When Lawers Guns and Money are not enough

[Butch]

Congratulations to Pat and the crew. I was pulling for you guys.

 

[Dan]

We tried track was pretty sketchy we kept slowing it down all day finally made a decent run in finals........not like we are the only ones not beating that car lately lol

 

[JRW]

He torrence a run tho for sure!

 

[Nunz]

We tried track was pretty sketchy we kept slowing it down all day finally made a decent run in finals........not like we are the only ones not beating that car lately lol

Even though I'm a fan of the Torrences, I was really wanting Pat to beat Steve. And not just because Pat was the underdog, but more because I've been a fan of his since I was a kid. Never met Pat, but he's definitely an OG in the Top Fuel ranks, and seems like he's just a cool dude. Great job by you guys!

 

[onfire]

Proud of y’all Diver!!!!

 

[Bob]

Kind of surprising he's still racing. I was at Topeka in 1998 when he had his blow over. That was the scariest thing I've ever seen at a drag strip! The rear of the car came down on top of the guard wall, sending one slick flying through the air down the strip, and the other slick flying through the air past the grandstand!

 

[SoCal Racer]

I know you didn't get the "W", but you made Steve earn it.....that's practically a win right there!

 

[Huge]

It was really nice seeing that team in the finals. Pat and I were talking for a while in the hotel lobby earlier. I was standing behind the starting line when they ran but because I had changed into street clothes and looked like a tourist heading to the beach one of the part time NHRA officials asked me if I had credentials and while I was getting my hard card out of my wallet they took off and about blew my ear drums out.

 

[MM]

We tried track was pretty sketchy we kept slowing it down all day finally made a decent run in finals........not like we are the only ones not beating that car lately lol

Your daughter was not happy.

 

[Dan]

Have to say thanks to crew guys who came and helped out too.....hurt it in the semis had to change motors was a lot easier with extra help.....we had palmers guys richie's guys Doug's guys Billy's guys

 

[Huge]

Have to say thanks to crew guys who came and helped out too.....hurt it in the semis had to change motors was a lot easier with extra help.....we had palmers guys richie's guys Doug's guys Billy's guys

That just shows how nice of a racing community it really is out here and how much class Torrance racing has. You guys gave it a good shot, if Steve would have missed a step you would have had him.

 

[Cliff]

That was cool to see Pat in the finals. Yes I wanted him to win, "just cuz".

 

[Pete]

Have to say thanks to crew guys who came and helped out too.....hurt it in the semis had to change motors was a lot easier with extra help.....we had palmers guys richie's guys Doug's guys Billy's guys

It was so refreshing to see that racers helping racers still exists. I know the big teams help the smaller, but to see that their own competitor was helping to turn the car around for the finals was just special.
A huge thank you to the Torrence’s specifically, but also Kalitta and others that jumped in for renewing my love for the sport