Riding the Coat Tails of Rapid Randy
i thought i would give this whole 'what i did last weekend' thing a try. (Hopefully Rapid doesnt have it copyrighted 
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Well this past weekend i traveled with Troy Martin and his '72 Chi-Town Hustler recreation to Martin, Michigan and the Funny Car Nationals. Justin Grant had his Stardust recreation there along with Rob Bruce, Kyle Wurtzel, Greg Jacobsmeyer and Shawn & Mike Bowen.
On the first pass the blower pulley came apart, which we attribute to the blower backfire we suffered in Union Grove 2 weeks earlier. The pulley was probably cracked and thats why it came apart.
On the second run we went up there with the intention to give the Stardust a run for their money! And we did. It was 45 degrees....density altitude at 435ft
. I pulled Troy into the beams and gave him the good to go. The thing launched better then i had ever seen it. 1.03 60ft ....normally we are at 1.10. She was truckin right on down their. We had us a drag race. Troy pulled high gear and she made a move left to the wall and made contact pretty hard. DAMN!!! Now its time to get down there and make sure he's ok.
We get down their, Troy is A-ok but the same cant be said for the body. Big chunk missing right by the window. We get the timeslip...we were ahead at every increment. She was gonna run about a 6.22 or so (2.5 tenths better then its ever gone) Justin and the Stardust crew set their career best for the second run in a row (6.31 on the 2nd pass) so Congrats to them!!
but now the big news...my older brother Dan got to do a burnout and do a launch in the Chi-Town earlier in the day. I am very happy for and proud of him. He did a great job. We'll see what happens with this, hopefully we'll have a 3rd generation in the Chi-Town soon!!!
i also got a chance to meet John Rogers and see PJ again...it was nice talking to those guys for a few minutes!
Thanks
Mike
)Well this past weekend i traveled with Troy Martin and his '72 Chi-Town Hustler recreation to Martin, Michigan and the Funny Car Nationals. Justin Grant had his Stardust recreation there along with Rob Bruce, Kyle Wurtzel, Greg Jacobsmeyer and Shawn & Mike Bowen.
On the first pass the blower pulley came apart, which we attribute to the blower backfire we suffered in Union Grove 2 weeks earlier. The pulley was probably cracked and thats why it came apart.
On the second run we went up there with the intention to give the Stardust a run for their money! And we did. It was 45 degrees....density altitude at 435ft
. I pulled Troy into the beams and gave him the good to go. The thing launched better then i had ever seen it. 1.03 60ft ....normally we are at 1.10. She was truckin right on down their. We had us a drag race. Troy pulled high gear and she made a move left to the wall and made contact pretty hard. DAMN!!! Now its time to get down there and make sure he's ok. We get down their, Troy is A-ok but the same cant be said for the body. Big chunk missing right by the window. We get the timeslip...we were ahead at every increment. She was gonna run about a 6.22 or so (2.5 tenths better then its ever gone
) Justin and the Stardust crew set their career best for the second run in a row (6.31 on the 2nd pass) so Congrats to them!!but now the big news...my older brother Dan got to do a burnout and do a launch in the Chi-Town earlier in the day. I am very happy for and proud of him. He did a great job. We'll see what happens with this, hopefully we'll have a 3rd generation in the Chi-Town soon!!!
i also got a chance to meet John Rogers and see PJ again...it was nice talking to those guys for a few minutes!
Thanks
Mike
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finally can read yours...Great start Mike... thanks for the cut and paste the other day....
and who's the cutie in the shades behind you???? d'kid |
Posted 09-23-2007 at 01:51 PM by Karl Stalcup
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Good stuff, my ND supporter friend--enjoyed reading it and hope to see more. Did you happen to find the Husker defense at the bottom of the Capt Morgan bottle with the ND offense?
Terry |
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Posted 09-25-2007 at 03:49 PM by Terry Larsen
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Nice job mike. From somebody that's on the outside looking in I appreciate the behind the scenes perspective. That's an awesome opportunity. I look forward to your future blogs.
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Posted 09-26-2007 at 02:45 PM by Dave Major
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i appreciate the comments gentleman.....we have another race in 2 weeks in Aiken, South Carolina (our last of the year
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Posted 09-26-2007 at 09:16 PM by Mike Minick
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We have only lost to the Chi-Town twice this year, and both times on an 1/8 mile track... We are ready!!!
Justin Grant Don Schumacher's Stardust http://www.stardustracing.com |
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Posted 10-11-2007 at 01:29 PM by Justin Grant
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