Two 4x4 Pulls in West VA

[Gene M]

Friday night I learned how NOT to get out of the hole! I tried to leave easy to save the clutch, and got under the turbo.
The crowd was heckling me, shouting " What are you afraid of?!"
I think they were disgruntled Powerstroke owners, who were afraid to get their tires dirty.

I rehooked, and went 255',8". Good enough for 5th place, and a $20 bill! Four other "Mitchellized" Cummins took the top 4 spots.
I've got it on video, as well as Daves pull, and the 3 top finishers.
My tires were smoking instead of digging in. It should be fun next year with real tires, surprising everyone who thinks this truck is a dog!

Sat. night was a disaster with a short track and only 99 feet.I pulled 5th, and there was about 15 trucks behind me at 11:30 P.M. We took off right after I pulled. Got home at 6:00 A.M. 99 doesn't seem like much, but 2 trucks didn't break 75 feet. Tires were smoking the whole way! HARD CLAY!

Waiting to here what happened at the Buck.
Gene



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1997 Cummins Dodge 4x4 Bombed & Amsoiled
Member of TDR,LIC-ROC,GLTDR,NRA

[agnem]

Gene, them West virgin'rs must be a tuff crowd, heckling you like that. I suspect David will be in shortly with the photo's from last night. The Mitchells were there at the Buck and made a fine run exhibition style. As usuall, all us Ford owners were watching instead of pulling except one guy, who did pretty decent. I forget exactly who won, as I was getting brain damage from asbestos poisioning, but it was most likely a Dodge. In the professional 4X4 pulling class, it was definitely Ford night. My hero's (the Omps, from where else - West Virginia) were there with the Enforcer and another truck (it wasn't Magnum Force, but might have been with a new paint job). They went home with a first place trophy. - Mel.

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Mel and Suzi's 83' F-250HD 4X4 "The Moose Truck" - Hypermax Turbo, GV overdrive, Banks Power pack, Dual Stacks, 35" tires. Winner, Best Equipped catagory, 1st annual FDR, VA. Photo Page 20 near the bottom.