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Once again a great weekend.

Thursday evening at the hotel saw this year’s honoree, Ken Barnhart, entertaining everyone with his many stories of his days of drag racing. Can you imagine having “Big Daddy” help you change the clutch in your car?

Friday we traveled to Gateway International for some good ole drag racing. We had a reserved area close to the staging lanes, which was nice. From 2-4 pm, we had the track to ourselves, which saw lots of smokey burnouts, wheelies and motors wound to the max. The track management was gracious enough to allow passengers, which allowed folks first hand the experience of going down the quarter mile in a supercar. I do not have all of the times, but I know both Deuces, Jamie Jarvis and Pam/Jerry Albert were in the 13s, Doug Perry and hired gun Dave went deep into the 12s in the Green COPO, Rob ran a 12.10 in the Yellow Sub, and I ran a couple of 10.60s in my Yenko Deuce.

Friday evening saw everyone gather for a nice dinner, which featured time for everyone relax and visit, great food, and a chance to hear more stories from the racing past from Ken.

Saturday morning we returned to the track for more racing, making three more passes, this time surrounded by wall-to-wall racers and show cars. Following the final pass (no clean up) we went directly to the show area to allow folks a chance to see our cars up close. Three members of our group received awards from the Super Chevy Show judges. Jamie Jarvis, Pam/Jerry Albert and Ken Barnhart. Congrats!!!! I guess you can have your cake and eat it too (race/show).

As a bonus, I got to cackle my old funnycar a couple of times. Forgot how much fun, and how loud it was.

A special thanks to everyone who helped with the banquet, and last but not least, a big “THANK YOU” to those involved with in presenting me with a plaque, gift and "Christmas Tree" cake.

Cannot wait until we do it again at SCR18.