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some shots from the texas thaw drag race

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Casey, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. Casey
    Joined: Nov 8, 2005
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    first off thanks ! to ken and every one that put on the race .
    the Torques pulled off a great event :)

    I guess I was the only one stupid enough to drive up there from austin ? I thought this was a hot rod town ?
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    you could feel the temp dropping driving north now I remember why I moved south. got to the track around sun down. this was cool ?
    in a warm kinda way ?
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    I was just going to hang out friday night ? but something snap`s in my head when I getting around a drag strip with hot rod`s ?
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    made 6 passes friday night me and ken had fun till his transmission died :( and raced doc three times . won five out of the six so far
    it`s a fun weekend.
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    dam it got cold after that ! ken`s chili and that barrel kept people alive. and robert`s fagita`s kick ass. thank`s for the grub !
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    when it got below 30 ? we went and had the parking lot party in the hotel room ! way to mutch fun ?
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  2. Casey
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    Sat morning dam it`s cold up here in yankee land !
    anything north of the colorado river is Yankee land after you move to austin :)
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    got to race doc more then any one you rule doc !!!!!
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  3. Casey
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    first time to hear the pushroods they are great !
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    these kids were rockin !
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    all right back to car`s
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    don ross dose some dam nice work !
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    I thought this was cool ! wheel hoop and all.


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  4. hotrodladycrusr
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    Looks like George was having a BLAST!
     

  5. Casey
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    I got to run rusty . dam that was a close race ! he allmost caught me but he got the yellow ticket this time . that was fun rusty!
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    I still see gasser ? hahaha
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    I love the view of a drag strip from a 32 ford
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    dam it was cold .
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    weeeeeeeeeee !
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    made it to the last round after the brackets started what a fun day.
    I lost the last race to this 55 chevy by .109 of a second ran a 9.98
    on a 9.95 dial in lost it at the light that my friend`s is a race
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    winding down .
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    volkswagonmofo ? hahahaha
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    the wharehouse ! had to replace a fuel pump , not bad for all that went down ?
    before the trip home .
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  6. Casey
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    what ?
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    I don`t know how one becomes a trophy whore !
    but I got called that a lot last weekend . hahaha
    gota build another shelf.
    they started yelling my name? and I thought I did somthing wrong
    and they kept handing me these things ?
    d gas winner , little eliminator ? I Think.
    and the pushrods pick
    thank`s guys.:)
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    hahahahahaha.
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  7. Big Tony
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    Nicely done.... You do know they had to kill a tree just for your timing slips. Congrats on the awards... to bad ya didn't enter the car show cause you might have had another trophy. hehehehe See ya at Round Up
     
  8. bigken
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    Damn Casey, excellent shots. And here we thought you were too busy doin' circles.........
    Glad ya had a good time, good seein' ya again.
    See ya next month.
     
  9. Lugnut II
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    Great goin Collin!:cool::D:cool: You may need those tropies/parts for the 32.:eek: Thanks for comming up. :D
     
  10. Wesley
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    Man, I almost got dizzy watching Casey go down the track and then back up the return road, then back down the track and up the return road......
     
  11. texoutsider
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    but the question is...would you invite him to your party?...............why hell yes.

    enjoyed watching all the passes Casey.........

    from all of us here at Texas Thunder Performance...

    M.
     
  12. Hotrod F-1
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    Great pictures Collin. :cool: Looks like you had fun as usual.
     
  13. Anderson
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    Weren't you having fuel pump problems at Goodguys? Did you put a new one on there or just fix it temporarily? Looks like you had fun! I'll be there next year for sure.
     
  14. Dirty2
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    Collin , your to much fun ! See ya soon ...
     
  15. y'sguy
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    ok, so I never did meet ya, but I sure dug your coupe. I shot a buncha pics sat. and I like this one best. It was my first time at the thaw. I'll be back, next year.
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  16. Big Dad
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    Those were great .. Might of been cold there but not like it was were I was stuck all week

    Weds night .. -50 (with wind chill) ..
    Ok, when is the next one .. ?
     
  17. Casey
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    that`s my friend don !
    why was every one wearing those silly hat`s ?
    oh yea it was february.:p
     
  18. Casey
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    thank`s I had a blast :)
     
  19. A 31 MO FO
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    Dam Casey it's Mr.VWmofo to you!:D Glad you made it up to Denton an back to Austin. That pic that you took looks like I beat anorexia.:rolleyes:
     
  20. The Shocker
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    Nice to see you again Casey ,but i got tired of hearing my say "there goes that Casey guy again " every 5 minutes.Man you made alot of runs .I enjoyed listening to you shifting your coupe run after run...
     
  21. spinout
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    Too bad about the weather. It hit 80 the next day, and was 86 on Monday.
     
  22. Casey
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    It`s not easy being me ? ;) good to see ya too !
    sorry your truck broke.
    I wanted to race ya.
     

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