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Old 04-15-2006, 10:27 PM
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Mark Shaw picked up his 70 Corvette and went straight to the track and qualified number 2 today April 15. He met in Alan Eckert in the final and in a very exciting, who can keep the car running longer match, took his first Pro 8 win in his first final over Eckert.

Congratulations Mark!!!

Congratulations Alan on getting Blue in the final.

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Congrats Mark!
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Congrats to both drivers.
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Originally Posted by Paul_Z06
Congrats!!
Paul... Puleeeeeze remind me NEVER to play poker with you.... even though you didn't win today you sure pulled the wool over my eyes in the staging lanes... I would never have known there WAS a problem with your car... I probably would have gone RED and handed you the win
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Congrats to Mark on the win
Old 04-15-2006, 11:43 PM
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Shoot the one day I may have had a shot..... Congrats to both drivers. Paul, what can I say, thats a real gutsy move.......I wouldn't even suspected that. I'm going to take JP's advice and not play cards with you.
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Congrats Mark

Way to go Alan
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Congrats to both!! I'll bet Mark's 'crew chief' is still grinning....he seemed to have a gut feeling about today (hmmm, when he's old enough, maybe he & Paul should play poker! )
Again - well done guys
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Congrats Mark!

Good to see you out and running strong.

See ya at the pro 10.0
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Congrats Mark, nice talking to you and your son at the gates.

The early bird gets the worm

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Originally Posted by Red96Coupe
I would never have known there WAS a problem with your car...
What...something wrong with "Old Faithful?"

BTW, congrats to Mark...sorry I couldn't make it to watch, but maybe I'll see you all at the next Pro 10.0.
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Originally Posted by Red96Coupe
Paul... Puleeeeeze remind me NEVER to play poker with you.... even though you didn't win today you sure pulled the wool over my eyes in the staging lanes... I would never have known there WAS a problem with your car... I probably would have gone RED and handed you the win

Remember the old deodorant commercials "Never let them see you sweat?" My new motto is "Never let them see you smoke."

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Old 04-16-2006, 08:52 AM
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Way to go ,congrats
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