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 THATS ME WITH OUR NDRA SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONS TROPHY AND OUR RUNNER-UP TROPHY FOR SEASON POINTS IN SUPER PRO AT INTERSTATE DRAGWAYS. ALSO PICTURED IS OUR CREWMAN AND FABRICATOR LARRY SAULSBURY (HE SAYS HE NEVER GETS ENOUGH ATTENTION!!!!)   AFTER WINNING THE IHRA DIVISIONAL RACE IN MINOT WE TRIED OUR LUCK AT THE DIVISIONAL AT THUNDER VALLEY IN SIOUX FALLS, SD. MADE IT BY FIRST ROUND BUT HAD A BRILLIANT IDEA IN SECOND ROUND TO GIVE UP THE STRIPE AFTER A STARTING LINE ADVANTAGE AND OUR DAY WAS DONE. ONLY RAN 2 IHRA DIVISIONALS BUT HAD A GREAT TIME AND AFTER THIS RACE AT THUNDER VALLEY WE WERE 6TH IN DIVISION 5 POINTS BUT I BELIEVE SLIPPED TO 14TH AT SEASONS END SINCE WE ONLY RAN 2 RACES.  TOPEKA, WHAT A GREAT RACE TRACK, IT RAINS AND RAINS AND RAINS. OH WELL, FIRST ROUND OPPONENT IS FORMER SUPER COMP NATIONAL CHAMPION CHRIS DRISCOLL AND WE ARE HEADING HOME EARLY ON SUNDAY.   BOB FREY AUTOGRAPH ONLY PICTURE I HAD HANDY WHEN NHRA'S BOB FREY CAME TO INTERSTATE DRAGWAYS. WE WON THE SATURDAY NDRA SHOOTOUT (7 TOUGH ROUNDS) THAT HE ATTENDED. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE HIM ATTEND MORE OFTEN!!!  FIRST WEEKEND OUT IN 2002 WITH NEW NOSE AND GROUND EFFECTS.  ANOTHER EARLY 2002 PHOTO.  TIME TRIALS WITH BOTH CARS RUNNING EACH OTHER. THATS CAR BUILDER COREY GROSZ IN THE BLUE CAR. HE TOOK 2ND IN PRO POINTS AT INTERSTATE DRAGWAYS WITH THE BLUE CAR IN 2001. I DROVE THE BLUE CAR TWICE IN 2001 DURING A COUPLE SUNDAY 1/8 MILE JACKPOTS, NO TIME TRIALS, JUST DIALED OFF OF WHAT COREY WAS RUNNING. WON THE FIRST AND RUNNER-UP THE SECOND, NOT BAD AS WAS 11 UP AND 1 DOWN FOR THE YEAR ON 12 PASSES IN THE CAR. THIS WEEKEND COREY WON PRO ET ELIMINATIONS ON SUNDAY AND I WON THE 1/8 MILE SHOOTOUT SAME DAY. THE OLD GIRL DID US GOOD!!!  ET FINALS IN TOPEKA WHERE 8 HOURS SLEEP FOR THE WEEKEND IS A COMMODITY. ALSO DID I MENTION IT RAINED AND RAINED AND RAINED.  NO THROTTLE STOP TODAY, LEAVING FIRST ON A DRAGSTER. TV CREWS WERE SOMEWHAT DISTRACTING (NOT REALLY IT'S KINDA NEAT WHEN THEY RUN AROUND YOUR CAR, STICKING THE CAMERA UP INTO YOUR WINDOW). BUT WAS ALL WORTH IT TAKING HOME THE $. YOU CAN SEE IT ON RE-RUNS OF MOTOR MAGIG 2001 ON SPEED TV, OR INSIDE DRAG RACING ON ESPN2.  HOOKING HARD ON THE LAUNCH, WHAT A GREAT 3 DAY WEEKEND OF RACING. WE WON THE SATURDAY SHOOTOUT, THE QUICK 16 ON SUNDAY, BUT BROKE OUT IN THE FINALS (DRIVER ERROR, HAD HIM COVERED!!) ON MONDAY. OH WELL FINISHED THE WEEKEND WITH 19 ROUND WINS AND 1 LOSS AND MADE IT TO 3 FINALS. GUESS WE CAN'T COMPLAIN, WE GOT ON ESPN2. THATS WORTH IT!!!!!  NOT MUCH LUCK IN 2001 AT THE DIVISIONAL. BUT WE DID MANAGED A SUPER GAS WIN AND MADE IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS (3 CARS IN BRACKET 1 BEFORE I RED-LIGHTED) THE FINAL RACE WEEKEND IN BRAINARD.   OUR FIRST WIN EVER AS ROOKIES AT THUNDER VALLEY IN SIOUX FALLS, SD.  THIS WOULD BE THUNDER VALLEY IN SIOUX FALLS EITHER '97 OR '98  ANOTHER EARLY SHOT IN LATE 90'S  FELLOW INTERSTATE DRAG RACER RANDY COMPSON AND I AT THUNDER VALLEY IN 1997. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW WE DRIVE 280 MILES TO RACE EACH OTHER.  LOOK CLOSE AND NOTICE NO GRAPHICS ON CRAZY HORSE.  THATS COREY GROSZ "SHAKING" DOWN CRAZY HORSE IN 1997, ANOTHER EARLY PHOTO WITHOUT CRAZY HORSE LOGO.  CLOSE SIDE BY SIDE RACE AT INTERSTATE VS. A CHEVELLE AT ABOUT 600 FT.  CIRCA 1997, NOTICE NO PERMANENT NUMBER YET.  AUGUST 1998, AFTER BLOWING UP 10.30 MOTOR WE PUT IN A STOCK 460 AND MY ALUMINUM HEADS AND INTAKE AND RAN LOW 11'S FOR THE LAST 3 WEEKENDS. SUPRISED US ALSO!!! PLUS WE RAN SAME MOTOR ALL OF 1999 AND 2000!!!  THE START OF THE ADDICTION!!! | SEASON HIGHLIGHTS | THE ORIGINAL CRAZY HORSE | CRAZY HORSE II THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES... | ACTION PHOTOS | | Return Home | For Sale!! | |
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