I have to agree with jon on all statements. This was the first year I
registered my truck and it was well worth the $30 pre-entry fee, and it's
good for 3 days (even though I only made it for one) and I even got a
"goody" bag. Despite the rain the event was really a success, even though I
had to be moved 3 times. First they wanted me down with the other shelby
dakota's and I said NO, I'm with the DML, so they told me to park in between
the PT cruzers and the daks wich was cool. well that turned out not to be
good enough, so they kicked me over next to the r/t's. it was kinda cool
cause when I backed out alarms started going off in the cruzer line.
finally got over to the r/t line and they made me turn my truck around the
other way. oh well
the drag racing friday was a blast. we had a slight rain delay, which
turned out to be cool, cause they then ask for help to dry the track. Shane
b. and I watched these cars going down the track doing burnouts and spinning
the tires, so we decided to take a couple hot laps in the shelby. needless
to say shane had a good time. made him bring back memories of his duster
well, I hope to see some of you folks at other meets, and Rich W. let me
know when you wanna head to mason dixon. Maybe we can hit a street race on
a saturday night, check the schedule http://www.masondixondragway.com and
let me know what works for you
ttyl
Scott Miller
89 Shelby Dakota #322 - 360 C.I. V8 (12.56 @ 110 mph) "FASTDAK"
94 Dakota Sport - 3.9 V6 5-Speed (15.86 @ 84 mph)
>
>
> I just wanted to chime in to agree with the other posters
> regarding Carlisle. It was a lot of fun. I came up on
> Thursday this year, and it really made a big difference.
> I still didn't see anywhere near the full show, but I did
> get to see quite a bit, and I was somewhat less tired.
> (Although I was tired enough to fall asleep despite Boog's
> snoring. ;-) Some of the credit for that has to go to
> John (Burgan) for pelting him with breathe-right strips...)
> :-) Anyway, as soon as the on-line hotel reservation
> system will let me, I'll be reserving a room for next year.
>
>
> There were a mess of Dakotas there. At least twice as many
> as last year. I never did get a chance to count them, but
> based on the "panoramic" pics I took from the grandstand,
> I estimate somewhere between 50 and 60. One thing that
> surprised me was that I didn't see a single quad cab!! Did
> anyone else? Another thing that surprised me was how clean
> some of you guys can keep your engine bays! Particularly
> impressive was Rich Wisotzkey's daily driven '96. I've seen
> restauraunt eating utinsils that wish they could be so clean!
> Now that I've seen what is possible, I want to try to make
> my engine a bit more presentable for next year. :-)
>
> The drag racing was also a lot of fun, particularly since
> I didn't make it last year and I actually got to participate;
> sort of... ;-) I was pretty impressed with the entire
> Miller family. Scott's 12 second Shelby Dak is impressive,
> as are Shane's 440 Ram and especially Rick's 440 Ram (currently
> the third fastest truck on DragTruk). I accidentally lined
> up against Shane during the third round of eliminations (I was
> warned about him and I didn't mean to, but I screwed up).
> Anyway, he took me out by treeing me by an tenth and running
> .009 over his dial to my .045 breakout. This next statement
> may catch me some flak, but this was my first time drag racing
> in an auto, and I absolutely loved it! This strengthens my
> conviction to replace my NV3500 with a 727 even more.
>
> I definitely agree with Bob's comments about the R/Ts and
> saying goodbye. I don't know why there has to be such a divide
> between "them" and "us". There are several R/T owners who act no
> different than any other DMLer, but I don't understand why
> there is such animosity shown toward us by what seems to be
> the vast majority of R/T'ers? Have I/we done something to merit
> this scorn, or is it simply a matter of egos and a superiority
> complex on their part? Anyway, enough about that. It was
> definitely hard to say goodbye and leave. I should have left at
> 4pm, but I managed to procrastinate and delay it until 6pm. It
> was great seeing the familiar faces from last year and meeting
> a bunch of new ones. Hopefully I'll see all of you next year
> (if not sooner!).
>
> The trip home was rather interesting; it was either raining
> cats and dogs or clear and sunny. Very weird weather! BTW,
> I filled up in Carlisle, just before hopping onto I76, and
> filled up again about 10 miles from home in Fredonia, NY with
> just under 350 miles showing on the tripmeter. 20.1mpg. For
> most of the trip, the cruise control was set at 70mph, but
> sometimes around 55, and for about a half and hour or so,
> 80mph. Not too shabby for a truck with a V8 that runs mid
> 14's. :-) (I'm convinced its the MPI intake.)
>
> Many thanks to everyone who came out and registered as
> DMLers! Not only did we get the tent for free, but the
> DML will be receiving some cash from Carlisle! I also want to
> send out a special thanks to Shane Baker for all of the innumerable
> things he did before, during, and after the event to make it
> such a success. I also heard several people echoing these
> sentiments during the meet. I just wanted to let you know
> that we greatly appreciate your efforts. Thanks, Shane!
>
>
> -Jon-
>
> .---- Jon Steiger ----- jon@dakota-truck.net or
jon@twistedbits.net ------.
> | Affiliations: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA; Rec & UL Pilot -
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> | '92 Ram 150 4x4 V8, '96 Dakota V8, '96 Intruder 1400, '96 FireFly 447
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