INDY TAD Field

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  1. Pat McGill

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    Edited based on David Smith's Info:

    1. Bill Reichert-------5.223
    2. Alan Bradshaw-------5.241
    3. Morgan Lucas--------5.281
    4. Keith Stark---------5.317
    5. Dave Hirata---------5.331
    6. Todd Datweiler------5.356
    7. David Wells---------5.371
    8. Guy Kelly-----------5.379
    9. Marty Thacker-------5.391
    10. Jeff Wilson---------5.411
    11. Steve Federlin------5.427
    12. Shelly Howard-------5.433
    13. Duane Shields-------5.444
    14. Mike Kosky----------5.449
    15. Ken Perry-----------5.451
    16. Russ Lindert--------5.459

    6 AFD's and 10 BAD's

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    Notable DNQ’s (Any of these cars has a shot to qualify)

    Lee Callaway--------------5.465
    Darren Nicholson----------5.482
    Rich McPhillips-----------5.483
    John Haley----------------5.523
    Fran Monaghan-------------5.541
    Michael Gunderson---------5.543
    Doug Foley----------------5.551
    Chris Ricketts------------5.571
    Mitch Myers---------------5.573
    Bill McCornack------------5.591

    If Bartone and Bourke show up, this could turn into the best TAD race in years.

    [ August 24, 2003, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Pat McGill ]
     
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  2. Max Power

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    You think that many Blown cars will qualify ? The weather looks to be under 80 degrees for the weekend, I doubt more than 5 Blown cars will qualify.
     
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  3. David Smith

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    Pat, Duane should be there unless something changed that I do not know of. I do not think Art Gallant will be there atleast thats what Arts Brother told me at Etown a few weeks ago. Pep Boys pulling out two weeks before the beggining of the season really hurt that team.
     
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  4. tjenna

    tjenna Top Alcohol

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    Do not have the time to enter all sixteen, but believe that 9 blown cars will qualify vs. 8 fools.

    Notable fool non-qualified
    Dave H.
    Notable blown non-qualified
    hopefully no one

    I'd rather be blown than fu'd
     
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  5. Kevin Brown

    Kevin Brown Top Dragster

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    TAD oops now their FOOLS? Nice site WILL damn even too....How many AFD guys have joined T@R@? and you wonder why?

    Now Hirata is a "Fool"? "8 FOOLS"?

    Whos the fool? Tjenna....they are atleast out there trying to race a car.....Keep tuning that keyboard and maybe one day the other one will drop and then you can drive a race car insted of your computer!

    Some people here may be able to run some AFD racers off this site....but you can damn sure bet you won't run them out of NHRA!

    Not that it matters or that anyone will give a shit....But I don't think I will be back!

    To me ITA has become a nice place to kick TAD/AFD drivers in the nutz....count me out!

    My bad...I should have read the name...
    top ALCOHOL dragster

    TAD ROCKS!
    Kevin Brown
    TAD 711
     
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  6. tjenna

    tjenna Top Alcohol

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    Don't need to drive.

    Only tuning is necessary for me.

    Been there and won - both nationally and div. champ.

    If NHRA can make some good decisions will own/tune a TAD car again some day.

    Thank you hammer
     
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  7. Kevin Brown

    Kevin Brown Top Dragster

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    I have looked up "Tjenna" I don't see those names in the winner column at NHRA anywhere....Can you please use your real name? I mean damn if you have won Nationally as well as Divisionals one would think you would be proud to let people know who you are! Come on...let us "FOOLS" know just who it is that is calling us names!

    Push real hard....when the other one drops........tell us your real name "Master tuner"

    Kevin Brown
     
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  8. tjenna

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    Only a couple master alcohol tuners out there, not one, but enough to win.

    Look and push harder, hammer
     
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  9. Pat McGill

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    Lighten up, they've been called for A/Foolers for years.

    Wondering why more AFD guys haven't joined TARA? Why join TARA when you're currently enjoying an almost 2 tenths performance advantage?

    BTW, Will has a great site going here. If you leave, you'll be missing out on the best Alky info on the net.
     
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  10. Kingnitro

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    I would be suprised if 8 Blown cars qualified! It's the A-fuel's race to lose!
     
