Heading out to Pinks

Hey Guys,

Loaded up for Pinks. It was 101 degrees today and expect that tomorrow. It's 8:30 at night and currently 82 degrees..

Well see ya all later!

Don't hit Rich during your burnout and everything will be cool.

Good luck. They run a really exciting event for both the particpant and fans. Non-stop action!

Is this the Famoso event? I have a ticket and a broken race car...

Greg_P wrote:Don't hit Rich during your burnout and everything will be cool.

It would improve the show if you did hit him, though...

Tell Prichard I said hello !!!

"Get er done" Good luck

dont break , be safe and give a shout out for the www.429-460.com brothers .....good luck Les !!!!

Good luck, be safe and race hard, and if ya do it the bald guy let me know Im gona defintely watch the show, make sure ya get what time it airs

Good luck...make us proud dammit.

Spill it Les how did you do? did you win?


Randy

I heard Rich got nailed by a dude doing a burnout in a Fox mustang.......

The show was cancelled after that.

Greg_P wrote:I heard Rich got nailed by a dude doing a burnout in a Fox mustang.......

The show was cancelled after that.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?????

My Pinks All Out Experience.

I’d like to start off with I had fun! It was cool meeting other racers from all over the country and England. The guy to the left of me was from England. He transported his Turbo VW last winter just for this show.

All he brought with him was car and trailer that’s about it. I shared my battery charger & air compressor with him. A guy named Tim pitted a crossed from me. He had a Mustang with a SB Ford. His car ran really good. Tim was talking with me when we set up our BBQ grill for dinner. I asked him what he was going to eat. He said that his wife forgot to load the cooler with the hot links. I told him and just wife to come join us. He had chips and beer to share so it was a party in the making.

Pitted right of me was young man and his Dad. They had a Dodge pick-up truck. I chatted with them. They were from Nevada. While I was talking with them, they were checking altitude with the expensive meter. I asked them what they had as far as altitude. They said 2600 feet. I got my meter out because I know what they had wasn’t right. I showed them what mine had uncorrected and they were able to fix there meter. Looks like the programs for the meter were not for this track.

As far as family.. I had all the kids and some of their friends come to watch me. Both days the outside temp was 102 degrees plus with 20% humidity. They were the real race fans.

I did get a chance to meet a couple of my Ford friend on You Tube. It’s one thing to chat with a person you never met, but once ya meet them it’s so cool. I enjoyed talking car builds with them. One of the guys is building a slammed Fairmont like Gliddens old car.

I’m not sure if I’d do it again.. maybe?

I thought you brought your car?

Greg_P wrote:I thought you brought your car?

I did and funny as it might sound.. Yep I got the nose of the car looking at the west bleachers.. Lol.. Good thing for Rich it was a Test session. Still ran 130 mph like that.. I'll put up some video's once my over temped body recovers.

hell is been light rain for the last 2 days and temps in the 70's...............

cool deal Les !!! glad you had fun

westsideford wrote:

Greg_P wrote:I thought you brought your car?

I did and funny as it might sound.. Yep I got the nose of the car looking at the west bleachers.. Lol.. Good thing for Rich it was a Test session. Still ran 130 mph like that.. I'll put up some video's once my over temped body recovers.

What the hell, man, screw the vids, how about letting us know what the hell went on?

Lol here ya go Greg! Hehee they had the Pinks camara's rolling..

Looks and sounds like you had fun. What meter are you using?

longroofracer wrote:Looks and sounds like you had fun. What meter are you using?

Using a Kestrel 2500. There are better Kestrel's out there. At the time I wanted to buy, the price was over $200 for this unit. I just didn't have the $. A few months later I checked back and it was on sale for $125. So I figured I'd get it.

Thanks for asking!

Link To Search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+Kestral+Weather+station&btnG=Google+Search

bruno wrote:cool deal Les !!! glad you had fun

Thanks Nick.. It was awesome meeting new people and making friends. I had a blast!

westsideford wrote:

longroofracer wrote:Looks and sounds like you had fun. What meter are you using?

Using a Kestrel 2500. There are better Kestrel's out there. At the time I wanted to buy, the price was over $200 for this unit. I just didn't have the $. A few months later I checked back and it was on sale for $125. So I figured I'd get it.

Thanks for asking!

Link To Search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+Kestral+Weather+station&btnG=Google+Search

Does this model correct for altitude, or does it show the actual altitude?

Ok Greg..

Our track runs the Nostalgia cars. The owners are hell bent on keeping the track in the 70's era & below.

With that said the choice of the 32 cars were 1969 and below.

That's all I'm gonna say about that.. I had a bunch of fun hanging out with ppl I'd of never met otherwise.

Of the 500 or so entries only 330 showed. Of the 330 on Friday 50 cars broke. I added to the list on Saturday with a failed battery in the burn out box..

Ahhh such as life soo close.. only if I would of built a 65 Comet...