fund.

Alan
 
It sure is. A win by either of those teams would definitely send a thrill up and down my leg.
Isn't that part of the fun of NHRA drag racing! I was there in 1990 at ETown when Chuck Etchells (my favorite at the time) won, and there were many upset round wins that day. Twas amazing! Also 2001 ETown when Eric Lourie won TAFC. I'm sure there's numerous more I could name. Those are fun days! 1999 Indy Top Fuel!
 
3.65 @ 344. wow. inaugural nat. events have been good to shawn this year.
beckman 3.8322 @ 337
just turned on live timing, how did kyle wurtzel do in E1?
 

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