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Dave Jennings (aka DavyJ) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Niagara Falls, Canada (905) 374-1128  Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow.

Anybody watch qualifying last night? Pretty slick, John Force's daughter Ashley has moved up to Funny cars. She will be racing her brother-in-law Ron Hight in round 1 today, if it stops raining out there.

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Posted by bigdude  -  02/11/2007 05:45 PM I watched, but I'm getting kind of tired of this team thing. I say that all pro classes should run the manufactured engine that was put in those cars stock. That----would make things VERY interesting and more realistic just like the old days! resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by DavyJ  -  02/11/2007 06:33 PM Just like nascar, cubic dollars.............Even Pro-stock is too little about the manufacturer of the car.I still prefer the door slammers> Gassers, super stocks, but they don't get a lot of tv time Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by bigdude  -  02/11/2007 07:02 PM Me too! I'm an old SS racer myself. resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by Rods & Customs by Leon  -  02/11/2007 08:46 PM I like the Top Fuel Classes, Its to bad that they are limited so much. I think they should have an all out unlimited class. Soon there is a class coming that are basicly Top Fuel concept based on small ci motors. When you limit the Race cars you limiy innovation Rods & Customs by Leon [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Highlands, Texas Charter Member since May 2004   Posted by Rods & Customs by Leon  -  02/11/2007 08:50 PM Oh Yea Dave, Its Robert Hight, and I could be mistaken but I think he's married to Ashley, Not sure, I don't keep up with who's doin who. Rods & Customs by Leon [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Highlands, Texas Charter Member since May 2004   Posted by Willys33  -  02/11/2007 09:26 PM I went to the Outlaw Shootout in Orlando several years ago. It's a run-what-ya-got thing and you have to be able to run 25 miles (fuel stops ok), shut the car off and restart in 10 minutes. DOT tires too. If you are not running over 200 MPH, don't bother unloading. That is some real heads up racing. Get off the trailer and drive [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Alamogordo, New Mexico   Posted by REBORN55  -  02/11/2007 09:33 PM Hight is married to Force's oldest daughter who runs part of the business for him. not seen very much on camera--kinda stays in the background Ken [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] De soto, Illinois   Posted by bigdude  -  02/12/2007 09:12 AM You know as much as I dislike the 3-4 car team thing, I usually root for Force himself when he wins. I remember the lean years, about ten I think ,that he was a" boil the hides driver"! He was kinda a joke! Any body that gets that cranked up doing what he does,gets me excited too. I love it when they interview him and he gets all shook up talking about a run. resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by orphans2  -  02/12/2007 10:43 AM Bigdude, I agree with your comments on John Force, he is a show within a show when they get him on a mike. I watched most of the races last night until I had to go to sleep (4:30 am comes to damn early at the start of a week). I also agree that the engines should match the car. And by the way Ashley Force is still single and still available for any of you young dudes who think you got the magic touch. Having John Force for a father in law can't be all bad, unless you get on his wrong side. orphans2 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Stewartstown, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since November 2001   Posted by lildude  -  02/12/2007 11:11 AM yea, I like John Force too, he's earned all that he has, but the multi car team thing is outta hand, he had a quarter of the field, plus he's big on the "team order" thing, teams in my opionion should be two cars max per class lildude [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] kalamazoo, Michigan Charter Member since March 2005   Posted by DavyJ  -  02/12/2007 05:51 PM i think the man helped nhra with tv coverage, especially the show with him and the girls, heck my wife always tracked it down when it was on. missed the Sundya night coverage but will watch the hi-lights next week. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by bigdude  -  02/12/2007 06:40 PM I think the show is taking a toll on his driving though. If you think about it last year when the show started taping,his driving wasnt good! Only when he had to at the end of the year, he got his stuff together. resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by tlp1968  -  02/12/2007 06:46 PM I have to agree with bigdude on the driving and his show. I don't know if the show has really helped Drag Racing to become more popular. John is my favorite but the show made me hate his family. As for Hight, he is indeed married to John's oldest daughter Adria and he has a new grand daughter....Autumn Danielle. StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield,, Illinois   Posted by bigdude  -  02/12/2007 07:03 PM What do you think of his wife? I think very little of her and her store bought boobs! resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by chev38  -  02/12/2007 08:40 PM The BIG boob thing is required in California. The air is so scarce they have to expand their 'lungs' to get in enough air. I had a guy tell me at the LA County fair that'you can't trust the air if you can't see it.' Bernstein, etc, etc, kept John Force in the background for a long time but he showed up when they retired. chev38 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] St Ann, Missouri   Posted by tlp1968  -  02/13/2007 09:39 AM I don't care for John's wife, she treats him horrible. Now maybe she has some history that has caused her to treat him badly but she has to understand that being on TV with him and doing this show she has made herself look like a b&*(%. StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield,, Illinois   Posted by bigdude  -  02/13/2007 09:41 AM EXACTLY! resident know it all [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Three Rivers, Michigan Charter Member since January 2004   Posted by Willys33  -  02/13/2007 12:31 PM At the Gator Nationals one year my wife waited a long time for John to come out of his trailer so she could get his autograph....he didn't! I kept a close eye on his actions and even after the race I understand a real winner will be very intense and rerun the race over and over but he just ignored everyone until he saw a camera crew. Rant, rave then disappear into his trailer. Other Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers made it a point to make themselves available for the fans. Two stand out Blaine Johnson who stopped seting his clutches and talked to us and Cruz Petragon who worked the crowd like a real pro. Get off the trailer and drive [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Alamogordo, New Mexico   Posted by DavyJ  -  02/13/2007 05:09 PM I guess every pro takes the weight of their fame differently....Not having been to a national meet for a decade or so I only get the camera's view point and I know that is skewed. All you can guarantee is that the feel in your chest as a Fuel car goes by is something you will never forget. As for Force and family, she doesn't come off very well in front of the cameras, and i sure wouldn't want to be a father to those girls either. Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005   Posted by 29robert  -  02/13/2007 06:26 PM I guess everybody has good days and bad days. Can't (and wouldn't) speak about John's wife, but at a local cruise night a while back, I was standing behind a guy in the beer line who was trying to figure out how to pick up four large plastic glasses of beer at the same time and when I made a smart-ass comment that I help him drink some of the beer, he turned around and laughed. It was John. He said thanks, but he could handle it and then bought me and my buddy a beer. Seemed pretty nice to me without a mob around him. The body press must get pretty old. 29robert [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] La Verne, California Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by proboo  -  02/13/2007 06:35 PM been going to NHRA national events since 1967, the nicest and most considerate people ive met are eddie hill and his wife ercie. they would talk with you no matter how busy they were. proboo [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] austintown, Ohio Charter Member since August 2001

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