jceman 1 #1 March 14, 2006 Just got a call from one of our skydiving friends (actually one of our best friends, John is the guy who flew up to St. Louis and helped Lynn drive the RV back after I hurt myself at Quincy in 1998 -- Nice guy, Lynn says she'd "do him in a minute" if she wasn't married. Looks alot like a younger Ted Allen. But I digress). Anywho, John is Production Manager for Holeshot Drag Wheels and his company buys tix to the Gatornats. We have scored a pair for Friday for first rounds of qualifying. John took me last year on Friday but it was a last minute thing and he only had the one pass. It would be cool to go on Sunday for Eliminations, but we actually get to see a lot more cars by going on Friday. I checked the entry list at NHRA.com and see that there are over 30 entries on both Pro Stock ategories and over 2 dozen in each of the Fuel cats. The neatest thing is that Holeshot doesn't just get tix, they spring for Top Eliminator Club! We'll be sitting right on the starting line to the driver's right and have free beer, our own hospitality tents and catered food, etc. Dang passes go for $325 each! They're good for all 4 days, but the nice thing is that they give individual tix for each day, so their four pases will be shared by at least eight folks that I know of. Lynn will be really glad to hear when she gets home for work because drag racing is and always has been her favorite form of motorsport; though like me, if it is loud and goes fast, it's kewl. So that's how we'll be spending St. Paddy's Day. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #2 March 14, 2006 QuoteJust got a call from one of our skydiving friends (actually one of our best friends, John is the guy who flew up to St. Louis and helped Lynn drive the RV back after I hurt myself at Quincy in 1998 -- Nice guy, Lynn says she'd "do him in a minute" if she wasn't married. Looks alot like a younger Ted Allen. But I digress). Anywho, John is Production Manager for Holeshot Drag Wheels and his company buys tix to the Gatornats. We have scored a pair for Friday for first rounds of qualifying. John took me last year on Friday but it was a last minute thing and he only had the one pass. It would be cool to go on Sunday for Eliminations, but we actually get to see a lot more cars by going on Friday. I checked the entry list at NHRA.com and see that there are over 30 entries on both Pro Stock ategories and over 2 dozen in each of the Fuel cats. The neatest thing is that Holeshot doesn't just get tix, they spring for Top Eliminator Club! We'll be sitting right on the starting line to the driver's right and have free beer, our own hospitality tents and catered food, etc. Dang passes go for $325 each! They're good for all 4 days, but the nice thing is that they give individual tix for each day, so their four pases will be shared by at least eight folks that I know of. Lynn will be really glad to hear when she gets home for work because drag racing is and always has been her favorite form of motorsport; though like me, if it is loud and goes fast, it's kewl. So that's how we'll be spending St. Paddy's Day. Nitro is good, but GREEN BEER? Real Irishmen drink stout, not green dyed piss.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #3 March 14, 2006 [reply Nitro is good, but GREEN BEER? Real Irishmen drink stout, not green dyed piss. See, I agree with you again, Prof. Guiness, as you well know, is my preferred adult beverage but the unwashed masses can relate to the green beer on the 17th, so I thought I'd play to the LCD. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
