Smoky Mountain Spring Nationals 5/ 22-24th 2020 RACE post

[gnome]

That's a lot of racing to analyze, congrats to JJ for best in show and everyone who moved up or hung on to thier spot on the list .

[finistauri]

Good day
Drag Racing Mate's
As I reflect back on the past 3 weeks and 3 days that Dave spent almost none stop running the car's well past everyone's
Bedtime 🤔
Repairing and making sure all our cars we're at the there best potential for the Great Race ahead, even when the post person brought gnome's cars around halfway throw the race Dave noticed a guide pin missing and made one for it because he could not 🔍 find one to fit,
Warming cars up before, just sending our cars down the track 🤔
And even making sure the tires were clean and dust-free.
All this with the utmost respect for each of our cars,
No matter if I thought a car won or not the voice in the computer was cutting edge precise with all calculations,
Sensors all the way down to track gathering information incredible technology.
And Dave still has to box everyone's cars up and ship back, it looks like a 5 or 6-foot table and all our boxes nearly filled underneath side of the table.
Well what I'd like to share with you
My Drag Mate's
Is that we could never afford to hire somebody ! A Master,Builder,Racer
And computer technician, photographer analyzing all the data, double-checking all the data also on print out sheets making notes and much more.
Even if it would be possible to find a fellow like Dave 😁 would they even do it with so much Heart for us🤔.
Even if we could find someone and combined our money together we could not afford to race anymore😢
Nobody would even want to take that kind of responsibility,
🤔, I seen with my own eye's a liftime of investing in a state of the art track
And electronically equipment, computers,screens and power supplies just to make an event like this happen for us.
Dave thank you so very much, along with Our Great Creator,
You have filled my life with much Joy this last year and encourage me by texting me and not just forgetting me,to push on in life "yet" another year that the Doctors have not given me.
From Finistauri

[dave632]

Thanks all, I am certainly not doing this for any other reason that other I enjoy it and I am hoping to get
others involved. I Did not expect this kind of a turnout as the last race with the same amount of classes had less than half
the entries and I had about 10 of my filler cars entered. Tells me that we are growing in numbers and support.
I am sorry I cut the list race schedule down but I was out of gas and the list races give me a problem when running them.
I pulled my list cars off the list so all other races could move up a spot.
Mike and I must have ran over 200 + cars down the track on Saturday alone, to say the least it was a very long day.

Hope everyone had a good time.

[GTS]

Dave, Thanks a bunch for doing all you do !

[Deleted]

thank you Dave.
it was very enjoyable from here.
congrats again to all who attended.

[comet]

Thank you very much Dave, inever spent so much time on my computer. thanks for the Ride.

[hairycanary]

Thank You again Dave you did a Hell of a Job. No hurry to get my cars back. Take your time.

Rick

[woodcote]

Fabulous racing and coverage Dave - I thoroughly enjoyed it this side of the pond. It’s good to be back.

[dave632]

Thanks Woodcote, your cars will be returning with Mazdas.

[dave632]

Eric Peterson 9405828206334040791595
Sam Bartow 9405528206334040830279
Jeff Graybeal 9405528206334040830279
Vince Lomonoco 9416 4282 0633 4040 9439 16
Rick Williamson 9405828206334041248296
Robert Shell 9405528206334041282381
Jeff Wallace 9405828206334041319286
Allan Sprenker 9405828206334041380255
Gale T Sharp 9405828206334041413915
John McElhaney 9416428206334041574492
Rich Baird 9400128206334041620081
Clive Mills LZ205554205US
Steve Daniel 9405828206335195983071
Michael Mercer 9400128206335196008328
Kevin Stocker 9416428206335196072253
Bill Lever 9405828206335196043057
Jorge Vadi 9405528206334041921259
Darryl Lindenmuth 9416428206335197776556

That should be the complete list.

[gnome]

Thanks Dave for everything even though my cars were late and missing parts (sorry) you still got me in the action. And oh boy it was some action.

[mazda]

A truly memorable race, I have never seen so many drag cars in one meeting. It was amazing how you got trough it all in the time. 
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to the sponsors.

[kstocks]

Congratulations to all winners. Thank you Dave for putting on the race.

Kevin

[dave632]

Half the packages went out today.
Tomorrow the other half.
Thanks to all who competed in my biggest race to date.

[79malibu]

Thanks for a great race very professional