Only 13 run TF Q1
- Thread starter rpasley
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Just a matter of time before there will be less and less independants. Just doesn't pay. Sad but true.
CrewGuy
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Better yet.... Take a couple of F/Cs that don't qualify, remove the body, add a bantam body, and let them go at it!Well, maybe they can take the 2 FC's that won't make the show and put them in the TF field to round it out........
d'kid
Nitro Member
Tony said Monday night they weren't going to run until tomorrow... yeah, TJ's car is there...
Totally enjoyed today... air will be a little drier tomorrow, and look for a 3.99 flopper pass...
d'kid
The Counterfeiter
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Foley is not on the entry list (which often means nothing). Hopefully, Tony will fill us in on Zizzo. Palmer and Millican are also entered - I'd be very surprised if Clay doesn't run. Bob Frey is seldom wrong, so we'll probably see a full field. If not, and Sarge stays Q1, its . . . OVER!
The Counterfeiter
Nitro Member
Clay told me earlier this week that he would not be attending Richmond.
WHOA! - what a bombshell. Hope things are OK with Clay's team.
When they came back out they said they were not going to run Dinwiddie.
Nothing has changed.
my friends call me Zappy
Nitro Member
Karl, you were SOOO close sir, 4.00 flopper, WOW.
You saw an OUTSTANDING show.
d'kid
Nitro Member
Yeah Zappy, but 'Load Out' happened too early... that 4.66 (4.005) was awesome (Papa's car had the same clutch set up in it)... both rattled HARD at 150 out...
I enjoyed it at 1000ft. was sitting at 250 feet Saturday and Sunday (when I was in the seat)... the breeze was blowing the 'right way' all weekend
Left the track at 5:45... missed the first ten minutes of the ESPN2 broadcast... It's too bad some of the best racing doesn't make the same day telecast. Sportsman was outstanding all the way across the board. Jay winning Pro Mod with a 6.05 over a 5.95 was just unreal... he had a car and a half lead when they went by me.
Once again, Thank You to Eric Lane and the guys, Robert, who is just Wonderful with kids on the Rope, and Mister Prock (heck, even saw Jimmy smile a couple of times over the weekend)... and 90 proof smells much better than 85....
only bee-itch is the 7 dollar burgers, the 3.50 dollar bottle of coke, the four dollar hot dog... (ah, bowling center uses the same food vendor as the 'Cafe')... at one point on Sunday, (burger and Coke) my order was Ten Fifty, I laid a twenty down and as I was reaching in my pocket for two quarters she said I owe you nine fifty... I laid the quarters down and she said, okay, now I owe eleven... couldn't bring myself to do it... tempting yes... stupidity should hurt. Our public school system at work...
d'kid
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d'kid
Nitro Member
Was busy playing 'Fan Boy'... kept my @$$ in that 50 buck seat... by the time I got back to the car after Pro Mod first round y'all were locked up... Sunday morning did RFC... grabbed breakfast at the Hot Rod Cafe... stopped at Robert's car... lost track of time... it suddenly was ten AM... just flat lost flippin' track of time...
Karl
Gordon
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If that's true (and it was) and I was an independent, I would've taken Friday's sessions off too. Knowing I'm going to qualify for Sunday's race regardless of what I run, I'd rather run the car on Saturday in conditions I'm more likely to experience on Sunday - especially since only the best 12 times count after session two anyway. But that's just me.
As for the Countdown contributing to Top Fuel teams staying away, I have to disagree - this time. If not for the Countdown, Tony would've already clinched... by a metric ton of points. As it is, he's going to win it anyway, but not because of the countdown.
