What I learned at Alabama Int'l Dragway

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Save them to your computer. Come here and in the bar up top click on 'photos' then 'upload photos'
When the window opens click on 'browse'...select the pics you want to upload one at a time then hit 'submit'

Once you do that it'l automatically create your gallery here....then you can copy the image (img) code and paste that into whatever thread you want.
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Well i tried to post them but my computers bein stupid...So i'll try later..Thanks anyways man..Love your truck it's one of a kind.i'm glad i finally got to see it in person
 
First of all, I wan to thank every team that came out... Scheid, Pro-Street Diesel, TS, Smitty Racing, Cedar City Diesel, Garmon's Diesel, Performance Diesel Converters, and Southern Diesel Performance. Without the commitment from those guys, getting diesel in front of so many folks in Alabama would have been impossible. Also, I want to thank the Shootout Sponsor, Industrial Injection, and associate sponsors Suncoast Converters, Smarty Power, TS Performance, and Dynomite Diesel- with thier help, we were able to cover travel expenses for the teams. Thanks to all of the teams for coming up to the line early for a time trial. I know that was a last- minute thing, but I wanted to try to get those who wanted a shake down lap a lap beofre the show.

Bo's first lap was a bit hair raising to say the least. The track owner Jason was hollerng over the radio that the chutes were not out and we could not tell what had happened, so there were tense moments before we found out that Bo was fine. The chute didnt "inflate" and Bo had to slow the car down with the brakes. He was able to bring it to a stop without incident. The crowd absoulutely loved the car. I think they had to wipe the drool off of the car after the Pit Party was over.

Darren's laps showed real promise for the red truck. Darren left softly, and the truck came alive like a raped ape about 60 feet out. You could see folks get very wild eyed when he spooled that truck up, and the crowd was very fired up after his run.

Then the firey stuff cranked up........


First of all, The decision ws not made by the track to remove the Pro-Street trucks from the show. It was made by the Thunder Jam folks. They had a show to put on for the Enormous crowd that turned out. The bracket cars took longer than anticipated, delaying things, the Jet cars an such require lots of time to start, let alone clean up after, so they were even farther behind schedule, the Jet Semi, blew out windows in the tower, and one of the bathrooms took a dump (well, broke so fans coulnt take a.... you get the idea) adding to the list of things that were not going as planned. After a lengthy track prep following the rocket powered cars, we had an oildown after the first pair. IHRA made the call to pull the prostreet field from the rest of the show in order to keep things from dragging late into the night. Alabama International Dragway didn't make the call..... I want to be clear on that. Those guys love us.

The calls to the lanes later in the show that some are referring to were calls to the rail and the Pro-Stock truck. I don't blame hose gus for not wanting to run again given the circumstances. The Scheid team was not keen on making another lap without figuring out what went wrong withthe Chute, and Darren didn't want to run again either after the Pro-Streets were stopped.

Keep in mind that this event was not the traditional dragrace that most are used to seeing. We were invited to come to be a part of a motorsports spectacular. We were a part of the show, and when we held it up, we got cut. I'm not particularly happy with what happened, but it is what it is. At any rate, we were able to get diesel drag racing in front of a TON of folks... Many of whom never had any idea that we do what we do. It is very important to the growth of the sport that we get more opportunities like this. We all know how badass it is to watch diesel racing, but many do not, and if we want to pack out diesel only events, we have to utilize events like this to get the word out to those that dont know about it.

I had a professional photographer there that got us some super pics. I'll get them up when he gets them to me later this week.

Thanks again to all that came out for this.
 
