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09-18-2011 06:46 PM #1
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NHRA at Charlotte, replay is on now.
TV Tommy Ivo did the intro prior to the first Top Fuel run, then stood between the lanes to watch the first pass..... Quite obvious he's still diggin' on Top Fuel cars!!!!!! Good seeing him again!!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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09-19-2011 08:39 AM #2
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Tommy Ivo was always sort of an idol of mine.
He was not one to show up at the races with a car that resembled anybody else's.
Also, he favored the best looking engines ever made.
That would be the "nail head" (or nail valve if you prefer) Buicks, of course.
Jim
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09-19-2011 01:57 PM #3
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Tommy really was a showman, That was when NHRA was fun with racers using a wide variety of engines,Buying parts I don't need, with money I don't have, to impress people I don't like 
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09-19-2011 05:16 PM #4
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TV Tom is still the showman!!!! Also looked like he was having a blast on Sunday!!!!!!!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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09-19-2011 07:38 PM #5
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I talked to him at the old Tucson track in the seventies. Nice guy!
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09-20-2011 06:53 AM #6
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I'd read that Ivo wasn't in the best of health and they were worried he might have trouble getting to the event. Looks like breathing nitro fumes again perked him right up!Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
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09-20-2011 10:27 AM #7
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He might not be as healthy as he'd like to be (hmmm, who of us is?) but yup, them nitro fumes sure did seem to perk him right up!!!!! He's been a lot of places and done a lot of things since the Mousketeer days, huh???Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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09-20-2011 11:12 AM #8
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Talk about some speeds 1/4 mile 316.23--------318.99-------327.90. Now thats getting it done.Charlie
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09-20-2011 11:15 AM #9
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At zMAX in Concord N.C.Charlie
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09-20-2011 11:54 AM #10
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Good track conditions, good weather!!!! A tuner's dream!
Not just the top fuel cars, everybody was mile per hourin' like a big dog!!! Went through some of the class results, lots of new top end records and a few ET records, too!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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09-20-2011 06:58 PM #11
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NO! Those are now 1 thousand feet!!!
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