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  11. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    you know, there is a fine line i have to walk to decide what to edit and what not to.

    the main things that i will delete quicker than anything is 1. attacks on drivers w/o a real name. if you are a real driver/crew man that wants to call someone out and have the balls to leave a name, then it just comes down to what is said. 2. non alky related posts and senseless bickering that doesnt pertain to anything.

    with that being said, i will not delete someone's viewpoints, no matter how far to the left or to the right they are. this forum is for all alky racers, blown and nitro. i'm sure if chess bushey got on here, he would piss some blown people off. same thing.

    kevin, you've been a friend for a while, and you're always welcome. if you feel like you need to leave, then thats your choice. if i were you, i would be calling my a/fuel buddies and making this board real interesting....

    as far as indy...yall need to look at the weather and revise your picks. high of 72 on saturday. look for the big numbers to come out if they get a session or two in.

    1. Bradshaw 5.172
    2. Reichert 5.203
    3. Bartone 5.25
    4. Lucas 5.28
    5. Datweiler 5.30
    6. Hirata 5.31
    7. Bourke 5.32
    8. Gunderson 5.32
    9. Stark 5.33
    10. Myers 5.34
    11. Wells 5.36
    12. Shields 5.38
    13. Thacker 5.38
    14. Brounkowski 5.39
    15. Kelly 5.39
    16. Howard 5.40
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    17. Wilson 5.40
    18. Haley 5.40
    19. Federlin 5.41
    20. Callaway 5.42
    21. Kosky 5.42
    22. McPhillips 5.42

    Round 1 10 am sunday morning. about 63 degrees..

    W Bradshaw 5.15 L Howard 5.36
    W Reichert 5.22 L Kelly 5.38
    W Bartone 5.21 L Brounkowski 12.50
    W Lucas 5.28 L Thacker 5.33
    W Wells 5.31 L Datweiler 8.45
    W Hirata 5.29 L Shields 5.32
    W Bourke 5.27 L Myers 5.30
    W Gunderson 5.25 L Stark 5.24

    R2 1 pm Monday
    W Bradhsaw 5.23 L Gunderson 5.34
    W Reichert 5.21 L Bourke 5.31
    W Bartone 5.23 L Hirata 9.98
    W Lucas 5.29 L Wells 5.35

    R3 230 Monday
    W Bradshaw 5.26 L Lucas 5.31
    W Bartone 5.28 L Reichert 5.36

    Finals 430 Monday
    W Bradshaw 6.35 L Bartone 6.90

    Bradshaw launches into big wheelstand, pedals it to set it down. Bartone goes into tiresmoke at the hit, and has to pedal it pushing a headgasket with a big fireball, but he doesnt lift. Bradshaw is able to reel him in with dropped cylinders of his own. Not the blockbuster numbers we expected, but exciting to say the least.

    Hows that for a prediction??
     
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  12. 310TAD

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    Will,
    I'm printing your predictions and taking them to Indy with me. I'll let you know how much you owe me next week.
    Marty
     
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  13. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    who said anything about money?.. :D with a high of only 82 on friday and high of 72 saturday, i look for a record field. with r1 at 10 am sunday, i dont look to see more than 1 blown car in r2.
     
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  14. Dale_F

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    Looking at the weather for the weeked, I have no doubt, the records will FALL.
     
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  15. Kingnitro

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    Friday's weather looks iffy!
     
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  16. David Smith

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    Will from what I heard from other teams in Cecil County Bartone and Bourke Next National event will be Maple Grove. I could be wrong though. I believe Federline, Nicholson and Jeff Wilson can run in the 30's providing the air is right. John Haley has been looking good too. All I can say is its gonna be a good show! TAFC should be good as well with Manzo and Austin duking it out for the National Championship.
     
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  17. Pat McGill

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    Going with the heart, and sticking to my BAD guns. Anyway, NHRA will screw the racers out of at least one session or move one of the quick sessions.
     
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  18. tjenna

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    To clarify the 9 blown cars vs. 8 others.

    A car will get in as an alternate making the 17 cars.
     
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  19. Team PTI Racing

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    No records on Thursday. BAD car on the top of the field (Thacker) . One question. Thacker's car ran under a guardrail at the turnoff. Does anyone know how bad it was hurt????????

    Just wondering. Thacker is one of the nicest guys I know.
     
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  20. paalexander

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    I'm hearing that it's being repaired, and Marty plans to be racing tomorrow.
     
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