Timbeaux38 said:
First of all, I wan to thank every team that came out... Scheid, Pro-Street Diesel, TS, Smitty Racing, Cedar City Diesel, Garmon's Diesel, Performance Diesel Converters, and Southern Diesel Performance. Without the commitment from those guys, getting diesel in front of so many folks in Alabama would have been impossible. Also, I want to thank the Shootout Sponsor, Industrial Injection, and associate sponsors Suncoast Converters, Smarty Power, TS Performance, and Dynomite Diesel- with thier help, we were able to cover travel expenses for the teams. Thanks to all of the teams for coming up to the line early for a time trial. I know that was a last- minute thing, but I wanted to try to get those who wanted a shake down lap a lap beofre the show.Bo's first lap was a bit hair raising to say the least. The track owner Jason was hollerng over the radio that the chutes were not out and we could not tell what had happened, so there were tense moments before we found out that Bo was fine. The chute didnt "inflate" and Bo had to slow the car down with the brakes. He was able to bring it to a stop without incident. The crowd absoulutely loved the car. I think they had to wipe the drool off of the car after the Pit Party was over. Darren's laps showed real promise for the red truck. Darren left softly, and the truck came alive like a raped ape about 60 feet out. You could see folks get very wild eyed when he spooled that truck up, and the crowd was very fired up after his run. Then the firey stuff cranked up........First of all, The decision ws not made by the track to remove the Pro-Street trucks from the show. It was made by the Thunder Jam folks. They had a show to put on for the Enormous crowd that turned out. The bracket cars took longer than anticipated, delaying things, the Jet cars an such require lots of time to start, let alone clean up after, so they were even farther behind schedule, the Jet Semi, blew out windows in the tower, and one of the bathrooms took a dump (well, broke so fans coulnt take a.... you get the idea) adding to the list of things that were not going as planned. After a lengthy track prep following the rocket powered cars, we had an oildown after the first pair. IHRA made the call to pull the prostreet field from the rest of the show in order to keep things from dragging late into the night. Alabama International Dragway didn't make the call..... I want to be clear on that. Those guys love us. The calls to the lanes later in the show that some are referring to were calls to the rail and the Pro-Stock truck. I don't blame hose gus for not wanting to run again given the circumstances. The Scheid team was not keen on making another lap without figuring out what went wrong withthe Chute, and Darren didn't want to run again either after the Pro-Streets were stopped. Keep in mind that this event was not the traditional dragrace that most are used to seeing. We were invited to come to be a part of a motorsports spectacular. We were a part of the show, and when we held it up, we got cut. I'm not particularly happy with what happened, but it is what it is. At any rate, we were able to get diesel drag racing in front of a TON of folks... Many of whom never had any idea that we do what we do. It is very important to the growth of the sport that we get more opportunities like this. We all know how badass it is to watch diesel racing, but many do not, and if we want to pack out diesel only events, we have to utilize events like this to get the word out to those that dont know about it. I had a professional photographer there that got us some super pics. I'll get them up when he gets them to me later this week. Thanks again to all that came out for this.
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Thanks Tim for clearing that up! oh and by the way, next time you need to bring a guy to supply water to the photographer:bang:hehe:
 
Tim, and all the racers, fans, thanks for helping promote Diesel motor sports, in front of a new crowd. It was a valiant effort, cut short by circumstances beyond your control.


Its efforts like this that make a difference nationwide.

And guys, please don't boycott this track, last year at the NADM/CompD race, they went out of their way to help us set up the HushPower Monster car crush, and make sure the track was the best it could be for Scheids to set a new record in the rail.
 
Thanks Gene. and Yes, the AID staff is awesome. They love having us there.
 
Tim:

My sincere thanks to you, Phil, Rich, Kevin, and the whole CompD Crew along with all your sponsors for doing a GREAT JOB, as usual, on organizing and putting this race on!:rockwoot: Being there I saw how hard you guys worked all day getting all the racers into the pits, helping them to unload and get set-up, along with notifying and helping them on where and when to get staged etc.!

You guys have no control over what the track officials or IHRA does. That is unfortunate, but as some of the crew said, we have to start "policing" ourselves as far as our trucks go. Initially, as with all others in attendance, I was upset too, but for the all the race crews that traveled a long way to get there. Gene brings up some good points in his post about how the crew there at Alabama International Dragway made a great effort last year with the track to help Dan Scheid, Bo and Jared get the Scheid Dragster down that track in record time. The incident with the parachutes this weekend was indeed scary and I thank God Bo was O.K. Heck,.....initially you couldn't see anything at the end of the track due to the smoke and it was a big relief to see Bo on the last return road when Dan, Jared and I got down there to him.

Anyway,.....thanks again to you Tim and your entire crew!

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John_P
 
Thanks for coming out John. It was great seeing you again.
 
if they cancelled the show there should of been someone man enough from the track to get up in front of the drivers and state what they were doing........not a good way to promote a race personally, they should of shelled out some kind of compensation.........if it was weather or something bad happened like the wreck Gary had last year, i understand, but not cause someone didnt want to stay up a little late........ive been to truck pulls that lasted til 5am........and there was still people in the stands.......
 
