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I want to echo Rick's comments. 2008 Run n Gun was a blast. Next year I hope to have a car built before I get to the track! Thanks to every one that stopped by and gave support. One observer, John Sutton, seeing me working feverishly offered to help by using a file to make a hole in a piece of aluminum so that I could mount a water temperature gauge. This was the only gauge that I had time to install! Thanks John
I know that there is a lot of interest in what the winnning times were for the events. Yes, I want to do well to show that my chassis designs work well. But, the reality is that there is a huge disparity in how cars in even the same class are set up, in drivers ability, and in how hard a driver wants to push it. The only way to truly know if one manufacturers design is better than another is to set up the cars with the same power, same tires, ect, and have a test driver run them. The main focus should be and is on fun and getting to meet and make new friends. Way to many people were running over their heads this year and the number of accidents show it. The potential for a serious accident is high. All of us participants need to build our cars as safely as possible and drive them with in our limitations. I am guilty of wanting to do better and better. But, as I have gotten older I find that I start thinking of all the things that could go wrong as I am coming out of of the banked NASCAR turn 4 onto the front straight. Pictures of my wife, children, and grandchild started flashing through my mind and I found myself slowing down a bit.
Every body be safe, See you next year!! John
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