Why did Mike Dunn quit driving?

#16 07-27-2008, 05:21 PM

The Cowin family are billionaires and I like Dunn but Andrew is smaller/lighter which is ideal....and did I mention they have big $$$$$.

#17 07-27-2008, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Terry Jones

The Cowin family are billionaires and I like Dunn but Andrew is smaller/lighter which is ideal.

Smaller I understand, but aren't they all up against a minimum weight anyway?
I wondered the same thing when they said John Force's car had less paint on it this weekend because it weighs less that way.

#18 07-27-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Miller

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You can choose to hate the Yankees as their sponsorship discontinued or hail them for entering into drag race sponsorship in the first place. (Read any Evan Knoll thread) I don't see other MLB teams jumping in like the Yankees did but I'm glad they stepped up and took a chance on Gwynn and Dunn. I suspect they are also glad for the opportunity.

It's either half full or half empty all over again.

Notice Avatar Dr. Dirt... I was born into Yankee dislike... But I like Chris Schoen... he is good people!

#19 07-27-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Vail

I knew I liked ya Timmah!

As I am sure you can tell I do not like the Yankmees either

However I will say that I thought the paint job on that Yankees car was great. That blue with the pinstripes was very nice. I was hoping that the Red Sox were going to get invloved as well and create another rivalry. Oh well.

Fingers crossed the Sox will take tonights game.

i got more than fingers crossed Jimmah!!! Yes, Timmah is not the biggest fan of the YANKMEES but, I also liked that car... it was very classy! I am a HUGE SUPPORTER of THE GWYNN'S and MIKE DUNN, but the day I saw that car debut in Pomona, was like when Bob V showed up to Vegas with a brown car...

That was a great example of Supporting the Team, and not the sponsors. But, yes Jim, I would love to see the Sox Colors on a top fuel car some day... With me driving! Of course, any car I drive will have my avatar stickered on my helmet, so SOX NATION will always be going down the track!

#20 07-27-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Sellon

Smaller I understand, but aren't they all up against a minimum weight anyway?
I wondered the same thing when they said John Force's car had less paint on it this weekend because it weighs less that way.

If they can get under minimum weight they can ballast back up to it, and put the weight exactly where they want it. Not loose however.

#21 07-27-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Sherwood

I was told someone told Hank that he would be liable if anything happened to a fan when the Yankee's car was on the track. And that back-tracked the deal from what I hear, anybody hear something else feel free!

How many more line drive foul balls and home run balls hit 150 plus MPH end up in the stands per year compared to race car parts at 24 national events?

With as many races as I've been to in the last 37 years I've never had an encounter with a race car part, but I did have my head about taken off at an Angel game a few years ago by a foul ball hit just over the third base dugout. And even though my race car shop is a 3 wood (golf term) away from the Big "A" in Anaheim I don't think I've been to more than 12 games. So, chances are your probably more likely to get hurt at a Yamkee game than the Winternationals, which makes Baseball a more dangerous sport for spectators than attending a drag race event. Therego the liability issue.

RG

#22 07-27-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Charlet

I am a HUGE SUPPORTER of THE GWYNN'S and MIKE DUNN, but the day I saw that car debut in Pomona, was like when Bob V showed up to Vegas with a brown car...

That car actually made its debut in `00 at the final Houston fall race. I was there and the crowd went nuts when it made its first qualifying pass. It qualified 1# but went out round 1 on Sunday.

#23 07-27-2008, 07:01 PM

Memory serves me correct, I thought Dunn told the HOF banquet that Steinbrenner told Gwynn to fire Veney and he refused. That's what killed the deal. Gwynn was loyal and I applaud him for that.

#24 07-27-2008, 07:11 PM

Hank has a complete top fuel car in his shop just for his collection and drives an 8 second pro street Vette he built himself to work during the warmer months....Hank loves drag racing...

#25 07-27-2008, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Schoen

That car actually made its debut in `00 at the final Houston fall race. I was there and the crowd went nuts when it made its first qualifying pass. It qualified 1# but went out round 1 on Sunday.

whoops..

maybe not debut....but I remember pomona and the car.... Thx Chris...

#26 07-27-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Vail

I knew I liked ya Timmah!

As I am sure you can tell I do not like the Yankmees either

However I will say that I thought the paint job on that Yankees car was great. That blue with the pinstripes was very nice. I was hoping that the Red Sox were going to get invloved as well and create another rivalry. Oh well.

Fingers crossed the Sox will take tonights game.

Even though i'm not a Yankee fan, I always thought it was a pretty car also. I remember hearing after the St. Louis race that somebody swiped the team's matching cruiser bicycle from their pits. I wonder if they ever found it?

#27 07-27-2008, 10:58 PM

Tim, Tim, Tim *shaking my head at you* Don't you know there is only one team in NY? And that's the METS!!! It's time to drop your Sox attire and support the right team in the Majors...

Hey look...

Manny is too

#28 07-27-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Terry Jones

The Cowin family are billionaires ....and did I mention they have big $$$$$.

You should really mention that you have no real clue or any basis for such a stupid comment!

#29 07-28-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Meyer

You should really mention that you have no real clue or any basis for such a stupid comment!

Bob,

Thank you for making this post, I was fuming at the screen, but took myself away from the computer. I was going to call Andrew up and tell him so we could have a good ol laugh.

Hey why I am here, congrats on seeing the Turners run a stout .45 in one of your cars, good stuff

#30 07-28-2008, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry Jones

Hank has a complete top fuel car in his shop just for his collection and drives an 8 second pro street Vette he built himself to work during the warmer months....Hank loves drag racing...

I don't know about all that, but I do know he has or at least had my old injected nitro FED. I'm surprised pics of it have never surfaced on the internet. Man I miss that car...