LOGANSTANFORTH said:
if they cancelled the show there should of been someone man enough from the track to get up in front of the drivers and state what they were doing........not a good way to promote a race personally, they should of shelled out some kind of compensation.........if it was weather or something bad happened like the wreck Gary had last year, i understand, but not cause someone didnt want to stay up a little late........ive been to truck pulls that lasted til 5am......
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I told the drivers, and thanks to the sponsors, we covered some travel expenses. I'm have been at pulls/races that run late, but the Thunder Jam is a family event designed to be done around 11ish or so for those who brought kids.
 
Timbeaux38 said:
First of all, I wan to thank every team that came out... Scheid, Pro-Street Diesel, TS, Smitty Racing, Cedar City Diesel, Garmon's Diesel, Performance Diesel Converters, and Southern Diesel Performance.
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What about Stuckeys??
 
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I learned once again that John Porterfield is the nicest man in diesel motorsports....mad respect to that guy.
 
LOGANSTANFORTH said:
if they cancelled the show there should of been someone man enough from the track to get up in front of the drivers and state what they were doing........not a good way to promote a race personally, they should of shelled out some kind of compensation.........if it was weather or something bad happened like the wreck Gary had last year, i understand, but not cause someone didnt want to stay up a little late........ive been to truck pulls that lasted til 5am........and there was still people in the stands.......
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It was not Jason's (owner of Drag Strip) final decision. Look at the other side of things......Our Pits were packed all day long with spectators. Even though things didn't work out, they were not a loss. One thing I think all Pro Street teams realize is that reliability of the trucks and learning how to be a part of the show is the number one objective. TS would like to thank Tim and the Competition Diesel crew for putting this together and if things work out in the future at other events, we would like to be a part of it.

BTW.....I have told you guys for years that JohnP rocks:rockwoot:.

Dennis
 
Dennis Perry said:
It was not Jason's (owner of Drag Strip) final decision. Look at the other side of things......Our Pits were packed all day long with spectators. Even though things didn't work out, they were not a loss. One thing I think all Pro Street teams realize is that reliability of the trucks and learning how to be a part of the show is the number one objective. TS would like to thank Tim and the Competition Diesel crew for putting this together and if things work out in the future at other events, we would like to be a part of it.

BTW.....I have told you guys for years that JohnP rocks:rockwoot:.

Dennis
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Ditto Dennis! John p Is one of the best people i`ve ever met...........May be a little on the old side for "rock" He seems more like the "roll" type to me. :hehe:
 
Timbeaux38 said:
Thanks for coming out John. It was great seeing you again.
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UNBROKEN said:
I learned once again that John Porterfield is the nicest man in diesel motorsports....mad respect to that guy.
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John Robinson said:
Ditto Dennis! John p Is one of the best people i`ve ever met...........May be a little on the old side for "rock" He seems more like the "roll" type to me. :hehe:
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Bob Wagner said:
John P is one of the best. Diesel sport ambassador we are lucky to have.
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Just watch out for that hand shake!!!
 
Dennis Perry said:
It was not Jason's (owner of Drag Strip) final decision. Look at the other side of things......Our Pits were packed all day long with spectators. Even though things didn't work out, they were not a loss. One thing I think all Pro Street teams realize is that reliability of the trucks and learning how to be a part of the show is the number one objective. TS would like to thank Tim and the Competition Diesel crew for putting this together and if things work out in the future at other events, we would like to be a part of it.

BTW.....I have told you guys for years that JohnP rocks:rockwoot:.

Dennis
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Needs to be Tech Inspectors to police some of this stuff, i worked for 5 years at a dirt track as a tech inspector, if it wasnt safe or i thought it would be a detriment to the whole show, they were told it will be fixed or they would have a long ride home........next time i think we need a little bit better selection process if there is going to be a showcasing of diesel motorsports (think Invitational).......we cant have multiple oil-downs every time we have a show or we will never be allowed anywhere.......we gotto get this stuff together before we lose it all.......cause how many more times does this happen before no diesel drivers show up cause there is a 75%chance your gonna get cut.......one time, shame on you, two times, shame on me type of thing.......
 
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