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They ran off 91 races Thursday the First of January over at Tulsa. I watched a few of them, any place I came in they were good. Of course the races I payed most attention to were the 1200cc Mini Sprints. Those guys from Oklahoma are kind of behind the times don't you know (They really don't know that we are "Lightning Fast", and not a Mini any more). Several things stuck out in my opinion. The first thing was>>>Boys it still looks like easy pickens over their to me, it is sure a shame we could't get a few MMSA hot shoes out their to add a little competition to their races.

The 1200cc cars or as they called them the "Big Cars" ran the last 4 races of the night. They said that they liked the sound of them big old motors over the high pitched 600cc motors. I guess after 90 races any change would be good. Rod Henning looked real good in his race, and is on my short win list. Casey Shuman drove one of the better races of the night once again proving there is something that goes into winning other than motor and chassis. I am not for sure but I think he just might be racing with "Traction Control", too bad they can't take it away from him because it was something his daddy gave him a long long time ago. Frank Flud also looked very good and once again proves we need to keep these pros from racing our cars because they will cause all the back markers to go out and spend tons of money on engines trying to keep up with them. The last driver that looked really promising to me was Andy Baugh from Illinois, passing a lot of cars on his race to the front, he just ran out of laps. One of these 4 guys will probably be taking home one of them Drillers Saturday night.

I also saw a few Kenyon Midgets racing with us, doing a pretty good job, kind of took me off guard when watching them race and seeing the motor long ways in the chassis. The darned cameraman wouldn't stay on one car long enough for me to clock any decent consistent lap times, but to me looks like the EchoTec-Focus cars and us are turning pretty consistent times also about 12.5 to 13 second laps. I bet a Kenyon with a 200HP late model motor would also be something to contend with also.

DuQuoin should be very very interesting!!:)

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

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I was tired last night and perhaps left out a few more possible winners. Anybody from Washington state is going to be tough, and if the guy in the Hyper that got mad at himself for being passed last night is in a house car and he gets his act together will also be tough. I haven't found a main line up yet but bet Andy Baugh should have the favored starting position.

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

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Originally Posted by DAD:
I was tired last night and perhaps left out a few more possible winners. Anybody from Washington state is going to be tough, and if the guy in the Hyper that got mad at himself for being passed last night is in a house car and he gets his act together will also be tough. I haven't found a main line up yet but bet Andy Baugh should have the favored starting position.

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

Was that Mike Dicely in the Hyper House car?

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david

Mike is not on the drivers list this year.

Guess it was Eric Drake from Washington State, Casey just motored right around him I think. I don't think Mike would beat on his steering wheel after the race. Boy them cameras can zoom in, (you want to be careful around the race track and picking your nose etc.:D). Reminds me of the time a few years ago when they zoomed in on Casey's dad Ron adding power steering fluid to his car during caution laps at the Chili Bowl.

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

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Casey

I know you will Give Bob his money's worth. I would have liked to have seen you in a FSC 37 house car with a bad ZX10R under the hood.:6:

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

We have a little more work to do to win this thing, but we can.. Would love to run a FSC car here, AJ and I have always run well together, and I know his lightning sprints are always fast!

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Casey

Takes a special driver to make an FSC car work. Most drivers only use about 90% of what the car will actually do. The faster and further you take it the more it like it, and I would say you fill that bill.

I got my money on you Kido like I keep saying the smart money bets the Jockey.

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

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Dad - here's the lineup as of last night.

Gunderson - Quick
Flud - Turner
Lemley - Shuman
Drake - Henning
Ross - Waterland
Helsel - Seavey
Baugh - Burrows

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Does anybody have approximate starting times for Mini Sprints and Echotec mains tonight?

Thanks:)

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

We just ran b mains, so we should be running after 6pm

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http://www.tulsashootout.com/profile...r=62010&rt=sch This is link to the shoot out results. Click on link then click on expand. Frank Flud won it and was one class act. Most of the early leaders took one another out and Frank managed just to stay out of their way. It's kind of funny how much harder a driver will drive when chasing that miniature driller, totally forgetting about that big pay check at the end of the race. In racing at the shoot out I guess most of those guys figure you are either a Hero or a Zero and go for the win at all costs.

There are already some race videos up on you tube that I think are better than racing boys did because they did not bounce around so much.

The Echo tecs looked to me to be the Midget of the future. There may have been some slightly warmed up versions at Tulsa this week but they put on one heck of a race and have that Midget sound to them, they also have enough torque to do a really nice do nut at the end of the race. The problem will be policing them, They leave a lot of room in their for improvement and I am sure there are racers out there willing to spend whatever it take for an edge, and that will be their downfall if organizations do not exert a lot of restraint on them.

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

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Originally Posted by DAD:
http://www.tulsashootout.com/profile...r=62010&rt=sch This is link to the shoot out results. Click on link then click on expand. Frank Flud won it and was one class act. Most of the early leaders took one another out and Frank managed just to stay out of their way. It's kind of funny how much harder a driver will drive when chasing that miniature driller, totally forgetting about that big pay check at the end of the race. In racing at the shoot out I guess most of those guys figure you are either a Hero or a Zero and go for the win at all costs.

There are already some race videos up on you tube that I think are better than racing boys did because they did not bounce around so much.

The Echo tecs looked to me to be the Midget of the future. There may have been some slightly warmed up versions at Tulsa this week but they put on one heck of a race and have that Midget sound to them, they also have enough torque to do a really nice do nut at the end of the race. The problem will be policing them, They leave a lot of room in their for improvement and I am sure there are racers out there willing to spend whatever it take for an edge, and that will be their downfall if organizations do not exert a lot of restraint on them.

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

Dad the Division II midgets will be the wave of the future. We will have 2 tech guys at GDN 1 for the chain drives and 1 for the Auto side.....This Inaugural national we will be just a little slack on depth of the engine but on weight/tire compound and engine size....NO LEEWAY at all....1/2 of pound under is the same as 100 pds under...1 point under durometer is the same as 10 points.......NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!

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Wayne

So you bought a "Pump" to check them old antique motors with?:)

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

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Dang micro driver won. We raced with Frank a lot this year. He is a hell of a shoe and a really nice guy!!!!! He disserves the chances he will be getting this year.

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Micro

I think we would be correct in just calling him a "Driver and an awfully good shoe" He doesn't need the adjective "Micro" to classify him. The ones that get my goat are the ones that travel up and feel it beneath them to step back a notch or two.

One of my favorite sayings is "Be nice to the people you meet going up the ladder, because you will meet them again going down." Guess some folks were such A holes going up they might not want to meet some of them same people again coming back down.;)

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

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Oklahoma did have a nice field of "Lightning Sprints" "Mini Sprints" etc etc back in the early 90's. Texas did as well. That was the start of the ASCS and the Oklahoma guys ran with them as a support class. They took of for a bit but never got over that hump to stay going.