Columbus Race Report:
Last
week was rough getting ready for this race. Wednesday night, we put
the transmission back in the Cuda. We found the U-Joint was bad and by
Thursday, I had chased one down. I wanted to leave for Columbus at
4p.m. Thursday, but it was 9:30 p.m. by the time I headed out of Evansville. 
I
finally arrived at National Trails Raceway at 3:30 in the morning.
After 3 hours of shut-eye on the air mattress, I made a couple of 1/8 mile
runs in both cars. Central Ohio has had so much rain, that there is
water forcing its way up through the racetrack. On Saturday, after
some off and on showers, we made more time runs. The Wag'n was running
great and right on it's 10.00 index. The Barracuda is still having
traction issues. On one 1/4 mile run, the Cuda must have hit some
water and slid onto the centerline; Very Scary at 130 MPH. Several
other cars had the same issue, so the track went back to 1/8 Mile racing for
the rest of the weekend. Sunday came with sunny skies, but windy
conditions. 1st Round in the Wag'n, I ran Rick Nobach in his '63
Wagon. Rick pulled a Red Light and I went 6.394 on the 6.40 1/8 Mile
Index. 2nd Round, I ran my good friend Jim Guy in his White '64 Savoy.
Our lights were not great, but close. Jim went 6.99 on a 7.00 and I
went 6.396 on a 6.40 Index. Next I had Jeff Day, Jeff and I go way
back. Jeff is a great friend and a great racer! I took a slight
advantage on the tree, but the Wag'n had a rare loss of traction. I
went 6.43 on the 6.4 Index, Jeff was dead on at 7.005 on a 7.00 Index and
took the win. Next round, Jeff ran Fred Rader, the current points
leader. Jeff won, but at a high cost, water was running out of his
right header pipe and his day was over. In the finals, Ron Gordon in
his '64 Fury beat Ricky Shepard in his '62 Plymouth. I've got a few
weeks off until the Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green.
