I started getting jacked yesterday I think, after I had a chance to speak with Huggy about the work being performed on the car. Shawn and Carl were doing some work in the hauler and Ronnie was doing something in relation to the headers. I could tell immediately that this year is going to be stepped up and it is on.
Unfortunately, we found out that Rupert and Hale are both running the full IHRA circuit this season. It didn't come as a surprise because that's where the big money is right now. I was just bummed to know that we won't be facing them at every meet. Both teams will be at Bakersfield; like everyone else in the nitro nostalgia racing universe, but Rupert may run two cars.
Testing begins in 58 days at Famoso. Open MM testing falls over the weekend of February 28, March 1 and 2, this year. So far, rain has been practically non-existent, but once again we're talking about the March Meet in Bakersfield. I'll start monitoring the long range trends later this month, but for now, it's too early to freak out over anything.
So for the next 50-something days, we'll all be working towards completing our lists of parts to get and things to be repaired, watching the message boards a little bit closer and making final preparations to unleash the beast that none of us can tame, much less keep at bay. The 2014 NHRA Heritage Series Championship in nitro funny car should be highly competitive. Lots of new comers to the ranks as well as many of the familiar faces that we faced last year; no matter what - we'll hit it with everything we got and hope when the clutch dust settles - we're hoisting that dust collector instead of the guys in the other lane. Let's Boogie........
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