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Happy New Year and good luck in 2023!! Hopefully I will see you at the track.

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I have been working on my trailer a lot lately. I'm trying to fix a lot of things and possibly repaint it sometime this year. Two years ago I hit a Buzzard at 75 mph that bounced off my windshield and then hit the trailer. It took me 3 or 4 hours but I pulled an interior panel out behind the the nose. Beat on it inside and out and worked around the soup bowled dent till I got it to stay round. It's hardly noticeable now. Now I don't have to tell the funny story about how the dent got there.

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Looks good, hardly noticed it.

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Back to working on the truck. One thing I needed to do before the first race was change the oil. I got tired of burning money on oil filters so I called Joe at Sunset Performance and ordered this slick little unit. It spins apart for easy inspection and is cleanable. So it should pay for itself in a couple of seasons. I paid $20 for an oil filter on my Onan generator. Racing filters aren't going down either.

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I only had a small to do list for the truck. One was floats and needle and seats for the carburetors. I spent a couple of hours Saturday working on the carbs trying to fine tune float springs for more consistent operation. I went back to the old style of float I ran for years hoping it will help with my 60ft inconsistency issued. I also got the oil changed and new filter installed. I'm swapping my slicks around on the wheels today and will run them five more races. I still need to get new spark plugs and lash the valves then it will be ready to go. The trailer is supposed to go to the shop tomorrow to straighten out the bent dove tail. Then I just have to clean everything up and load up. Our first race is Feb 24th in Belle Rose, Louisiana.

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Well the first race of the year is in the books. I just got home from No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, La. You know that place I went to 400 miles away two years in a row and didn't get to race. I lost second round but at least I got to race. I had to race one of my old friends Chucky Weir second round. I was way late on the tree and broke out trying to get something done on the top end. He ended up as the Runner Up today. D.B. knows who he is because they race at the same track all the time. The next one will be in Houston in a month. Maybe I can do a better job there.

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Yes Sir, Chuck Weir is no slouch, the man can race. I should be seeing him at XRP March 12th. I hope all of my practicing works out. Give you guys credit with those delay boxes. Man it is tough to break old habits. Good luck in Houston.

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It will be that time again next week. One more race in Houston for us. We didn't think we would get to race there again but I would be willing to bet this is the last. It's one of my favorite tracks. All I need to do to the truck is run the valves and put it in the trailer.

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Meanwhile look what followed me home yesterday. The C-50 got an organ donor. I'm getting closer and closer to getting started.

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That C50 gonna be nice..!!!

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I plan on it being nice and I have a vision. I've already had the truck for nearly two years now. Time flies by the older you get. Maybe I'll have it built before I'm 60. I'll be 57 in May.

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Well we were in Baytown at Houston Raceway Park last weekend. It was the last NHRA event ever to be held there. The truck was doing very good. The driver not so good. I got some glasses a few weeks ago in hopes it would be helpful on the top end. They were just a pita fogging up etc so I ran without them. I've been good on the tree in three different states at three different tracks since last summer. Not this weekend though. I was just horrible is the only way to put it. I was bad first round and screwed the run up even worse by doing something I've never done. I lost my place on the track and lifted early. I dropped to 3rd in the Allstar points because my mistakes. We will be in Noble Ok next month to try again and then the Tx Motorplex in May. I still have a chance at the Alllstars but I lost a bunch of ground. Any of you that have allergies will understand. My sinuses and throat were burning the whole time I was there. That sinus pressure has an affect on your brain function sometimes along with your vision. I'm hoping I'll be back in the groove in a month.

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We pulling for you Regan..!!!!

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Thanks Greg. You know how this stuff works. One bad weekend can really screw you. There's still enough races though.

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That's a very nice picture. Looking forward to seeing you run at the Motorplex in May.

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It's time to go to Oklahoma again. It's not Tulsa Time but it's Noble Time.

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The picture in my Avatar is 20 years old now from the same track. Damn I'm getting Old!

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Yeah you are.

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Good luck Regan!!!

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Well Noble Ok didn't go as well as I needed but that's racing. I lost second round in a close one. I was .022 on the tree to my opponent's .018. I was trying to make the finish line margin as close as possible and lost by .002. He was 10.905 I was 10.903 which means I only could have crossed .001 ahead him without breaking out. You can't be mad about loosing a good race.

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I had gotten an email last week that they would certificates for last years Top Ten racers. I guess they decided we should get something. We never did way back when. We can change our Competition Number for the season for which mine would be 48 (Division 4 #8). It's not worth the hassle so I kept my 469C on the truck. Neverless a nice wall hanger in the pile of wall hangers on my bench in the shop.

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While I was packing up our photographer Robert Grice comes by and I'm like (What do you want?). I give him a hard time about selling me pictures because I have so many. I bought it anyway. He took the one in my avatar 20 years ago at the same track. We will be at the Tx Motorplex May 18th to the 21st for the Double Divisional. Then the motor comes out and the heads go to Slick Rick for valves and springs. I may change my mind and go to Topeka in July. That is if everything is ready by then. I need to go actually but I did so horrible there the last two years I said I wasn't.

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Very nice pic and congrats on the certificate. Is Topeka open again?

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No real news to report. We will be racing at the Tx Motorplex again this week. It's the Double Divisional. Hopefully the weather treats us good. I'm sure we will see some rain while we are there but hopefully it won't be too much. Hopefully I'll be a better driver too. When I get back out comes the motor and the heads go to the shop.

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Good luck Regan..!!!!!!!

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Thank You Sir.

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In the next couple of weeks I'll have pics of the next POS I'm bringing home.

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Good luck Regan, I will see you there on Friday.

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Well I was able to turn things around at the Tx Motorplex. I had a very good weekend to put it mildly. DB came and hung out with me and Ken Friday. When he left I was still going rounds. We got rain Friday afternoon and had to finish up Saturday morning. As you can see the results were awesome.

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The stars aligned I guess for this to come out the way it did. Everyone I needed to go out did and I actually took care of one of them first round of the first race. I made it to fourth round of the second race which put me in the Jegs Allstars.I will race the Allstars at the Tx Motorplex at the Fall Nationals just like I did in 08 at Chicago.

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Now it's time to pull the motor and take care of the cylinder heads. I'm also going to get a new set of slicks as planned. I've decided to go back to Topeka in July because I need the races for Division points. After five races I'm sitting second in Division points 12 out of first.

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Congrats on the successful outing!

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Well done, Regan, you did a fantastic job taking the first race and getting you a Wally. I just wish I could have stayed to end. I am making plans to be at the Fall Nats on October 14th. Looking forward to seeing you go some rounds.

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Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks guys. I'm halfway through getting the motor out. I'm hoping the heads are at Ricks by Thursday.

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I got my heads back this past weekend. The motor is ready to go back in. I determined that my starter was worn out had to get a new one. i got an Ultimate Big Dawg from House of Payne. Its got a 4hp motor on it compared to the old 3hp Hitachi motor on my old one. I'm getting new slicks mounted up today. I'll get it all put back together and probably test at Xtreme asap so I'll be ready for Topeka at the end of July.

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Looks like I finally figured out the new Photobucket deal. You have to zoom in on the pic before you post it.

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