The story to be told......

I just left Chris' Mother, after she called and asked for some things for Max's school project.

Max is Chris' youngest son, a 2nd grader who has a school project.

The project he chose; was his Dad, and the race car.

So he needs pictures, and whatever.... No problem.....

I was up until 2:00 AM sorting through the volumes of photographs, and other "stuff".  I put over 150 photographs of Chris when we were building the car ( I have thousands, but not all have Chris in them), onto the DVD, along with numerous videos.

I also gave him a Wally from the first race we won. (Someday he will get them all) And I had a plaque with a picture of the car on it's maiden voyage, that I also gave him.  I gave him a Class Finalist Sticker from Las Vegas, and threw in some other things..

So now, I am curious to hear the story as he sees it, and tells it.

I am gratified to know that Chris will not be forgotten. He was an incredibly gifted, and unique individual. And I know that his sons, and daughter will never allow him to be forgotten.

I am now, more than ever, committed to finishing the book about our ventures with the car. I don't care if nobody else ever reads it, but his children will know every thought, every decision, every strategy, and everything that went into the car. And they will know the part that their Dad, along with his Dad, played in building that car.

God Bless and Race Safely

David

Hello again friends

I would like to personally thank all of those who have been so supportive and kind throughout the whole New Hemi Racing saga.

No, we are not done yet. The end will come some day, but for now we are simply on a bit of a sabbatical.

My health is as good as it has been. No worries there.

Right now I am dealing with what I see as an incredibly unfair action by the NHRA.

First of all I will explain that when a car runs too fast, typically 1.20 seconds or more under their assigned index, the NHRA automatically increases the rated horsepower for your car. This generally results in you needed to add weight to compensate for the increase in horsepower, which usually slows you down.

Prior to the end of last year, we were told, by someone who has a hand in these things, that we would NOT get horsepower at the end of the year, if we didn't run 1.20 under, which is an automatic trigger for horsepower. We were told that "they" knew that we were running fast, and being pretty honest about it. So they would take care of us. And we didn't run 1.20 under. We ever garnered a National Record for A/SA, and the National Class Performer Win for Stock/Automatic, and still did not run 1.20 under.

But guess what at year end? We got horsepower, in spite of what we had previously been told.

If I had know that we would be getting more horsepower, I would have petitioned the NHRA earlier for a reduction in horsepower for our combination, due to at least 2, and more likely 3, horsepower hits we took due to runs made by a car with an illegal engine. The illegality was identified when that car was torn down, and he admitted that he had always run that way.

So how is this fair? After I learned that we did horsepower, I wrote a letter to NHRA to the group responsible for the horsepower, and asked that the horsepower for those illegal runs be lifted. But since it was after the end of the year, it was too late. Therefore my request, in spite of the unfairness of the additional horsepower,  would not be considered until the next cycle of change in six months.

Not at all fair, and I am really wondering if the NHRA cares about fair.

We are waiting to get a resolution on this issue. Until then, whether or not we even race again in the NHRA, is an open question.

But once again my friends, I appreciate you support, and prayers.

God Bless, and Safe Racing.

David