2018 NTRA TEXAS NATIONALS AT BEAR CREEK DRAGWAY

Ok. Just spent a BUNCH of money..lol. Getting parts to bring my two inline chassis up to snuff, and a few parts for my Super Comp car. Still got some more parts to get but was starting to get confused..lol. I'll order the rest of the parts later. Now to figure out bodies. Hmm...

Leaving for Vegas pool tournament tomorrow. Will be back on the 20th. Good luck to all at Al's race. I will check in on my return.

Ditto......be safe and good luck in your tournament. Be sure and let us know how you and your son do.

Put me down for one in the Inline stock Rookie class

The cars look great Gale! I look forward to seeing the Bantam completed. These Dragsters and Altereds are going to be cool at this race.

Yep, sounds like a humidity issue. Keep a hair dryer or heat gun around. After you put a coat on, give it a few seconds then lightly hit it with the heat for only seconds at a time in any one spot. I actually move it around pretty fast. Main thing is not to let the body get too hot and warp it. You should actually be able to see the 'haze' disappearing as you are applying heat.
I live in Texas, humidity is always high here, lol. So yea, I know about these issues..lol.

Thanks for asking about the pool tournament. The main tournament was a 4 man team event with a field of 256 teams. It is a heads up event with no handicap. There is also a handicapped event with over 700 teams there, which we did not play in. You have to qualify locally for all these events and our team won the heads up division locally. Our team did well finishing in 17-24th place which put us in the money. Competition was the toughest I have seen in this event to date. Just to give you an idea of the level of play one of the players we played against is ranked in the top ten in Texas, (lots of teams from Texas in the event), and one of our players named Bobby Jack beat him 7-5, both played excellent. There are also many smaller events of which I entered a couple. One was a mixed Scotch doubles event, which was also heads up, that I entered with a female friend with a field of 32 teams. We did well in the tournament making the semi finals and finishing in the money. I also played in a 16 player singles event for the highest level players, 6-7 ranking, which is handicapped, I had to spot some players a game and I only lost one game missing only one shot during the first two matches, (race to 5) on my way to the semis where I met Dr. Frankenstein.... This was a name I gave him not his actual name, and this was a funny story even though it cost me the match. The guy looked like Doc Brown from back to the future with the frizzy white hair etc. He was spaced out on something and he got me, my sons and even the referee laughing with his wild play and antics. He once asked me the same question 5 times in a row. It surely threw me off my game however, I missed quite few shots. I lost the semi final match but still finished in the money and it had some entertainment value. Just got back several hours ago and I was pretty tired after a week + of pool. I must have walked 50 miles during the week. The hotel, the Westgate, where this event is played has over a 1000 rooms and it was filled with pool players. The room where the events are played has about 300 pool tables in it and there are 2 smaller rooms with about 100 tables each. Quite a sight to see, glad to be back home now.