".....On A July Morning.....with the day, came a resolution....."- Ken Hensley

Spending bench racing and observational time between personal gruntwork this past month. Of note, I have a neat stack of photos stemming from last weekends' Shelton reenactment meet. I have chosen not to post photos on this blog; saving that method of telling a story for other places in my life. I need to put some to disc and will link to a board. What I have noticed is a strong presence of what has been termed "greybeards bench racing how fast they once were". I actually think this is not only a good....but a nesessary thing. Remember: NHRA's official history is now officially for sale.......
These car club reunions, once primarily a product of Lions/Irwindale/Puyallup etc. reunions are now becoming monthly luncheons and mocktail hours composed of research and reenactment projects and bs sessions that often bring forth needful historical facts out from under the proverbial rock.

Residential development is on many lips this month, as LACR prepares to shut down. The noted former Ceder Falls Raceway operator, Joc H., comments in his warm, if sometimes naive voce' within the July '07 dragracingonline.com. Joc doesn't see the connections his local business sponsors have in common with developers...their bankers and lenders. If a financial institution has to make a loyalty choice between a major developer involved in statewide projects.....vs. a small dragstrip and its' sponsor network of transmission shops and towing services.....